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1-Dreams of My father, by Barack Obama

2- The Rise of Barack Obama , by Pete Souza (Triumph)

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A list from Yilgun!!!

I can´t contain myself

 Hi Yilgun, we already have a similar thread here:-

http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_30632

But AE, that is from a different week

 gosh your comments make me roll over the rug

+1

absolutely correct, it was from a different week or day.

 i would rather call it fiction

 im still laughing

hey, after this post of yours im thinking to dump AE for a week or so. you are so funny

Glad to hear we can have a roll on the rug together Fem

 what about your girlfriend? you think she wouldnt mind?

As we have an open relationship - she definately would not mind

You never know.......she might even join us

  i think in order to make me roll you should post more of those posts

oops, i think i have already dumped AE.

Just be careful not to get any carpet burns........

Or should that be rug burns

 i dont smoke

Aha!  As soon as someone comes along to make you laugh, you dump me?

Whatever happened to "for richer, for poorer, in sickness (your mind) and in health on TC eh?

  just wanted some rolls, you know? it will not take longer than the oath above. im sure i ll be back to your coffee laundry as soon as we deal the rug business with bod.

You don´t have to dump AE.........we can have a threesome

 Do I get any say in this?

Three in a rug?  A Turkish rug?

NO!!!

Just lay there and take it like a good girl........

 any rug you wish can be turkish, can be freshly made iraqi, or egyptian with shoes.

 *$&£^!!!!!!!!

 wow, look at you now, didnt know you were despotic some shovinism dripping out?

 ae, that was a good checkmate for you here from bod

 EDIT! Chauvinism

A very good read but I read it months ago!

Edit:  Sorry didn´t realise you´d already moved on to best rug of the week!

 come on, didnt have enough time to check it out in the dictionary it takes too long and i would loose the fun.

 edit: chauvanism chauvinism

sapik

Nice to see we get quality expletives here

 Trust you to get to that post before I changed it!

EDIT! SALAK not sapik you salak

 yep i did and had a great fun

sapik salak, both of them dimi?

It is only the best rug if it has a good shag on it........erm.......I mean shagpile.......

 A great book - but I wouldn´t have called it new! It was published early 2007!

That´s new for Yilgun

 duh, let marion in turkey feel she knows more than yilgin. to me 2007 is not something far away, still a new book.

 and take care with your piercings!!  when you roll on the rug

I have done plenty of rolling on rugs and never had any problems with my piercings........

The sore patches on my arm and knee tell a different story about carpet burns

 bod, bod please.  I am begging you for mercy!  I have images burned into my mind that I can´t get out..leg warmers, carpets, piercings and then the somebody yells out...."Hello, my nama Borat!"

OK......

Just for you I´ll remove the legwarmers before getting on the carpet

 Thanks!  They were really quite disturbing! 

Disturbing???

How come???

 It´s a long story Bod, really.  I have been in counceling for years for my fear of leg warmers!  I am terrified of shoulder pads too!  It´s basically a fear of 80s fashion. 

 Shoulder pads scare me too...

I can honestly say that I have never worn shoulder pads!!!

As for legwarmers - I don´t recall seeing fluffy ones in the 80´s........although I do have some of the little ankle warmer type things that were around then and are now back in fashion

Maybe one of the new and notable books of the week might be ´How to knit Fluffy Little Anklewarmer Type thingies´ and then we could get back on topic! 

There is a self help book entitled, "Overcoming 80s Fashion".   It´s a great read for those of us who still have nightmares about blue eyeliner, shoulder pads, parachute pants, neon colors, the "mulet" haircut, painfully tight jeans, or leg warmers.   

 What is so wrong about that?  Am I not supposed to wear those anymore...

 Aenigma....turn off the Flashdance movie and join the new millenium! 

 Oh ok

But can I keep the mulet?

 I am sending the Fashion Police to you immediately. 

 I bet you had red parachute pants Lis...while listening to "Thriller".

Excuse me.......my girlie and I went shopping last night and bought 6 pairs of "painfully tight jeans", its called emo!!!   And we bought some blue eyeshadow - or is it only blue eyeliner you have nightmares about???

 oh, bod, I am afraid you are my fashion nemesis!  We would have a lot to argue talk about!

There is no point in argueing over fashion........

Just accept that I am more fashionable than you

 I wouldn´t say "more fashionable" but definately more "creative".

Your attire reminds me of some good times back in the day..listening to the Cure, burning innsense, smelling of patchouli, having the nuns scolding us for black fingernail polish, teasing our bangs etc....brings back memories. 

Why does it have to be back in the day and only bring back memories.

Live for today m´dear!!!   Only problem is that I don´t have hair to dye or tease these days  but there are always wigs when needed

 You know bod..I envy my hairdresser.  Everytime I get my hair done, she has a different color in her hair.  In my profession it would never fly.  If I had a job that would permit it...I would love to experiement with my wild side.  I love that alternative grunge look...

I have a job that does not permit me being too alternative......but there are ways and means - especially at times when you are not working

You mean he should post more of his pics?

I can do that

I have resisted because someone (forgetful me can´t remember who!) talked about image overload when I posted two pictures in one day

you can safely post all four pictures in one day

 Don´t be coy bod.......Please post your lovely pics!  It will give me some excitement this afternoon!

and who said that home grown boys cannot be exotic?

 All four - there may well be more than that

Is there any NEW good book in your country?

 The Bible is the Good Book 

 That is a matter of opinion!

May I recommend "The Girl´s Guide to Dudu´s" by Aenigma, published by LIR Enterprises, available soon from all good book shops at £59.99

May I recommend "Havada Uçan Gaz Tenekeleri" by XYZ , available soon from all good book shops at £10.00

Confessions of an economic hit man - John Perkins

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is John Perkins’ fast-paced autobiography, which reveals his career as an economist for an international consulting firm. Perkins says he was actually an “Economic Hit Man.” His job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the United States to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to U.S. corporations.

Perkins takes the reader through his career and explains how he created economic projections for countries to accept billions of dollars in loans they surely couldn’t afford. He shares his battle with his conscience over these actions and offers advice for how Americans can work to end these practices which have directly resulted in terrorist attacks and animosity towards the United States.

 AMEN

Yeah, the rapes, murders, and pillages make for an interesting read. 

 I read that....amazing...truly! Good book and I highly recommend it.

I´d also recommend Charlie Wilson´s War. There is a move by the same name based on the book, but it´s silly and leaves way too much out.

DOÐU´NUN  KIZI  ( DAUGHTER OF THE EAST )

bY  BENAZIR BHUTTO (A life)

Benazir Bhutto is Pakistan´s former Prime Minister. She was named one of seven winners of the United Nations Prize in the field of Human rights in 2008.

1- "The Lost Symbol",  by Dan Brown

2- "Ford Country",  John Grisham

3- "Aşk", by Elif Şafak 

1- KORKUNÇ YILLAR (SCARY YEARS)

2-ONLAR DA İNSANDI (THEY, too, MAN)

By CENGİZ DAĞCI

-Kırımlı Tatarların (Kırım Türklerin) acı dolu öyküsü.

The sad story of the Crimean Tatars ((A Turkish Tribe).

-Romanda Kırım Tatarlarının yurtlarından zorla sürgüne gönderilmeleri olayı hüzünlü bir üslûpla anlatılır.

Crimean Tatars forced from their homes and sent into exile in the

novel is told in a speech before the sad event.

-Cengiz Dağcı Türkiye´ye hiç gelmediği halde kitaplarını Türkiye Türkçesi ile yazmış,

kitaplarının ilk redaksiyonunu da şair Ziya Osman Saba yapmıştır.

Cengiz Dağcı (Genghis Mountaineer) Turkey to not come at all even though the books in Turkey Turkish and has written books on the first Proofreading poet Ziya Osman Saba made.

-Romanlarının sayısı, hacmi ve inandırıcılığı İle Türkiye dışında eser veren Türk romancılarının en başta geleni olmuştur.

The number of his novels, the volume of work in and outside Turkey, the Turkish novelists with credibility has been best in the first place.

-He lives in London, UK.

1-SARAYDAN SÜRGÜNE

Anı kitabı

Yazarı : Kenize  MOURAD

2-SELANİKTE SONBAHAR

Anı romanı

Yazarı : Tuna KİREMİTÇİ

“İÇİMİZDEKİ ZALİM” 

Yazan = Emre KONGAR 

( Sosyalbilimci ) 

Yazara gore:

-Hayvanlar ve bitkiler masumdur. 

-İnsanlar da doğarken masum olarak doğarlar.Ama ne oluyor da, hayatın doğal akışı içinde insanlar, dünyanın en zalim varlığı haline dönüşüyor ve canavarlaşıyor?İnsan beyni, bu olumsuz yeniden yapılanma için neye göre karar veriyor? 

-Yapılan araştırmalar gösteriyor ki: Başka insanlar tarafından ezilen bir insan, herhangi bir güce sahip olunca bunun intikamını almak için başkalarını ezmeye başlıyor ve içindeki canavar ortaya çıkıyor. 

-Bunun nedeni, bilim adamları tarafından, bir bilimsel faktor olarak anlaşılamıyor ve ölçülemiyor.

-İnsan bir meçhul.Ne zaman, nerede, neden, nasıl, ne yapacağı açıkça belli olmuyor.

-“Ama bir kimseyi az da olsa tanımak istiyorsanız, ne dediğine hiç önem vermeyin; sadece onun yaptıklarına bakın.

´The Young Atatürk´

‘The Young Atatürk: From Ottoman Soldier to Statesman of Turkey’ by George W. Gawrych (I.B. Tauris, 2013, $35, 288 pages)

There has been a resurgence of popular interest in Mustafa Kemal Atatürk of late. Almost all opposition groups have been selectively reconsidering the legacy of the Turkish Republic’s founder, in response to the country’s bitter recent culture wars and in the afterglow of the summer’s Gezi protests. Abroad, interest in Atatürk was also piqued by anti-government protesters photographed waving around his picture, so it’s probably an auspicious time to be publishing a new book on the man. This title by historian George W. Gawrych is primarily focused on the military aspect of the “young Atatürk,” and self-admittedly doesn’t aim to provide a complete assessment of its subject’s broader legacy. Still, it does leave the reader wishing for a rather more comprehensive appraisal; the young Atatürk may be inextricable from the military Atatürk, but considering either with only minimal reference to the broader sweep of Ottoman decline and republican revival makes for a pretty dry read.

Source: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-young-ataturk.aspx?pageID=238&nID=59720&NewsCatID=474

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I have always!