Book recommendations requested!

[Ibrahim]

non fiction book?

it's a rare book, but try "The French Armies in the Seven Year's War: A Study in Military Organisation and Administration, N.C., 1967" by Lee Kennett.

I'll level with you: it won't be up your alley--you might hate me for it in fact. Having said that, it has good laughs, like the account of an officer describing his general's routine, or the epic feud between Fenestre and d'Agay. even after almost 4 years, the lulz never cease to amaze me.

[HopAlongBunny]

A little research on the net and some wine making gear and you can engage in alchemy :)

Transform honey into wine; it's easy, interesting, has a million variations, and it ages nicely. Cheap tasty booze you make yourself? Just say Yes!

[Andres]

"Congo, a history" (original title: Congo, een geschiedenis), from David Van Reybrouck. Not sure if it's already translated in English, but if not, it most likely will be.

The book won a few awards and received excellent reviews, but a few Belgian experts on Congo had some pretty harsh critique on the book. That's why I intend to read the following books after I've finished Van Reybrouck's easy-to-read and not at all boring book:

"The assassination of Lumumba" (original title: De moord op Lumumba) by Ludo De Witte (this one should be very interesting, since it prompted the creation of a Parliamentary commission in Belgium more than 30 years after the facts, to investigate the assassination of Lumumba and the involvment of Belgian authorities).
"King Leopold's Ghost", by Adam Hochschild (read it a few years ago, but will read it again now that I'm in a "Congo-mood"; it's a book that got some criticism as well)
"Rood rubber", by Daniël Van Groenweghe (I don't think it has been translated into English, but I believe there's a French translation "Du Sang sur les Lianes. Léopold II et son Congo."

[Montmorency]

W.H. McNeill's The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000

Coercion, Capital and European States: AD 990 - 1992 - Charles Tilly

[Moros]

"Congo, a history" (original title: Congo, een geschiedenis), from David Van Reybrouck. Not sure if it's already translated in English, but if not, it most likely will be.

Good book, but that writer is a horrible and bloated person.

[Fragony]

http://www.novelguide.com/King-Leopo...velsumary.html

http://www.bol.com/nl/p/the-scramble...1004001060670/

Better

[Ser Clegane]

[url]http://www.bol.com/nl/p/the-scramble...1004001060670/

Just started reading this one a couple of days ago - very promising.

[Fragony]

Just started reading this one a couple of days ago - very promising.

Should read the other one I linked as well, great book.

His journey into Congo is what inspired Conrad. There was this Belgian offficer called Rom, who went a little nuts