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wolffie Member
Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 2693 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:50 am
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I remember Frozen in Time as a children's picture book (not sure if this is the condensed version) -- there are some macabre photos of exhumed sailors at Beachy Island. Good read.
Mike Collins wrote: | Frozen in Time-Unlocking the Secrets of the Franklin Expedition ... The use of solder as a tin can sealant was not banned by the British until 1890. |
Note how long it took to ban tetraethyl lead as a gasoline additive, and lead paint, in the U.S. The danger of lead paint was well understood fairly early in the 20th Century. The European response was to ban it promptly; the U.S. response was the Dutch Boy ad campaign.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
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PDX Papa Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2014 Posts: 4 | TRs | Pics Location: Portland, Oregon |
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Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:21 pm
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We just got back from Glacier National Park. The two books at the top of my stack are Colter by Rick Bass and Glacier: A Natural History Guide by David Rockwell.
No fiction at the moment.
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Mike Collins Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 3096 | TRs | Pics
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The current global concern about ebola echoes the intense concern surrounding yellow fever in earlier years. Over 5,000 deaths from yellow fever occured in Memphis alone in 1878. Globally the disease still claims 30,000 deaths a year. The American Plague-The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History uses the Memphis epidemic as the foundation for her masterful treatise on the subject. The author, Molly Caldwell Crosby, lives in Memphis, where her visit to a potter's field of 1,500 of those victims perhaps spawned her meticulous research and development of this captivating book.
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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
Just finished "The Emperor of all Maladies" It is the biography of cancer.
wonderful reading, Dr Mukerjee has a beautiful clear style which is enormously readable
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happy heathen Goonies never die
Joined: 09 Mar 2014 Posts: 65 | TRs | Pics Location: Gig Harbor Washington. |
Sea Wolf by Jack London.
"The mountains are calling and I must go" John Muir
"The mountains are calling and I must go" John Muir
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Mike Collins Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 3096 | TRs | Pics
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It was exactly sixty-one years ago at this time that the American Karakoram Expedition made their attempt to summit K2. K2-The Savage Mountain by Bob Bates and Charles Houston MD chronicles that epic expedition. The tension is as strong as that on the rope used for the belay by Schoening when describing their heroic descent. The book is dedicated to Art Gilkey whose body has never been found after his fatal fall on the peak during the same expedition. The book rightly deserves its accolade as a mountaineering classic.
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Bloated Chipmunk Cock Rock Searcher
Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 2993 | TRs | Pics Location: Margaritaville |
I just finished reading The Last Season by Eric Blehm. What a compelling read! It tells the story of Randy Morgenson, an experienced backcountry ranger in Sequoia-Kings Canyon Natl. Park who went missing from the Bench Lake area while on patrol in July 1996...
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
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gb Member
Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 6308 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:49 am
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Bloated Chipmunk wrote: | I just finished reading The Last Season by Eric Blehm. What a compelling read! It tells the story of Randy Morgenson, an experienced backcountry ranger in Sequoia-Kings Canyon Natl. Park who went missing from the Bench Lake area while on patrol in July 1996... |
That's close to Roswell, isn't it?
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NacMacFeegle Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 2653 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
I recently finished reading Xenocide (part of the Ender series by Orson Scott Card). It was good, but not as great as Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead. It did make me want to see how the series concludes in Children of the Mind.
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Seventy2002 Member
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Stella Member
Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 113 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:28 pm
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The Last Season is a bittersweet story. I found it a great read and thought of Randy Morgenson while backpacking this summer in the Sierra.
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Toni Member
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 829 | TRs | Pics Location: Issaquah |
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Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:38 pm
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Bloated Chipmunk wrote: | I just finished reading The Last Season by Eric Blehm. What a compelling read! It tells the story of Randy Morgenson, an experienced backcountry ranger in Sequoia-Kings Canyon Natl. Park who went missing from the Bench Lake area while on patrol in July 1996... |
It's in the mail, forgot about this story. thanks for your views.
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gb Member
Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 6308 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:07 am
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I've read several books this summer;
Beyond the High Himalyas by William O. Douglas, the great Supreme Court Justice. This is the story of an adventurous trek into the Ladakh region of the Himalaya as likely one of the first recreational visitors in 1953. Douglas was very astute and studious in his observations of native people and customs.
The Cadillac Desert by Mark Reisner, a history and narrative on water in the Southwest. Reisner details the history of the Bureau of Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers that built irrigation projects and dams primarily in the west. An informative but mostly dry book.
Basin and Range by John McPhee, a detailing and personal story about the geology of Basin and Range country and the rest of the SW. Although well written and interesting, the book is dated as the concept of Continental Drift that was introduced has long since been widely accepted. I had previously read this book many years ago.
I am also re-reading Edward Abbey's Abbey's Road, saving this one for backpacking fare. This book is a collection of stories of different natures so that one can easily pick up the book and read any chapter. Edward Abbey is my favorite author as he weaves appreciation and knowledge of nature with a great blend of storytelling and humor. I wish there was another author I'd appreciate as much as Edward Abbey.
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GaliWalker Have camera will use
Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 4929 | TRs | Pics Location: Pittsburgh |
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Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:36 am
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GaliWalker wrote: | Phil wrote: | mike wrote: | I'm usually a nonfiction reader but just finished Iain Banks' Surface Detail |
Sad news about the great man
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Just finished reading Banks' final SF book, The Hydrogen Sonata. Another fantastic offering. Such a shame that there will be no more...may he rest in peace.
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
"Ender's Game." I'm a big fan of sci fi movies but for some reason don't read much sci fi. I thought the adaptation was decent. About 1/3 of the way thru the book. They had to cut out so much to make it into a movie.
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