{"id":6117,"date":"2011-03-25T09:28:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T17:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2018-04-03T09:15:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:15:47","slug":"from-the-bookbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/from-the-bookbag\/","title":{"rendered":"From the bookbag"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Having made less than the most of my college years, I’ve been sporadically trying to compensate ever since. (Although the extent of any Remedial Philosophy consists of my current reading matter, the anthology ‘Family Guy’ and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded<\/em><\/a>.) A recent clearance sale at a local Borders<\/strong> enabled me to make a smash-and-grab raid of titles like …<\/p>\n

\u2022 Frommer’s Philadelphia Day by Day<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Raiders & Rebels: A History of the Golden Age of Piracy<\/em> by Frank Sherry<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Nelson’s Trafalgar<\/em> by Roy Adkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2022 The Wreck of the Medusa<\/em> by Jonathan Miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Wars of the Roses<\/em> by Alison Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Halsey’s Typhoon<\/em> by Bob Drury<\/strong> & Tom Clavin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Best and the Brightest<\/em> by David Halberstam<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America’s Last Years in Vietnam<\/em> by Lewis Sorley<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World<\/em> by Arthur Herman<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Legacy of Secrets: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination<\/em> by Lamar Waldron<\/strong><\/p>\n

By not having anything discernible on polar exploration, the bookstore missed out a chance to capture more of my S&G<\/em> money. Bob Woodward<\/strong> would be disappointed to learn that they can’t give<\/em> his latest tome away. And if there were any books on casinos or Las Vegas<\/strong>, I didn’t scope them out. When I want to read good volumes on gaming, I can just come to the office. We’ve plenty here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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