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Started by Syt, March 16, 2009, 01:52:42 AM

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Scipio

Just got The Sleepwalkers on the recommendation of my friend the history professor.
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Sheilbh

Let me know how you find it. I almost picked it up yesterday.

Edit: I did love the same author's history of Prussia.
Let's bomb Russia!

garbon

I don't think I ever finished the Prussia one. I remember repeatedly getting bored. :blush:
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Sheilbh

I quite enjoyed it. I think it perked up a lot once it got past the Thirty Years War and we were moving on from the Margraviate of Brandenburg :lol:

I'm currently reading Peter Mandelson's memoir. Like all good ones I think it sometimes reveals more than the author intends.
Let's bomb Russia!

Kleves

I really liked The Sleepwalkers. It definitely altered my views on who bears responsibility for WWI.
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Queequeg

Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 18, 2013, 12:12:00 AM
:hmm: The detritus looked to be no more than a day old, the fruits and green leaved vegetables only now beginning to rot in the afternoon heat.


"Houses often looked drab from the outside because the Romans were more interested in interior decorations."
:hmm:
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Habbaku

Quote from: Habbaku on August 10, 2013, 11:55:26 AM
Anyone have any recommendations for 1848/Spring of Nations?  Both primers and in-depth studies are welcome.

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Ideologue

Quote from: Queequeg on August 11, 2013, 11:52:49 PM
"Houses often looked drab from the outside because the Romans were more interested in interior decorations."
:hmm:

You're going to knock up an ugly Italian.

"As our knowledge of Tatar activities is based largely on the Russian chronicles, the danger of distortion is especially great."

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Current reviews: The 'Burbs (9/10); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (9/10); John Wick: Chapter 2 (9/10); A Cure For Wellness (4/10)

Barrister

Quote from: Queequeg on August 11, 2013, 11:52:49 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 18, 2013, 12:12:00 AM
:hmm: The detritus looked to be no more than a day old, the fruits and green leaved vegetables only now beginning to rot in the afternoon heat.


"Houses often looked drab from the outside because the Romans were more interested in interior decorations."
:hmm:

"The glory days were about to return".

As if. :rolleyes:

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QuoteThe Blackout of 3132 provided the Capellan Confederation with the best opportunity it had ever had for reclaiming worlds it saw as stolen by Devlin Stone and the Republic.

Ok.
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mongers

Quote
Ragnar took land west of Eoferwic, up in the hills.


So I'm gonna shag a woman called Eoferwic.  :cool:

But how did they know the nickname for my todger is Ragnar? :unsure:
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garbon

Playing this at work, I got - "Occasionally, the moderator will choose to take on a specific role in the focus group interview."

:hmm:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

Quote from: mongers on August 12, 2013, 09:00:01 AM
Quote
Ragnar took land west of Eoferwic, up in the hills.


So I'm gonna shag a woman called Eoferwic.  :cool:

But how did they know the nickname for my todger is Ragnar? :unsure:

Actually says west of - so I'd look for someone in the proximity of a woman named Eoferwic.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Grey Fox

QuoteShe threw a conscientious look around her, her face flaming scarlet with embarrassment.

:lol:
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

garbon

Quote from: Grey Fox on August 12, 2013, 09:38:29 AM
QuoteShe threw a conscientious look around her, her face flaming scarlet with embarrassment.

:lol:

:D
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.