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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Jul 27, 2010 - 11:13pm PT
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That's a great read, 'wegie.
I haven't read "Lies My Teacher Told Me" ( about US History), but I heard that one is excellent.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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Jul 28, 2010 - 01:12am PT
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Just finished "You Can't Win" by Jack Black... slimy but compelling; I couldn't put it down. What a read! AK press.
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BMcC
Trad climber
Livermore
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Jul 28, 2010 - 03:14am PT
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Try any of the three books (so far) in Ann Parker's award winning 'Silver Rush' series. Historical fiction (mysteries) set in Leadville, Colorado, during the height of the silver rush (1879-1880). Fun stuff from an excellent author.
You can read the beginnings of and more about the books at:
http://www.annparker.net/book.htm
Reviews of the books at:
http://www.annparker.net/reviews.htm
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jul 28, 2010 - 04:01am PT
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The watt towers?
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ExtraBlue
Ice climber
the ford VT
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Jul 28, 2010 - 08:40am PT
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HOOKER AND BROWN
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Jerry Auld
Probably the best climbing book to come out in the last year. But it's not really a climbing book. Just a story that takes place in the mountains. And in mountains that don't really exist, but did at one time...
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Jul 28, 2010 - 08:45am PT
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all cormac mccarthy books. try the road..
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rtoddclimb
Trad climber
NH
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Jul 28, 2010 - 09:30am PT
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The Life Of Pi is a great book
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flyn
Big Wall climber
las vegas
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Jul 28, 2010 - 04:31pm PT
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Blood Meridian
Stranger in a Strange Land
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jul 28, 2010 - 05:10pm PT
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Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
There is a new series of 1-hour segment movies on Netflix, but way not doing justice to the book.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Jul 28, 2010 - 05:33pm PT
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HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
by Douglas Adams
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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OH, the LIFE OF PI! Yes that was a wonderful book!
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Herodotus The Histories
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Dickbob
climber
Colorado
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Oct 22, 2010 - 02:02am PT
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Room by Emma Donoghue
Fiction about a woman held captive who has a little boy by the kidnaper. The mother and child escape when the boy turns five. Unique. You might like it. I did. Just published.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Oct 22, 2010 - 07:17am PT
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Three of the last books I have read are all great:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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Oct 22, 2010 - 09:02am PT
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"Never Let Me Go"
by Kazuo Ishiguro ("Remains of the Day")
Am beholden to it at the moment.
Simply brilliant and heartbreaking. As good a novel at it gets.
PS - everything Cormac McCarthy has done is genius. "The Road" is my favorite novel of all time. Not for everyone, but the best novel I've ever read. Moving, scary, compelling. Have read it many times over and it never gets old.
The best of storytelling. Period.
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Richard
climber
Bend, OR.
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Oct 22, 2010 - 09:56am PT
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Anything by Leon Uris, Wally Lamb, or Barbara Kingsolver
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 22, 2010 - 10:03am PT
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Recently re-read two old classics "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "For Whom the Bells Toll." They are simply awesome.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Oct 22, 2010 - 10:31am PT
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"The Historian" is a fun read
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 22, 2010 - 11:00am PT
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Thanks again everyone!
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