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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 22, 2014 8:39:09 GMT
I studied this book as part of the school carriculum very many years ago and was re-introduced to it when I worked at Kingston University by a Lebanese student. I'll admit it's not everybody's cup of tea but it works well for me. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prophet_(book)
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 27, 2016 13:26:13 GMT
As mentioned on the Blackpool thread, I've just finished reading Bill Bryson's new book - The Road To Little Dribbling. I do like him, his Des Moines viewpoint which is now well sprinkled with a British one,he's been living here for decades now, his talent for spotting the ridiculous eccentrics of the UK and his love of travelling always works for me. I've earmarked a few places that he visited in this book for my trips around Britain when I'm old and in receipt of a discount railcard however apart from him liking Ian's old haunt of Lytham St Annes he can't find fault with our John's place - Durham. As Bill says; "perfect little city" and described the North East as "one of the friendliest corners of the planet" Also his description of Durham cathedral makes me want to see it that and the pics that John has put up over the years! i65.images obliterated by tinypic/2i9i9zp.jpg[/IMG] It's a good book and worth a read with lots of "laugh out loud" bits ....as they say. Wish Ian had "done" Durham this Christmas and then I could have seen it all and popped into John's for tea i66.images obliterated by tinypic/aerzbb.jpg[/IMG]
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 28, 2016 6:11:49 GMT
As mentioned on the Blackpool thread, I've just finished reading Bill Bryson's new book - The Road To Little Dribbling. I do like him, his Des Moines viewpoint which is now well sprinkled with a British one,he's been living here for decades now, his talent for spotting the ridiculous eccentrics of the UK and his love of travelling always works for me. I've earmarked a few places that he visited in this book for my trips around Britain when I'm old and in receipt of a discount railcard however apart from him liking Ian's old haunt of Lytham St Annes he can't find fault with our John's place - Durham. As Bill says; "perfect little city" and described the North East as "one of the friendliest corners of the planet" Also his description of Durham cathedral makes me want to see it that and the pics that John has put up over the years! It's a good book and worth a read with lots of "laugh out loud" bits ....as they say. Wish Ian had "done" Durham this Christmas and then I could have seen it all and popped into John's for tea I'll take you to Durham one day.
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 22, 2017 9:59:29 GMT
Whoops just wandered into this thread and noticed that I'd missed John's invite above - thanks John see you at Xmas Rummaging through a charity shop as I'm in the habit of, and this caught me eye - Equus i67.images obliterated by tinypic/2b5pmo.jpg[/IMG] It's got some interesting facts and I'm pleased I paid the total sum of £1.99 for that fact alone however her writing skills are lacking and it reads like a schoolgirl writing to her friends from a school break. I've only read a couple of chapters and the H word ( Hygge) has turned up in both!
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Post by ashsummer on Feb 27, 2017 20:32:17 GMT
Celine Roberts "No One Wants You"
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 5, 2018 13:46:42 GMT
i68.images obliterated by tinypic/25tyvq8.jpg[/IMG] Imaginative book about Icelandic sagas, and a story based on; " In 1627 Barbary pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted some 400 of its people, including 250 from a tiny island off the mainland. Among the captives sold into slavery in Algiers were the island pastor, his wife and their three children. Although the raid itself is well documented, little is known about what happened to the women and children afterwards." Beautifully written and it makes you want to learn more about fascinating Iceland. And listen to this.. and of course this;
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 6, 2018 21:37:22 GMT
My top 5 books ever for no good reason except to punish boss by getting paid to post:
2666 Roberto Bolano The Death of my Brother Abel Gregor von Rezzorri The Idiot Fyodor Dostoyevsky 19?4 Haruki Murakami Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow
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Post by conchis on Apr 16, 2018 22:25:51 GMT
I A's favourite book is supposedly The Naive & Sentimental Lover by John Le Carre. I think it may be Le Carre's only non-spy novel. I can't remember if I read somewhere once that IA owns the film rights.
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 17, 2018 8:17:52 GMT
I A's favourite book is supposedly The Naive & Sentimental Lover by John Le Carre. I think it may be Le Carre's only non-spy novel. I can't remember if I read somewhere once that IA owns the film rights. Almost right conchis. Q -You have to read Answer (Ian) " The Naïve And Sentimental Lover by John le Carre. It's got nothing to do with spies or the Cold War, but it's a fantastic book. I approached him about buying the film rights some years ago, but he replied he sold them when he was short of cash." extract from a 2007 interview with The Manchester News www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/a-bit-about--ian-anderson-1022845
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 17, 2018 22:29:58 GMT
'Two best selling paperbacks chosen at random, no sign of sales person to whom I might hand them'
Is that a brilliant couplet or what ?
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Post by conchis on Apr 17, 2018 23:32:04 GMT
I A's favourite book is supposedly The Naive & Sentimental Lover by John Le Carre. I think it may be Le Carre's only non-spy novel. I can't remember if I read somewhere once that IA owns the film rights. Almost right conchis. Q -You have to read Answer (Ian) " The Naïve And Sentimental Lover by John le Carre. It's got nothing to do with spies or the Cold War, but it's a fantastic book. I approached him about buying the film rights some years ago, but he replied he sold them when he was short of cash." extract from a 2007 interview with The Manchester News www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/a-bit-about--ian-anderson-1022845Yes, that was the quote I read. IA has mentioned the book more than once and I think he claimed to have read it several times. Surprised he was interested in the film rights, as the book isn't obvious film material.
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Post by newdayyesterday on Nov 9, 2020 10:59:26 GMT
2 of the books that really flipped me were: Supernature which has nothing to do with the supernatural and/or the paranormal, but with Nature as we never knew it.....I read it for the first time in high school many moon s ago and re-read it again in adulthood....it still gives me goosebumps to witness over again how every single thing on this planet is related and cannot live without the other things ...a must !!! ................. and The Illustrated Man by the great late Ray Bradbury, one of my fav sci fi writers. The movie based on this masterpiece starring Rod Steiger is still a great story and is quite similar to the novel:
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Feb 21, 2022 22:07:59 GMT
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds, by Paul Zindel (1971), for those whose upbringings felt a bit like stunted growth.
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Post by newdayyesterday on Mar 2, 2022 21:54:44 GMT
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