LiveToRide69
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Somme Mud. The great war told through the eyes of an infantryman. It is fucked up.
What are YOU reading?`
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nizai
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Im readng Deer Hunting With Jesus by Joe Bageant. Im about 20 pages in and its BRILLIANT. A genuine observation of the American working class filled with dry humour and great stories about rednecks.
Im also reading Eric Clapton's autobiography.
And I recently bought a copy of Friedman's 'The World is Flat', which im very much looking forward to reading.
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Im also reading Eric Clapton's autobiography.
And I recently bought a copy of Friedman's 'The World is Flat', which im very much looking forward to reading.
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Binaural
Eats Squid
That's a good read, recommended!
TheBug
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Don't know how old you are Bretty, but 'Bush Tucker Man' was a classic from the late 80's to early 90's and goes over all that stuff you stated.
Can still buy Les' DVD's at ABC shops, maybe even books.
It was really a great show.
OH HELL YES! These are brilliant, the storyline sags a bit in the middle but overall they're incredible. Also Sin City, Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1 and 2, Fables and 100 Bullets...
Other books I've read lately:
Brian Lumley's Necroscope series
The Great and Secret Show and Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker
Slash and Let it Bleed (Gunners biography)
Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe and Starbuck novels - just getting back into these, just wish he'd finish the Starbuck series already. The Sharpe telemovies are pretty good too...
Bretty.
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Yeah I've got quite a few episodes floating around here on tape, but I'm after books, something to read while out and about in the wilderness. Cheers bud.
nick_dales
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Bright Shiny Morning-James Frey
So excellent and interesting
So excellent and interesting
Binaural
Eats Squid
Freaky story, I agree. Feeding people alive to rats tends to add a certain shiver-factor to a book of true crime stories. Really macabre reading!
Gang leader for a day - Sudhir Venkatesh
Awesome book, could hardly be more interesting. The essence of the story is an indian guy, raised in a rich part of the USA, goes into one of the larger black slums in Chicago and manages more or less by dumb luck to attach himself to one of the local gang leaders. Over time, this allows him to make some really insightful comments on the society and culture. The best book on sociology field work I have read in aaaages.
Risk - Dan Gardner
An interesting analysis of why we are chronically unable to make realistic assessments of how dangerous things are and the irrational nature of most of our fears. Not too heavy, and has many interesting ideas to boot.
mad_mike51
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Raw by Scott Monk
I am re-reading it because we are studying it for school, and I have to say it is still may favourite book to read, even the second time round.
I highly recommend it, as well as any other Scott Monk novels.
I am re-reading it because we are studying it for school, and I have to say it is still may favourite book to read, even the second time round.
I highly recommend it, as well as any other Scott Monk novels.
Gnar
Squid
A Steven Eriksson series. At the moment the book itself is 'House of Chains'. Anyone into really epic/war/action style fantasy should look into this guy. I used to read alot of Raymond E. Fiest stuff, he is good, but Eriksson is a little faster paced and therefor suits my progressiely shorter attention span.....now I'm bored.
downhiller88
Banned
well. iv finished reading stephan hawking a brief history of time.
now. im reading simon singh's big bang.
now. im reading simon singh's big bang.
thecat
NSWMTB, Central Tableland MBC
Just re-reading The Crucible trilogy by Sara Douglass.
It's a medieval fantasy that proposes Armageddon happened in the 1300s and we missed it....
Quite interesting in light of the nephilim discussion that popped up in one of the religous threads awhile ago. sheds some new light on the plot that I missed first time around
It's a medieval fantasy that proposes Armageddon happened in the 1300s and we missed it....
Quite interesting in light of the nephilim discussion that popped up in one of the religous threads awhile ago. sheds some new light on the plot that I missed first time around
shake_rattle_and_ roll
Pumpin'
Jonathan Safran Foer's, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. A wonderfully crafted story. Heart wrenching, funny, confronting and profoundly deep in oh so many ways. The kind of story that makes you want to get up and tell your significant other or family just how much you love and care about them.
Up there as one of the best books I've ever had in my hands. Amazing.
Up there as one of the best books I've ever had in my hands. Amazing.
