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Deacon · 02-10-2003, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by dangin
Are there any good lesbian biographies you can think of. Just a suggestion.

How 'bout this one:

Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage

muon · 02-10-2003, 02:38 PM

How about Mark Bingham, another guy on Flight 93, who happens to have been gay?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

I haven't read the book, but it might make an interesting counterpoint to the god-soaked book on Todd Beamer?

DarkBronzePlant · 02-10-2003, 04:21 PM

Bree,

If it helps ya out any... I just got promoted to a Lead position where I'm at. I got jot down a few paragraphs-worth of my life story that you can read for class.

moon · 02-10-2003, 07:42 PM

How about Leon Trotsky's My Life?

cricket · 02-10-2003, 08:04 PM

I'm not sure these are leaders or heroes but some books that come to mind are

Time Love Memory by Jonathan Weiner
Still Me by Christopher Reeve
And So It Goes by Linda Ellerbee
Plain Speaking by Harry Truman
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
Anatomy of a Motive by John Douglas
All Creatures Great and Small
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman by R Feynman
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
and a book by Larry King - can't remember title

nogods4me · 02-10-2003, 08:06 PM

are there any biographies of Charles Keating? You know that forthright and upstanding citizen who fought against Larry Flynt and his sinful publications, all the while bilking the public of their savings. Now there is a leader.

cricket · 02-10-2003, 08:24 PM

Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

or, the Shackleford book

Vorkosigan · 02-11-2003, 02:17 AM

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Originally posted by Bree
Go figure - the "textbook" for one of my classes is Lisa Beamer's book Let's Roll based on her husband's experience as a hero on one of the flights hijacked on 9/11. I have told my professor I downright refuse to purchase this book and support this golddigging, sacchrine-sweet Christian woman. I also told her I refuse to borrow it from the library to read it.
Any suggestions?

ROTFL. You know, some tantalizing evidence emerged that Flight 93 was shot down by fighters based in Ohio. I don't buy it 100% and it looks like it is probably wrong, but there is something funny going on with flight 93. You won't be able to tell your Prof, but you might privately enjoy perusing....

http://www.flight93crash.com/

and

http://members.fortunecity.com/seism...t/article.html

Blow your prof's mind and give him a book about a real leader who actually did something for people (there's no evidence that Beamer et al actually got into the cockpit. The cockpit voice recorder does not record any of them ever entering it.)

Anyway, I can think of about a hundred books. And the suggestions already have been great. Hit her over the head with something dry, like

Chen Shui-bian Son of Taiwan by the current President and longtime democracy activist and civil rights lawyer.

Vorkosigan

southernhybrid · 02-11-2003, 04:05 AM

I don't have any specific book titles but why not try and find a biography about one of the great freethinking American women. I'm thinking of such greats as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, or you could go with a feminist who was in a leadership role. It could be anyone from Bella to Gloria. At least that's what I'd do if I was determined to take that class. Your teacher might actually learn something from you.

My personal freethinking heroine is Margaret Sanger, an amazing gutsy woman who took on the church and much of the male dominated culture to fight the Draconian Comstock Act. Of course I'm an RN so I'm prejudice but you would probably love reading about her. I don't know if it's still in print but there is a book called: Margaret Sanger: Pioneer of the Future The author's last name is Douglas.

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02-10-2003, 02:38 PM	#32
muon Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,767	How about Mark Bingham, another guy on Flight 93, who happens to have been gay? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books I haven't read the book, but it might make an interesting counterpoint to the god-soaked book on Todd Beamer?

02-10-2003, 04:21 PM	#33
DarkBronzePlant Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 3,568	Bree, If it helps ya out any... I just got promoted to a Lead position where I'm at. I got jot down a few paragraphs-worth of my life story that you can read for class.

02-10-2003, 07:42 PM	#34
moon Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: former British colony Posts: 2,013	How about Leon Trotsky's My Life?

02-10-2003, 08:04 PM	#35
cricket Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St Louis MO USA Posts: 1,188	I'm not sure these are leaders or heroes but some books that come to mind are Time Love Memory by Jonathan Weiner Still Me by Christopher Reeve And So It Goes by Linda Ellerbee Plain Speaking by Harry Truman Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl Anatomy of a Motive by John Douglas All Creatures Great and Small An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman by R Feynman Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin and a book by Larry King - can't remember title

02-10-2003, 08:06 PM	#36
nogods4me Contributor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Baltimore, MD USA Posts: 17,432	are there any biographies of Charles Keating? You know that forthright and upstanding citizen who fought against Larry Flynt and his sinful publications, all the while bilking the public of their savings. Now there is a leader.

02-10-2003, 08:24 PM	#37
cricket Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St Louis MO USA Posts: 1,188	Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick or, the Shackleford book

02-11-2003, 04:05 AM	#39
southernhybrid Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: heavenly Georgia Posts: 3,862	I don't have any specific book titles but why not try and find a biography about one of the great freethinking American women. I'm thinking of such greats as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, or you could go with a feminist who was in a leadership role. It could be anyone from Bella to Gloria. At least that's what I'd do if I was determined to take that class. Your teacher might actually learn something from you. My personal freethinking heroine is Margaret Sanger, an amazing gutsy woman who took on the church and much of the male dominated culture to fight the Draconian Comstock Act. Of course I'm an RN so I'm prejudice but you would probably love reading about her. I don't know if it's still in print but there is a book called: Margaret Sanger: Pioneer of the Future The author's last name is Douglas.

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