Aspensound Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 World Without End by Ken Follet that´s a good one, a bit less than 1.100 pages. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slagfarmer Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 World Without End by Ken Follet that´s a good one, a bit less than 1.100 pages. Great Book have you read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C0mmunicati0nBreakd0wn Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 So far, a really good book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cecil. Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Dracula the Undead by Dacre Stoker.Follow up to Dracula (1897) Bram Stoker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spalove Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 just started: Lady Chatterley's Lover Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Aspensound Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Great Book have you read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett? Yes I read it when it was published, I though it was even better than WWE, but all the way very great books both. If you could find Finnish writer Mika Waltari´s The Adventurer or Michael The Finn http://en.wikipedia....rer_%28novel%29 I myself like it very much. (Maybe because the writer is Finnish) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redrum Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 'Al Capone Shines My Shoes' by Gennifer Choldenko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redrum Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 World Without End by Ken Follet that´s a good one, a bit less than 1.100 pages. Got any info on your signature pic? That looks like an old vihuela. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aspensound Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Got any info on your signature pic? That looks like an old vihuela. Does it look like one? It shouldn´t, I drew it about 10-15 yrs ago as "sword in the stone" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Medhb Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Went to the library today and got three beginning German. I know I'll suck at it, even though my mom spoke it, she would never teach me. I wonder if those Rosetta videos work like they claim. The three or so different dialects would/will make me looney. That is so cool. I would love to learn German also as that is my ethnicity (well the majority anyway) I've heard Rosetta Stones are great too, too bad they aren't in the library, they cost an arm, a leg, and a kidney. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Medhb Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Just finished "The Help", have "The Lost Symbol" qued up on my Kindle but right now reading a couple books about starting an online business. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Virginia Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djzoso Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 astonishing X-men (now i'm just letting the geekiness flow) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janet Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Virginia Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" Finished this today; there was content that may be of interest to some folks here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sirchris Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kirchzep27 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) jim harrison-in search of small gods calendars back in the blue chair in front of the green studio another year has passed, or so they say, but calendars lie. they're a kind of cosmic business machine like their cousin clocks but break down at inopportune times. fifty years ago i learned to jump off the calendar but i kept getting drawn back on for reasons of greed and my imperishable stupidity. of late i've escaped those fatal squares with their razor sharp numbers for longer and longer. i had to become the moving water i already am, falling back into the human shape in order not to frighten my children, grandchildren, dogs and friends. our old cat doesnt care. he laps the water were my face used to be. Edited November 24, 2009 by middlezep Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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BIGDAN Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 just started: Lady Chatterley's Lover Hi 'Spalove' "Filth" I've just finnished a trilogy, Brethren-Crusade-Requiem, there seems to be so many Crusader-Templar Books out at the moment i am having a hard job decieding what next to read, any ideas? So i will stick to "Practical Aromatherapy by Shirley Price", i read it before but the old ones are usually the best. Regards, Danny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zepulon Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Stephenie Meyer's "Breaking Dawn." 250 more pages and I will have officially read the entire Twilight series...yay. lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a clockwork tangerine Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm almost finished with Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum). It's really funny! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mangani Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Just finished "Isandlwana" by Adrian Greaves and now I'm reading "How Can Man Die Better:The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed" by Colonel Mike Snook. Isandlwana is one of the most fascinating battles in history. Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 for those who don't know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIGDAN Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) Just finished "Isandlwana" by Adrian Greaves and now I'm reading "How Can Man Die Better:The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed" by Colonel Mike Snook. Isandlwana is one of the most fascinating battles in history. Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 for those who don't know. Hi Mangani, Funny that you mention "Isandlwana", my Great Great Grandfather died in that battle you know? He wasnt in the Army though, he was out camping in the next field and went over to complain about the noise. I think i might give "The Lord of the Rings" another flick, for the umteenth time, still a good read dont you think? Regards, Danny PS, "one of the most fascinating battles in history" eh? well Grandaddy didnt think so, the Zulu's steamrollered over us, well the Welsh Regiment, 24th Foot that is, first raise as Dering’s Regiment in 1689, the South Wales Borderers. If you ever get the time go to Pluckley Church in Kent you can see the inscription on the wall in there, because thats where the Dering family resided. Edited November 27, 2009 by BIGDAN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mangani Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) Hi Mangani, Funny that you mention "Isandlwana", my Great Great Grandfather died in that battle you know? He wasnt in the Army though, he was out camping in the next field and went over to complain about the noise. Howdy Big Dan. Hehe, very funny. PS, "one of the most fascinating battles in history" eh? well Grandaddy didnt think so, the Zulu's steamrollered over us, well the Welsh Regiment, 24th Foot that is, first raise as Dering’s Regiment in 1689, the South Wales Borderers. If you ever get the time go to Pluckley Church in Kent you can see the inscription on the wall in there, because thats where the Dering family resided. My grandfather was in the South Wales Borderers and served with 6th battalion in Burma during WW2, fighting the Japanese. That's how I have my Zulu history. At the time of the Zulu War it wasn't a Welsh regiment yet and was called the 2nd Warwickshire. There were 2 battalions and only the 2nd battalion were based in Brecon, Wales since the 1870s. Most of the troops were still English though. The 1st battalion were separate from the 2nd battalion and had been abroad for a decade and had been in South Africa for years. The vast majority of 1st battalion were also English. It was the 1st battalion that was wiped out at Isandlwana, with only 1 company of the 2nd battalion. The rest of the 2nd battalion was out with Lord Chelmsford ten miles away looking for the main Zulu impi. There was also one company of 2nd battalion standing guard at Rorke's Drift. It's a fascinating battle due to the mistakes and wrong doings (in hindsite) that lead to the defeat and at one point the outcome hung in the balance. I completely believe that if the firing line wasn't so far away from the camp and so spread out that the Zulus probably wouldn't have won. After all closed in proper defences stopped the massed Zulu attacks at Rorke's Drift and Khambula Edited November 27, 2009 by Mangani Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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