Thanx Slopok... I just ordered the first 3 from the library for DH. He loves this type of book and sometimes I like them too so will probably give them a try also.
Carolyn,I'm sure most have been recorded. I'm listening also. Got'em from our Regional ebook & audiobook download system. (R.E.A.D.S)
David Robbins has been writing the Wilderness Series since 1990 under the pen name of 'David Thompson' but now writes them under his own name starting with wilderness #67
Just finished Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty and Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson.
BLL started kinda slow for me but as I got to know the women it became more interesting and I loved the ending!
SoS was a Walt Longmire story... covered Christmas eve tales about 20 years apart, a short sweet novella.
I just started Torch by Cheryl Strayed. I like her style of writing but maybe the story will be too sad... more on that later.
Carolyn, I love the James Lee Burke books - especially the New Orleans series. He is very good writer and his daughter now writes too. I have a couple of hers on my Kindle but have not read them yet.
I read the book on Mecca and then read another with a different point of view by Dov Ivry - Superpsycho. The most interesting thing about the Mecca book was how women were before Mohammedism. Women ran the businesses because they were considered smarter and made more money. The men who married them treated them very well because they did not want to lose their meal ticket. How different it is now. The biggest thing I came away with both books - religions twisted what it should be into separating, dividing and creating hatred of others - no matter what religion - there are some sad histories in the past.
I then read Becoming Odyssa - liked it so well am now reading Skywalker - both about the Appalachian Trail through hikers. Needed something light after this. Also read Taken by Dean Koontz - did not like it as well as previous ones. Have Pigs in Heaven at bedside next. Hope everyone is staying well and warm. Lucky to be going to Florida, Carolyn, have great fun and sun. Daughter in Pensacola just had some very cool weather.
What is the title of the book on Mecca? Sounds interesting!
The title is Mecca: The History of Islam's Holiest City by Jesse Harasta - I got it on Amazon. It was an interesting look at the city and the development of the religion. Hope you like it.
In the middle of:The Quantum Enigma:Physics Encounters Consciousness. A very interesting but slow read. One has to read and then ponder what was just read. A thumb nail:
In trying to understand the atom, physicists built quantum mechanics, the most successful theory in science and the basis of one-third of our economy. They found, to their embarrassment, that with their theory, physics encounters consciousness. Authors Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner explain all this in non-technical terms with help from some fanciful stories and anecdotes about the theory's developers. They present the quantum mystery honestly, emphasizing what is and what is not speculation. Quantum Enigma's description of the experimental quantum facts, and the quantum theory explaining them, is undisputed. Interpreting what it all means, however, is heatedly controversial. But every interpretation of quantum physics involves consciousness. Rosenblum and Kuttner therefore turn to exploring consciousness itself-and encounter quantum mechanics. Free will and anthropic principles become crucial issues, and the connection of consciousness with the cosmos suggested by some leading quantum cosmologists is mind-blowing. Readers are brought to a boundary where the particular expertise of physicists is no longer the only sure guide. They will find, instead, the facts and hints provided by quantum mechanics and the ability to speculate for themselves.
Got 4 and 1/2 stars on Amazon.
Wow Slopok - sounds very deep. I think my grandson would love it. Will send the title to him. He is in to math and physics. Above my mental capacity these days. Thanks for the eval.
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