Speaking of Manhatten, if you've read Herman Melville's "Bartleby The
Scribner - A Story of Wall Street" - how odd is it to think that he could
have easily been staring at the site of the future twin towers? Is Melville
a real Nostradamus?
Scout


"Nav" wrote in message
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How about Nathaniel's Nutmeg? One of the best I've read in the past It
even told me what Manhatten means...

Cheers

katysails wrote:

Oh, and Doug, if you're really into the ancients, you need to look at
the Colleen McCoullough's First Man of Rome series....they are wonderful....

MC asked:=20
How about Nathaniel's Nutmeg?
I haven't read that one. Will have to look it up....Right now we're =
both reading the Patrick O'Brien's....
--=20
katysails
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"katysails" wrote in message
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MC asked:
How about Nathaniel's Nutmeg?
I haven't read that one. Will have to look it up....Right now we're both
reading the Patrick O'Brien's...



Do look it up. I highly recommend it.



Regards


Donal
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katysails wrote:

Oh, and Doug, if you're really into the ancients, you need to look at the Colleen McCoullough's First Man of Rome series....they are wonderful....


Ok, I'll look for that and the Anne Rice book. I've read all of Mary
Rennault's books, they are very detailed and subtle not "light weekend"
reading... well worht re-reading IMHO. You might like 'The Mask Of
Apollo' which is about a family struggle (lots of other stuff going on
too of course). Her nonfiction book about Alexander is great.

I just finished reading a translation of some of Demosthenes, he reminds
me curiously of Rush Limbaugh. I guess there is nothing really new under
the sun.

Thanks for the tips.

Regards
Doug King

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
katysails wrote:

Oh, and Doug, if you're really into the ancients, you need to look at
the Colleen McCoullough's First Man of Rome series....they are wonderful....


Ok, I'll look for that and the Anne Rice book. I've read all of Mary
Rennault's books, they are very detailed and subtle not "light weekend"
reading... well worht re-reading IMHO. You might like 'The Mask Of
Apollo' which is about a family struggle (lots of other stuff going on
too of course). Her nonfiction book about Alexander is great.

I just finished reading a translation of some of Demosthenes, he reminds
me curiously of Rush Limbaugh. I guess there is nothing really new under
the sun.

Have you read "The barbarians are coming"?

If you haven't, then do a Google. Some things never change.



Regards


Donal
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How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
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After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

Isn't that piracy?

Cheers

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...

After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

wouldn't know... it's posted on a newsgroup not an individual's machine...
don't think
there's any law about downloading it... doubt there's any tracking either.

"Nav" wrote in message
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Isn't that piracy?

Cheers

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...

After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I
can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic
books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

Free is good too Ganzy, but I also wanted to use some of these in my
classes, and nothing spells trouble in a public school like reprinted
materials with no proof of purchase.
I do have a huge collection of MP3's; some downloaded, some I made. Two
summers ago I purchased a Creative Sound Lab External Ripper/Burner and
converted my personal music collection (about 300 or so CD's) into high
quality MP3s; I plug my laptop into my boat's sound system and then enjoy
listening to Antonio V. while slicing across the bay. God I love technology
(in spite of what Mr. Einstein said about it).
Scout

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I
can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic
books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

Scouty, you didn't say you were using it in a classroom. You said you were
using it on your boat at anchor.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
Free is good too Ganzy, but I also wanted to use some of these in my
classes, and nothing spells trouble in a public school like reprinted
materials with no proof of purchase.
I do have a huge collection of MP3's; some downloaded, some I made. Two
summers ago I purchased a Creative Sound Lab External Ripper/Burner and
converted my personal music collection (about 300 or so CD's) into high
quality MP3s; I plug my laptop into my boat's sound system and then enjoy
listening to Antonio V. while slicing across the bay. God I love
technology
(in spite of what Mr. Einstein said about it).
Scout

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my
time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I
can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic
books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout