Posted on 01/23/2012 8:52:51 PM PST by WilliamEaton
What books are people currently reading? Any particular fiction or non-fiction of note? Any recommendations from some recent reads?
I just downloaded the novel Hunter by Robert James Bidinotto for my kindle. It's an indie novel and has received good reviews on Amazon. Will report back once I finish up.
Well, that's it for you. You can never be president. Have you come to the part about niggerheads yet?
I’m reading the Perry Mason novels. There are about 80 of them, written from 1933-1970. There are some cultural roadbumps, but overall, they are well written and fast moving. (& I’m getting them all from the library)
Regnum Celorum: Patterns of Millennial Thought in Early Christianity
Men to Boys: the Making of Modern Immaturity
Evil Under The Sun. Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot in white suit and hat in lounge chair at the beach in a swanky hotel in England. It’s fun.
My husband reads aloud one chapter each morning the Bible starting January with Genesis. We read some Proverbs and Psalm. My personal reading is book of Romans right now.
Best fiction/ best author ( I believe) Len Deighton. His 9 or 10 Bernrd Samson books are my favorite but his first book, Ipcress Files is a fav too. Not part of Samson series, Goodbye Mickey Mouse, great book about bombers in England bombing Germany. He is an expert on England and Europe, Germany, Berlin, WW11, Hitler, British intelligence, Russia and cold war, East and West Berlin and the wall. He is wonderful. I reread all his books every couple of years.
As to the question of the thread, I am finishing Shmuel Katz's two volume biography of Jabotinsky, Lone Wolf. My next book will be Reappraising the Right: The Past & Future of American Conservatism by George Nash, author of "The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945", which is a must-read.
I finished all the Aubrey/Maturin books, and now I’m on a P. G. Wodehouse binge (Jeeves and Wooster, etc.).
Ameritopia and a politically incorrect British history book by an NRO Weekly Standard American Spectator guy.....Crocker
I read that years ago while I was sick with the flu. Being wracked with fever added a certain realism to the book.
I have read so many books in the last 52 years I can’t name them all. From Captain Blood by Rafiel Sabatini, three volumes, to Tacitus’ histories. Lots of J Frank Dobie’s books, Beau Geste, Beau Sabeur, Beau Ideal, Beat To Quarters (three volumes and many others) The books kept me from going insane in my youth, along with The Illiad, The Odyssey and The Anead, and many, many more.
I am currently working on Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales or Terror, and the Bible for the third or fourth time.
Along with HP Lovecraft novels, and Eusebius’ Histories of the Christan church.
Not to mention THE LOST GOD bt Russell, or the works of Kipling, or way too many histories of the early Americas or Indian wars or pirate stories, and way, way too many short si-fi stories by Isamov, Ray Bradbury, or Richard Matheson.
I would rather read than watch TV any day, except when I am painting.
I have read so many books in the last 52 years I can’t name them all. From Captain Blood by Rafiel Sabatini, three volumes, to Tacitus’ histories. Lots of J Frank Dobie’s books, Beau Geste, Beau Sabeur, Beau Ideal, Beat To Quarters (three volumes and many others) The books kept me from going insane in my youth, along with The Illiad, The Odyssey and The Anead, and many, many more.
I am currently working on Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales or Terror, and the Bible for the third or fourth time.
Along with HP Lovecraft novels, and Eusebius’ Histories of the Christan church.
Not to mention THE LOST GOD bt Russell, or the works of Kipling, or way too many histories of the early Americas or Indian wars or pirate stories, and way, way too many short si-fi stories by Isamov, Ray Bradbury, or Richard Matheson.
I would rather read than watch TV any day, except when I am painting.
In case anyone is still up, I’m reading Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, by Richard Rhodes.
I always knew Hedy Lamarr had been an incredibly beautiful actress in Hollywood, but I had no idea she was brilliant as well. She hated the Hollywood scene, and struggled to be taken seriously. I’m just loving this book.
Niteowl BookMark :)
May God bless.
Tatt
Just finished “Alone in Berlin”, by Hans Fallada. A masterpiece about one man’s resistance during Nazi oppression, based on true events.
He said he liked to avoid political words and agendas in his songs and let the music say it all.
Stories of Natural Gas by Ralph E. Davis (1964).
Published by Ralph E. Davis.
This is THE book on the history of the natural gas ‘bidness’ as told by one of its pioneers.
The Litigators was funnier than I remember the other Grisham books being. Especially in the beginning. Laugh-out-loud funny.
The Bible
Steve Jobs (do as I say not as I do liberal) great book
Rick Harrison (Pawn Stars)
Demonic is Ann’s best book, in my opinion. She gets deeper into the causes of liberalism, rather than just pointing out their illogicalities and contradictions—which she also does very well.
Just finished “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu. Next, Clauswitz.
Read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy so I could understand the movie. I see why Anthony Lane basically said to go back to the books for the real le Carre. Yet the movie had some dramatic scenes that were not in the book and were very memorable and not the least out of place: Jim killing the bird (an owl in the book, and it happens “offstage”), the bee in the car full of important espionage types (hilarious), Jim punching Ricki Tarr (and knocking a tooth out? went by too fast), and most entertaining, the Christmas party, with spies at their most Britishly merry and a cameo of Le Carre (standing next to a Santa in a Lenin mask).
This has turned into a movie post, but the book is truly excellent. Carre can write. Is there another British spy writer even near his talent? (Don’t say Ian Fleming.)
Also just read Harry Stein’s I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting Next to a Republican. Not deep, but sadly familiar and funny at the same time.
“Omdurman” by Philip Ziegler
I love Connelly’s Harry Bosch detective series for light reading...on my 3rd one since Christmas...so far I’ve read Black Ice, Echo Park and The Closers...I also read and enjoyed Jeff Ashton’s, Imperfect Justice...
Keep reading. Excellent series.
What We Knew
Ameritopia — What else?
American Sniper
The Vigilantes of Montana, Dimsdale, for I think the second time.
The Mote In God’s Eye.
CC
So...:
"Bleak House",
"Last of the Mohicans",
"Mein Kampf",
"Brothers, Rivals, Victors",
and "Falling Upward" (a waste of time, but I promised my Mom I'd give it a read).
Made me so mad when I read it, that my girlfried at the time would not let me read it just before going to bed!!!
I have that one...it's on my bookshelf right next to "The Wit and Wisdom of Spiro T. Agnew" {blank also}, and "Important and Weighty Thoughts on the State of the World" by Joey Biden {blank also}
James Clavell is my favorite novelist. Shogun was the best novel I ever read. Tai Pan was the second best.
I have recently finished Killing Lincoln and the Last Lecture, both excellent books.
Re-reading William L. Shires’s “The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich.”
James Clavell is my favorite novelist. Shogun was the best novel I ever read. Tai Pan was the second best.
I have recently finished Killing Lincoln and the Last Lecture, both excellent books.
The Swedish film is sooooo good. My hubby tried to read it too & felt the same way as you-but we love the original movie.
bfl
“Cracking the Code”
Here is the free version.
http://www.losthorizons.com/Cracking_the_Code.htm
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http://losthorizons.com/CtCforFree.pdf
Ameritopia
Monster Hunters International
The Voice of Reason
Free to Choose
I am actually listening to them. One of the great things about my job is I can listen to books all day long on my ipod.
Here is a list of books that define my study subjects for the past year or two.
The now banned Freeper non sequitur recommended Shattered Sword. Like those that follow, it is new scholarship and breaks lots of new ground. These books capture the war in the Pacific.
Shattered Sword … The untold story of Midway J. Parschall and Anthony Tully
The Solomons Campaign William L. McGee
Clash of the Carriers Barrett Tillman
The Battle of Leyte Gulf H.P Willmott
Stephen Lekson writes prolifically about the people of our southwest. He is a hands on archeologist and manhandles many of his colleagues who dwell in various ruts. (or on their individual study creeks) His pronouncement…. Everybody knew everything, distance was not a problem. He led me to Cahokia and archeoastronomy in America. Cahokia was more populous than London in 1050
A History of The Ancient Southwest Stephen H Lekson
The Chaco Meridian Stephen H Lekson
Cahokia…..Ancient America’s great city Timothy R Pauket
Living the Sky… The Cosmos of the American Indian Ray L Williamson
The Power of Gold Peter L Bernstein
Wonderful Life,,,, The Burgess Shale Stephen J Gould
Eighteen Minutes…The Battle of San Jacinto Stephen L Moore
finishing “Jimmy Stewart - Bomber Pilot”
will start next
“A Blue Sea of Blood: Deciphering the Mysterious Fate of the USS EDSALL” By Donald M. Kehn, Jr.
Just finished Stieg Larsson’s “Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” (Last of the Millenium Trilogy), and, via audiobook, Ben Sherwood’s “The Survivors Club” which I heartedly recommend. Currently reading Bernard Cornwell’s “Death of Kings” (latest in his Saxon Tales). Next on my list, Michael Crichton’s last book (finished by Richard Preston), “Micro,” and, via audio, Alex Kava’s “Hotwire.”
“The Rights of Man” by Thomas Paine
Grisham is a good writer, but he’s a one-note-Nelly. He writes about lawyers and legal cases, the “Litigators” being another case in point.
Using the ability to write across a spectrum of topics, I’d put before you these:
Louis L’Amore who did westerns, medieval, boxing, short stories, and the sea.
Mark Twain (of course) who did culture, river, short stories, and scifi/fantasy.
John Steinbeck who did American culture, Hispanic culture, the sea, the depression, the underdog,
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