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The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital írta: Samuel Shem

Time among the Maya : travels in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico írta: Ronald Wright

World Is My Home: A Memoir írta: James A. Michener

365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year (Phalarope Books) írta: Chet Raymo

Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu írta: Yaroslav Trofimov

Mandela : The Authorized Biography írta: Anthony Sampson

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Currently Reading: ARE WE ROME?: THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE AND THE FATE OF AMERICA - Cullen Murphy

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"ANOTHER DAY IN THE FRONTAL LOBE: A BRAIN SURGEON EXPOSES LIFE ON THE INSIDE" by Katrina Firlik.

"TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS" - Ryszard Kapuscinski

"DRIVING MR. ALBERT: A TRIP ACROSS AMERICA WITH EINSTEIN'S BRAIN" - Michael Paterniti.

"RETURN TO WILD AMERICA" - Scott Weidensaul.

"THE GHOST WITH TREMBLING WINGS: SCIENCE, WISHFUL THINKING, AND THE SEARCH FOR LOST SPECIES" - Scott Weidensaul.

A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE: REDISCOVERING THE NEW WORLD - Tony Horwitz

LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS: SAVING OUR CHILDREN FROM NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER - Richard Louv

THE WEATHER MAKERS: HOW MAN IS CHANGING THE CLIMATE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR LIFE ON EARTH - Tim Flannery

THE FUTURE EATERS - Tim Flannery

SEEDS OF CHANGE: FIVE PLANTS THAT TRANSFORMED MANKIND - Henry Hobhouse


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They spill and tumble.
Here an Ancient Mariner
There a Kubla Khan;
They fall
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Éppen olvasottLaurel's Kitchen: A Handbook for Vegetarian Cookery and Nutrition írta: Laurel Robertson
Vegetarian Epicure írta: Anna Thomas
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Butterflies Of Arizona: A Photographic Guide írta: Bob Stewart
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Hi Carol
I appreciate your warm (AZ!) welcome to the birding group. Thank you for the great story of your tundra-acclimatized uncle. Hopefully I should be somewhat more modernized when I depart the north for southern climes... but I will keep a weather eye out for traditional lore and lifestyle...
Cheers from North of 60, Mike

subarcticmike által bejegyzett 4:46 pm (EST) -kor a Feb 7, 2009

I'm told David Sedaris is a lot funnier "on audio", I'll have to try that.

Hey, thanks about the kind comments about my library. Perhaps 40% of it is "virtual", especially those wonderful books in my TBR category. I've been plucking them from LT recommendations as well as members' libraries. I recently realized that if you add them to your library and/or then delete them, more excellent recommendations miraculously pop up! Great fun. For every book I finish I probably add 20 into the TBR list.

It's cold up here in New England; I envy your travels.

Sandydog1 által bejegyzett 5:35 pm (EST) -kor a Jan 8, 2009

love love LOVE that Van Gogh link. Thanks for sharing!

VictoriaPL által bejegyzett 1:13 pm (EST) -kor a Oct 30, 2008

Wow, Tropics, we've a remarkable number of similar interests. I'm always scrounging TBR titles and am looking forward to viewing your library. Regards,

Steve

Sandydog1 által bejegyzett 11:00 am (EST) -kor a Jul 19, 2008

Hello Carol! I don't know about a privilege, but I think people find the experience compares favourably with root canal work! We do our best to make sure people have a great vacation while learning about each particular country and, of course, seeing a lot of great birds. At the end of the day, it's more of a privilege for someone like me to be able to share some of the wonders of nature and to be outdoors in wild areas. I have happy memories of birding and staying in Madera Canyon from a number of different visits. What a wonderful place for a home patch. If you ever get the chance to go birding with Rick in Arizona - I know he leads Audubon trips when he can - it is well worth doing. His knowledge of Arizona's natural history is very impressive.

I'm not sure where you might have birded in a coffee plantation here as there are many great birding sites within Andean shade coffee plantations. It would probably have been in the lower Santo Domingo Valley somewhere - Rio Barragan, Altamira, La Soledad, San Isidro (if there were Cocks-of-the-Rock). Interestingly, unlike countries like Costa Rica, we have a lot of real shade coffee and these habitats are tremendously important for migrant and resident species alike. Cerulean Warbler is just one of the threatened species that winter in Venezuelan shade coffee areas.

Thanks again for your note. Who knows, perhaps our paths will cross one day? Happy birding! Chris

chrisharpe által bejegyzett 1:06 pm (EST) -kor a Jun 9, 2008

Hello there Carol! I happened to be logged in and just got your message. So you were in Venezuela in 1999 - I hope you enjoyed yourselves. Where did you go? I've been lucky enough to get to Costa Rica every year since 1999 to lead a tour for a company based not far from where you live - Borderland Tours of Tucson - perhaps you know Rick Taylor or Barbara Bickel? That's a lovely part fo the world, especially for birders! Many thanks for sending me your message. Happy birding! Chris

chrisharpe által bejegyzett 2:01 pm (EST) -kor a Jun 6, 2008

Tropics, thanks again for the link! Those sorts of sites are hard to find with my computer because the connection is so s - l - o - w!

Facetious_Badger által bejegyzett 5:20 pm (EST) -kor a May 25, 2008

Tropics,

you're welcome! It just took thumbing through a few pages and there they both were!

Happy reading :)

fasciknitting által bejegyzett 9:12 am (EST) -kor a May 20, 2008

Glad you liked it :-) There are larger versions available here, just in case you're interested!

LizT által bejegyzett 3:49 pm (EST) -kor a Mar 9, 2008

That particular sheep didn't lend me its wool. It was showing off at a very small fleece fest at the Prospect Park Zoo here in Brooklyn last April.

AnnaClaire által bejegyzett 10:20 am (EST) -kor a Mar 6, 2008

I'm also SqueakyChu on GeoBirds. I just got a new digital camera for my birthday. I think it might be fun to try my hand at taking picture of birds and posting them (once I learn how to use the camera better).

SqueakyChu által bejegyzett 1:47 pm (EST) -kor a Feb 1, 2008

A very belated reply: that's a wonderful anecdote! I'm so glad he made the effort to help you find the right 'Ryd'. What finally turned out to be your favourite country/city after those 4 1/2 months in Europe?

desideo által bejegyzett 3:31 pm (EST) -kor a Oct 18, 2007

I suppose I should admit to eating it as well... creamed, on toast, with fresh thyme! Mmm.

Admission no. 2: I had to look Almundsryd up. I thought it would be close to Tingsryd, which it sort of is. At least I got the landscape right! (The 'ryd' suffix gave it away.) Were your grandparents from Småland originally?

desideo által bejegyzett 7:17 pm (EST) -kor a Sep 23, 2007

I was just reading your post in List Five Books parlour game and had to follow your link to your bio. Great profile. And we agree 100% on Catch 22, Guns Germs & Steel great reads. I always feel the need to give kudos to interesting people so consider yourself...kudosed? Oh well, you know what I mean...:)

survivingniki által bejegyzett 9:15 am (EST) -kor a Sep 19, 2007

Thank you for your comment, Tropics. It is nice to meet you.

I envy you being down there in AZ. From what I hear it's one of the Meccas of birding in the lower 48. I will definitely have to visit there some winter. Anyway, I'm sure migration will be there shortly, if it hasn't started already.

Yours,

Mustapha_Mond által bejegyzett 10:51 pm (EST) -kor a Sep 10, 2007

Hi, Carol,
I live in the sonoran desert also, been here permanently for five years and a bit.
When you work with addicts ad addictions, you find yourself using their language. Jonesing means to really want something, as in an addict really need a fix of whatever his drug of choice is. I think that we professionals picked it up, because it's easier to communicate with someone when you speak their language. It seems to have spilled over to the civilian population. Usually it just means you really want something, a cup of coffee, a diamond necklace, a piece of chocolate. That's all

siubhank által bejegyzett 4:48 pm (EST) -kor a Sep 8, 2007

I should have read your profile before posting my last comment. Just wanted to say that the Sonoran Desert is a wonderful place. My husband visited the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum several years ago while in Tucson for a conference. We returned to the area on vacation a couple years ago and made a beeline for it. That and Saguaro National Park were the highlights of the visit.

lindsacl által bejegyzett 6:53 am (EST) -kor a Sep 8, 2007

Thank you for the link to the photos! They are wonderful!

lindsacl által bejegyzett 6:51 am (EST) -kor a Sep 8, 2007

Regarding "Shake Hands With the Devil": I have read selected parts of the book, as necessary for the research I did several years ago during grad school, but have not yet read the book cover to cover. It is one of several that I have waiting on my shelves that were consulted but not read in full.

grkmwk által bejegyzett 12:26 pm (EST) -kor a Aug 27, 2007

I had a flood in my office some time ago and quite a few books got drowned. They don't dry out too well, but I found it very hard to throw them away.

I've got the Inflatable Pig book now, shall read it next week when I'm (officially) on holiday. There's a long list of really horrible tasks awaiting me! But I shall sneak a bit of time for LT.

GeraniumCat által bejegyzett 11:37 am (EST) -kor a Aug 6, 2007

You can have all my hadedas. ;-) They're evil, noisy and messy. I live very close to a golf course so I get to hear them all the time, sometimes even at night. As if that wasn't bad enough, a group of them have now decided that they like the roof of the apartment block directly across from me. Every time I look out the window or go to the garden, there they are, staring at me. Sometimes they come to my garden. My cat is terrified of them. They hiss at him and chase him away. It's great entertainment. :0)

izzybee által bejegyzett 2:23 pm (EST) -kor a Aug 2, 2007

You probably saw "Sorrow's Kitchen ..." in the Complete Sentences category, but I had used it earlier as well as one of the 5 titles that have most grabbed my attention; it's been a long time since I read it. I was going to write to say that you seem to have really liked my "Islands" game as you made multiple entries there!

Seajack által bejegyzett 1:17 pm (EST) -kor a Jul 29, 2007

Thank you for your sweet comment... Thankfully I was able to save [i]some[/i] of my grandpa's books. Love your picture!

Heather19 által bejegyzett 10:31 pm (EST) -kor a Jul 26, 2007

Hi again, Carol! I've been away, too, but nowhere exciting. Oregon sounds great - here in the UK it has rained relentlessly for weeks; even here, where we have missed the floods, everything is wet, so I shall get the other Gimlette book, as reading about Paraguay may take my mind off constantly wet feet (and dogs).

When I was a kid my dad made and sold lapidary equipment, so we used to have people show up from collecting trips all over the world, with rocks and sometimes fossils, and seaside visits always involved trudging along staring at the ground, no sandcastles for us!

Have a great trip!

Jodie

GeraniumCat által bejegyzett 5:28 am (EST) -kor a Jul 23, 2007

a smile your way, i love the picture!

Tim_Watkinson által bejegyzett 8:30 am (EST) -kor a Jun 28, 2007

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