what books are you all reading?

[daveindales]

Can also recomment The Moon's A Balloon. David Niven's autobiography about his childhood. An old book, but one of the best Iv'e read. Very funny, nothing to do with films or hollywood, just his childhood, if I remember right.

[jpbeaver]

Reading all the lee child books, jack reacher is well cool.

 

That's what I used to read on my lunch breaks when subbing for you. Great trash reading.

[scotspine1]

current books -

 

Moral Combat, Michael Burleigh - this book is hard going, book describes chilling details of atrocities carried out by the Nazis, Japanese, Russians, French Resistance, Americans and British amongst others. Probably wont finish it, bloody depressing.

 

Introducing Islam, Ziauddin Sardar - who they are, where they came from, their history, what they stand for, their place in the world etc. Some stuff from the book, Spain was ruled by Islam for 800 years. The Mongols under Genghis Khan's grandson ransacked Baghdad in 1258 killing somewhere between 100,000 and 1,000,000. Its an interesting read.

 

Training for Rock Climbing - Steve Bollen, bit old fashioned these days, but good sections on stretching, climbing (rock) and training in general.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Im re reading lonsdales tree hazard assesment and managment for the fourth time!

 

Does matter how many times I read it, always get stuff out of it i didnt remmebr from the last time round.

[tommer9]

I might try Thomas Pynchon's Vineland again....it defeated me about 2/3 through last time.....anybody else read any Pynchon?

[big fell!]

Ranulph fiennes, the sett... What a book!

[Mark James]

Tortilla Flat, great book not as good as the grapes of wrath but worth a look if you like the old time reads.

 

 

 

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[daveindales]

 

Does not matter how many times I read it, always get stuff out of it i didnt remmebr from the last time round.

 

That sentence reminds me of A brief History of Time

[geoff]

Tortilla Flat, great book not as good as the grapes of wrath but worth a look if you like the old time reads.

 

 

 

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Steinbeck's stuff is all a great read,have to agree about the grapes of wrath.

[Mark James]

East of Eden is good Geoff, if you want to feel like your there read a bit of Steinbeck pure class.

Water music by T Coraghessan Boyle is another good book if you like Steinbeck stuff.

 

 

 

 

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