Re:A Civil War over Semicolons: Biographer Robert Caro and H...
by misiti3780 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @01:31PM
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I have an epub if you want it.
Re:A Civil War over Semicolons: Biographer Robert Caro and H...
by gaws on Sunday January 08, 2023 @07:26PM
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If it's the epub passed around different corners of the web, then it's not worth sharing. The formatting is garbage. One is better off reading the book in print.
Re:A Civil War over Semicolons: Biographer Robert Caro and H...
by misiti3780 on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:21AM
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I read the book on my kindle using it, format seemed fine to me.
Re:A Civil War over Semicolons: Biographer Robert Caro and H...
by RoboTeddy on Sunday January 08, 2023 @01:21PM
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One strategy I’ve seen employee is to tear the book into three parts.
Re:A Civil War over Semicolons: Biographer Robert Caro and H...
by dinkleberg on Sunday January 08, 2023 @05:08PM
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If you like audio books, I'd definitely recommend listening to his books. I find these epic length books much easier to get through in audio form.
Re:A Civil War over Semicolons: Biographer Robert Caro and H...
by twoodfin on Sunday January 08, 2023 @07:21PM
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Agree. The Audible versions of The Power Broker and the LBJ books have excellent narration.
Re:A Civil War over Semicolons: Biographer Robert Caro and H...
by superposeur on Sunday January 08, 2023 @11:18PM
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The high point of my reading life was listening to the audio Caro books. In a book review, George Will somewhat derogatorily called the Caro style "incantatory", with Caro's relentless repetition of metaphors such as the "dam" of Southern Democrats holding back Civil Rights, and phrases such as the "three R's" of Roosevelt, Rayburn, Russell. But it is this incantatory style that makes the writing spring to life in audio. And, yes, you can make your way through them while doing laundry or driving to work.
Re:A Civil War over Semicolons: Biographer Robert Caro and H...
by philipps on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:27PM
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Yes, I had the exact same reaction and actually donated a print version of the book to the Internet Archive so they might create a digital ebook. It never materialized and I ended up reading the print version, and found it well worth the physical effort.
[1] https://www.curbed.com/2021/07/power-broker-caro-ebook-knopf...