What Are You Reading

[Harp]

as I gather other modern interpretations and scholarly works so I can consider the entire spectrum of interpretation.

Publius is a clearly reasoned pragmatist; whom especially under Hamilton's
guise had a far-ranging perspective that traversed constitutional and political themes
with a practised eye and deliberate manner which has been perceived as cruel irrelevance.
A sword pen cuts a razor though, and the American Constitution remains blood-writ brilliance impervious to the inane philosophical penumbra grafitti detractors repeatedly attempt to scrawl across it. For this alone, the Papers serve first recourse.

 

[John Boyer]

Then haste thee to some solitary grove,

John,
a Welsh curmudgeon many have chosen to avoid, but-
bene disserere est finis logices-;so I will follow your example
and read this bio.
--after I stock more whisky and frog. :frog:
Thomas vaguely reminds me of Schopenhauer....certainly a far
cry from Hopkins in more ways than merely poetic.

Harp,

I would be happy to send you the Thomas bio upon completion. I would also agree, many theological and poetic differences between Hopkins and Thomas. Howbeit, Ms. Weil would most likely find Thomas most endearing.

Regards,
John

 

[Harp]

Harp,

I would be happy to send you the Thomas bio upon completion. Ms. Weil would most likely find Thomas most endearing.

Regards,
John

Many thanks John but Thomas is enroute.
Simone remains a riddle...

 

[AmateisGal]

Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts, about Ambassador William Dodd and his family when they moved to Berlin in 1933.

 

[elserienkeklave]

Harlow,an intimate biography by Irving Shulman. Published in 1964

 

[Derek Cavin]

Going to star 1776 by David McCullough. Being early July I thought this would be a good time to start such a book.

 

[Puzzicato]

Inspired by Patrick Leigh Fermor's recent passing, I am reading In Tearing Haste, his correspondence with Deborah Devonshire. They just don't make them like those two any more.

 

[Harp]

D.Z. Phillips' R.S. Thomas; Poet of the Hidden God
Philosophical and theological implications of Thomas' Deus absconditus concept.

The Generals' War. Michael R. Gordon and Maj Gen Bernard Trainor USMC
Desert Storm and brass sandbag sass.

 

[TCMfan25]

Re reading Lord of the Rings, and Under A Blood Red Sun.

 

[Indy_Rhodes]

Just finished reading "White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India" by William Dalrymple - I know this is an old book, but I have only recently come across it.

I became totally engrossed in this book. It is beautifully written. For me personally it also has many, many parallels with my own life.

Thoroughly recommended.

 

[Travis Lee Johnston]

Over two days I read "Post Office" by Charles Bukowski. Probably the best book I've ever read. I'd only really read his poetry before.

 

[Antje]

I just started with 10 little niggers, by Agatha Christie

 

[shazzabanazza]

Im reading Faith by Lesley Pearse.

 

[rue]

Bernard Shaw and Mrs Patrick Campbell: Their Correspondence
Interesting read.

Only half-way through this book (forgot it at home when I went away) and it's finally getting better. I can't believe that Bernard Shaw's wife was okay with this infatuation.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

The Sun Also Rises- Ernest Hemingway

I've read this one a few times over the years but this time around I'm noticing a lot more, making this the best experience reading the novel thus far. The book is cynical and black humored, with Jake Barnes eviscerating Robert Cohn straight away. Barnes also tosses insults in the narration to the Georgette character. Sun provides a great lesson in learning how dysfunctional groups can be...

 

[WH1]

Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanely & Livingstone by Martin Dugard

 

[jswindle2]

I'm about 3/4 through My Dark Places by James Ellroy. I love the book and Ellroy's writing style.

 

[WH1]

Piano Demon
The globetrotting, gin-soaked, too-short life of Teddy Weatherfor, the Chicago jazzman who conquered Asia" by Brendan I. Koerner

Excellent book about a 20's-40's piano virtuoso who played with Louis Armstrong among others prior to going to the Far East.

 

[DNO]

Star Island by Carl Hiaasen.

 

[apba1166]

Godforsaken Sea by Lundy, the account of the 1996 Vende race for one-(wo)man sailors going around the globe without porting. Adventurous, wild, inspiring.