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    New York - Rutherfurd

    in Historical Fiction

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    It's worth reading those books. I think, no matter if the story is sometimes a bit slow going, it's genius to tell the history of a city, and the whole country, in the form of a novel.

     

    I agree. I have most of his books on my bookshelf and have started and stopped them a few times. For me its just a matter of having the time to do it. Maybe over the winter months. I don't see me reading New York though, it just doesnt seem to "catch" me like his other works.

    The future of books?

    in General Book Discussions

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    I think books will continue to be around. I work at an independent bookstore and our sales are steady. We have customers who own kindles but still purchase books. There is just something comforting in having a couple of bookshelves in a room with a fireplace!

     

    Add to the picture the frustrated kindle owner who breaks or loses their toy. I had a customer who came in yesterday to purchase a book because she sat on her kindle and it would cost the price of a new one to fix it.

     

    Many people just have a relationship with their books, the ones with the dog ears and the pen marks at their favorite passage.

     

    I have suggested to the owner that he should get with ABA (American Book Association) and start selling the ebooks also and he is seriously considering it.

    Searching for a topic

    in General Chat

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    That's the question heh?! Where there African's on the island at anytime before Caesar? Or did any remain after the Romans left, So I guess during the Iron Age? The African's had already been about midway into their Iron Age before it was introduced in Britain.

    Searching for a topic

    in General Chat

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    Okay, I am in need of ideas! I have to start preparing early even though the class isn't until the Fall semester. My history paper is for my Historian's Craft class. Its at least a 20 page paper! This doesn't scare me (yet) but I'm having a hard time coming up with a really interesting topic to focus on for 7 months! Are there any questions that you've always had but didn't have the time or ability to do the research? I want this paper to be the best paper EVER!:lol:

     

    So, all you creative and imaginative people, can you toss out ideas?! The only condition is that it not be something that has been beat into the ground (unless it can be approached from a new perspective!).

     

    Thanks SO much!

    In The News (Cont..)

    in General Chat

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    Take a look at our local paper. I love it because we can make comments on the articles. This one is especially "different" as it is about one of our council members and her illness (diarrhea of the mouth) Please read the comments, they are better than the article!

     

    Beaufort Gazette

    One Second After

    in General Fiction

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    This book has kept me rooted. Its the story of what happens to America after a EPM has been drooped. This EPM is some form of electrical nuclear bomb that has rendered the US locked in a nightmare were the nation is in the dark, no televisions, computers, telephones, absolutely nothing, chaos ensues. The sick dying off because of age and lack of meds, nursing home a nightmare and marshal law. Really thought provoking.

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