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Another Random Quote
"What is our present condition? We have just carried an election on principles fairly stated to the people. Now we are told in advance, the government shall be broken up, unless we surrender to those we have beaten, before we take the offices. In this they are either attempting to play upon us, or they are in dead earnest. Either way, if we ( Read more... ) -
Just A Random Quote
"But you will not abide the election of a Republican president! In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, 'Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a ( Read more... ) -
James Monroe by Gary Hart
James Monroe (2005) by Gary Hart.
This is a monograph in the series "The American Presidents." Hart's thesis is Monroe was the first 'national security' president; to this end he exalts the fifth president as much as possible - e.g., minimizing John Quincy Adams' contribution to the Monroe Doctrine.
Hart goes out of his way to criticize some of the ( Read more... ) -
Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor
Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor (1971) by Isaac Asimov.
I don't think I've done any bookblogging this year, so I thought I would ease back into it with this pretty slight item.
My late father taught Sunday School, and he used this as a resource for many of his opening jokes before he started on the lessons. I used it as bathroom reading, though I ( Read more... ) -
True Accomplishments
Science fiction writers have accomplished so much. Where would we be without powdered-sugar doughnuts or Pringles potato chips? -
"One" I Hadn't Seen Before
According to an amazon.com consumer review, Iris Murdoch "one" a Booker Prize.
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January 2010 Acquisitions
Should have started this at the start of February, but better late than never.
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"It's Just Noise! Noise, I Tell You!"
From Dorothy Sayers' dedication to Nine Little Tailors (1934): "From time to time complaints are made about the ringing of church bells. It seems strange that a generation which tolerates the uproar of the internal combustion engine and the wailing of the jazz band should be so sensitive to the one loud noise that is made to the glory of God."
And ( Read more... )