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Yep! "The Dog Whisperer" is on Discovery Animals if I remember rightly. Incredible way with dogs and people this fella.

Anyone reading Bowie?

Currently reading David Buckley's Strange Fascination David Bowie: The Definitive Story.Based on a Doctoral thesis neatly archived at the University of Liverpool. David produces both a fascinating and definitive account of the Icon. Just what the title says!

Chris

Imagine that! Being able to fulfill the requirements of a PhD with a thesis on Bowie. Does it mention the title of the dissertation?

My favourite poet - TS Eliot

Available here - a great resource.

http://www.online-literature.com/ts-eliot/

Funny, much as I very rarely download music, I'm quite happy to download literature. Somehow I have no problem with reading poems and books off sheets of A4 paper. Why is that?

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.

If I may quote/promote: "A fascinating glimpse of what would happen to the earth if humans vanished today, forever [...] How quickly would all traces of our presence be erased?"

It reminds me in places of some of The Quiet Man stories, of an overgrown city.

FINALLY !! I FINISHED!! 551 pages!! Plus almost 100 pages of footnotes and references.

Einstein, mathematics, quantum physics, personal anecdotes and political issues. A fascinating read for anyone who is curious about Einstein.


Next up (tomorrow): Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert/Kevin J Anderson

Been reading the Argos Catalogue recently, just to see what 5.1 sound systems are around etc.

It doesn't exactly say in the book. Just a thesis on David Bowie. Yep he actually did that and got a doctorate for it. Amazing!

Chris

Absolutely incredible. Really.

Finished this one last night. To all fellow Dune fanatics....another winner (aren't they all, though? ). There is one more in the stores now.