{"id":578,"date":"2005-07-18T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2005-07-18T10:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quezon.ph\/blog\/?p=578"},"modified":"2005-07-18T18:06:16","modified_gmt":"2005-07-18T10:06:16","slug":"that-darned-book-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quezon.ph\/2005\/07\/18\/that-darned-book-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"That darned book tag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Number of books on my shelves: 400-600
\nThose that I own\/bought: 300-400<\/p>\n

Last books bought:
\n1. “The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World’s Most Prosperous Decade” (Joseph E. Stiglitz)<\/a>
\n2. “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” (Mary Roach)<\/a>
\n3. “Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French” (Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow)<\/a><\/p>\n

Books I’m reading now:
\n1. “America’s Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take Power” (Richard A. Viguerie, David Franke, Tim LaHaye (Foreword))<\/a>
\n2. “The Embarrassment of Slavery: Controversies over Bondage and Nationalism in the American Colonial Philippines” (Michael Salman)<\/a>
\n3. “The Nobility of Failure” (Ivan Morris)<\/a>
\n4. “In Light of India” (Octavio Paz)<\/a><\/p>\n

Last 5 books read:
\n1. “Excavating Jesus : Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts: Revised and Updated” (John Dominic Crossan, Jonathan L. Reed)<\/a>
\n2. “Washington” (Meg Greenfield)<\/a>
\n3. “Poisoned Peace” (Gregor Dallas)<\/a>
\n4. “Churchill’s Folly: How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq” (Christopher Catherwood)<\/a>
\n5. “President Marcos and the Philippine Political Culture” (Lewis E. Jr. Gleeck)<\/a><\/p>\n

Books I\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll cherish:
\n“The Emperor” (RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI)<\/a>
\n“All the Wrong Places: Adrift in the Politics of the Pacific Rim (Traveler)” (James Fenton)<\/a>
\n“Citizens : A Chronicle of the French Revolution (Vintage)” (Simon Schama)<\/a>
\nPassing the Baton to:
\nWillie<\/a>
\nExpectorants<\/a>
\nMadame Chiang<\/a>
\nMarket Manila<\/a>
\nSalita Blog<\/a><\/p>\n