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I just finished reading The Real History of the End of the World by Sharan Newman. It is about Apocalyptic Predictions and end time stories of a long list of religions and cultures. It includes some in modern times like Jimmy Jones, David Koresh, the Hal Bop Comet group, etc. It includes the supposed Mayan prediction for the end in 2012.

I received an E-Reader for Christmas and am loving it so far. Can anyone recommend some web sites to get free or cheap ebooks, especially ones I might actually read?
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I just finished this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Interesting plot and a comfortable writing style. The author is Larry Watson who teaches at Marquette University.

Just read "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard about the assasination of President Garfield. It was an amazing book. Interesting how things have changed such as medical care and the security of our leaders.

Greetings all: I am currently reading Emus Loose in Egnar: Stories from Small Towns by Judy Muller. It is mostly about small town newspapers, what they accomplish, write about, and the role they play in the community. Reread Crime and Punishment this summer and read Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness recently.

Happy New Year!

I just moved to Texas and I know I can't seem to be faithful to this group, but where is the manager and our other moderater?

It is hard to keep posting and get no response, I know. I am trying to get my life lined out again. It is hard to make changes when you are my age.

We have to hang in here if we want to keep this group going. What is your vote on keeping it going or joining another reading group?

Check with your library to see if they subscribe to Freegal, a music download service that provides more than 500,000 songs from Sony that have unrestricted use. You must access Freegal from your library portal using your account and pin number. You get three free downloads per week and you can access the music by Genre or by Artist. You are certain to find songs or artists that you like.

I have just finished reading 1491 by Charles C. Mann which is about the Americas before and after their discovery by Chris Colombo in 1492.

The book challenges the history books which have presented the native American natives as a simple people living in harmony with nature and needing the European civilization's control.

In the centuries before the European colonization the Indians had very complex cultures and in fact were hugely more populous than formerly thought. It is now believed that the introduction of European diseases for which there was no defense in the new world that these large populations were wiped out with only a small number surviving.

The author looks at the native populations from the northern part of north America to the southern part of south America. When they arrived, how they arrived and where they originated.

If you like history/anthropology/archaeology then this is an interesting book. The questions are explored and the various positions analyzed. One is left with many more questions than answers, but that is the fun of reading this type of literature.

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Great book. She also wrote Seabiscuit which was also good.

I just finished reading a book about Nathan Bedford Forrest who was considered to be one of the most capable generals of the confederacy during the civil war. I first read the book about 1997 and was impressed by his story at that time. With the passage of time and the need to simplify our living quarters I decided to re-read the book to determine if it was worth retaining. It is.

My question is, how many enjoy re-reading a good book after a period of time? I have two books that I read once a year they bring me so much pleasure, but normally I do not read a book more than once. How about the rest of you?