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Jerome Wrote:An excellent summary Ruby. I have a couple of books on the subject as well. There is also a new book written by one of the Andes survivors - can't think of the title at the moment - that is worth a read as well. And on a different, but slightly related subject - I see that a 70 year-old Japanese man has climbed Everest. He did it again at 75 and then at 80 as well!!!! People are really quite mad.
Thank you Jerome.
Crazy indeed! I wouldnât even make it to base camp, lol! Have you seen those horrible swaying rope bridges?! Just looking at them makes me feel ill.
Incidentally, George Malloryâs birthday would have been today â my favourite mountaineering madman.
Still need to muster the courage to read about the Andes survivors.
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Hillary Clinton - Hard Choices - 2014
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only covers her years as Secretary Of State
very well written
broken down into parts of the world where she traveled
meetings with world leaders and diplomats
I love reading diplomacy stuff and that's what the job is
Kissinger's books are the best ever
oh, sorry Hillary
if you love big government, Hillary's your man
a department for anything you want
committee's to study anything you think might be a problem
then the new rules come out
everybody signs a piece of paper and it's all hunky dory
problem solved
new committee
Grade - A
next up - The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton
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A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue
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Edith Wharton - The Age Of Innocence - 1920
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Pulitzer Prize winner
New York high society set in post civil war era
boy meets girl
boy meets another girl
which one will he choose to wed?
oops, wrong one
oh well
Grade - B
next up - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
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Mickey Rooney-Life And Times, easy to read and very revealing.
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Leo Africanus-Amin Maalouf
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The Girl with All The Gifts. Only a couple pages in and I'm already hooked.
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Ron Chernow - Alexander Hamilton - 2005
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excellent read on this founding father
so much history to be absorbed
no doubt Alex would have run for president
if not for that silly duel thing
and Burr had no regrets
Grade - A
next up - Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
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Julia Peterkin - Scarlett Sister Mary - 1920
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Pulitzer Prize winner
set in the late 1800's on a South Carolina cotton plantation
after the war this black family chooses to stay and continue doing the work they have always done
nowhere to go anyway
had to revert to my southern black dialect to read some of this
strange that the writer is white
nice read
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next up - The Trumps by Gwenda Blair
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see....you are multi-lingual....
you speak American, Redneck and now I find you can speak "southern black".
you should apply for the position of Secretary Of State under Trump and/or Clinton,
hey,
lets face it, Bengazi/private emails wouldn't be a problem for you...
and you could share a joint with Willie on the roof of White House twice daily.
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
