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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:35 PM
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Need book recommendation for Dad!
Hey DUers- help me out with a good book for Dadherenow.
He loved Chalmers Johnson and several others I have given him.
Honestly, I am out of touch with the newest and hot books,
so I would love to hear your recent picks!
I am going out to do the shop; at INDEPENDENT sellers,
NOT corporate fuck face retail shops.
their not getting a single dime from us this year!

BHN
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rainy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:56 PM
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1. just heard John Perkins talking about his book:
Confessions of an economic hit man. I researched it at amazon and it got great reviews, reads like a novel, very compeling and informative.
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:15 PM
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5. Thanks for reminding me of that one!
Great choice for Dadherenow!
I heard that author on Democracy Now!
not long ago but I forgot all about it.
I'm getting (am) senile...
BHN
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:59 PM
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2. Is he a fiction guy, or non-fiction...
Edited on Mon Dec-20-04 04:22 PM by Richardo
...even tho I work at a corporate f*ck face store I'd be happy to recommend a few. :)
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:17 PM
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7. I hope you cheat them on break time...
Screw the corporate bastards at EVERY chance!
he likes non-fiction and has gotten very interested
in the BFEE over the last few years.
He LOVES the books that rip them apart.
BHN
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:31 PM
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12. My non-fiction recs...
Attack Poodles by James Wollcott. Funny yet scathing polemic against media whoredom.


Worse Than Watergate by John Dean. Exposure of the secrecy of the Bush ADministration by someone who knew and worked for the 'best'.


Price of Loyalty by Ron Susskind. Still the best 'insider' book I've yet read. Hopefully more to come in the second term.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:32 PM
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14. Fiction: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
My favorite book of 2004
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:45 PM
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18. Thanks, adding it to the list...
In that my favorite creature was a Black Dog,
named Black Dog, deceased now, the cover
has me intrigued.
Hell the cover sells me on it!
Now I must go and check it out...
BHN
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:47 PM
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19. Worse than Watergate looks really good!
uh-oh...there are so many good DUer picks on this thread
I have a feeling I am about to spend some bucks...
BHN
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 07:31 PM
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25. WtW is the book that pins the W.rong administration against the wall
I cannot recommend it enough. He might also enjoy David Brock's "Republican Noise Machine" and/or "Blinded by the Right."

I work in a major library's Collection Development Department (buying, pretty much) and read reviews for a living!
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Billy Ruffian Donating Member (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:02 PM
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3. Patrick O'Brian
just be ready to buy him all 21 of them ;-)
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:18 PM
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8. Who is that?
What manner of topic and writing?
Do tell.
BHN
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:03 PM
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4. Hey, BeHereNow
This is sort of off topic, but speaking of books; did you get the inspiration for your user name from the cult classic book of the same name by Ram Das? If so, do you know where I can get a copy? I used to have one but I gave it to a friend of mine who had done something nice for me.
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:23 PM
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10. I still have my copy...
I gave it to my daughter when she was the age
that I first encountered it in 1974.
I would suggest used book sellers as a source to locate
a copy, they are out there!
And yes, my user name is from the book title.
I love that book- it is such a stream of consciousness ramble.
My favorite kind of writing.
BHN
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:37 PM
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15. Good deal
I got my copy of the book in the early 90s. I was into all kinds of eastern philosophy at the time. I think that book breaks some of that philosophy down so that the western mind can understand what all those gurus are talking about over there. It's a wonderful book.
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:42 PM
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17. You might want to check out RUMI then...
Sufi mystic that is my hands down all time
FAVORITE writer...
He is fucking BRILLIANT.
Leonard Cohen is our modern day Rumi by the way.
Just to give you a comparison of what his writing is like.
BHN
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:16 PM
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6. I don't know much about great titles & authors, but I have a couple
of favorites.

Yeager General Chuck Yeager's autobiography. It's somewhat self-serving, and rather boastful at times, but very, very interesting!

Mornings On Horseback David McCullough wrote a fine biography of Theodore Roosevelt's life before he became president.

Good luck making choices!
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:19 PM
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9. Thanks...I am writing all of these down
I want a list before I go out into the madhouse
that is Los Angeles.
I really have to psyche myself and have a focus
to go out into the jungle.
ICK.
BHN
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:27 PM
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11. Good luck!
:bounce:
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banjosareunderrated Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:32 PM
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13. Under the pall of neocon-fascism? Tom Robbins!
Jitterbug Perfume has cheered me up for the 100th time over the last couple weeks.

Wow, two months to make my first post on the site that kept me going. I'm waking up!

Go Cubs.
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:40 PM
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16. WELCOME TO DU! Any friend to a Banjo
is a friend to me!
You play?
Who's your favorite banjo plyer in the whole world?
Thanks for the Tom Robbins recommendation-
forgot all about him!
I love his books.
Vonnegut too...
BHN
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banjosareunderrated Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 10:14 PM
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20. thanks for the welcome BHN!
I appreciate it. Yeah, I play a few different instruments, banjo included. Earl Scruggs is still my fave, but bela fleck is this/close. Since the 2nd day that will live in infamy, the Live Art album, my Robbins books, and DU have kept me going. Erleichda, right?
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 12:40 AM
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22. I grew up thirty minutes form BEAN BLOSSOM...
Edited on Tue Dec-21-04 12:41 AM by BeHereNow
Got to play there and jam with Bill and Birch Monroe. (Unvle Pen)
Doc Watson, The Whites, Ricky Skaggs, Kenny Baker,
Earl, and countless others...
You see, I be...
a Hillbilly at heart...
Lonesome Monlight Waltz. BEST fiddle tune EVER.
WAH I miss the good ole days.
The L.A. music scene SUX!
Not about the music...not at all.
"Now I'm travelin down that lonesome road
How I hate to go..."
But I must.
Packages to wrap.
Cards to addess.
Yada, Yada and yes I love Bela too.
BHN
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 12:06 AM
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21. Here's a couple.....
"Under the Banner of Heaven" - just read for a book club - about a true-crime event and also some history of the Mormon church. Interesting outlook.
"Life of Pi" - fiction - first part a bit slow but couldn't put it down when I got half-way!
Good luck!
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 01:17 AM
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23. Welcome to DU BW925! And thanks...
However, I am now home from the shopping trip
and dadherenow is taken care of.
I got him Thomas Frank, Seymour Hersh and Ron Susskind.
Along with some book tapes which he loves.

But, I will add your recommendations to my list anyway
cause his birthday will be here in the blink of an eye!
Thanks, and again WELCOME!
BHN
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 07:15 PM
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24. You're very welcome...
Thanks for the greeting. Have a wonderful holiday.
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