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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

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The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power by Travis Hugh

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A short history of nearly everything (omg book buddies)

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The Confusion: Neil Stephenson

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west point atlas for world war 1


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Island of the Day Before by Eco

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Auto Trader, looking for a '70 Chevelle 'vert

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A 1985ish Rolling Stone with a feature on Billy Idol.

current:
SIMARD, Francis. Pour en finir avec octobre.
(about the FLQ)

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WOLFE, Tom. Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
(about freaky hippies)

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The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
by Tom Wolfe

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Jail Bird
by Kurt Vonnegut

Current: Maximum PC Vol 9, No. 8

Former: Asus P4P800-SE User Guide.

Currently Reading:
Super-cannes - J G Ballard

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Empire of the Sun - J G Ballar

I'm a huge Ballard fan myself, I really love the range of his work.

It was actually your suggestion. I started with Empire and really liked it. Now I love Super Cannes. It's amazing.

Originally posted by clayinspector
It was actually your suggestion. I started with Empire and really liked it. Now I love Super Cannes. It's amazing.

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freelancing for dummies


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Robbie William's - Angels and Demons

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old bookmarks die hard

Originally posted by sKtd_ne
Ive heard of Empire, what is it about?

Empire of the Sun, by J.G. Ballard, is the poignant, unsettling story of Jim, a British boy living in Shanghai whose life is altered beyond recognition by the Japanese invasion of China during World War II. The book begins in the winter of 1941, as Jim, a carefree eleven-year-old, and his wealthy parents attend high-class Christmas parties with other foreigners who have prospered in Shanghai. The only life that the inventive, intelligent boy knows is one of luxury and privilege, hardly touched by the war in Europe. Everything changes after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the Japanese soldiers that have long been a fixture on the Shanghai streets are forcefully, uncompromisingly rounding up foreigners and sending them to military prisons. Separated from his parents, Jim wanders through Shanghai until he "surrenders" to the Japanese and finds himself in a squalid, disease-ridden detainment center and eventually in Lunghua camp, his home for the next three years.
The book is based on the author's experiences in a Chinese interment camp from 1942 until 1945. Ballard has an incredible talent for articulating Jim's perspective and describing how the protagonist changes from an adventurous boy in a school uniform to an emaciated, resilient, thoughtful (and still adventurous) young man who desperately tries to make sense of the world. In Empire of the Sun, Ballard pointedly recounts the squalor, disease and starvation of the camp just as Jim sees them. While Jim quickly becomes immune to the sight of such things - along with constant the death, murder, and beatings - the reader remains deeply affected. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects is how Jim comes to rely on the camp because there he can build his own little universe amidst the absurdity of the world. Empire of the Sun is an arresting, shocking, frequently comical book that won't leave the reader unchanged.

Same here on the bookmarks.


Currently: Don DeLillo Libra
Just finished: Don DeLillo White Noise

Having a hard ti9me waiting for 9/21 for the release of Stephenson's Vol 3, The Sysatem of the World

D'Ito, the Stephenson trilogy is a great complement to the Bryson book.

yeah im gonna move onto that series from stephenson next, ive read just about everything else hes written so far

i wanted to wait until they were all out

I tried stretching out vol 2 but it was too good to put down. 9/21 I'll be at Borders for vol 3. HBDTMe

Originally posted by FlamingoJeff
I tried stretching out vol 2 but it was too good to put down. 9/21 I'll be at Borders for vol 3. HBDTMe