Ji FU wants to read Bill Haywood's book by Big Bill Haywood
This is William D. Haywood's own story, written during the last year of his life. …
As a Wobbly I want to read the autobiography of our founder, the IWW's Big Bill Haywood.
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Trying to find a better way to track books I want to read than a random spreadsheet. I had used readinglog.info which was provided by my local public library until they shut down the program. Luckily, I regularly backed it up via their CSV export. I've used Library Thing for years, but adding books for "To Read" really screwed up a lot of the other features of the website, like recommendations, etc. I really love Free Software & the Fediverse particularly. My primary social media account is on Friendica @fu@libranet.de for now everything I post here is automatically "re-tooted" there.
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Ji FU wants to read Mexican Masks by Donald Bush Cordry
Describes the techniques of Mexican Indians for making masks and analyzes the symbolism, religious functions, …
Referenced in "The world of lucha libre : secrets, revelations, and Mexican national identity" by Heather Levi regarding how Lucha masks have connection to ancient Latin American religious settings, and I wanted to find out more.
Ji FU reviewed Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils by Rob Macgregor
Having barely survived a hair-raising archaeological dig in Tikal, Guatemala, Indiana Jones has returned to …
Another (somewhat less adventurous) Adventure of Indiana Jones.
3 stars
Not nearly as good as the previous book in the series "...and the Dance of the Giants." While the adventure at stone henge ended with Diedre having second thoughts about marrying Indy, leading to believe we'd probably never see her again, but their on-again-off-again relationship is on for most of the book, with a note that her mother died, which I don't recall being in the last book.
Brody thinks he has found proof that there were European explorers to the Americas long before Columbus (& Leif Ericson though no mention of him) & there is one eccentric English explorer who agrees, Jack Fawcett. Of course, he disappears while in search of proof, Deidre and Indy go looking for him with very little evidence to go on. At times the book is hard to follow, the "seven veils" from the title refer to a way the people in this lost …
Not nearly as good as the previous book in the series "...and the Dance of the Giants." While the adventure at stone henge ended with Diedre having second thoughts about marrying Indy, leading to believe we'd probably never see her again, but their on-again-off-again relationship is on for most of the book, with a note that her mother died, which I don't recall being in the last book.
Brody thinks he has found proof that there were European explorers to the Americas long before Columbus (& Leif Ericson though no mention of him) & there is one eccentric English explorer who agrees, Jack Fawcett. Of course, he disappears while in search of proof, Deidre and Indy go looking for him with very little evidence to go on. At times the book is hard to follow, the "seven veils" from the title refer to a way the people in this lost world work, through magic, mystery & dreams, the convoluted plot, particularly near the end, reminds me of Illuminatus!
The middle was quite blase and easy to put down. The ending was not a total surprise, though it kept you guessing till you got there, and somewhat of a letdown.
Ji FU wants to read Indiana Jones and the Genesis Deluge by Rob Macgregor
London, 1927. Since losing his beloved in the Amazon a year ago, Indiana Jones has …
The actual 4th book in the series, just put on hold through the Michigan e-library system, mel.org. Correctly listed as #4 in "Les aventures d'Indiana Jones" on Librarything.com
Ji FU finished reading Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils by Rob Macgregor
Having barely survived a hair-raising archaeological dig in Tikal, Guatemala, Indiana Jones has returned to …
Finished this morning and realized that I had the incorrect next book in the series already borrowed from the library.
Ji FU wants to read Indiana Jones and the Interior World by Rob Macgregor
A strange mystery connects the whispering moai statues of Easter Island to the eerie ghost …
On hold at the Library, next in the 1990s Indian Jones stories from before the movie.
Ji FU started reading The Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard
The Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard
In recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative …
Ji FU finished reading The Charismatic Century by Jack W. Hayford
The Charismatic Century by Jack W. Hayford
It's been 100 years since William Seymour, an African-American Christian revivalist, guided his small Los Angeles congregation through a multiday …
Ji FU reviewed The Charismatic Century by Jack W. Hayford
It's been 100 years since William Seymour, an African-American Christian revivalist, guided his small Los …
A history of 20th Century Pentecostalism
4 stars
Not quite what I was expecting. I had hoped for more details on the original Azusa Street Revival, but what was there was about what I had already read on Wikipedia. That being said the rest of the book was still good. In fact I read it more quickly than I have much non-fiction the last several years. The rest was about what happened since then, from the racial split in classical pentacostolism, to the global south growth of Christianity thru the spirit filled belivers. The establishment of charismatics who chose to stay in their old churches and renew them rather than leaving to form new ones.
What I found most mighty and surprising was Pope John praying in the 20th century on 1-1-1901 & dedicating the new century to the holy spirit and man the latter rain came down.
Ji FU rated The Charismatic Century: 4 stars
The Charismatic Century by Jack W. Hayford
It's been 100 years since William Seymour, an African-American Christian revivalist, guided his small Los Angeles congregation through a multiday …
The Way
The complete text of the Catholic Living Bible, in a special edition designed to appeal to teenagers. With plenty of …
Ji FU started reading Common Prayer Pocket Edition by Shane Claiborne
Common Prayer Pocket Edition by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Enuma Okoro
Common Prayer Pocket Edition helps individuals and today's diverse church pray together across traditions and denominations. With an ear to …
Ji FU started reading Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils by Rob Macgregor
Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils by Rob Macgregor
Having barely survived a hair-raising archaeological dig in Tikal, Guatemala, Indiana Jones has returned to New York just in time …
