MUFC 1,495 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 What's the best autobiography you've read? Roberto Durans is really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,776 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 9 hours ago, nudge said: Just got this, the last book by one of the most interesting and unconventional thinkers of our time (who has sadly passed away last year). Really looking forward to reading it. I’ve been really curious to read Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs”. He wrote an introduction for the edition of Kropotkin’s “Mutual Aid” I have, which was really interesting, and I’ve been meaning to read more of him since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted October 22, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Inverted said: I’ve been really curious to read Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs”. He wrote an introduction for the edition of Kropotkin’s “Mutual Aid” I have, which was really interesting, and I’ve been meaning to read more of him since. I haven't read Bullshit Jobs either, just some essays and Debt: The First 5000 Years. It's refreshing to read unconventional points of view when they are presented well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted October 22, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted October 22, 2021 12 hours ago, MUFC said: What's the best autobiography you've read? Roberto Durans is really good. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman "Cash" by Johnny Cash "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed" by Alan Alda "Failure Is Not An Option" by Gene Kranz "Carrying The Fire" by Mike Collins Those are the first that come to mind, but I've probably forgotten some others 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted November 2, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted November 2, 2021 Just bought this...for less than 3€ 47 novels with hundreds of original illustrations. What a nostalgia trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted November 12, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted November 12, 2021 Next on the agenda is the new Lee Childs - Jack Reacher book, just finishing off a re-read of D-Day. Reacher isn’t one to back down from a fight. And when a shadowy crew raises the stakes, he won’t hesitate to teach them a lesson: When you pick a fight with Reacher, you’re better off dead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted November 26, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted November 26, 2021 Just arrived from Amazon, my next read starting tonight, the 6th novel in his series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted November 28, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted November 28, 2021 Read this one last night from cover to cover in one sitting: Absolutely loved it. Both funny and sad coming-of-age story of a kid growing up on a reservation. Geared towards teenagers and young adults, obviously, but it's a good read nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted December 18, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted December 18, 2021 Starting this tonight. Has been recommended to me as one the most innovative and smartest sci-fi novels in recent times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted December 22, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted December 22, 2021 Another Lee Child - Jack Reacher book just arrived from Amazon towards my collection, read this a few years back but worth another read over Xmas. Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, eyes on the road. Another man next to him, telling stories that don’t add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And next to her, a huge man with a broken nose, hitching a ride east to Virginia... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted December 25, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted December 25, 2021 That's me BOOKED out for a while Our son, true to form knows what I like and just gave me these as a Xmas present, 3 of his books in the series I have not read, nice one son. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander 166 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Read a lot of Jack Reacher, bought one once for the flight to NZ to see family and lent it to my father who then went and bought the entire series. I have just got the fourth and last Book of Babel https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fall-Babel-Books/dp/0316518190 Reminds me of the LOTR and though fantasy set in relatively modern times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted December 27, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 25/12/2021 at 16:19, Waylander said: Read a lot of Jack Reacher, bought one once for the flight to NZ to see family and lent it to my father who then went and bought the entire series. You have good tastes in authors and books, Lee Child and the Jack Reacher series, I have read them all and even read them again and again... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander 166 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Dad is reading the current Lee Child co-authored with his son Andrew, my present to him this xmas along with a crime novel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted December 28, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Waylander said: Dad is reading the current Lee Child co-authored with his son Andrew, my present to him this xmas along with a crime novel. You got me going, I am reading A Wanted Man again by Lee Child, Reacher with a busted nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,776 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just finished this and moving onto this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted January 19, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 19, 2022 Since The Expanse TV series has ended, I can finally read the novels now... Started with the first one, Leviathan Wakes, last night: Went through almost a half of it in one sitting... Fantastic writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted January 23, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 19/01/2022 at 22:03, nudge said: Since The Expanse TV series has ended, I can finally read the novels now... Started with the first one, Leviathan Wakes, last night: Went through almost a half of it in one sitting... Fantastic writing. Nearly finished with it... Next in line: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted January 25, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 25, 2022 Just finished a re-read of a Lee Child - Jack Reacher novel Worth Dying For now ready to read... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted January 30, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 30, 2022 Thats Hide And Seek just finished, now started on the follow up novel by M J Arlidge about Inspector Helen Grace... A woman’s body lies in the road. At first it looks like a tragic accident. But when Helen Grace arrives on the scene it’s clear she’s looking at a cold-blooded killing. But why would anyone target a much-loved wife and mother? Across town, a shopkeeper is killed while his customers are left unharmed. But what lies behind the killer’s choices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted February 8, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted February 8, 2022 Next follow up started. Something dark and deadly stalks the forest. Helen and her team must race against time to catch the perpetrator, before more blood is shed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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