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What book is on your night stand?

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I think so too. Though, if your not someone that is familiar with or someone that has no idea what drug/alcohol addicition is all about it might not be such a page turner. It would give you insight though into that world if you needed it. It is a great personal account coming from and out of the depths of such a horrid disease.

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I think she said it was on Oprah's list or something? The only book I've read that she recommended ended up being one of my favorite books--another Barbara Kingsolver book, "Poisonwood Bible."

I'm also on my 5th or 6th Goosebumps series...lol. That's what my child likes read to him at bedtime...heh.
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I've been working on The Know-It All by AJ Jacobs for forever. Fortunately it's one of those that lends itself to picking up and putting down without losing much.
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ghost rider by niel peart.(the drummer of the band rush).teenage daughter got killed in a auto accident on the way to college and a year and 10 days later his wife died of cancer.he took a bmw motorcycle on the road for 15 months and put 15 k on it on what he called the healing road.pretty heavy stuff.and i have a iris johansen book i'm reading too.

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Spinter Cell by Tom clancy


These I havn't read yet.
Polar Shift by Clive Cussler
Pandora Star by Peter F. Hamilton
CUSP by Robert A. Metzger
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ghost rider by niel peart.(the drummer of the band rush).teenage daughter got killed in a auto accident on the way to college and a year and 10 days later his wife died of cancer.he took a bmw motorcycle on the road for 15 months and put 15 k on it on what he called the healing road.pretty heavy stuff.and i have a iris johansen book i'm reading too.



I meet him in 95 and, at the moment, I cannot think of a bigger jerk.:|:|:|

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

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"Blind Man's Bluff", a story of cold war submarine ops.Amzing things that went on in the shadowy world of submarine espionage. I highly recommend it.

Also Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World, Science as a Candle in the Dark." This book and Jared Diamond's "Collapse" should be required reading in High School. Check them out.B|



The Demon-Haunted world is a great book, I agree every high school person should read it......I have read all of CS books.:)

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

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At any given time, there are at least several books on my night stand. I tend to read books over and over too. I try to rotate new ones into the mix.

Currently:

Broca's Brain (Carl Sagan)

Contact (Carl Sagan)

You Shall Know Our Velocity (Dave Eggers)

Irish Fairy & Folk Tales (Yeats)

Babylon Revisited and other stories (Fitzgerald)

None of those are new to me...maybe I should make a trip to the bookstore. :)

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My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk

A Slice of Life edited by Bonnie Marranca; a collection of essays about food and/or eating my academics, artists, chefs, and writers

Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takes by Chris Berry
news essays about films that have been done to death....great, great, great stuff

Oh, and Skydiving Magazine. It's horrible because I read it cover to cover in a few hours and then I have to wait 30 days or so till the next issue shows up.

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There are 5 or 6 pregnancy and baby books on our night stands... :S wife is 15 weeks preggers so... :)

Congratu-freakin-lations! Is this your first? We've got 4 beautiful rugrats ourselves. You're gonna love it.:)


Yup, first and most likely ONLY one... :S wife is going nuts with all the emotions and hormones and shit, but we'll enjoy the baby after its born... :)
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I don't really have a nightstand, but my desk is right next to my bed, so I guess that counts... It has a lot of books on it, but the only thing I am currently reading is an article on bioethics that I printed from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal.

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