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No. I haven't read Truman but I am sure that it will be up to his usual standard. Ive read his The Great Bridge, Path Between the Seas, Brave Companions, and The Johnstown Flood. All were remarkable, but the bridge book is best.

Oh, and by the way, Rhodes' Dark Sun (about the advent of the hydrogen bomb) isn't as good. I'm not sure if it is because of so much of the info still being classified, or what.

Thanks, glad to help.

You have to admit, though, that your heart was in your throat when Francona sends Pedro out to the mound to replace a guy who is working a one-hitter. It was also nice to see Curt Schilling back up what he said before game one, and silence 55,000 Yankee fans. God only knows how he pitched at...

Ell, I am happy to hear that you liked The Path Between the Seas. The image of Phillipe Bunau-Varilla(?) gliding along in his canoe looking at treetops black with tarantulas has always stuck with me. If you haven't yet, I urge you to read McCullough's The Great Bridge.

For the record, I am a guy with long hair. My ponytail hangs about halfway down my back. Also, for the record, the girl who said she'd shoot me has both an odd sense of humor and a gun (licensed).

As a guy with long hair, I'm a little surprised by all this hair-cutting talk. I just keep thinking of how long it would take to grow it back. But, I can also understand what a pain it can be (like having your girlfriend fall asleep on your ponytail, or having it get caught in the car window...

"Guinness" reminds me of a night, back in my salad days, when I got stuck drinking the stuff in a bar in Hoboken. I really only wanted one, but an over-anxious bartender kept refilling my glass the moment it touched the bar. I think I ended up drinking 8 or 9.

Of course, there is always Conrad's Heart of Darkness in which the jungle is virtually a character. I've also heard Edward Abbey has written a couple of books (The Monkey Wrench Gang, etc.) that are conservation minded.

You might want to try Jack Kerouac's Desolation Angels , Big Sur , or maybe Dharma Bums. I'll see if I can think of some others.

Beleive it or not, I almost mentioned Louis Sachar's Holes. It is something of a mystery, but very different in it's tone. Very interesting.

I heartily recommend the "Three Investigators" series started by Robert Arthur. I think that they are currently out of print, but well worth the effort of tracking down. The three boys have a secret headquarters in the back of a salvage yard - what more could an inquisitive ten year old want...

I'd have to name the store after myself, but I am afraid I don't care to divulge my last name here. I will tell you, though, it would only reinforce the idea that names are harbingers of destiny (though I don't own a bookstore, so maybe they aren't). At any rate, I would try to stick with used...

I found Rhodes' book staggeringly good. It is a bit of a cliche to say that it "read like a thriller" at times, but it did. More importantly, though, he does a marvelous job of covering the whole evolution of atomic theory, the many colorful personalities involved, and the many forces and...

Probably Banvard's Folly by Paul Collins. It's non-fiction, but very compelling in an odd sort of way.

Yeah, it's good to have you back, and good to hear that you have now survived 4 hurricanes in a row. (You didn't mention Jean, but I assume you survived that one, too, since you're posting.) I also find that I get pushed in unexpected directions (one of which is nostalgia - or something like...

I think a lot of the posts here have made very good points about the problems with fantasy. Especially this business of mistaking the presentation of elaborate detail for good writing. It bores me to tears when Tom Clancy does it, too. And, as with any genre, it is always on the verge of...

Ashlea has the right idea. Keep them dry and out of the sunlight and you will go a long way towards preserving them. Also, don't use them as coasters, door stops, etc. Use a book mark when you read them, so as not to break the spine. Basically, good common sense.

(a) Beef Noodle (only if it is home-made with home-made noodles); (b) closely behind that comes Chicken Corn soup (that's right, just chicken, corn, water, butter, and black pepper cooked in an iron kettle over a wood fire); (c) Beef Vegetable (the longer you cook it, the better it gets).

Probably not. The first edition aspect is pretty important. But, I should also say that 10,000 pounds seems like a lot of money, either way. I mean, that price seems like an aberation. Like the people who say that they have Beanie Babies that are worth thousands of dollars. Let me add...