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sandra1 · 06-28-2010, 02:09 AM

I just read a real life book about a trawler man who took his trawler out in cyclone Tracy Darwin 1974, It sent shivers down my spine, it made me appreciate fishermen more and I realize how hard it is for them to get the fish on to my plate. The books full title is (The Night I Went Out With Tracy and she blew my brains out) By Bobby Magic.

I know Acashic are selling it in physical form and soon it will be a audio book I hope it will be a download PDF soon. I am getting a kindall soon and would love to have this book on it.

All the Best to you all
Sandra

neilmarr · 06-28-2010, 02:35 AM

Hya Sandra. Good to have your new company here. Best wishes. Neil

sandra1 · 06-28-2010, 02:46 AM

Thank you for the welcome Neil
Sandra

MickeyC · 06-28-2010, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

That should be interesting. Michio Kaku is a talented writer.

Looking forward to it. I read his Physics of the Impossible a while back and found that very interesting.

kennyc · 06-28-2010, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sandra1

I just read a real life book about a trawler man who took his trawler out in cyclone Tracy Darwin 1974, It sent shivers down my spine, it made me appreciate fishermen more and I realize how hard it is for them to get the fish on to my plate. The books full title is (The Night I Went Out With Tracy and she blew my brains out) By Bobby Magic.

I know Acashic are selling it in physical form and soon it will be a audio book I hope it will be a download PDF soon. I am getting a kindall soon and would love to have this book on it.

All the Best to you all
Sandra

Sounds interesting and so many jobs are so crucial and so under-rated.

WT Sharpe · 06-28-2010, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

Looking forward to it. I read his Physics of the Impossible a while back and found that very interesting.

poohbear_nc · 06-28-2010, 11:27 AM

Started Robert Charles Wilson's "Julian Comstock" - an intriguing "alternate history" of life after the collapse of oil-based technologies and the return to a quasi-19th century mode of life in the 23rd century. So far I'm hooked!

As I'm just finishing a re-read of Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age" - makes for a fascinating contrast of two wildly dissimilar world views of our future - with and without technology.

nohmi2 · 06-28-2010, 06:44 PM

I have just started reading Defending Sacred Ground by Alex Collier, and I am finding it fascinating and thought provoking.

Cheers.

MelC · 06-29-2010, 09:14 AM

I'm on a bit of an NF kick. Finished "Superfreakonomics", am halfway through "What the Dog Saw" and am seriously contemplating "Guns, Germs and Steel" next.

Mel

poohbear_nc · 06-29-2010, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MelC

I'm on a bit of an NF kick. Finished "Superfreakonomics", am halfway through "What the Dog Saw" and am seriously contemplating "Guns, Germs and Steel" next.

Mel

"Guns, Germs, and Steel" is a great read! I highly recommend!

WT Sharpe · 06-29-2010, 02:58 PM

Today I finished On Benefits by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Now I'm concentrating my efforts on Groucho and Me by Julius Henry ("Groucho") Marx. After that's finished, it's on to Over the Cliff: How Obama's Election Drove the American Right Insane by John Amato and David Neiwert.

There are several other books I'm reading concurrently, but Marx is the one I'm concentrating on now. I've altered my style of reading somewhat. Instead of keeping a current list of upwards of 20 books going at once, now I read about 5, with the one I'm concentrating on being read every other time I jump around from one to the other.

lilac_jive · 06-29-2010, 08:24 PM

Like Mel, I'm on a NF kick as well. I just finished up "Priceless" by Robert K. Wittman, who was an undercover FBI agent and recovered stolen art. Very easy to read and incredibly interesting, I couldn't put it down. It was also fun to read as he's been living in Philadelphia most of this time, so everytime he mentioned a place I kept thinking, hey I know that place! I got this one at my library as a new release.

Now I've started "Lies my Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen. Not far along enough to form a real opinion, but so far I am enjoying it.

ficbot · 06-29-2010, 11:35 PM

Just finished Marley and Me, from the public library. Not sure what I will read next. My MacBook has just died I think, so I will be spend g to or row tryi got get that all worked out. Thank goodness I have some mall gift cards I have not spent yet!

WT Sharpe · 06-30-2010, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Like Mel, I'm on a NF kick as well. I just finished up "Priceless" by Robert K. Wittman, who was an undercover FBI agent and recovered stolen art. Very easy to read and incredibly interesting, I couldn't put it down. It was also fun to read as he's been living in Philadelphia most of this time, so everytime he mentioned a place I kept thinking, hey I know that place! I got this one at my library as a new release.

Now I've started "Lies my Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen. Not far along enough to form a real opinion, but so far I am enjoying it.

Great little book filled with odds and ends well-known to historians, but not widely known by the general public. Loewen does a great job of historical myth-busting.

YGG- · 06-30-2010, 03:19 PM

I'm in the middle of "remembrance of things past" (M. Proust) & I enjoy it thoroughly!

06-28-2010, 02:09 AM	#5356
sandra1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: laptop	True life Scary I just read a real life book about a trawler man who took his trawler out in cyclone Tracy Darwin 1974, It sent shivers down my spine, it made me appreciate fishermen more and I realize how hard it is for them to get the fish on to my plate. The books full title is (The Night I Went Out With Tracy and she blew my brains out) By Bobby Magic. I know Acashic are selling it in physical form and soon it will be a audio book I hope it will be a download PDF soon. I am getting a kindall soon and would love to have this book on it. All the Best to you all Sandra

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poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,527 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Started Robert Charles Wilson's "Julian Comstock" - an intriguing "alternate history" of life after the collapse of oil-based technologies and the return to a quasi-19th century mode of life in the 23rd century. So far I'm hooked! As I'm just finishing a re-read of Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age" - makes for a fascinating contrast of two wildly dissimilar world views of our future - with and without technology.

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MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	I'm on a bit of an NF kick. Finished "Superfreakonomics", am halfway through "What the Dog Saw" and am seriously contemplating "Guns, Germs and Steel" next. Mel

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WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Today I finished On Benefits by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Now I'm concentrating my efforts on *Groucho and Me* by Julius Henry ("Groucho") Marx. After that's finished, it's on to *Over the Cliff: How Obama's Election Drove the American Right Insane* by John Amato and David Neiwert. There are several other books I'm reading concurrently, but Marx is the one I'm concentrating on now. I've altered my style of reading somewhat. Instead of keeping a current list of upwards of 20 books going at once, now I read about 5, with the one I'm concentrating on being read every other time I jump around from one to the other.

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lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	Like Mel, I'm on a NF kick as well. I just finished up "Priceless" by Robert K. Wittman, who was an undercover FBI agent and recovered stolen art. Very easy to read and incredibly interesting, I couldn't put it down. It was also fun to read as he's been living in Philadelphia most of this time, so everytime he mentioned a place I kept thinking, hey I know that place! I got this one at my library as a new release. Now I've started "Lies my Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen. Not far along enough to form a real opinion, but so far I am enjoying it.

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ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Just finished Marley and Me, from the public library. Not sure what I will read next. My MacBook has just died I think, so I will be spend g to or row tryi got get that all worked out. Thank goodness I have some mall gift cards I have not spent yet!

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