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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 06:04 |
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Just finished reading 'Prepare for War' by Rebecca Brown.
The book is about how Satan can bring destruction to peoples lives and how one could best equip themselves and 'Prepare for War'
Fascinating!!!
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=234636&cat=19262&type=3&dept=3920&path=0%3A3920%3A18571%3A18589%3A19262
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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 07:02 |
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I'm currently reading
Robert Greene - The 48 Laws Of Power
Hodos/Jerison/Masteron - Evolution,Brain,and Behavior: Persistent Problems
Stephen Covey - The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People
Napoleon Hill - Think And Grow Rich
Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown - Angels and Demons
The Greater Key of Solomon <--haven't really started yet.
I read a couple pages everyday of each. But I'm really into the 48 laws of power almost done with it. I would recommend it you folks. Somebody said that this is the book president Bush is reading.
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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 07:12 |
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The Intuitionist : A Novel by Colson Whitehead
The New York Times Book Review, Gary Krist
Literary reputations may not always rise and fall as predictably as elevators, but ... Colson Whitehead's should be heading toward the upper floors.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, Mark Rozzo
This brainy thriller diverts more than it excites, but Colson Whitehead masterfully evokes a grey mid-century city that could have been torn from a Ben Katchor comic strip.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 07:21 |
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The Ecstatic : A Novel by Victor Lavalle.
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“LaValle’s hero barrels through his comic novel attending beauty pageants, writing horror flicks, corresponding with a political prisoner, and dealing with his super-dysfunctional family. We get everything from this novel—Gogol as well as Biggie Smalls. His characters remind one of Chester Himes and Charles Wright, but LaValle is special.� —Ishmael Re
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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 07:27 |
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The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat.
“Ms. Danticat’s most persuasive, organic performance yet. . . . Each tale in The Dew Breaker could stand on its own as a beautifully made story, but they come together like jigsaw-puzzle pieces to create a picture of this man's terrible history and his and his victims' afterlife.� —The New York Times
“A devastating story of love, delusion, and history.� —O, The Oprah Magazine
“Breathtaking . . . With terrifying wit and flowered pungency, Edwidge Danticat has managed over the past 10 years to portray the torment of the Haitian people . . . In The Dew Breaker, Danticat has written a Haitian truth: prisoners all, even the jailers.� –The New York Times Book Review
“Thrillingly topical . . . [The Dew Breaker] shines. . . . Danticat leads her readers into the underworld. It’s furnished like home.� –Los Angeles Times Book Review
“[The Dew Breaker] is, most profoundly, about love’s healing powers. From its marvelous descriptions of place to the gentle opening up of characters, this is a book that engages the imagination.� –Elle
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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 17:50 |
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Antwone Fisher (feat. Denzel Washington)
Last year I watched the film, and recently brought the book..... its a MUST, the book is 10x better for those who have watched the extraordinary film.
For other good black books try http://www.passionet.net
Happy Reading
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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 18:51 |
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| I'm half way through The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. A very fine novel indeed
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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 22:44 |
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| Maya Angelou... Gather together in my name.
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Posted: Friday March 25th, 2005 22:57 |
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| Just finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - one of the best books I have read in a long time. Had to jump on the bandwagon; just started The De Vinci Code by Dan Brown - i'm about hundred pages deep-bad ass book!
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Posted: Saturday March 26th, 2005 12:56 |
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@Numair , I'm reading 'The Da Vinci Code' also. I'm about half way through, So far I think its a good read, but I'm not sure what all the hype was about!
I'm still reading 'Beloved' which is not flowing for me, its a very hard read. This suprised me as I really liked 'The Bluest Eye' also by Toni Morrison,but for some reason Beloved has me struggling. Also I have made the fatal mistake of reading two books at the same time. Not good
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Posted: Saturday March 26th, 2005 19:20 |
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| 100 facts of the negro - J.A rodgers
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Posted: Sunday March 27th, 2005 18:14 |
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soul survivors....
a collection of narratives of female slaves, edited by Marcia Williams
it includes accounts from Sylvia Dubois -- the slave who whipped her mistress
and --- incidents in the life of a slave girl by Linda Brent
also reading sheer abandon --- new novel from Penny Vincenzi
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Posted: Friday April 1st, 2005 01:03 |
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The light of other days by Arthur C Clarke & Stephen Baxter
Its set about 30 years from now. A sort of Rupert Murdoch figure reveals his wormcam technology which allows visuals to travel by tiny wormholes so instant communications are allowed which lets his media group always be the first to the story. They can see anywhere on earth instantly with this device and eventually realise that it can also see in time. So they start watching all the events in history... Jesus, Carthage etc etc
Am about halfway through now and so far it seems like a version of Issac Asimov's short story "the dead past" where scientists have a machine that sees the past but use it to see the present and become voyuers threatening the fabric of society. Everyone is peeping constantly on everyone else.
This story has similar implications and it is good reading so far. Also there is a sub plot that the main character a female reporter famous for discovering a asteroid which will destroy earth in 500 years... How that affects the human condition on the planet is amusing as well. Oh yeah they called the asteroid "wormwood" LOL
Its a good book if you like sci fi like I do, Arthur C Clarke is one of the daddys of the genre and its a good book from him.
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Posted: Friday April 1st, 2005 19:16 |
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NativeTongue wrote:
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat.
“Ms. Danticat’s most persuasive, organic performance yet. . . . Each tale in The Dew Breaker could stand on its own as a beautifully made story, but they come together like jigsaw-puzzle pieces to create a picture of this man's terrible history and his and his victims' afterlife.� —The New York Times
“A devastating story of love, delusion, and history.� —O, The Oprah Magazine
“Breathtaking . . . With terrifying wit and flowered pungency, Edwidge Danticat has managed over the past 10 years to portray the torment of the Haitian people . . . In The Dew Breaker, Danticat has written a Haitian truth: prisoners all, even the jailers.� –The New York Times Book Review
“Thrillingly topical . . . [The Dew Breaker] shines. . . . Danticat leads her readers into the underworld. It’s furnished like home.� –Los Angeles Times Book Review
“[The Dew Breaker] is, most profoundly, about love’s healing powers. From its marvelous descriptions of place to the gentle opening up of characters, this is a book that engages the imagination.� –Elle
thanks for that i am adding her to my wish list in amazon
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Posted: Friday April 1st, 2005 19:21 |
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i am reading
the measure of a woman by getz and getz. my friend bought it for me as a gift. i am reading it slowly but it has been an interesting read
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0830732861/qid=1112386906/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_10_8/202-0677192-9530223
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Posted: Friday April 1st, 2005 21:32 |
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I am currently reading Dark Matter, a collection of sci-fi excerpts and
short stories from African/americans old and new. I recently read Walter
Mosley s : the man in my basement.
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Posted: Friday April 1st, 2005 21:44 |
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I'm currently reading :
The Sex Chronicles By: Hannah D. Zane
 
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Posted: Sunday April 3rd, 2005 18:11 |
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 Ras Tafar I, Blessings to you.
I think I will give that book a try.
Hetepu
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Posted: Sunday April 3rd, 2005 23:05 |
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and after i am expecting to read "Angels & Demons"
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Posted: Monday April 4th, 2005 14:27 |
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| Am currently reading 'the Male Spirit' by Iyanla Vanzant.. y insightful as our state of mind today and why it all relates to inherent issue we have picked up from or ancestors ..
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Posted: Monday April 4th, 2005 16:01 |
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i was reading da vinci code by Dan brown but i stopped halfway through, i was findin a bit hard to understand the book. i felt like i was learning a new language lol.
'' The brave r always stubborn''. ( I wasn't this time)
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Posted: Monday April 4th, 2005 19:43 |
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| Electric Jesus Corpse by Carlton Mellick 111
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Posted: Monday April 4th, 2005 20:14 |
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I'm reading "Satan, I'm Taking Back My Health" by Dr Jawanza Kunjufu. Hubs bought it for me because he says I'm killing myself with my diet .
Interesting read.
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Posted: Wednesday April 20th, 2005 16:16 |
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I'm reading two books now. Both non-fiction
N****r : The strange career of a troublesome word bY Randall Kennedy.
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Africa is thunder and wonder; contemporary voices from African literature
This latter book, I've just started reading.
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Posted: Wednesday April 20th, 2005 18:24 |
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Le Moor,
I didn't think I would be able to stomach Dear Senator by Essie Mae Williams because like most of you guys who is familiar with the history of Strom Thurmond, I hated this man, I thought that he was the biggest racist that walked on the face of the earth and that his daughter was the product of a rape. Well, I got the guts to read the book and as a reader, I must warn you, if you really hate Strom and if you're not a forgiving person ,then don't look at because what his daughter said in the book wasn't what I thought it was going to be.
Essie Mae enlightened me and suprised me about her dad. Was he the big racist that he portrayed his his gubernatorial/presidential campaigns? I'm trying to think no, though if I would have been in Strom's shoes, I would have never ran if I love my child that much. Was Essie Mae a product of a rape by him and his Black maid? Nope. Was his Black maid a fling to him? I think that Strom cared and even loved her mother, but you know the old days in the South you couldn't public with interracial dating in those days . Did he acknowledge Essie? Yes he did and tried to express his love in various ways.The book was interesting because I there were many questions that I wanted answered about Strom about his feelings for his daughter and his Black maid. Seemingly , his daughter thinks highly of her father. I guess he wasnt the total racist skunk that I thought he was.
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Posted: Thursday April 21st, 2005 09:38 |
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The Secrets of Power Negotiating by Roger Dawson
Sur/petition by Edward De Bono
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