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I prefer non-fiction, but read classics, Jane Austin and the like.

I am just beginning 'Rescuing the Spectacled Bear ' by Stephen Fry.

Synopsis:-

' There are those who have accused Stephen Fry of spreading his many talents too thinly. Rescuing the Spectacled Bear reminds us that it's possible to argue that he's at his best as a writer. It's a funny and moving diary of his bid to rescue Peru's endangered Spectacled Bears and altogether a delight. Earlier in 2002, BBC 1 broadcast a programme about Fry's visit to Peru to track Paddington Bear's roots and (more seriously) to rescue a Spectacled Bear, one of the world's endangered species. Later, Fry and his team went back and helped rescue a mate for the bear they had found on their first trip. Fry is clearly keen to draw the world's attention to these bears and this engaging diary of his time in Peru is both funny and committed. Will Fry become the Diane Fossey of the bear world?
The full colour, full-page illustrations are a particular delight and perfectly complement the author's whimsical word pictures of the Spectacled Bears. And there's even a bonus in the shape of some very funny jacket notes, comparing (item by item) the Spectacled Bear and Stephen Fry in terms of size, appearance and habitat, not to mention sexual habits. Of the bears: "Mating occurs in April, May and June and couples stay together for a week or two, with copulation occurring numerous times." Of Stephen Fry: "Subject of much speculation among scholars and gossip mongers. The mating ritual, which is remarkably noisy, lasts fourteen and a half years and makes a great deal of mess." --Barry Forshaw

Book Description
On New Years Day BBC 1 broadcast a programme about Stephen Fry going to Peru to track Paddington Bear’s roots and more seriously to rescue a Spectacled bear, one of the world’s endangered species. At Easter a follow up programme was shown on BBC 2, they went back, and helped rescue a mate for the young bear they had found on their first trip. Stephen is now gripped by drawing the world’s attention to these bears and has written a diary of his time in Peru. It is packed with lovely colour pictures of Stephen, bears and Peru, and it is, of course, wildly funny. Stephen Fry is set to become the Diane Fossey of the bear world. '



ISBN 0-09-179523-0

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Where am I going, and why am I in this handbasket?

Herrnstein and Murray's The Bell Curve.

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TANG SOO!

I got thru Islandia, finally. Wright is a good author but I thought the ending wandered around a bit.

Followed up with 'A Hunter's Year', by Dan Prusi. Nice, quick read. He's based in Minnesota so I can relate to many of his experiences.

Currently, I've just started on 'Hurin's Children'. It's hard to top J.R.R Tolkien, me thinks, and I didn't think his son did all that well with 'The Silmarillion', but he's done alright in the early going in this one. Middle earth is definately a unique indulgence but I've always enjoyed stopping by for a visit. Say, I hear the deer hunting outside Bree is pretty good come fall. Wonder if I can get out-of-state tags....

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"Yes like I said it all boils down to morals. What you think is right doesn't make a person wrong because they think different " X-Black

Currently reading "Corbenic" by Catherine Fisher

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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. - Mother Theresa