Books

[Spiff]

OK, I'm in the mood to buy a book (even though the subject may have suggested something different like gardening supplies or a trip to Equatorial Guinea) and would like a few suggestions.

Please note:

* I would prefer it to be non-fiction
* It is not to be about music or other forms of entertainment
* History is good.

Thanks

 

[Winmar]

I read a lot of travel books these days, but then I dunno if you're really into travelling anyway. Bill Bryson always makes me laugh.

 

[Goreripper]

Buy "The Most Evil Men and Women in History". Great book. 16 chapters on such wonderful people as Caligula, Hitler, Idi Amin, Vlad Dracul, Countess Bathory and more. Awesome read.

 

[Spiff]

Winnie - sorta going off the travel books at the moment. And I don't like Bill Bryson at all - an arrogant so-and-so who ruins his books buy having big long boring bits.

Gore - ooh.

 

[Mark]

"If This Is A Man"/"The Truce" by Primo Levi. Best. Book. Ever. Almost.

 

[dreamwatch]

I have just the book for you young man... A Man on The Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...75878/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_3_1/026-8801201-6935614

I used to be SOOOOOOOOOOO into early space flight (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo - never really got into the Space shuttles program). This book is the best I have ever read about space flight, it truly is. Another one well worth looking at is Moon Shot - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...76090/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2_2/026-8801201-6935614

 

[dreamwatch]

Ooops, reviews here - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...76090/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/026-8801201-6935614

 

[spawn]

That evil book Gorey mentioned sounds awesome, im going to buy it!

 

[phlogiston]

"The year 1000". Can't remember who wrote it, but it's a short, well written book about life in, well, the year 1000.

 

[spawn]

AD or BC?

 

[phlogiston]

AD

 

[spawn]

Chaos AD!

 

[Goreripper]

Originally posted by spawn
That evil book Gorey mentioned sounds awesome, im going to buy it!

You can get it from the History section at Dymock's in the city spawny!

 

[phlogiston]

No, 1000 AD.

 

[spawn]

I might just mosey on up there and get it if I get a chance at lunch time!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

That book does indeed sound interesting Gore.

Spiffo: The last book I bought which is next on my list of shit to read is Mick Foley's first autobiography. Looks to be a good read.

 

[Goreripper]

The best thing is it's also a TV series, so with any luck it'll be on the ABC one of these days.

 

[Wrathchild]

If you can, get Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror. It's much better than the TV series, and is filled to the brim with movie trivia goodness.

It's prohibitively expensive (paperback costs $45 to order from the US) but worth every penny.

W

 

[Spiff]

Blitzy - yep, his first book is excellent! Foley Is Good isn't bad, but he carries on about the PTC too much.

Wrathy - ooh.

I'm toying with the idea of getting a WW2 book. Maybe. Or a British history book. Perhaps.

 

[Sydo]

I don't tend to read any non-fiction at the moment, other than text books..

Maybe that'll change when I finish uni. I read heaps of fiction at the moment, it helps clear my mind.