Now I'm getting the chance to read books I didn't have time for before. Think of me whenever you see the slogan "So many books, so little time!" Now I've got the time.  Cheers, Fred.

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

Posted Thu, 03/12/2009 - 2:55pm by fred
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Book Number: 
113
Date Fred Read: 
July 2005
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Lynne Truss
Total Pages: 
204
Publisher: 
Gotham Books
Year: 
2003

Lynne Truss, a writer and journalist, is a familiar voice on BBC Radio and author of numerous radio “comedy dramas”. She has been a literary editor, a newspaper sports columnist (to her surprise) and a television critic. It the #1 bestseller in Britian for quite a while.  Read more

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What’s So Great About America

Posted Sat, 03/07/2009 - 1:25pm by fred
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Book Number: 
70
Date Fred Read: 
March 2004
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Dinesh D’Souza
Total Pages: 
195
Publisher: 
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Year: 
2003

Dinesh D’Sousa, an immigrant from India, was a White House domestic policy analyst under Reagan and is now a Research Scholar at the Hoover Institute at Stanford. In 2004 Amazon.com listed 13 books by him. This book was a New York Times bestseller.  Read more

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Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

Posted Wed, 02/25/2009 - 12:56pm by fred
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Book Number: 
33
Date Fred Read: 
June 2003
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Parker J. Palmer
Total Pages: 
109
Publisher: 
Jossey-Bass
Year: 
1999

Books 32 and 33, with dedications by Parker J. Palmer, were sent to me by him after I sent him a letter telling him how much his book 8, “The Active Life” has meant to me. In reply he also sent me a letter along with the books. (For his books I've read, click on his name.)  Read more

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The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life

Posted Wed, 02/25/2009 - 12:46pm by fred
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Book Number: 
32
Date Fred Read: 
May 2003
Fred's Rating: 
3
Author: 
Parker J. Palmer
Total Pages: 
183
Publisher: 
Jossey-Bass; 1st edition
Year: 
1999

Books 32 and 33, with dedications by Parker J. Palmer, were sent to me by him after I sent him a letter telling him how much his book 8, “The Active Life” has meant to me. In reply he also sent me a letter along with the two books. (For his books I've read, click on his name.)  Read more

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The Oxford History of the Biblical World

Posted Mon, 02/09/2009 - 5:45pm by fred
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Book Number: 
15
Date Fred Read: 
January 2003
Fred's Rating: 
3
Author: 
Michael D. Coogan
Total Pages: 
596
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press
Year: 
2001

This is a historian’s book – Michael D. Coogan wrote a Prologue, 12 other historians each wrote a chapter, and the Epilogue is by another historian. It starts with the earliest records and goes chronologically through the Christian Roman Empire. It is quite thorough, using all possible sources - archeology, anthropology, and all available writings.  Read more

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