by J. Lynne on November 27, 2007
in Book Talk
I finished listening to The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright Sunday morning. Actually, I sat 10 minutes in my car in the Panera parking lot listening to the end, because I had to hear the last little bits, even though by that part in the book, [...]
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After much pouting on the subject of what wasn’t available for me to download to my iPod for audiobook “reading” pleasure, it came to me that now would be a good time to explore some history, religion, or philosophy I’m not too familiar with.
I’ve been wanting to read one of the books on suicide bombers. [...]
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