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Post by timothystevens on Apr 26, 2006 21:52:44 GMT 10
No, 'Tractors' is hilarious. And it's by Marina Lewycka. Well worth checking out.
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Post by ladylex on Apr 27, 2006 11:08:26 GMT 10
Anna is my aunt, and I think she's a beautiful writer. Glad to know it's not bias.  Well. Just for that, Im reading it again.  I dont remember much.. just that it was beautifully worded. |
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Post by aka on Apr 27, 2006 17:24:16 GMT 10
'From Dawn to Decadence-1500 to the present-500 Years of Western Cultural Life' by Jaques Barzun....fascinating to see how we ended up.....
'Masters of Bebop'-Ira Gitler..a classic, piles of detail...
'Hairy Maclary'..the one where the dogs get scared of 'Scarface Claw'...
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Post by Kenny on Apr 28, 2006 9:12:41 GMT 10
Given the amount of vintage country music I'm listening to, and seeing a first-ever exploration of the "cowboy music" sub-genre coming in the near future, I thought it was time to tyake my reading habit to the far west.
There's not a lot around, except in 2nd hand shops, which I'm sure have some good stuff and a lot of crap. Anyway, I asked on the country thread at Jazz Corner, and was recommended A.B. Guthrie Jr's The Big Sky from 1947, which I bought last night and tumbled right into.
The person who tipped to it described it as midway 'tween Huck Finn and The Grapes Of Wrath.
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I dont remember much.. just that it was beautifully worded. 