Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 what war? Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I am reading Clive Cusslers Corsair, its the latest and fifth in the Oregon Files series which are excellent. The Oregon Filles would make brilliant films. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Cities of Gold by Douglas Weston. A journey across the American southwest on horseback as it was when europeans first saw it.... Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Originally Posted By: pie-eater Pies & Prejudice Got to totally recommend this book, very entertaining. If you are from northern England, you must read this. It made me laugh out loud quite a few times. And brought back lots of memories. I felt rather nostalgic. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yes great book. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 eggy thump, c'mon lads, a quick synopsis would not go a miss like. Quote: 'My name is Stuart Maconie, and I am from the North Of England. Some time ago, I was standing in my kitchen, rustling up a Sunday brunch for some very hungover, very Northern mates who were 'down' for the weekend. One of them was helping me out and, recipe book in hand, asked "where are the sun-dried tomatoes?" "They're behind the cappuccino maker," I replied. Silence fell. We slowly met each other's gaze. We did not say anything. We did not need to. Each read the other's unspoken thought: we had become those kinds of people, the kind of people who had sun-dried tomatoes and cappuccino makers, the kind of people who did Sunday brunch. In other words: southerners.' A northerner in exile, stateless and confused, hearing rumours of Harvey Nichols in Leeds and Maseratis in Wilmslow, Stuart goes in search of The North. Delving into his own past, it is a riotously funny journey in search of where the cliches end and the truth begins. He travels from Wigan Pier to Blackpool Tower, the Bigg Market in Newcastle to the daffodil-laden Lake District in search of his own Northern Soul, encountering along the way an exotic cast of Scousers, Scallies, pie-eating Woolly-backs, topless Geordies, mad-for-it Mancs, Yorkshire nationalists and brothers in southern exile. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yes that's the one. Read it (and laugh). Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Just finished reading "Gang Leader for a Day", about this Sociology Student who went out into the projects of Chicago, got held captive overnight by a gang and then proceeded to hang out with them for 10 years, writing a thesis on Street economics and how the poor survive. as a follow on from that I'm now reading "Freakonomics" Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I read that recently too. Interesting book it was. Where does everyone get their books? I usually use amazon (jp) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I get mines from my local bookstore, the english section is pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 No English books on sale within (manymany)km here, so I order mine from amazon. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Depends but usually from one of the following amazon waterstones tesco sainsburys Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 online: yes asia amazon but the wait is just so frustrating sometimes. Bricks an mortar: Page One Dymocks I like to feel books, hence e-books would never do. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 This year so far: Three Cups of Tea - Fantastic Read Water for Elephants - quite funny Tangerine - to use in my 8th grade class Samurai William - prolly the best book about a foreigner living in Japan...so much better than any Clavel stuff nor anything else Ive read. How to Read Literature Like a Professor - cant remember if I wrote this last time... gotta meeting...will add more later. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Yeah I like Samurai William as well. Read that a few years ago at home, really interesting, his grave is in Yokosuka, not that far from where I live, I should maybe go and try　and track it down Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Usually online. I usually buy 5 or 6 bunch at the same time. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Samurai William... got to get that. Cheers ! reading Art of horsemanship Xenophon Dressage in harmony Zettl Circle of trust Zettl Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 anyone use Audio books? Recently Ive "read" the Courtneay novels of Africa Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 No. How come you choose them stemik? How much do they cost? Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday I like to feel books, hence e-books would never do. Yeah my wife and I have built up a veritable library over the last 10 or so years together. Must be getting up near 1000 books. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 That's a lot of books. I must have close to a tenth of that. My wife throws out old ones, which is ok if they're crappy paperbacks, but she eyes my hardbacks too. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Originally Posted By: stemik anyone use Audio books? Recently Ive "read" the Courtneay novels of Africa yeah, Ive got quite a few on my CBpod. Like em. You can download them for *free* Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Originally Posted By: stemik anyone use Audio books? Recently Ive "read" the Courtneay novels of Africa Bryce Courtney? I love his Australian ones, I think my favourite has gotta be Four Fires, quality yarn. Weaves together a load of charachter threads into an awesome story about a poor Irish immigrant family to rural Victoria....great! Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 i "read" the wilbur smith ones...one book lasts more than 20 hours Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Power of One Bryce Courtney Great !! Wilbur Smith's african stuff is authentic and I love it. Link to post Share on other sites
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