What book are you reading now?

[nicodemolga]

I'm just finished with "Mugabe" by David Smith & Colin Simpson (1981).

[parsifal]

"Behind the Bar" by A.E.Bowker. The autobiography of a barrister's clerk.

[Boomshanka]

Dan Brown - The lost symbol

[doug748]

Just finished The Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, a grand sea thriller of the old school.
If I remember correctly Innes made a packet out of this book and it gave him the cash to build an offshore racer called - Mary Deare.

[sarabande]

Molecular Gastronomy by Hervé This, and The Science of Cooking by Peter Barham.

Presents to help keep my mind off grimmer things.

[SAWDOC]

Excellent book -very well written, moves along at a cracking pace and leaves one with a head full of questions afterwards!

[purplerobbie]

Legend. David Gemmell.

Rob

[Dyflin]

Lost Voices of the Royal Navy: Vivid Eyewitness Accounts of Life in the Royal Navy from 1914-1945, Max Arthur.

Very enjoyable accounts, different times!

[machurley22]

The Boys' Book of the Sea. "21 true stories chosen by Nicholas Monsarrat"

[Qwghlm]

A Race Too Far by Chris Eakin.

Story of the 1968 Golden Globe, harrowing enough for me to have to put it down near the end of the book for a day or so before I could finish it...


Submarine : an anthology of first-hand accounts of the war under the sea, 1939-1945 / edited by Jean Hood.

First hand accounts of what it was like to be a submariner, of all nations, during the second world war. Just started this, but what a breed apart those guys were/are.

Steve

[highandry]

Just finished..A Rumor of War ( American spelling obviously)
Author Philip Caputo..ex US Marine (Infantry)officer Vietnam 1965.

From well intentioned patriotic youngster to disillusioned haunted 'old man' (early 20's) in sixteen months!!

Recommended

[jhr]

Originally Posted by highandry

Just finished..A Rumor of War ( American spelling obviously)
Author Philip Caputo..ex US Marine (Infantry)officer Vietnam 1965.

From well intentioned patriotic youngster to disillusioned haunted 'old man' (early 20's) in sixteen months!!

Recommended

If you enjoyed A Rumor of War, try "A Bright Shining Lie" by Neil Sheehan. I can't help feeling that those currently involved in pursuing the war in Afghanistan would benefit from reading a book about someone who "....was critical of the U.S. military command, ..... and their inability to adapt to the fact that they were facing a popular guerrilla movement while backing a corrupt regime" (Wikipedia).

Those that do not learn from the lessons of history are fated to repeat them ...

[Algol]

Originally Posted by jhr

If you enjoyed A Rumor of War, try "A Bright Shining Lie" by Neil Sheehan. I can't help feeling that those currently involved in pursuing the war in Afghanistan would benefit from reading a book about someone who "....was critical of the U.S. military command, ..... and their inability to adapt to the fact that they were facing a popular guerrilla movement while backing a corrupt regime" (Wikipedia).

Seconded. It manages that rare thing of teaching you all about the history of a country while seeing it from the point of view of one real person (who happened to have been involved at all the major turning points, IIRC). A really good read

[Guapa]

Three on the go at the moment

- John Otterbacher - Outrageous Grace
- Keillor Robertson - A bear called Euston (the evil twin)
- John Grisham - Ford County stories

[michael_w]

Europe by Norman Davies.

A history of Europe from Stone Age to the end of the Cold War. I'm only up to the Roman Empire, very readable and never dull. Get someone to give it to you for Christmas. Miles better than the celebrity trash you'll get given instead.

[machurley22]

Originally Posted by machurley22

The Boys' Book of the Sea. "21 true stories chosen by Nicholas Monsarrat"

Not recommended.