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This was one of the most memorable novels I have read in the last few years.The narrator, Jacob, is “ninety or ninety-three” and lives in a nursing home. The arrival of the circus next store leads him to reflect on his experiences working on a circus during the depression. I have never been to the [...]
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Today I posted a short audio to let my subscribers know that I am changing Books and Ideas to twice a month. Hopefully this will give me enough time to prepare high quality content.
The next episode of Books and Ideas will be out around February 1st. It is about the book Genereation: The Seventeenth-century Scientists [...]
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Show Notes
Movies: Smokey and the Bandit
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Television: Ugly Betty
Audiobook: Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
Book: Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
by Jennifer [...]
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Show Notes:
I am not going to list the books here, but if anyone needs or wants a list all they have to do is drop me an email at docartemis at gmail.com.
In this episode I also reminisce about 1977 with some really geeky memories in celebration of my recent 30th wedding anniversary.
I also recommended Orson [...]
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Shownotes
I downloaded 29 books from Audible.com in 2006. I have chosen my favorite 10 to discuss briefly in episodes 3 and 4. Next week, after I have posted episode 4 I will post the full list here.
In this episode I also recommend Philosopher’s Zone podcast from Australian public radio.
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