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10-24-2011, 06:47 AM
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Why America Must Not Follow Europe by Daniel Hannan
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10-24-2011, 06:56 AM
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10-24-2011, 01:05 PM
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10-24-2011, 01:58 PM
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Trucking through The Hobbit right now & afterwards will (naturally) move onto the Big 3. Also have a couple of the Christopher Tolkien books that I haven't yet read, so we'll see how his abilities as a compiler of notes stack up.
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10-24-2011, 06:23 PM
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When I'm feeling a little down, I read The Hobbit or the trilogy.
 They are like old friends.I was so excited when The Children of Hurin came out in 2007. I see from my bookmark I didn't get past page 37. Maybe I should give it another go... Ditto for The Silmarillion. pssst, PTM, I have a first American edition...
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10-24-2011, 07:48 PM
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The Prodigal God - Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Timothy Keller
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"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out." --Hugh Latimer, October 16, 1555
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10-24-2011, 08:00 PM
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It is only 50 pages so it is difficult to be repetitive in that short a time. I found it to be insightful. For example, here is his take on the American Revolution: "Later accounts of the revolution generally portrayed it as a national uprising - as, indeed, a War of Independence. But this interpretation depends on a very selective reading of what the patriot leaders were arguing at the time. They saw themselves not as revolutionaries but as conservatives. In their own minds, all they were asking for was what they had always assumed to be their birthright as Englishmen. The real revolutionaries, as they saw it, were those in the Georgian Court who were seeking to impose a new settlement, in contravention of the ancient constitution: one that would tilt the balance from legislature to executive and open the door to oppressive government."
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"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out." --Hugh Latimer, October 16, 1555
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10-24-2011, 08:01 PM
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"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out." --Hugh Latimer, October 16, 1555
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10-25-2011, 05:42 PM
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Raven - The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman with John Jacobs
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10-25-2011, 05:50 PM
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I had never heard of Children of Hurin until I was in the library grabbing the 4 off the shelf & I grabbed that one up, too. I'm pretty stoked to check it out. Quote:
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