Emperor - The death of Kings by Conn Iggulden
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Emperor - The death of Kings by Conn Iggulden
Is that the last one in the series ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadesWolf
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"Managment of foreign trade" for my exam.
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Gave a looong break (since April ~:eek:) to Tolkien's Lays of Beleriand. Rumbling around -basically classical- Turkish poetry before sleep. :sleeping:
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Legionnaire by Simon Murray.
The second one. This ones about pirates.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch_guy
Ah ok, I read that one.
Pretty good story really, if you're interested in the period that is.
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Just started Nietzsche, Beyone Good & Evil, although I am tempted to also begin reading A Clockwork Orange which I just purchased... I think I'll have to finish Nietzsche first...
I'm reading a book on the American Civil War that I got on my vacation from Gettysburg.
Bill Bryson's Neither here nor there is great, delightfully entertaining while giving a vivid description of much of Europe.
I just finished "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote, and must say i thoroughly enjoyed it. Does anyone have any thoughts or comments on it? (This has nothing to do with the analysis of it I have to present...)
I liked the series as it went on. Some things in the earlier books were so blatantly incorrect or annoying that it made it hard to stomach; but it seemed Iggulden got more confident towards the end of the second and during the third books and it became rather more interesting. But particularly the simplification of the first civil war, and Pompey's character, grated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch_guy
Right now I'm still working through A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani, and I've just finished Setting Free the Bears by John Irving.
That's true and it did bother me somewhat, but then again the book wasn't supposed to be a historical biography by any means, so keeping that in mind certainly helped - for me at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoffrey S
If you do like a good read in which the author doesn't take excessive liberties concerning historical accuracy, you might want to pick up Caesar by Colleen Mccullough. A very detailed book, spanning from Caesar's time in Gaul to the death of his Rival Pompey in Egypt. The detail, especially regarding the Gaullic campaigns, is extraordinary and very fun to read.
A bit more on Topic, I'll be starting on The Sicilian by Mario Puzo soon.
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Just got Omerta by Mario Puzo myself. I read the Last Don and enjoyed it immensely.
Just finished Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley. Unforgettable true story of the six guys who appear in the famous photo of the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima. Very well written and researched. Clint Eastwood has made a movie of this book which is scheduled for release on Oct 20, 2006. He's also making a companion movie called Red Sun, Black Sand which tells the story from the Japanese side using a Japanese cast.
I also read Flyboys by James Bradley which is similarly outstanding. It's the story of what happened to eight navy pilots who were shot down over Chichi Jima and which the navy covered up for 50 years. The revelations about the Japanese mentality towards other races are shocking. One chapter tells of the fire bombing of Tokyo from a survivors perspective, and that's riveting. This book also has the best historical summary I've ever read of the strategic path Japan took over a period of 150 years that inexorably lead it toward WWII. It also tells how the Bushido code was corrupted by the people in power in Japan.
Heart of Darkness... but I gotta' say... not much holding me to it.
The Perfect King, Lord of the Rings, and Medici. Yes, all at the same time.. I'm just picking each one up at random and reading a bit.
:bump: Someone copied my idea for a thread in the entrance hall!
This is the original!
In that case, I repeat:
Wheel of Time - Book 9
The Punic Wars - Adrian Goldsworthy (Most of teh way through the Second Punic War... No one spolil the ending! :P )
That book is horrible, the themes and such are very deep. But my god is it tedious to read.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wonderland
I whole-heartedly agree. It has to be one of the worst books that I ever read. Had to do an essay on it. *Shudders*Quote:
Originally Posted by Rythmic
In preparation to moving there, I'm reading "London: A Biography" by Peter Ackroyd.
The Rule of Four - Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
almost done with Emperor: Field of Swords.
(3rd in seiries)
Mush: A Beginner's Manual of Sled Dog Training
Just got a second Siberian puppy, so I may as well teach them how to fulfill their heritage.
You do realise you're going to have to post some pics of your new pup, right ?Quote:
Originally Posted by drone
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Yes, once I get them off the camera and resized. The new one is just 10 weeks old, so I don't have much "free" time at home...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch_guy
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Originally Posted by Craterus
sorry didnt mean to copy you, i didnt see this one first.:oops:
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
"American Gods", by Neil Gaiman. I like his comics, so I decided to try one of his novels.