The Library Book by Susan Orlean
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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The Library Book by Susan Orlean
(I checked this book out from my library) is about the Los Angeles Central Library and the big fire of 1986. In a chapter about the information phone line Bob Harris's Book Prisoner of Trebekistan gets a brief mention.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Bob Juch
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Re: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Cool, I was living in L.A. at the time of the fire. Also, Susan and I have been Twitter friends for years. I have five autographed books from her. Looks like I need to add one.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:(I checked this book out from my library) is about the Los Angeles Central Library and the big fire of 1986. In a chapter about the information phone line Bob Harris's Book Prisoner of Trebekistan gets a brief mention.
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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mellytu74
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Re: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Thanks, suitguy