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Since we all love to read, let's share our latest books. login to post comments More summer reading:
1. Pata Submitted by alan on Monday, July 5, 2004 - 18:29 More summer reading: 2. Lazy long weekend reading Buffalo Soldiers, a wild, dark ride with the bad boys in the US military stationed in Germany. The depiction of their "F.U." attitude is a major counter-balance to item#1. login to post comments We the Media (hardback)
Gras Submitted by admin on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 14:14 We the Media (hardback) i haven't read it yet, but i've read lots of his blog. i also think we should put together a list of weblinks... login to post comments I have read Gillmor, too. I f Submitted by rwashburn on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 16:45 I have read Gillmor, too. I follow his blog quite closely. I find it interesting how he has used the web in the creation of the book. He has posted sections, allowed people to comments and even shown off the book cover. Has it actually been published. It would be an excellent book to read. I agree with the weblinks and I would add recommended blogs. login to post comments I am going to suggest we all Submitted by rwashburn on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 18:36 I am going to suggest we all read Web Journalism: Practice and Promise of a New Medium by James Glen Stovall. This could be a required text by fall. It looks at current industry practice, providing use with a touchstone. We can decide later if it is a worthy point of reference for our journey or not. I will also boast for a moment, since we are talking about books. I got a hold of Broup Politics and Public Policy by A. Paul Pross. It is out of print. So I went to ABE.com, a used book site. (Amazing for anyone interested). Got it for $5 (US) from a bookstore in Newfoundland. It arrived yesterday. The book is significant for my research. It looks at the dynamic between pressure group and policy makers. It tends to be a bit Pollyanna in the way it makes pressure group sound like they are a vital, useful part. It was written in 1988. That may have been the truth of the day, but I would be very suspicious today. It provide a very good model for understanding the stages of group politics: latent, solidarity and formal interest groups. Facinating. login to post comments I'm reading The Confusion V.2 Submitted by alan on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 14:08 I'm reading The Confusion V.2 of the Baroque Cycle by N. Stephenson. An 800 page sprawling adventure set in 1670-1730. It bounces around in time interweaving many historic personages with fictional reprobates. Lots of action (pirates stealing Spanish galleons loaded with gold) and lots of musing (Leibniz describing cataloging books via primes) to play with the emergence of the modern exchange. And,reading in parallel: Butoh, a photo-essay on the emergence of an avant-garde dance movement in Japan. Post-WWII, inspired by the horror of a civilization that can take life like an angry child crushes bugs under foot. Best quote so far: "Ono (a founder) says that Butoh revolves around the idea of the "dead body" into which the dance places an emotion which can then freely express itself. Without this technique, the "living body" would divert the emotion, drawing it into its own logic. He tells us that as the puppeteer pulls the strings, the soul should guide the artist. "He often speaks of the "freedom" of the dancer. This must be understood in the eastern sense: it does not mean "free will", but rather skaking off the confines of free will, a liberation from narrow thoughts and individuality. Dancing freely means giving up the notion of oneself, reverting to the original memory of the body, and discovering the soul stifled with." Both from the Toronto Public Library! login to post comments My daughter and I are reading Submitted by rwashburn on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 01:42 My daughter and I are reading Sunwing, by Ken Oppel. Great book. We just finished the first book in the series, Silverwing. It is part of a trilogy. The final book is Firewing. Wonderful story. The main character is a bat named Shade, who gets lost during his first migration from the Canadian north to the hibernation spot in the United States. He joins up with Marina, another bat, who helps him finish the migration after he is separated from the main group. It is well written and fast moving. We both love it. The stories are well crafted, making it easy to read aloud. login to post comments |
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