Favorite Books

[LEGION]

Well I'll just wait around and hope Even though it seems barbaric to hope to get a "good read" on other's misfortunes

[Wayne]

The book that immediately comes to mind is actually part of an ongoing series (of which I've already read the ending), The Tomb, by F Paul Wilson. It's about a fix-it man who goes by the moniker, Repairman Jack. It's like that old series from the 80s, The Equalizer, except Repairman Jack came around first and he doesn't fix-it for free.

[Kirkland Laing]

Catch 22.

Don Quixote.

All quiet on the western front.

[OumaFan]

Not good at lists, always forget stuff but here's a few

River Town-book about a Peace Corps guy in China
For Whom the Bell tolls
George R.R. Martin books
Dr. Zhivago
High Fidelity
Trainspotting
The Beach
King Leopold's Ghost
Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge
A People's Tragedy

[LEGION]

Not good at lists, always forget stuff but here's a few

River Town-book about a Peace Corps guy in China
For Whom the Bell tolls
George R.R. Martin books
Dr. Zhivago
High Fidelity
Trainspotting
The Beach
King Leopold's Ghost
Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge
A People's Tragedy

Memoirs of a Russian Revolutionary is a fantstic read. Very moving and a great man.

"I was nearly torn to pieces by my French workmates because I defended the Russian Revolution at the moment of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations. Twenty years later, I was nearly torn to pieces by the same workers because I denounced the totalitarianism which had sprung from that Revolution."

[leftylee]

You do know your stuff LEGION , you say you like Vampires well my friend loves vampires and really recommends an author called Darren Shan, check his website.

www.darrenshan.com

[ICB]

Well since Von Milash started a favorite flicks thread; I'll start a favorite books thread. Should be interesting to see if anyone likes to read as much as I do

Favorite Books:

#1 Lord of the Rings- Tolkien
#2 Pillars of the Earth- Ken Follet
#3 World Without End- Ken Follet
#4 Plum Island- Nelson DeMille
#5 Red Rabbit- Tom Clancy
#6 The Silmarillion- Tolkien
#7 The Charm School- Nelson DeMille
#8 The Eye of the Needle- Ken Follet
#9 Pale Horse Coming- Stephen Carpenter
#10 Cabinet of Curiousities- Preston/Child

Forget it , there are too many and it would take hours. Those may be my top 10 favorites though. Anyone else like a good read?

The Godfather thats the only book i have read all the way until the end i don't read books but that one book really interested me and kept me interested until the end.

[LEGION]

You do know your stuff LEGION , you say you like Vampires well my friend loves vampires and really recommends an author called Darren Shan, check his website.

www.darrenshan.com

Thanks Lefty You know, I was never into the vampire thing as I thought it was silly{which it is }; but my girlfriend when we got together saw how much I like to read, so for my birthday in 2000 she brought me the Brian Lumley series, and once I started reading, I couldn't get away. There are alot of books in that series, and I've read them several times. Awesome books and I can go into a whole other world. Check em' out if you get time. I believe Lumley was an Army Major or something in the British Army, but died a few years ago unfortunately. Thanks again.

[Canvasback]

My favorite book is "The Fifth Profession" by David Morrell. I like anything to do with history and will read anything about wars, history, the wild west, boxing (or course) and basically biographies in general. With respect to WWII I have been getting together my dad's stuff that he sent home during the war. My mom has a box full of stuff like v-mail, stars and stripes newspapers, 5th Army cigarette cases, coins from the UK (where my dad was stationed during the blitz) and a small paper nazi flag. My dad died 20 years ago this year. I wish I had sat down with him and learned more about his experiences during the war. I remember him telling me he was in the Ardennes during the war and that it was very cold. I didn't know the whole story until I saw the HBO series "Band of Brothers." If someone in your family has had some experiences like this you should really talk to them about the experiences and document them. I wich I had.

[El Kabong]

I am currently reading 'A World Lit Only By Fire' by William Manchester, it's a great read very interesting about the dark ages and the movement into the Renaisance

I just finished 'The Last Duel' by Eric Jager which is about the last duel to the death between knights Jean Carrouges and Jaque Le Gris

I read 'Gangs of New York' by Herbert Asbury, written in 1928 it covers the history and actual events behind the growth of New York during the great immigration of Irish and the draft riots which almost cost the Union the Civil War



I am getting ready to read a book about the Crusades and also 'American Psycho'

[Scrap]

Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintainance.

[leftylee]

My favorite book is "The Fifth Profession" by David Morrell. I like anything to do with history and will read anything about wars, history, the wild west, boxing (or course) and basically biographies in general. With respect to WWII I have been getting together my dad's stuff that he sent home during the war. My mom has a box full of stuff like v-mail, stars and stripes newspapers, 5th Army cigarette cases, coins from the UK (where my dad was stationed during the blitz) and a small paper nazi flag. My dad died 20 years ago this year. I wish I had sat down with him and learned more about his experiences during the war. I remember him telling me he was in the Ardennes during the war and that it was very cold. I didn't know the whole story until I saw the HBO series "Band of Brothers." If someone in your family has had some experiences like this you should really talk to them about the experiences and document them. I wich I had.

Canvas Back you say you like History, Me too I'm intrigued by Hitler and his work and spent two years studying him last year in school and find it very interesting however he is one evil bastard.

May I recommend The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas for you (not a kid's book BTW) and it's a phenominal read trust me man if you like anything to do with History you will love it BUY IT!! I would give you a clue but I don't want to ruin it for you, fantastic novel, I can't stress enough how moving this novel is.

Synopsis
Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. And in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible process.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Striped-...6541748&sr=8-1

[Trainer Monkey]

Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintainance.

Good one,most definitly

[Canvasback]

Canvas Back you say you like History, Me too I'm intrigued by Hitler and his work and spent two years studying him last year in school and find it very interesting however he is one evil B******.

May I recommend The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas for you (not a kid's book BTW) and it's a phenominal read trust me man if you like anything to do with History you will love it BUY IT!! I would give you a clue but I don't want to ruin it for you, fantastic novel, I can't stress enough how moving this novel is.

Synopsis
Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. And in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible process.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Striped-...6541748&sr=8-1
[/quote]Thanks, I will definetly get a copy.

[Andre]

Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintainance.

Good one,most definitly

Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintainance.

Good one,most definitly

Im with that too

Mine;

Tao Te Ching / Lao Tsu: A new transaltion by Gia-fu feng and Jane English

Here Ill share my fav with you...


Number Eleven:

Thirthy spokes share the wheels hub;
IT is the centre hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
IT is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
It is the holes that make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there.
Usefulness from what is not there.

(I think within that one written gift is the key to anything you may ever wish for ; in life, in busness, in spirituallity, fighting arts,anything really.


Do less /acheive more: by Chin-Ning CHu.
shows you how to find and maintain a point of effort and ease in business .


The Ancient secret of the flower of life. vol 1 and 2. Drunvaldo Melchezideck

Deep challenging ancient Egyptian /lemurian /Sumer stuff with eventual physical directions and practices that have larger outcomes that can land you right in the lap of your God /not for the weak hearted or casual fear based religious browsers.


Fiction Novel: Ken Follets..Pillars of the Earth ,
centered around a stone mason in ancient England ,villans,a$sholes warfare intrigue blends historical facts into a wicked story ; Big book hard to put it down once you start.