RANT.

First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR! And secondly, no, this is not a rant. Nor is it a post ranting about rants or people who rant. This, is a personal review of Chuck Palahniuk 's Rant , a book I very recently finished. 2009 sees my reading habit at its most unproductive state. Having spent the first ten months working lots of late nights and long hours left me little time and energy to read, ...

UBC: Hitler's Army--and an accounting of books read this year

...of War: Children's Lives Under the Nazis. New York: Vintage Books: 2007. (01/16) Starkey, Marion L. The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials. 1949. New York: Anchor Books-Doubleday, 1989. (06/27) Vinogradov, V. K., Pogonyi, J. F., and N. V. Teptzov. Hitler's Death: Russia's Last Great Secret from the Files of the KGB. London: Chaucer Press, 2005. (06/27)...

2009 Final Book List

...: Picador, 1990. 343pgs. 27. John Grisham, The Associate . New York: Doubleday, 2009. 373pgs. 28. Katherine Neville, The Eight . New York: Ballantine, .... (re-read) 46. Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol . New York: Doubleday, 2009. 509 pgs. 47. Frederick Forsyth, The Shepherd . New York: Viking, .... (re-read) 51. John Grisham, Skipping Christmas . New York, NY: Doubleday, 2001. 177 pgs. (re-read)

BOOK - A Walk in the Woods

Title: A Walk in the Woods Author: Bill Bryson Publisher: Doubleday, 1997/ Black Swan, 1998 Length: 350 pp Genre: comedy, non-fiction??? Warnings: some fairly gory descriptions of the hazards of the trip (see below) ISBN: 0 552 99702 1 Summary: Bryson and his seriously unfit (in every sense) friend Katz set off to hike the Appalachian Trail. What could possibly go wrong? Review:...

...who was "disappeared" for publishing the first book on Freemason rituals, left behind a wife who would go on to marry Joseph Smith, who would adapt those same rituals into Mormonism. - Abner Doubleday, advocate of baseball, personally funded the original English translations of high ritualist, Eliphas Levi. Knowing Levi as I do, I kinda suspect now that baseball is nothing but a gigantic ritual ...

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS

... TODAY BEST-SELLERS  The Lightning Thief has made the top 50 USA TODAY Best-Sellers 1. "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins) (NF-H) 2. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H) 3. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P) ***** 37. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson (Vintage) 38. "Percy Jackson and the ...

...i want a knit skirt suit some shirts from kain cos they are modal/silk blend which is now my favorite blend for t-shirts see but $80 for a shirt? they're so crappy goth/abner doubleday stylee. point of order: did you know that's the new hip thing amongst scenesters, is to like wear very antique clothes and collect taxidermied animals? they would chuckle at my joke whilst sipping sidecars ...

Fallen by Lauren Kate (book - spoilers)

The premise of this book seemed so good. I saw it advertised with my bookclub and their description was as follows (taken from www.doubleday.com.au) 'Appealing to Twilight fans, Fallen is the addictive debut in a new paranormal romance series that revolves around the forbidden love between an 17-year-old mortal and a tormented fallen angel. Like a moth to a flame, Luce is drawn to Daniel, a ...

Top 10 Actors to Watch in 2010

...of the Golden Flower , and four years later he’s ready to tackle mainstream comedy. 9. Portia Doubleday Current Star Rating: - Projected Star Increase: * The festival buzz surrounding the dark comedy Youth in ... the hype regarding Michael Cera’s performance you’ll find some mentions of his co-star Portia Doubleday. The actress in a newbie to the film world but appears to be right at home in ...

Top 10 Actors to Watch in 2010

...of the Golden Flower , and four years later he’s ready to tackle mainstream comedy. 9. Portia Doubleday Current Star Rating: - Projected Star Increase: * The festival buzz surrounding the dark comedy Youth in ... the hype regarding Michael Cera’s performance you’ll find some mentions of his co-star Portia Doubleday. The actress in a newbie to the film world but appears to be right at home in ...