03-21-2007, 10:30 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay, haven't read anything but great books by him so far and this is starting off to be the same.
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03-21-2007, 10:37 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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"Dead Meat" - Sue Coe
From Amazon.com
British artist Sue Coe is well known for her social and political paintings and illustrations, which appear regularly in such publications as the New York Times and the New Yorker. Her latest effort is the disturbing book Dead Meat, a visual record of Coe's visits to 40 slaughterhouses, cattle ranches, and hatcheries to document the grisly practices of the meat-packing industry. Although she was not allowed to photograph on the premises, she was permitted to draw and sketch, and much of this work is jarringly graphic. Incorporated with the artwork are her thoughts and observations laid out in diary form. Even if you don't agree with Coe's politics, this is social and political art at its most powerful, in the tradition of Goya, Daumier, and Rockwell Kent. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Publishers Weekly
Political artist Coe spent years visiting slaughterhouses and meat farms in the U.S., Canada and England, all the while drawing and writing about what she saw. The result is a fascinating and revealing portrait of the institutions behind the meat we eat. Coe's illustrations, which appear regularly in such publications as the New York Times and the New Yorker, have the sharply lined, affecting realism of a Diego Rivera mural. Her first-person account is matter-of-fact, thoughtful and engaging. Coe's book is political, and she clearly hopes it will make readers think twice about what they put into their mouths, but she does not preach and is unafraid to confront her own complicity: "Every dollar I get drips with blood too," she writes. Her empathetic rendering of the workers she encounters is reminiscent of Studs Terkel at his best, and the parallels she draws between society's treatment of meat animals and its working classes are disturbing and convincing. burn's introductory essay traces the history of the meat industry with his customary shrewd sociopolitical insight, but without falling into polemics. Dead Meat will appeal not just to those interested in animal rights, but to anyone who cares about how society functions.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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03-21-2007, 10:38 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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I'm just finishing of A Storm of Swords (for the second time) then will read A Feast For Crows.
Although last night I was reading Skeptic magazine. The article debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories was interesting.
I have a bunch of books that I have picked up over the last few months.
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03-21-2007, 10:55 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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03-21-2007, 10:58 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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The forums on Calgarypuck.com
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03-21-2007, 11:01 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: North Vancouver, BC
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Reading is for dum people.
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03-21-2007, 11:01 AM
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I believe in the Pony Power
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Hell's Angels: Into the Abyss by Yves Lavigne. For some reason I really enjoy books about the Hell's Angels.
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03-21-2007, 11:02 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: do not want
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Sustainable Fossil Fuels - Mark Jaccard
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03-21-2007, 11:18 AM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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The writing on the wall ...
Seriously, The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, by Baigent, Leigh & Lincoln. I've wanted to read it ever since they accused Dan Brown of basically plagarising their work with The Da Vinci Code. I'm curious about the plagarism allegations as much as the content, although it looks like an interesting read too. I like taking a health dose of skepticism and reading speculative stuff like this.
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03-21-2007, 11:31 AM
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I started reading The Taking by Dean Koontz, but it's a horrible book and I won't finish it. I am also reading "Canada's Secret Commandos: The Unauthorized story of Joint Task Force Two". Great read so far.
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03-21-2007, 11:48 AM
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First Line Centre
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I am currently reading "How to Know God" by Deepak Chopra.
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03-21-2007, 12:05 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Airdrie
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Hockey Tough by Saul Miller. It is a mental management book geared towards hockey players, although I am using it in my never ending quest for sanity in the sport of archery.
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03-21-2007, 12:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
The writing on the wall ...
Seriously, The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, by Baigent, Leigh & Lincoln. I've wanted to read it ever since they accused Dan Brown of basically plagarising their work with The Da Vinci Code. I'm curious about the plagarism allegations as much as the content, although it looks like an interesting read too. I like taking a health dose of skepticism and reading speculative stuff like this.
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Good Read...although a bit dry at times. I think because its a bit of a tougher read it failed to capitalize as well as it might have when it was released.
Im reading the End of Faith by Sam Harris and just finished his A letter to a Christian Nation...both are excellent reads as is The God Delusion that HHF is reading.
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03-21-2007, 12:26 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Calgary
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I'm not reading anything per say, don't have the time to sit and just read a book. But I listen to Audiobooks before I go to sleep.
The book quiz a while back mentioned The Chronicles of Narnia so I downloaded the set and am on The Boy and His Horse. So far the series is good, lighthearted kind of stuff.
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03-21-2007, 12:34 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Clinching Party
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I'm reading "The Children of Men" because I heard it was such a good movie. This is a boring book. There are only a hundred pages left and it doesn't seem like it's even started.
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03-21-2007, 12:43 PM
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n00b!
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Originally Posted by SpitFire40
I'm not reading anything per say, don't have the time to sit and just read a book.
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Yup, I can totally see where you're coming from with that. I used to read a lot less than I do now, but my current job requires me to commute (subway, bus) for over an hour each way, giving me a lot of free time to/from work. The only time I read is then. Perhaps like you, I can't sit at home and just read.
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03-21-2007, 12:47 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I am reading The Audacity of Hope by Barrack Obama. Not bad so far, seems like a genuinely nice guy. Not sure if he will still be so nice after Hillary slits his throat, she seems like a take no prisoners type of lady.
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03-21-2007, 12:48 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans
Yup, I can totally see where you're coming from with that. I used to read a lot less than I do now, but my current job requires me to commute (subway, bus) for over an hour each way, giving me a lot of free time to/from work. The only time I read is then. Perhaps like you, I can't sit at home and just read.
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I read enough on the internet, that's not a problem. You still use your imagination and build vocabulary with audiobooks, you're just not reading from a page visually, you're using your auditory senses.
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03-21-2007, 12:53 PM
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n00b!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by North East Goon
I am reading The Audacity of Hope by Barrack Obama. Not bad so far, seems like a genuinely nice guy. Not sure if he will still be so nice after Hillary slits his throat, she seems like a take no prisoners type of lady.
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Oooo yeah, good one. I was going to pick this up last time, but picked up The God Delusion instead... I think I'll get Barrack's book next. I heard he's a very good writer.
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