> > And now, I'd like to solicit some recommendations
> from everyone else. I've been wanting to read up on
> cosmology lately. Is there a good book (accessible to
> lay folk) that explains things like the relative merits of
> Big Bang theory versus the steady-state model of the
> universe, and is fairly up to date? Also, can anyone
> recommend a good book on twentieth-century
> American political history?
> >
> > Iss "full cardboard jacket" achar
>
> For some reason I read "cosmetology" where you wrote
> "cosmology". I then proceeded to read "lay folk" as
> "lady folk". For half a second I pondered why you
> would be interested, but nothing came up. So, I just re-
> read it and all my confusion went away :)
>
> Tess

Sometimes it is necessary to re-read material. I usually do that with instructions, but seldom do I re-read a book. I guess I would rather spend my time on something new.

My wife recently re-read "Black Like Me." She said she wanted to see how her perception had changed since she read it the first time several decades ago.

I did that once with "Hamlet." I worked on a production of the play in the early 1950's. I mostly did behind the scenes stuff but I "carried a spear," so to speak, in a couple of scenes. I remember reading the entire thing before production started and then listened to the dialog over and over until I was more than just familiar with it. About 20 years later, I read it again and was surprised at how little I remembered.
Howard