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[Biciclista]

[QUOTE=StressFree;393388If you're looking for something more serious, Suite Francaise is very good.[/QUOTE]

just put this one on hold at my local library. sounds very well written. I just finished two books written by a couple of cyclists who toured Mexico, Central America and South america. I really enjoyed those two books. Now I am starting on my Christmas Present, called "A Sicilian Tragedy" so far the biggest tragedy is that the author didn't have anyone help him write the book.
Averaging 3-4 errors per page.

[RoadRaven]

A book called "Falling For Science" written by a local (from Wellington).

It is the most readable science book I have read

He takes facts, and talks about the stories we create around them and how these stories become myths which people then begin to argue as scientific fact (when actually, the stories we make up to explain our world are often unprovable).

He looks at evolution, creation, migration of people and all sorts of other things. Some really great provocations which have made me think about what I believe and why I believe it and whether I still actually do.

Example:a piece of pottery is found in an excavation. It can be carbon dated. Where the clay is from can be identified.

Then someone starts to tell us what this piece of pottery might have been used for, who might have made it, why it got broken or the reason for it being discarded. None of this is provable, but the story helps build a picture of people, of a way of life, and we like that. Suddenly, the story comes to be believed and accepted as factual.

Its a great book. I'm part-way through my second read of it. If I could I would buy everyone I know a copy of it.

[moley42]

I just finished reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer and was pleasantly surprised by it. I feared I would be disappointed after the Twilight series but it was actually really good and stood out well on its own.

[Aint Doody]

Thirteen Moons by----Oh, I forgot! He's the same fellow who wrote Cold Mountain.