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George is starting Dust

George is starting Dust

George is starting Viking Raid (Robert Fairchild #2)

George is on page 70 of 501 of Delilah

Oddly constructed, but interesting in that Delilah is engaged in "small wars" and peacemaking throughout

George is on page 55 of 175 of The Mirror of the Sea

Wonderful reminder that the core values of seamanship and the life of a mariner haven't changed much over the centuries...

George is on page 100 of 384 of A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

Great so far... Excellent rebuttal of Friedman's thesis that flat worlds are modern phenomena.

Good... But I had hoped for more. Ricks needed a better editor: too much reliance on long quotes towards the middle and end

George is on page 250 of 586 of Beijing Coma

Very powerful book... Especially the parts about the Cultural Revolution.... Very enjoyable so far

Recommended... Very candid and well written... I appreciated how the politics were buried below the surface...

Honestly, one of the best sports books I have ever read... "Baseball and jazz, the two best things in the world"

George is on page 310 of 400 of The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education

Great antidote to A-Rod Steriod Overexposure

George is on page 250 of 256 of The Bomb: A New History

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