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If you'd like to share favorite books - fiction or non-fiction - and their appeal, whether or not you're one of society's under-appreciated two percent who can boast recessive allele on chromosome 16 and the resultant different take on the MC1R protein 🙂

If you'd like to share favorite books - fiction or non-fiction - and their appeal, whether or not you're one of society's under-appreciated two percent who can boast recessive allele on chromosome 16 and the resultant different take on the MC1R protein 🙂

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Read Heads
Jul 9, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by snytiger6
With the current trend of the far right moving into the forefront of many countries aroudn the world, perhaps it is time for people to rediscover the book "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis. To paraphrase the author, "When Fascism comes to ...
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Read Heads
Jul 12, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Marcie1974
This made me giggle
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Read Heads
Jun 16, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by AmelieMatisse
Just finished a biography on Frederick Douglass and this seemed like a good followup.
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Read Heads
Jun 18, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Dionysus6
Blind Faith by Ben Elton is a must read if you like disturbing dystopian novels. This one is about a future set in London where public displays of faith are mandatory and everything in your life recorded and shared publicly on social media including ...
6 comments
Read Heads
Jun 19, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by AmelieMatisse
Anyone who is an art lover will enjoy this book. And if you are anywhere near Baltimore MD a trip to the Baltimore Museum will get you the chance to see the Cone sisters amazing collection for free
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Read Heads
Jan 16, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by MoonTiger
A REAL Read Head!
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Read Heads
Aug 2, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by AmelieMatisse
I went to a lecture by author Richard Rothstein. If you are interested in learning how our government segregated this country, you will find this book fascinating
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Read Heads
Jul 10, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by annedoneal
I just finished this. Love short stories...gives me access to authors I never hear of but really like. Anyway I am reading George Carlin Napalm & SillyPutty now.
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Read Heads
Jul 16, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by AmelieMatisse
I just scored a free ticket to Temple U in Harrisburg and their forum with exiled Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad to discuss her book Wind in My Hair and her fight against religious extremism
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Read Heads
Aug 27, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by SKH78
Once in a great while, I re-visit childhood and read Dr. Seuss books. Here I am, an old woman and I still adore Dr. Seuss.
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Read Heads
Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by snytiger6
Just finished reading "Where The Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir" by Amy Tan. For anyone who has aspirations of writing, readign this book will let you know tha teven acclaimed writers have difficulties. This is the most honest book I've read ...
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Read Heads
Jul 21, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by carlyhorton
I need some audio book recommendations. I just finished two on escaping Scientology, and I've done few on escaping polygamy (FLDS church). I don't need to stick to these topics, but I like memoirs and nonfiction on audio. Any titles you could ...
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Read Heads
Apr 27, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by KateP2019
Right now I am reading Les Miserables, the Julie Rose translation. I have read the book years ago, and seen the musical, and the movie, but I guess I just wanted to revisit the book. I am loving it so far.
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Apr 4, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by MojoDave
Anyone interested in 'older' books? Like 9th century? 3 Brothers From Baghdad and Their Remarkable 9th-Century Book of Inventions
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Read Heads
Mar 8, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by ninjarider1
Twenty five percent? I'd say more than that!
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Read Heads
Jan 28, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by SKH78
I just read "Why We Sleep" - learned a lot I did not know about sleep, why we need it and that bad things that happen when we are sleep deprived.
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Read Heads
Mar 8, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by snytiger6
Instead of powering it up...
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Read Heads
Jul 14, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by snytiger6
Just finished reading "American Fascists" by Chris Hedges. It's about 10 years old now, but still very relevant, showing how the religious right is tryign to steer us towards a theocracy with the34mselves in charge. A good read in helping to ...
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Read Heads
Mar 26, 2019Mar 2019

Posted by snytiger6
Just finished reading "Where The Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens. It's about a woman who was abandoned by her family in the 1950's and she grows up alone in the swamps of North Carolina. Always beign an outsider, when a murder occurs, she becomes the...
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Read Heads
Oct 17, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by snytiger6
Just Finished "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver. Small town meets the scientific community. I really enjoyed it. I'd put it as one of her more enjoyable books.
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Read Heads
Jul 19, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by AmelieMatisse
Got to meet this author last evening at our local book store: When it came to hunting, she was a master shot. As a dress designer, few could compare. An ingenious architect, she innovated the use of marble in her parents’ mausoleum on the banks of...
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Read Heads
Aug 12, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by moNOtheist
Just reread Paul Fussell's Wartime, a look at the real brutality and daily horror of World War II that shows the romantized portrayal on tv and the big screen for what it is (it took Hollywood more than fifty years to finally acknowledge in Saving...
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Read Heads
Jul 3, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by cweigle
I'm super happy. Been trying find more of these collect and read and found a good pile.
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Read Heads
Jun 20, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Frctnal
Has anyone read Their Eyes Were Watching God? Such beautiful writing. Zora Neale Hurston was truly an artist.
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Read Heads
Jul 12, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Marcie1974
This made me giggle
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Posted by MynamehereAnyone really into reading apocalyptic fiction right now?

Posted by AmelieMatisseMy latest read. I really though I was well informed about this era. Sadly I was not.

Posted by AmelieMatisseI went to a lecture by author Richard Rothstein. If you are interested in learning how our government segregated this country, you will find this book fascinating

Posted by Marcie1974This made me giggle

Posted by Marcie1974This made me giggle

Posted by snytiger6With the current trend of the far right moving into the forefront of many countries aroudn the world, perhaps it is time for people to rediscover the book "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.

Posted by AmelieMatisseAnyone who is an art lover will enjoy this book. And if you are anywhere near Baltimore MD a trip to the Baltimore Museum will get you the chance to see the Cone sisters amazing collection for free

Posted by AmelieMatisseJust finished a biography on Frederick Douglass and this seemed like a good followup.

Posted by GuyKeithAnyone here like Joseph Heller? You may be familiar with Catch-22, but have you read his other books, especially Something Happened? If anyone has read it, let me know. I would like to discuss it.

Posted by ninjarider1Well, one can always hope!

Posted by ninjarider1I "check out" when I read!

Posted by ninjarider1Twenty five percent? I'd say more than that!

Posted by snytiger6Instead of powering it up...

Posted by KodiamusCurrently reading

Posted by MoonTigerA REAL Read Head!

Posted by ninjarider1Any science fiction fans here?
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