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Is there any other way?
Have you ever found a translation of War and Peace that didn't lose something from Tolstoy's flowing prose?
This is the most pompous post I've ever written (and yes, I'm open to correction) and I'm actually doing it with Michael D's voice in my head!
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On a slightly sadder note, I see CJ Sansom died yesterday. Loved his Shardlake series of books and I am looking forward to being disappointed by the box set on Disney which is available from tomorrow.
I'm nearly finished it. It's a superbly researched and written book.
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Yep, mildly disappointed, had I not read the books I would not have stuck with it
Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
Jeff Guinn
A very interesting read into how people can be led by influential people. It's no wonder so many people today are caught up in conspiracy theories!
I'd give it 7/10... Started & ended well but a little tedious in the middle.
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Jeff Guinn
A very interesting read into how people can be led by influential people. It's no wonder so many people today are caught up in conspiracy theories!
I'd give it 7/10... Started & ended well but a little tedious in the middle.
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I'm reading The Longevity Imperative, Building a Better Society for Healthier Longer Lives by Andrew J. Scott.
I'm about half way through and so far it's very interesting and easy to read.
I'm about half way through and so far it's very interesting and easy to read.
No hurry, you have plenty of time.
FFS :mad: (shakes angry head)
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"Volt Rush" the winners and losers in the race to go green.
Thought provoking if you're trying to be responsibly green , in particular in relation to EV's.
Thought provoking if you're trying to be responsibly green , in particular in relation to EV's.
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With an Election process underway, I can recommend " Why is this Lying Bastard lying to me?" By Rob Burley. Explores political interviewing in the UK over a couple of decades.
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The three books written by Tan Twon Eng:
The Gift of Rain, (long-listed for the Man Booker Prize), The Garden of Evening Mists, (won the Man Asian Literary Prize and Walter Scott Prize, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), and his most recent work, The House of Doors,
are very powerful reads.
The Gift of Rain, (long-listed for the Man Booker Prize), The Garden of Evening Mists, (won the Man Asian Literary Prize and Walter Scott Prize, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), and his most recent work, The House of Doors,
are very powerful reads.
You're on about Sholokhov's book ?
Well, within that book it may be divided into "volumes" or "books" 9just natural breaks in the narrative really) but it's all the one volume.
But don't be distressed that it's only ~ 600 pages, as there's a sequel called The Don Flows Home To The Sea which runs to another 700 odd pages - tough stuff too.
Anna K is a better bet of you're more philosophical and/or romantic.
The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit
[Sloan Wilson 1955]
Note that the film based on this book - enjoyable as it was - was a much simplified version of this book's narrative.
Concerns some issues common to men settling down after WW2 trauma plus a few issues for young married couples through the ages.
Should be obtainable from the local library service.
Very readable.
[Sloan Wilson 1955]
Note that the film based on this book - enjoyable as it was - was a much simplified version of this book's narrative.
Concerns some issues common to men settling down after WW2 trauma plus a few issues for young married couples through the ages.
Should be obtainable from the local library service.
Very readable.
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Wellness - Nathan Hill
Superb read, so much so that I got out another of his books from the library now (The Nix). Wellness follows a couple through marriage, showing the pressures they experience as a couple, as parents, in society and personally. It touches on some topical issues such as social media and conspiracy theories. Really enjoyed it.
Superb read, so much so that I got out another of his books from the library now (The Nix). Wellness follows a couple through marriage, showing the pressures they experience as a couple, as parents, in society and personally. It touches on some topical issues such as social media and conspiracy theories. Really enjoyed it.
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space: Higginbotham, Adam: 9781982176617: Amazon.com: Books is a history of the crash of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, but it’s not just a story of a tragedy. It really is about how big organizations fail to manage big projects, and how lessons are not learned, as Higginbothan continues with the crash of the shuttle Columbia in 2003.