| Book thread 17:06 - Jun 22 with 5875 views | footers |
Haven't had one of these in a while. Always good to see what people are reading and get some recommendations.
My latest two were actually suggestions from here: Every Country We've Ever Invaded (And The Few We've Never Got Round To) by Stuart Laycock and The Famine Plot by Tim Pat Coogan. Both excellent, and many thanks to those who recommended them.
Not sure what's next as I've got a habit of re-reading rather than buying new. Let's see what TWTD magic can be weaved today.... |  |
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| Book thread on 17:10 - Jun 22 with 3267 views | Plums |
Currently reading War in The West part II by James Holland. Will then be starting Hunting Evil by Guy Walters.
Recently finished Beevor's Berlin which was excellent. |  |
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| Book thread on 17:13 - Jun 22 with 3262 views | jeera |
Just finishing Perestroika.
About to start Making Sense of the Troubles.
Got a few lined up after that but not sure about the order yet. |  |
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| Book thread on 17:19 - Jun 22 with 3248 views | JakeITFC |
I’m reading Impossible Owls: Essays from the Ends of the World by Brian Phillips right now, really good collection of some of his longer from writing.
I’ve got Natives by Akala ready to go on my kindle next and am also halfway through the Damned United for the millionth time. |  | | |
| Book thread on 17:24 - Jun 22 with 3237 views | factual_blue |
| Book thread on 17:10 - Jun 22 by Plums |
Currently reading War in The West part II by James Holland. Will then be starting Hunting Evil by Guy Walters.
Recently finished Beevor's Berlin which was excellent. |
Try Sir Ian Kershaw's The End on the last nine or ten months of the war, and what it was like for ordinary Germans. |  |
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| Book thread on 17:25 - Jun 22 with 3231 views | footers |
| Book thread on 17:24 - Jun 22 by factual_blue |
Try Sir Ian Kershaw's The End on the last nine or ten months of the war, and what it was like for ordinary Germans. |
You'll be happy to know a copy of The Complete Plain Words is already en route to chez footerz.
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| Book thread on 17:45 - Jun 22 with 3196 views | ParisBlue |
| Book thread on 17:13 - Jun 22 by jeera |
Just finishing Perestroika.
About to start Making Sense of the Troubles.
Got a few lined up after that but not sure about the order yet. |
We could certainly do with perestoikas. Norwood and Jackson just don't do it for me... |  |
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| Book thread on 17:48 - Jun 22 with 3190 views | NewcyBlue |
The art of resilience by Ross Edgley.
It’s quite a book. His first book, the worlds fittest book, was a very good read. |  |
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| Book thread on 18:08 - Jun 22 with 3141 views | eastangliaisblue |
I'm halfway through One Soldier's War in Chechnya. A biography of an 18 year old Russian conscript. A very good read so far. Makes you appreciate the brutality of that war for both sides. |  | | |
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| Book thread on 18:21 - Jun 22 with 3129 views | Steve_M |
I went to my local bookshop yesterday - The Owl in Kentish Town - and it was great to go back.
So I'm going to read these two next:
- Boys in Zinc, Svetlana Alexievich. A compilation of first hand testimony from Russian conscripts, or their mothers, about the effects of the war in Afghanistan. The second sentence is: "He killed someone...My son... with a kitchen axe". I don't expect it to get much more cheerful.
- The Rise and Fall of the British Nation. David Edgerton. One I nearly bought before lockdown and then regretted not doing so. The burb suggests it's a reappraisal of Britain in the second half of the 20th century.
I've re-read an awful lot during the last few months, have plenty more I want to re-read but amongst those read:
- Lord of the Rings for the first time since the films came out, so 19 years.
- The Hobbit, well if I was going to re-read LOTR....
Those were light reading after the previous two.
- The End, Kershaw. As already mentioned by Facters.
- Stalingrad, Beevor. |  |
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| Book thread on 18:25 - Jun 22 with 3122 views | Steve_M |
| Book thread on 17:24 - Jun 22 by factual_blue |
Try Sir Ian Kershaw's The End on the last nine or ten months of the war, and what it was like for ordinary Germans. |
I re-read that a few weeks back. It's really good, a serious work of history as well as being fascinating. | |
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| Book thread on 18:38 - Jun 22 with 3112 views | factual_blue |
| Book thread on 17:25 - Jun 22 by footers |
You'll be happy to know a copy of The Complete Plain Words is already en route to chez footerz.
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Sir Ernest was, of course, a Civil Servant.
Politics and The English Language by George Orwell is worth a read too. | |
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| Book thread on 18:42 - Jun 22 with 3107 views | factual_blue |
| Book thread on 18:25 - Jun 22 by Steve_M |
I re-read that a few weeks back. It's really good, a serious work of history as well as being fascinating. |
I have the distinction of having been taught by Ian Kershaw in 1973-74 when he was a mediaevalist specialising in economic history, and again in 1975-76 when he'd transformed into an historian of modern Germany. (He had 1974-75 as a sabbatical to swot up on his new specialism). | |
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| Book thread on 18:49 - Jun 22 with 3093 views | footers |
| Book thread on 18:38 - Jun 22 by factual_blue |
Sir Ernest was, of course, a Civil Servant.
Politics and The English Language by George Orwell is worth a read too. |
Politics and The English Language is the first thing on any of my junior colleagues' reading lists. Or they might not reach probation. | |
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| Book thread on 18:50 - Jun 22 with 3092 views | factual_blue |
| Book thread on 18:49 - Jun 22 by footers |
Politics and The English Language is the first thing on any of my junior colleagues' reading lists. Or they might not reach probation. |
You're a probation officer? | |
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| Book thread on 18:52 - Jun 22 with 3086 views | footers |
| Book thread on 18:50 - Jun 22 by factual_blue |
You're a probation officer? |
My riff raff are bad enough. | |
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| Book thread on 19:06 - Jun 22 with 3064 views | jeera |
| Book thread on 17:48 - Jun 22 by NewcyBlue |
The art of resilience by Ross Edgley.
It’s quite a book. His first book, the worlds fittest book, was a very good read. |
Recommendation for you: 'Staying Afloat'.
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| Book thread on 19:07 - Jun 22 with 3060 views | BlueNomad |
| Book thread on 17:10 - Jun 22 by Plums |
Currently reading War in The West part II by James Holland. Will then be starting Hunting Evil by Guy Walters.
Recently finished Beevor's Berlin which was excellent. |
I have just read A Prophet Without Honour by Joseph Wurtenbaugh. If you like alt-history it is about the build-up to Hitler’s reoccupation of the Rhineland in 1936. I enjoyed it. |  | | |
| Book thread on 19:14 - Jun 22 with 3046 views | Plums |
| Book thread on 17:24 - Jun 22 by factual_blue |
Try Sir Ian Kershaw's The End on the last nine or ten months of the war, and what it was like for ordinary Germans. |
Thanks, I’ll add that to the list | |
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| Book thread on 19:16 - Jun 22 with 3043 views | Plums |
| Book thread on 19:07 - Jun 22 by BlueNomad |
I have just read A Prophet Without Honour by Joseph Wurtenbaugh. If you like alt-history it is about the build-up to Hitler’s reoccupation of the Rhineland in 1936. I enjoyed it. |
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| Book thread on 19:24 - Jun 22 with 3029 views | factual_blue |
| Book thread on 19:06 - Jun 22 by jeera |
Recommendation for you: 'Staying Afloat'.
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| Book thread on 19:31 - Jun 22 with 3003 views | Wacko |
I know Stuart Laycock - I'll pass on your compliments
I'm reading The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks - can't believe it's taken me this long to get round to reading it. Fascinating.
I'm also reading Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg. Getting a bit turgid but interesting nonetheless. |  |
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| Book thread on 19:37 - Jun 22 with 2982 views | eastangliaisblue |
| Book thread on 19:31 - Jun 22 by Wacko |
I know Stuart Laycock - I'll pass on your compliments
I'm reading The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks - can't believe it's taken me this long to get round to reading it. Fascinating.
I'm also reading Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg. Getting a bit turgid but interesting nonetheless. |
I just googled The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Sounds very interesting, might be my next book purchase. | | | |
| Book thread on 19:42 - Jun 22 with 2973 views | Wacko |
| Book thread on 19:37 - Jun 22 by eastangliaisblue |
I just googled The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Sounds very interesting, might be my next book purchase. |
It's great. I suppose it'll be a bit dated if neurology is your big thing, as it was written in the 80s - but as an entertaining introduction, it's top notch | |
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| Book thread on 19:53 - Jun 22 with 2942 views | You_Bloo_Right |
Currently re-reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. And I really don't understand why.
A few lined up including more re-reads but of those new to me - Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here, Italo Calvino's If On a Winter's Night a Traveller, Stefan Zweig's Beware of Pity (not sure how I haven't read at least one of these before but I haven't).
And from the suggestions so far looks like I have some non-fiction to add to the list too. |  |
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| Book thread on 20:31 - Jun 22 with 2910 views | NthQldITFC |
I find really dry books absolutely fascinating sometimes, maybe it's because I'm a crashing bore! Nevil Shute's autobiography Slide Rule is just endless description of the processes of design and building of airships and planes, but I've read it three or four times now. |  |
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