Category: Books
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An apt thought for today
But Mahmoud’s old doubts came back in the evening. He and his brother were walking along streets that grew more and more empty, past faces deprived of any vitality. Exhausted pedestrians were trudging home or standing silently at bus stops. Some men were sitting against a wall, dozing, their faces on their knees. Mahmoud pointed…
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Sargent Shriver, gangland financier
The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of an American Gang, Natalie Y. Moore and Lance Williams (Lawrence Hill Books, 2011). Some of the most eye-opening passages of this informative, worthwhile history of a notorious Chicago street gang come in the form of the context of the times in which the…
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Egyptian Books
During law school I spent a summer in Egypt. I made many friends and read my fair share of books. Someone once said to understand a people, read their poetry. I’m not a poetry fan, but here are some of the best Egyptian authors or books about Egypt that I have read. I don’t read…
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Acquisitions for week of 1/23/11
A new feature, weekly intake of books bought or received. Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings, Penguin, (Borders) Moshe Idel, Messianic Mystics, Yale, (The Strand)
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The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Passage Justin Cronin The Passage is a seven hundred page vampire novel written by a novelist who graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop. That makes it a pretty rare bird. It is also a book I enjoyed tremendously. I imagine there is very little middle ground with this book. You either enjoy its epic…
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Every Book I Read in 2010
Here is a list of every book I read in 2010, I’ve noted whether or not I would recommend it, not recommend it, or recommend it for the enthusiast. If a book is recommended I think you would enjoy it whether or not you are particularly interested in the area. Recommended for the enthusiast means…
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Once a Runner
The only true way is to marshal the ferocity of your ambition over the course of many days, weeks, months, and (if you could finally come to accept it) years. The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials? – Once a Runner I started reading John Parker’s Once a Runner this week, and I can’t understand…
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Every Book I Read in 2009
Here it is, a list of every book I read in 2009. Total comes to 34, which is about average for me these days. However, if you take the time to read the whole list, you’ll realize a lot of these are popular fiction. What can I say, I am a busy man. Best Fiction…
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Conversion Reading List
Just a quick post today to note what the reading will be for the conversion I am taking and some thoughts on study: The text book is Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition and Practice The bible we’ll be using is the JPS Tanakh Other recommended reading is: Jewish Literacy Jewish Holidays…
Milo and the Calf 