Rick Barry Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A great story well told may be the finest art. Ted Lasso: "Be curious, not judgmental."
Treason's Harbour
Patrick O'BrianRick BarryThere is a restless itch to be busy, a tedious obsessive hurry: waste not a minute, they cry, as though the only right employment for time were rushing forwards, no matter where, so it be farther on. PATRICK O'BRIAN, Treason's Harbour, C4 #aubreymaturinreadalong #SundaySentence https://t.co/XAxLPwDvj4
Paperback, 2021
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Rebecca
Daphne du MaurierRick BarryLast night I dreamed I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me. DAPHNE du MAURIER, Rebecca https://t.co/tJbh97I0tp
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrRick BarryTime: the most violent war engine of all. ANTHONY DOERR, Cloud Cuckoo Land #SundaySentence
Paperback, 2022
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Moby-Dick
Herman MelvilleRick BarryGod keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience! HERMAN MELVILLE, Moby-Dick, Ch. 32, "Cetology" #SundaySentence As quoted in this 2019 essay: https://t.co/VSTkuUgYIH
Paperback, 2017
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Cane
Jean ToomerRick BarryThe body of the world is bull-necked. A dream is a soft face that fits uncertainly upon it . . . God, if I could develop that in words. Give what I know a bull-neck and a heaving body, all would go well with me, wouldnt it, sweetheart? JEAN TOOMER, "Kabnis," 1, CANE #APStogether
Paperback, 2011
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The Martian
Andy WeirRick Barry@bronasbooks @cathy746books @LoneStarMick Great, thanks very much! I finished Haven and loved it. The fascinating and detailed research and imagination it required reminded me, oddly enough, of Andy Weir's The Martian, another winner.
Paperback, 2014
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We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia HunterRick Barry"Don't be so hard on yourself, Mila. It's not what you thought it would be, but that's to be expected. With children it's never what you think it's going to be." GEORGIA HUNTER, We Were the Lucky Ones
Paperback, 2018
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Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club
Celeste NgRick BarryIn the quiet of Ethan's apartment, poems came to her like timid animals emerging from a storm. CELESTE NG, Our Missing Hearts #SundaySentence https://t.co/LqJ32Tve92
Paperback, 2023
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The Imitation of Christ
Thomas a. KempisRick BarryAfter all, when the day of judgement comes, we shall be examined about what we have done, not about what we have read; whether we have loved conscientiously, not whether we have turned fine phrases. THOMAS à KEMPIS, The Imitation of Christ Knox/Oakley translation #eliotreadalong https://t.co/q0blezCZcJ
Hardcover, 2004
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O Pioneers!
Willa CatherRick Barry[Re: O Pioneers!] A New York critic voiced a general opinion when he said: "I simply don't care a damn what happens in Nebraska, no matter who writes about it." O Pioneers! was not only about Nebraska farmers; the farmers were Swedes! WILLA CATHER, "My First Novels"
Paperback, 1992
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