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Re: Hey, ribit ... ya wanna get away and soak up some culture amongst da frogs?/ DE

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Thu, 29 Aug 24 7:25 PM | 25 view(s)
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Re: “I'll ask my grandson who is going to teach American and World history if he has any desire for things from my Library but I doubt it..”Thanks, buddy! That's a really kind offer but I'm going to pass. Not only would the books be hard to pick up, but my chief interest is in Science Fiction (ones I don't already own.) Also, I just checked my database and I already have 287 books identified as "History / Culture" and another 175 in the genre "War" - so I'm not exactly running low.

You have a grandson who is about to get his B.S. in history but who has no interest in your history book collection? How strange! Doesn't he appreciate the value of books over his preferred source (one must assume), documentary movies?

Yesterday, I started on "The Nine" - which is something of a history book. The subtitle is "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court." It promises to be a winner - it was a National Bestseller. The book is from 2008, so I'd bet you could pick up a copy for under $5 (including shipping) on AbeBooks, should you be interested. The summary on the back cover says:

"In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin (yeah, yeah, he's the guy on CNN) takes us into the chambers of the most important - and secret - legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices and with a keen sense of the Court's history and the trajectory of its future, Jeffrey Toobin creates in The Nine a riveting story of one of the most important forces in American life today."

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Re: Hey, ribit ... ya wanna get away and soak up some culture amongst da frogs?/ DE
By: micro in 6TH POPE
Thu, 29 Aug 24 6:37 PM 		Msg. 57378 of 58510

I forgot about your drive for reading books but then since my memory has its moment of non-functioning well it isn't surprising but does bring up an interesting thought.

I have a decent library of books from American Classics thru excellent series on the Civil WAR and Revolutionary War and main people in them. I suspect my children will not be the least interested in them as none of them are history buffs and I do not want these going to waste. I am donating my Biblical studies books to a local Church for their library or the Pastor's personal library as I generally have a lot more than most Pastors.

But, iffen ya has any interest in adding to your collection I would be delighted not to let things like this go to waste.. I'll ask my grandson who is going to teach American and World history if he has any desire for things from my Library but I doubt it..

Will let ya know...

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