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Doran said:I read history all the time, and some biography.
I love history!!! :eusa_clap
Doran said:I read history all the time, and some biography.
RedPop4 said:Then on to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Steve said:Finished with Poe, (will look into other author mentioned in his vein,) am now currently reading:
- Secrets of the Samurai: A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan, by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook
- The Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi
- Death in a Lonely Land, by Peter Hathaway Capstick
the Harry Starks trilogy Long Firm, He Kills Coppers, and Truecrime by British novelist Jake Arnott
HadleyH said:Hands up how many of you loungers appreciate fact, such as biographies instead of fiction!
HadleyH said:I love history!!! :eusa_clap
Estevan said:I do read a lot of WWII books, but I decided to pick up a classic that I NEVER read. "The Catcher in the Rye". I am simply amazed that that book was even published back then. Wow, it's even saucy by today's standards. Awesome read, short, can be read in a matter of a day. Bad thing is you don't want to finish it that quickly. I highly recommend if you haven't read it, get it.
Edward said:Excellent book.... though IMO the ultimate American novel will always be The Great Gatsby.
Fredo said:Recently finished the Harry Starks trilogy Long Firm, He Kills Coppers, and Truecrime by British novelist Jake Arnott. A great gangster series in the spirit of Jame Ellroy but set in early to mid-1960s London. Great Mod suit descriptions!
Estevan said:I think that will be my next read.
Estevan said:"The Catcher in the Rye"
Think I have an older edition of that one...Joie DeVive said:1001 Insults, Put-Downs, & Comebacks.
This isn't a how-to manual. It is a collection of quotes from all kinds of people both modern and historic; and some of them have really sharp tongues!
Diamondback said:Just promise us you won't try to use any of 'em unless it's an emergency, mmmkay? lol
Edward said:Excellent book.... though IMO the ultimate American novel will always be The Great Gatsby.
Oh, yeah! AN enthusiastic hand up here. I just finished Too Close to the Sun, the biography of Denys Finch Hatton, and am thinking of starting West with the Night, the Beryl Markham bio. I'm also working my way through Pogue's War, an autobiography by Forrest Pogue, a WWII Army historian. Another great bio were one I read on T. E. Lawrence. A truly fascinating individual, and far more interesting than what made it into the movie (like the first time he went into battle, and shot his own camel in the back of the head, killing it and knocking him unconscious in the ensuing fall for the entirety of the fight). Also in the wigs is the bio of Gertrude Bell, Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations. That looks excellent.HadleyH said:Hands up how many of you loungers appreciate fact, such as biographies instead of fiction!