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Soapiestdevil

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what book would you buy right now?

I am kind of torn with this question, there are so many I want to read right now. I'm going to refrain from mentioning any of the many political books I've been eye balling.

I'm going to have to go with Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and/or Slaughter house five by Kurt Vonnegut. I've also been looking at War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda by Jonathan Tucker.
 
well, since you asked, and I happen to have no idea what the heck you're looking for other than what you mentioned ... honestly I'd spend it on this:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Making-Archtop-Guitar-Robert-Benedetto/dp/1574240005]Amazon.com: Making an Archtop Guitar: Robert Benedetto: Books[/ame]

I'm sure you could find the Heller and Vonnegut for a few dollars each.
 
niftydrifty said:
well, since you asked, and I happen to have no idea what the heck you're looking for other than what you mentioned ... honestly I'd spend it on this:
each.
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Not looking for anything just interested seeing what people like and would pick up. :mrgreen:

Maybe get a few ideas also.
 
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Soapiestdevil said:
what book would you buy right now?

I am kind of torn with this question, there are so many I want to read right now. I'm going to refrain from mentioning any of the many political books I've been eye balling.

I'm going to have to go with Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and/or Slaughter house five by Kurt Vonnegut. I've also been looking at War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda by Jonathan Tucker.
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Oh i understand exactly how you feel.
There are so many books i want to buy everytime i walk into the bookshop but i have to discipline myself :(
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
I'd by a sport bike magazine and a couple beers.
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That's about enough for a bottle of Bacardi ...

I'd buy these books:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-State-Secret-Journal-Premier/dp/1439149380/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=IA2J0HFSX4JN3&colid=KU15E6YVC8I3]Amazon.com: Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang: Zhao Ziyang, Bao Pu, Renee Chiang, Adi Ignatius: Books[/ame]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/No-Easy-Answers-Behind-Columbine/dp/1590560310/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1QX33K3B9XRCP&colid=KU15E6YVC8I3]Amazon.com: No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine: Rob Merritt, Brooks Brown: Books[/ame]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Lone-Survivor-Eyewitness-Account-Operation/dp/0316067601/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2B7C3IM0QD6HQ&colid=KU15E6YVC8I3]Amazon.com: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10: Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson: Books[/ame]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Communion-True-Story-Whitley-Strieber/dp/0380703882/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I16IQ3743X02SW&colid=KU15E6YVC8I3]Amazon.com: Communion: A True Story: Whitley Strieber: Books[/ame]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Harsh-Mistress-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0312863551/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1RHAAECOZAKAD&colid=KU15E6YVC8I3]Amazon.com: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: Robert A. Heinlein: Books[/ame]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Enormous-Crime-Definitive-Abandoned-Southeast/dp/0312385382/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I35MO66JKFOZ0G&colid=KU15E6YVC8I3]Amazon.com: An Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast Asia: Bill Hendon, Elizabeth A. Stewart: Books[/ame]

That's just for starters ...
 
I'd buy:
Reading lolita
Growing Up Under the Taliban
Why We're Losing the War on Terror
Re buy Animal farm.
Life of Pi
The kite runner
And finally catch up on my Lee Child series, i've been neglecting that and Christine feehans series.
 
Soapiestdevil said:
what book would you buy right now?

I am kind of torn with this question, there are so many I want to read right now. I'm going to refrain from mentioning any of the many political books I've been eye balling.

I'm going to have to go with Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and/or Slaughter house five by Kurt Vonnegut. I've also been looking at War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda by Jonathan Tucker.
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What's a "book"? :confused:
 
One of these, I suppose.

Leo Strauss-Thoughts on Machiavelli
Jan Werner-Muller- A Dangerous Mind: Carl Schmitt in Post-War European Thought
Gopal Balakrishnan-The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt
Daniel Bell-The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties, with "The REsumption of History in the New Century
 
Soapiestdevil said:
what book would you buy right now?

I am kind of torn with this question, there are so many I want to read right now. I'm going to refrain from mentioning any of the many political books I've been eye balling.

I'm going to have to go with Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and/or Slaughter house five by Kurt Vonnegut. I've also been looking at War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda by Jonathan Tucker.
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I'd head to the mystery, sci-fi, or travel aisles at Borders, wind up with an armload, remember I only had $25, sit down and read for a couple hours, then leave with the best one. :mrgreen:
 
I thought catch-22 was absolute ****, but I'm currently reading an amazing book that is supposedly a modern version of catch-22 set in an office.

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Then-We-Came-End-Novel/dp/B002B55XFE/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247805051&sr=1-11]Amazon.com: Then We Came to the End: A Novel: Joshua Ferris: Books[/ame]

It's as hilarious as a midget getting punched in the balls by a rabbi, was a national book award finalist, and is on sale for FOUR GODDAMN DOLLARS. buy it now or you suck as a person.
 
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