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Jeffrey’s 2024 Year in Books
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Jeffrey Rasley
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Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, The United States
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October 2010
Nostalgia for the early 1960s
Not to be overly dramatic, but the "Big Ed" story came to me like Proust's madeleine experience. The whole story filled my mind after seeing some kids wrestling around at my local YMCA. Ala Proust, there were gaps in my memory of what happened one day at my grade school in 1965, so imagination was used to create this work of auto-fiction. Back then, the culture war fought out at my small-town Midw
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| I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as The King Must Die, but it is still well worth reading by those who like historical fiction about legendary/mythical characters. If you know the legends/myths about Theseus--and there are different versions--it ...more | |
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| The Warden, Septimus Harding, is one of Trollope’s most poignant characters. He is accused of unethically profiting off of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. The accuser is the Warden's daughter's suitor, Dr. John Bold, a zealous local reformer. ...more | |
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| Trollope used his own experience in the British civil service in crafting this story in 1858. The title indicates it is a story about 3 clerks, but it is also the story of the women--three sisters and one unrelated woman--with whom the 3 male clerks ...more | |
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| I have enjoyed several of Renault's books, including her Alexander trilogy. The first of her two Theseus books was equally enjoyable. She is very clever in the way she takes a legend or myth and puts her own spin on the traditional story. I think the ...more | |
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| This is an engaging book by two academics, a psych prof and a neuro-scientest about "the art of the steal." It is a lesson in how and why people are taken in by scammers, hucksters, con men, and politicians. They describe the different techniques use ...more | |
"Definitely kept my interest. I recommend not reading the extra chapters that Hoover added after the book was published. It totally ruined everything for me."
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| This is a uniquely brilliant work by an author I've followed through his eclectic writing career. I was a Humanities major, so about 10% of the book was beyond my grasp, when it got into quantum physics. But I delighted in Edwards's retelling of the ...more | |
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Thanks for the excellent review, Erin. I'm putting Homecoming on my list of books to acquire.
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"Wow, this was powerful and beautifully written. Several mini stories are told throughout, as the book follows two ancestral lines originating from African villages. Each chapter is a story from a descendant in these two family trees, through the slav"
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“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.”
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
“too young to live, too old to die”
― Island Adventures: Disconnecting in the Caribbean and South Pacific
― Island Adventures: Disconnecting in the Caribbean and South Pacific
“Being alone and lost on the mountain made me feel very small and vulnerable. The congenial fellowship in the meal tent reminded me that we humans are social beings. Community is an essential aspect of our humanity.”
― 72 Wisdoms: A practical guide to make life more meaningful
― 72 Wisdoms: A practical guide to make life more meaningful
“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.”
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
― Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
“You have to get lost before you can be found.”
― Light in the Mountains -- A Hoosier Quaker Finds Communal Enlightenment in Nepal
― Light in the Mountains -- A Hoosier Quaker Finds Communal Enlightenment in Nepal
“To prepare for the mountains develop mind, body, will and spirit as strong as a sword, soft as a pillow and fluid as water.”
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Hi Jeffrey,Thanks for joining my circle of friends.
Blessings,
Tom
Thanks for joining my circle of friends.
Blessings,
Tom"
Likewise, Tom.