2009 Selections
Location | Selection | Reaction | |
Nov 9, 2009 7:30 David Chadima's house |
The Odyssey by Homer Amazon |
DC SJ NM RR MW What are the Greek Gods? KW Are there any Greek animals left? |
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Sept 24, 2009 7:30 Steve Jackson's house |
That Map That Changed the World: William
Smith and the Birth of Modern Geography by Simon Winchester Amazon |
DC SJ NM KW --- RR FO MW |
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August 11, 2009 7:30PM Neil Madsen's house |
An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage Amazon |
FO Shallow, but readable DC Pulp nonfiction SJ Nothing new NM Stale RR MW Interesting info tidbits. Well written. No point. |
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June 8, 2009 7:30PM Matt Wilding's house |
Miracle at St. Anna
by James McBride Amazon |
SJ MW KW - NM DC RR Not much of a miracle |
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April 20, 2009 7:30PM Keith Wright's house |
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to
Change the World, One School at a Time
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DC DG NM MW Great story. KW |
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March 16, 2009 Neil Madsen's house Feb 23, 2009 7:30PM (Irish Democrat checkpoint) |
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of
Abraham Lincoln
by
Doris Kearns Goodwin
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BC DG This "Lincoln book" was an "enjoyable read". SJ NM FO Wish I could have got through all of it RR MW Lincoln was indeed a great president KW |
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Jan 15, 2009 7:30PM Ray Richard's house |
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of
the World
by
Niall Ferguson
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DC DG Bunnies or swine? MF SJ Waiting for the bubble to burst NM FO A favorite RR KW Creative nonfiction MW Too much retrospective narrative |
David Chadima (DC) | chadima.org |
Doug Elliott (DE) | |
Mike Fogliano (MF) | |
David Greve (DG) | thegreves.com |
Tim Isenberg (TI) | |
Steve Jackson (SJ) | |
Neil Madsen (NM) | |
Fred Ochs (FO) |
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Ray Richards (RR) |
richardsonline.us |
Matt Wilding (MW) | hokiepokie.org |
Bill Bevier (BB) |
bevier.com |
Bob Chadima (BC) |
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Ben Fashimpaur (BF) | |
David Hayes (DH) | |
Ray Kamin (RK) | kaminislands.com |
Bill Wilding (BW) | www.usi.edu/science/math/bwildin |