The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman.
It's The Red Tent on STEROIDS!
Tells the stories of 4 women and set in 70 CE in the Jewish fortress Massada right till The End.
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At the library I picked up "Around the World on Two Wheels" one woman, one bicycle, one unforgettable journey by Peter Zheutlin. I am rather enjoying it. I was enlightened by the chapter about the time period 1896 and how freeing for women the bicycle is. They are not dependent on spouses/etc for transportation. You think we have 'come a long way, baby' but the same old is still happening. Very interesting.
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The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman.
It's The Red Tent on STEROIDS!
Tells the stories of 4 women and set in 70 CE in the Jewish fortress Massada right till The End.
All you need is love...la-dee-da-dee-da...all you need is love!
50 Shades of Grey.
not sure how to talk about it- but must read. addicting.
Two books that I enjoyed were...
"At Home" by Bill Bryson, (of Appalachian Trail book "A Walk in The Woods") It's a wide ranging look at the history & reason for the different rooms you can find in a house. It's chock-a-block full of interesting bits history, and, made me so happy to have been born in the second half of the 20th century.
"The Age of Wonder" by Richard Holmes which is all about science at the end of the 18th century. Sounds dry, but it was a really interesting read. It sagged a bit in the middle when the author gets caught up in the poetry of one of the scientists, but the stories of Joseph Banks who sailed with Ctp. Cook; Caroline Herschel, who discovered lots of comets; the invention of the safety lantern for coal miners which saved the lives of 100s of miners; and Mungo Park (awesome name!) who explored, and died in, Africa, were so interesting!
Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling. ~ James E.Starrs
My bicycle jewelry...
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One of the best cycling-related books I've read is The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty. We just picked up Bike Snob's new book. I'll report back when I'm done. His first book was great!
Girl meets bike. Bike leads girl to a life of grime: http://mudandmanoloscycling.com/
I'm pretty dull by comparison in reading content:
A non-fiction book about the ethnobotany of salal plant --a Northwest coast plant but it grows in other areas of the world. It's about the botany, ethnocultural aspects...as it relates to aboriginal northwest coast culture, poetry /literature around salal, etc.
Maybe I should be reading more about the flora and fauna where I live now...buffalo, prairie dogs, etc.
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遙知馬力日久見人心 Over a long distance, you learn about the strength of your horse; over a long period of time, you get to know what’s in a person’s heart.
I love Bill Bryson, and just re-read "A Walk in The Woods". He's pretty straightforwardly funny and you know what to expect, but still, I've done some long-distance hiking and his descriptions of his companion Katz going temporarily insane and throwing half the contents of his pack over a cliff had me laughing hysterically
And I love well written books about science and especially peoples relationship to science and the natural world. I'll look for the one you mentioned. None read recently so I'm having trouble remembering the names, but I have a couple by Dava Sobel ("Longitude", "Galileo's daughter"), one about how people have viewed mountains ("Mountains of the Mind", I think), "Guns, Germs and Steel" is brilliant, and one about Fermat's Theorem was also a great read. I like how the genre gives you a little insight into not only the hard science, but also into the psychology of how we view the world.
Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett
I was just about to get A Walk In The Woods from my library!! Weird!
I'm reading In the Garden of Beasts--it's about the US Ambassador to Germany during Hitler's rise to power. I also started re-reading The Road Less Traveled just because it's so good.
She's going the distance...
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'14 Orbea Orca Dama, Specialized Jett
'10 Giant Avail
'87 Schwinn Cimarron, Brooks B17
Trek mountain bike...don't know what year
Anything by Denise Mina, who creates some beautifully developed, pretty original and imperfect characters set in what can only be called a pretty gritty Glasgow, with all its political and religious conflicts and poverty. Her books are fascinating.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
Looks interesting, thanks for the rec.
I logged on to my public library's website to place a hold on that book to pick up later this week, and I saw it was available as an ebook download in Kindle & other formats. After many dead end links (geeze they don't make it easy ) I was able to download a copy of the ebook to my Kindle, so I now have it on my Kindle for three weeks. Neat-o! First time I've tried borrowing an ebook from my library, so thanks for the motivation, lph!
2009 Lynskey R230 Houseblend - Brooks Team Pro
2007 Rivendell Bleriot - Rivet Pearl
jobob,
isnt that library option great?! DH constantly "checks" books out from the Greater Phoenix Digital Library.
Not real recent, but I LOVED "Finding Jack" by Gareth crocker.
laurie
Brand New Orbea Diva | Pink | Specialized Ruby
2005 Trek Madone Road | Pink | Ruby
1998 Trek 5200 Road | Blue | Specialized Jett
???? Litespeed Catalyst Road | Silver | Terry Firefly
I was lucky enough to get to see him do a BRA, and have him sign the new book.
The new one is quite different from the first one. I really enjoyed both, but liked the new one better.
His description of witnessing the WTC on September 11 was chilling. I don't think it will ever leave me.
Existence is empty, but I am full of myself.