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I have found the book for me!

The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury

The back cover says it is "for those who think Dan Brown doesn't write fast enough."

I can hardly wait. :innocent:

And it was free, free from my building's put-and-take free lending library down in the laundry room. :)
 
I have found the book for me!

The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury

The back cover says it is "for those who think Dan Brown doesn't write fast enough."

I can hardly wait. :innocent:

And it was free, free from my building's put-and-take free lending library down in the laundry room. :)


"Free" is brilliant! :cool:
 
In His Sigths by Kate Brennan.

Brennan is a pseudonym for a (quote here) well-respected writer and scholar telling her story of being stalked by an ex-lover for over a decade which is still stalking her.
I borrowed it from the library. :)
 
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

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Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomized by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong friend and ally. But with the unexpected return of Claude, Edgar's paternal uncle, turmoil consumes the Sawtelles' once peaceful home. When Edgar's father dies suddenly, Claude insinuates himself into the life of the farm — and into Edgar's mother's affections.

Grief-stricken and bewildered, Edgar tries to prove Claude played a role in his father's death, but his plan backfires — spectacularly. Forced to flee into the vast wilderness lying beyond the farm, Edgar comes of age in the wild, fighting for his survival and that of the three yearling dogs who follow him. But his need to face his father's murderer and his devotion to the Sawtelle dogs turn Edgar ever homeward.

David Wroblewski is a master storyteller, and his breathtaking scenes — the elemental north woods, the sweep of seasons, an iconic American barn, a fateful vision rendered in the falling rain — create a riveting family saga, a brilliant exploration of the limits of language, and a compulsively readable modern classic.

Home by Marilynne Robinson

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Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. Home is an entirely independent, deeply affecting novel that takes place concurrently in the same locale, this time in the household of Reverend Robert Boughton, Ames’s closest friend.

Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack—the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years—comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain.

Jack is one of the great characters in recent literature. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold a job, he is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father, though he remains Boughton’s most beloved child. Brilliant, lovable, and wayward, Jack forges an intense bond with Glory and engages painfully with Ames, his godfather and namesake.

Home is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. It is Robinson’s greatest work, an unforgettable embodiment of the deepest and most universal emotions.


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Just checked out Negro President by Garry Wills. It's about Thomas Jefferson and the meaning of the term "negro president" when used in describing Jefferson. Some would say it relates to his desire to get rid of slavery, while others would argue it's an insult regarding his alleged affair with Sally Hemmings. Wills goes a third route and argues that it relates to the fact that the 3/5ths compromise pushed Jefferson over Adams, ushering in a new era of politics. Looks to be an excellent read. I also checked out Our Inner Fish which explores our evolutional background and development, in relation to our body parts and why we have them.
 
The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House, John F Harris

Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W Bush
, Robert Draper

The Obama Nation, Jerome R Corsi
 
On Human Bonadage, W Somerset Maugham

The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, Elizabeth Kantor
Ph.D

Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice in Paradise, Sally Cline
 
Lisa See - Eine himmlische Liebe (Peony in Love)
Susanne Mischke - Liebeslänglich (could be translated as "Lovelong")
 
*Gasp* That is one of my all-time favorite novels. Er...if you meant "Of Human Bondage".

I just purchased Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy, and Brecht's Galileo.

Yes, I did. :)

It was on sale at Barnes and Noble and came with the film version that stars Bette Davis.
 
Just checked out...

Swim Against The Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow; Jim Hightower

Going Local; Michael H. Shuman

The Art of Cross-Examination; Frances L. Wellman

The latter is one that I'm really looking forward to, just love those "how to" books that are of an "Art of War" line of thinking.:D
 
Men of Mathematics, ET Bell (for my fiance)

Tonka puzzle book for the two year old I had with me.

White Fang, Jack London

Serial Killers: The Stories of History's Most Evil Murderers, Brian Innes

501 Must Read Books
 
From my summer raid in the french book shops and friend or Familly bookshelves

all in french so the title translation is home brewed and aproximative.

Hector Bianciotti-Golden deserts

Guy gavriel Kay-Tigana

Orhan Pamuk-My name is red

Rainer maria Rilke-the journal of Malte laurids Brigge

Ivo Andric-The vizir elephant

Kawabata-the hostel serving girls(les servantes de l'auberge)

Ishikawa-the falcon

Virginia Woolf -mrs dalloway(english)

Andrei Makine-Music of a life

Milka Waltari-An stranger came to the farm(un inconnu vint a la ferme)

Andre Gide -The immoralist

Sandor Marai-The comfession of a bourgoie

-Metamorphosies of a wedding

Alessandro Baricco-Silk

Stan Nicholls-Orc
 
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