The Soul of Soil

Quote from: lazylightnin717 on August 29, 2014, 04:16:47 PM
Best from him I've read so far. Same beautiful prose and oddly chilling characters. The stories that foreshadow the future  are incredibly well written and tucked away so that if you aren't focused, it's easy to skip over the small details.

This one definitely took some turns that I didn't see coming and really made me want more.

Great book! Will be picking up the third in the trilogy ASAP.

Good to know. I've put it on my reading list.

Halfway through The Right Stuff now...

Buried Prey - John Sandford.

JM

Just finished..

Cities of the Plain

-Cormac McCarthy

question for you military history types:  has anyone ever read
one of the few books about simo hayha, the finnish super-sniper
from the russo-finnish winter war?  i've been looking for one for
quite a while ... they're like $800 (yeah, eight hundred) on amazon.

probably not what you are looking for, but try abebooks.com - great source for buying books on the cheap, I usually use amazon for my "wish list" and then go buy from abebooks...

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=simo+hayha&sts=t


**edit, yes, the book you are looking for is at the bottom, $750 **

Quote from: Jaman on September 03, 2014, 09:09:58 AM
probably not what you are looking for, but try abebooks.com - great source for buying books on the cheap, I usually use amazon for my "wish list" and then go buy from abebooks...

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=simo+hayha&sts=t


**edit, yes, the book you are looking for is at the bottom, $750 **

yup ... that's the one.  thanks for looking it up.  that's about the price i've seen
pretty much anywhere its available.  i'm guessing my local library isn't going to
have one on the shelf.

Question.

What in the world is a book that expensive for?

Thats a serious question BTW. Not trying to be a dickhead

not sure.  its published in finnland, but i've heard someone say
that you can contact the finnish publisher and get it for less.
i haven't investigated that pathway yet.

beginnings and beyond, foundations in early childhood education.

Quote from: lazylightnin717 on September 02, 2014, 05:21:59 PM
Just finished..

Cities of the Plain

-Cormac McCarthy

Are the trilogy books related in any specific way or plot, or just the theme of life on the border?

Definitely read them in order. It all ties together in the last book

Finally picked up Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace. I'll check in next month.

Quote from: 1.21GW on September 04, 2014, 10:21:49 AM
Are the trilogy books related in any specific way or plot, or just the theme of life on the border?

John Grady Cole, a young man that is all we should be, or at least a good character.

Just started "Dune" by Frank Herbert... well, I'm 450 pages in because I cannot put this thing down! Excellent so far. Stoked that there are six in the series.

I've been referencing the glossary in the appendix at times, thinking about reading the whole of the appendicies (sp?)

Should I wait until I finish the book to guard against spoilers?