What are you reading? What was the last book you enjoyed?

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The Affair is the sixteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child.Reacher is sent undercover to find out everything he can and then to vanish. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, Reacher meets local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux, who has a thirst for justice and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust each other, they reluctantly join forces. Finding unexpected layers to the case, Reacher works to uncover the truth, while others try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his mission—and turn him into a man to be feared.
 
orpheus said:
I really liked this one. An interesting view on how randomness affects one life and delves into probability math, statistics, and several of the key historical figures responsible for such concepts.
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Have you read Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos? I wonder how it compares with The Drunkard's Walk.
 
LetTigerIn said:
Have you read Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos? I wonder how it compares with The Drunkard's Walk.
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I have Innumeracy on my shelf, but haven't read it yet. Yeah, I would like to read it soon since there are definitely going to be some comparisons between the two books.
 
Steven Pinker-How the Mind Works

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I want to have Pinker's babies, but I think he's a Canadiens fan, so maybe not, lol! Good book though! :good:
 
3rd grade reading level? Is John Knowles sending you e-mails? mhihi:

I know he's dead, but I wanted to make a bad joke! :P
 
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Empire- Steven Saylor

The sequel to his epic Roma. It covers 5 generations of a Roman family over about 100 years. Roma covered the founding and republic of Rome, Empire starts where it left off with Augustus and ends with Hadrian. Again this book gives a pretty good feel of what Rome must have been like in those days and it being empereror-centric you feel like you sort of get to know the emperors and how different they could be: from the crazed and bloodthirsty Caligula and the Stalin like Domitian to emperors like Titus and Trajan who were down to earth guys and were reasonable rulers or Hadrian who was a good military guy and loved the arts. By todays standards they were all pretty much perverts except mayby for Augustus, and more than a few would be considered pedophiles. All in all a good and entertaining read.
 
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Empire- Steven Saylor

The sequel to his epic Roma. It covers 5 generations of a Roman family over about 100 years. Roma covered the founding and republic of Rome, Empire starts where it left off with Augustus and ends with Hadrian. Again this book gives a pretty good feel of what Rome must have been like in those days and it being empereror-centric you feel like you sort of get to know the emperors and how different they could be: from the crazed and bloodthirsty Caligula and the Stalin like Domitian to emperors like Titus and Trajan who were down to earth guys and were reasonable rulers or Hadrian who was a good military guy and loved the arts. By todays standards they were all pretty much perverts except mayby for Augustus, and more than a few would be considered pedophiles. All in all a good and entertaining read.
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Roma should arrive on my doorstep wednesday. It better be good!
 
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The Wolf: How German Raider Terrorized The Allies in The Most Epic Voyage Of WWI- Richard Guilliatte and Peter Hohnen.

The Wolf was a German freighter that was modified with hidden guns, torpedo tubes, loaded with mines, painted black and then set out to sea. It's mission was to capture/sink Allied merchant ships and mine the entrances of Allied harbors. The military term for this type of ship is "commerce raider", in reality it is a pirate ship. The Wolf endured a fifteen month, 64,000 mile journey in which it, or the mines it laid, sunk or damaged 30 allied ships. During this voyage the Wolf never put into a port, taking the food and fuel it plundered from the ships it captured. The captain and crew used great care not to kill civilians, taking prisoner all the crews they encountered. The prisoners were often surprised that the "Hun" crew was courteous, almost chivalrous, in their behavior. One one the prisoners was a six year old American girl that the Germans adopted as a mascot and doted on, letting her have the run of the ship. Towards the end of the voyage the Wolf was crammed with over 400 prisoners, low on fuel and food, hunted by the combined navies of five nations, and oh yeah, many on board were facing death from scurvy. A pretty good read if you are into war books or just like incredible true stories.
 
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