tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1075815667653049766..comments2024-03-28T09:44:47.093+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Because 'Dumbing Down', Ashley...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45111606417486405752013-08-30T21:38:28.688+01:002013-08-30T21:38:28.688+01:00How about "The Art of Conversation And Not Ly...How about "The Art of Conversation And Not Lying to Rush In And Bomb Countries" by T Blair and A Campbell?<br />PenseivatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-36217197108477193972013-08-30T07:54:14.156+01:002013-08-30T07:54:14.156+01:00"Not a Steinbeck or Wolfe fan, MTG?"
Ab..."Not a Steinbeck or Wolfe fan, MTG?"<br /><br />Absolutely astonishing reading for anyone otherwise bored out of their mind. Incidentally, Steinbeck holds the record for novels which the film improved.MTGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4780925283262149082013-08-30T05:31:11.618+01:002013-08-30T05:31:11.618+01:00"Poe and Hemingway aside, what constitutes Am...<i>"Poe and Hemingway aside, what constitutes America's cultural history amounts to zilch for a Continent."</i> <br /><br />Not a Steinbeck or Wolfe fan, MTG?<br /><br /><i>"That's the excuse I use when buying a car off ebay"</i> <br /><br />Heh! Most of today's old bangers are decidedly dodgy...<br /><br /><i>"So never mind that Shakespeare touches on issues that transcend time because humanity is still humanity six hundred years later, eh?"</i> <br /><br />Not to the progressives. They really do genuinely believe we're totally different now.<br /><br /><i>"Isn't reading a bit passe?"</i><br /><br />I see more people with Kindles on the train than I think I ever did with books... JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-92179633520601450602013-08-29T23:40:29.034+01:002013-08-29T23:40:29.034+01:00Isn't reading a bit passe?Isn't reading a bit passe?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-63845939121716839782013-08-29T20:42:10.860+01:002013-08-29T20:42:10.860+01:00So never mind that Shakespeare touches on issues t...So never mind that Shakespeare touches on issues that transcend time because humanity is still humanity six hundred years later, eh?Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-37965077002397699212013-08-29T17:50:03.351+01:002013-08-29T17:50:03.351+01:00Women's Studies?Women's Studies?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-27785648274508153002013-08-29T15:43:04.201+01:002013-08-29T15:43:04.201+01:00This book is a classic - Stoner.
One of the few bo...This book is a classic - Stoner.<br />One of the few books from the mid 20th Century that I have read more than once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-40570748412030103702013-08-29T15:32:29.980+01:002013-08-29T15:32:29.980+01:00Dr. Jeremy Taylor should be read by all, especiall...Dr. Jeremy Taylor should be read by all, especially Holy Living and Holy Dying. He is especially good on the subject of marriage. It is only four hundred years and a week or two since he was born.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15894185364962901792013-08-29T13:03:18.534+01:002013-08-29T13:03:18.534+01:00""Classics of the future""
Th...""Classics of the future""<br /><br />That's the excuse I use when buying a car off ebayBuckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-35158751003762807222013-08-29T13:01:57.156+01:002013-08-29T13:01:57.156+01:00The Bard was as much anti-semite as he was anti-la...The Bard was as much anti-semite as he was anti-lawyer but bestowed admirable qualities upon alien characters including Othello, Julia. Poe and Hemingway aside, what constitutes America's cultural history amounts to zilch for a Continent. MTGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-27847275035991700302013-08-29T12:53:37.579+01:002013-08-29T12:53:37.579+01:00Janet and John books are classics in their own rig...Janet and John books are classics in their own right. I think that some of our secondary school alumni will be hard pressed to get to the last page though.Lynne at Counting Catshttp://www.countingcats.com/noreply@blogger.com