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Bernard, Ted. (2010). Hope and Hard Times: Communities, Collaboration and Sustainability. Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers.
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Severed book about the Black Dahlia murder.
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06-19-2010, 09:31 PM
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I just finished reading Martha O’Conner’s Bitch Posse. Yes, it unequivocally challenges what “chic lit” is—by its preface and conclusion, and it’s “content.” It’s been about three hours since I completed the novel, but I’m still impassioned. And maybe not in the best of ways. Yes, I adored the characters, the plot (or, rather, the supposed, dramatic “pinnacle”)— I predicted. But, I felt depressed and angered during the entire ordeal [and I choose the word “ordeal”] of reading the novel—and maybe that was the point. The novel, to me, feels like a compilation of Duncan Lois (Killing Mr. Griffin and Daughters of Eve, in particular) and any one of Carol Oates’ pieces [I’m thinking of her short story, “Where are you going, Where have you been?”—one of my favorites, in particular]. I’m aggravated, I think (in particular), because I expected to feel empowered by reading this text; instead, I feel like I’ve listened to an entire oeuvre of a music artist and still none-the-wiser—about the artist or myself. Maybe I expect too much from fiction, but I am totally dismayed.
Aggravated bibliophile (or am i just all punk?!), D---
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06-19-2010, 09:43 PM
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My housemate brought me a book from the library called Signspotting, because I like stuff like this. Basically, it's what it sounds like....spotting odd/weird/unusual/funny/etc signs.
Some of my faves thus far: Promised Land: CLOSED Evacuation Route--Not a Through Street Forest Closes at 11:00PM Caution: Please Be Aware that the Balcony is not on Ground Level To Feed Fish Please Lay Down and Reach for the Water Dead Peoples Things for Sale Barf Bed & Breakfast Toilet ----> Stay in Your Car  The last book she brought home for me? I Haz a Hotdog, the canine version of Lolcatz. 
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07-04-2010, 12:28 PM
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Elie Wiesel's "And the Sea is Never Full, Memoirs, 1969 - " the follow up to the first volume of his memoirs "All Rivers Run to the Sea."
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07-04-2010, 12:50 PM
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I love this story, so I'm re-reading it!
That Old Ace in the Hole
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07-06-2010, 02:44 PM
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Well, the book itself showcases a series of miniature environmental case studies from different regions in the US. The Bernard (2010) text supplemented the core reading list for my CST 591 Environmental Communication Studies class. At the end of our course, our professor sought out class opinion about whether to keep this book as part of the readings list. I feel that this text is a great resouce; other students felt it should be dropped. It's written from a sociological perspective and not too many understand that type of applied lens. We had students from various disciplines in our class - so this might be a reason why some students felt the way they did. Bernard's (2010) compilation of various community issues is a snap-shot approach. He gives as much background as possible to each case presented. For example, the case offering on the Wisconsin tribe of the Menominee was useful because here in Oregon we have a similar situation: land issue disputes between two confederated tribes (The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs) and how policy -in the past and present- drawn around gaming, landuse, or other problematic economic issues they face as stakeholders, in a ten-year long dispute process that is very complicated. I learned a lot about how people come together to solve situations/dilemmas that affect communities and felt this book was indispensible in my learning process! Thanks for asking me about the book! Have you read it as well, daisy??? |
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08-08-2010, 09:39 PM
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The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics - Working on The ScrewTape Letters for now.
I received this book as a Christmas present and am just now getting around to really reading it. 
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OH! I have been wanting to read that book! I am going to see if I cant get it at the library when I go to the hospital for my surgery. I want to bring a few books so I can read and not just watch TV all day.
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Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
(What can I say, I'm just a sucker for the old classics)
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Documents the lives of 732 boys and girls during the Holocaust, their lives before the camps, the camps, and after the camps. |
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I am enjoying it greatly
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I just finished Archeron by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Out of all the Dark Hunter series I have read (to date), its my fav by a landslide!
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