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Coritanian
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 15 February 2009 : 4:22:34 PM
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I can't remember the name of the book I'm currently reading, or who it's by! But it's about the first world war generals and attempts to dispel some of the myths surrounding them. A very good read.
So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54 |
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 15 February 2009 : 5:44:42 PM
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im reading an alternate history novel clled weapons of choice by John birmingham. a multinational fleet from 2012 has been teleported (ala philadelphia experiment) back to the battle of midway........only just started it so wll let you know.
Centurion Parmenion
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LeeGregz
Invertebrate
United Kingdom
139 Posts |
Posted - 24 February 2009 : 8:57:54 PM
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Just started Last Light finally, thoroughly enjoying it so far =D. I even noticed some familiar names in the acknowledgments!
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother" |
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Gaius Marius JuliusCaesar
Single Cell Organism
USA
47 Posts |
Posted - 26 February 2009 : 9:14:47 PM
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Started Tyrant: Storm of Arrows
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"Veni, Vidi, Vici"
Dominius Latronius Dominarus of the Latronii Dominaruses: Gens Latronia"
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
7861 Posts |
Posted - 27 February 2009 : 09:46:25 AM
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Just finished Anthony Beevor's "The Battle for Spain" about the Spanish Civil War. A very difficult book to read, took me months! Packed with information and seems to be well researched and dispassionately written. It dispelled stories I had long held as sacred as mere myths, and that was disappointing and an eye opener. But it also clarified a lot of information which I had not previously understood, and made clear to me the full horrors of that war and the atrocities committed on both sides.
My Dad and his family were caught up in Mallorca at the start of the Spanish Civil war, and I have recorded his stories, among them how my grandfather was nearly shot as being a priest in disguise in Tarragona just because he was wearing a jacket and tie. He survived because he was carrying a Philippine passport on him (Philippines was an American colony at the time) and he managed to convince the Anarchist head of the firing squad (who had just shot half a dozen people before him) that he was an American citizen and that America would not support the Spanish Republic if they shot him. Fortunately for him, the Anarchists couldn't read but recognised the American eagle insignia, and so let him go. He was one of the lucky ones.
"To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for."
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05 March 2009 : 6:58:36 PM
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Started reading "Rome Burning" by Sophia MacDougall, follow-up book to "Romanitas". Actually, its better than I thought so far.
"To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for."
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 05 March 2009 : 7:09:06 PM
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really!!...you must have thought it utter bilge to begin with to think its better than you thought!!
Centurion Parmenion
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
7861 Posts |
Posted - 06 March 2009 : 10:02:55 AM
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I've had the book for the better part of a year and couldn't face picking it up thinking it would be a hassle to read, like Romanitas. Not "utter bilge" but just a real chore to wade through the characters and scenarios and make sense of who was who and where and doing what. So far, Rome Burning is an easier read...and I'm hopeful. I hate to think I waste my money buying books.
"To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for."
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Caratacus
Single Cell Organism
United Kingdom
45 Posts |
 Posted - 06 March 2009 : 10:19:15 AM
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| Just ordered the grapic novel "Cycle of the werewolf" by Mr King via Ebay. Pure Indulgence |
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William
Single Cell Organism
United Kingdom
36 Posts |
Posted - 12 March 2009 : 12:21:38 AM
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Reading Blood Rock at the moment by James Jackson. Its about the famous siege that took part on Malta. Should finish it by tonight.
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LeeGregz
Invertebrate
United Kingdom
139 Posts |
Posted - 02 April 2009 : 12:57:05 PM
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Finally got round to reading Centurion! I love it so far, i didnt realise how much i missed Macro!
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother" |
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Coritanian
Homosapien
United Kingdom
2031 Posts |
Posted - 15 June 2009 : 12:27:37 AM
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Wow! It seems noone has read a new book in over 2 months!
I'm currently re-reading Rubicon, by Tom Holland. It's about the end of the Roman Republic. Anyone else read it?
So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54 |
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Pykett
Invertebrate
United Kingdom
70 Posts |
Posted - 15 June 2009 : 07:07:07 AM
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Just finished reading Halo:-Ghost of the Onyx. Good read and an easy one Eric Nylund is surprisingly descriptive and bring the characters alive.
This is the 4th in the Halo book series, Apparently i've got another 2 to read....
''A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.''
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
7861 Posts |
Posted - 15 June 2009 : 09:25:56 AM
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Just finished reading "Why Evolution is true", by Jerry Coyne. An entertaining and very informative read, in plain english explaining the facts about evolution, the evidence for it, and why the creationists arguments against it don't stack up. Definitely recommended if you are just curious or want to find out where we fit in to the tree of a life. It's a slim volume, so won't put of anyone who fears it might be an academic gigavolume.
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus. |
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Coritanian
Homosapien
United Kingdom
2031 Posts |
Posted - 05 July 2009 : 3:19:17 PM
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Just stared reading " A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates", by Captain Charles Johnson.
It was originally written in 1724, just around the time that the most famous Pirates we know of today were in operation. In fact, it's believed that this book is responsible for making famous the likes of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd.
Noone knows who Captain Charles Johnson was (no records exist at that time of anyone who could have written it), but some believe it was a pen-name of Daniel Defoe, who wrote Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.
So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54 |
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 05 July 2009 : 4:25:00 PM
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have you tried reading flint and silver by John Drake?
Pirates of the Carribean meets Flashman in this rip-roaring, hugely entertaining prequel to Treasure Island John Silver had never killed a man. Until now, charisma, sheer size and, when all else failed, a powerful pair of fists, had been enough to see off his enemies. But on a smouldering deck off the coast of Madagascar, his shipmates dead or dying all around him, his cutlass has just claimed the lives of six pirates. With their comrades intent on revenge, Silver's promising career in the merchant navy looks set to come to an end! until the pirate captain makes him an offer he can't refuse. On the other side of the world Joseph Flint, a naval officer wronged by his superiors, plots a bloody mutiny. Strikingly handsome, brilliant, but prey to sadistic tendencies, the path Flint has chosen will ultimately lead him to Silver. Together these gentlemen of fortune forge a deadly and unstoppable partnership, steering a course through treachery and betrayal and amassing a vast fortune. But the arrival of Selina, a beautiful runaway slave with a murderous past, triggers sexual jealousy that will turn the best of friends into sworn enemies ! and so the legend of Treasure Island begins.You'll be hooked
Centurion Parmenion
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Lanista
Invertebrate
United Kingdom
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 06 July 2009 : 11:06:47 AM
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what did you think of King of Ithaca? ...Pants was my reaction!
Centurion Parmenion
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Lanista
Invertebrate
United Kingdom
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 06 July 2009 : 12:44:23 PM
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thats 2 books in a short space of time...we ahve disagreed on...personally i think you're spending too much time reading and not enough writing...get back to work!
Centurion Parmenion
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Coritanian
Homosapien
United Kingdom
2031 Posts |
Posted - 06 July 2009 : 4:42:52 PM
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I haven't read Flint and Silver Parm, but I have read a book called Long John Silver by Bjorn Larsson. A very good read. It's set about 10-20 years or so after treasure island and Silver is living in Madagascar and he decides to write a journal about his life. It's all written in the first person and tells about his early days at sea, when he meets up with Captain Flint and how he lost his leg. There are a few people from history he meets along the way too. Never mind the fact that the author is Swedish; he expands very well on an already charismatic personality such as john Silver. Check it out if you haven't already.
So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54 |
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 20 July 2009 : 1:29:34 PM
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just started Coward at the bridge by james delingpole, great fun, like flashman set in WW2
Centurion Parmenion
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
7861 Posts |
Posted - 25 July 2009 : 2:22:17 PM
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Just finished Louis de Bernieres' "Birds Without Wings". set in a small town in Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. If any of you have read "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", you'll know de Bernieres' style. IMHO, this is a much better book. Lovely language telling the story from the point of view of Turks, Armenians, and Greeks, as their way of life is destroyed as the Ottoman Empire falls apart and Greece and Turkey fight to take over the territory. recommended!
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus. |
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Coritanian
Homosapien
United Kingdom
2031 Posts |
Posted - 15 September 2009 : 6:41:29 PM
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My wife is making me read Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus! It's actually quite good. Many times as I'm reading through it, I'm nodding along in agreement. This guy really gets women. And men, I guess.
So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54 |
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
7861 Posts |
Posted - 12 October 2009 : 4:52:53 PM
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Just finishing Simon's Fire & Sword. Bloody brilliant1
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus. |
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ToxicJR
Single Cell Organism
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 October 2009 : 9:41:46 PM
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Just recieved Under The Eagle and will start reading it tonight! Shame its only a paperback... woulc love the £200 + hardback copy ;)
Madness is a gift that has been given to me |
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Derfel Cadarn
Single Cell Organism
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 October 2009 : 09:11:27 AM
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I've just started reading The White Raven by Robert Low. after reading the previous books in his Oathsworn series this holds up as equally good as the rest, holding a huge amount of action and darkness in equal measures. It basically follows the trials and tribulations of Orm Rurikson, a young man who is renowned for killing a bear with his own hands, yet he did not actually perform. After his village is ravaged by the Blood Brothers of the Oathsworn he is swept up by Einar the Black on the quest for the treasure of Attila the Hun, a treasure that many rivals are willing to take. A brilliant series, but anyone whi is going to read also has to be ,aware of the faults. In a sense it is a lot different from Cornwell's Saxon stories and the prose used is a lot more literary so that it looks more like a Saga than an actual story. Can't wait till the final book in the series, The Prow Beast is released in March. Anyone who is interested in this period may also want to check out Raven: Blood Eye by Giles Kristian
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Simon Scarrow
Ape
Uruguay
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Posted - 18 October 2009 : 11:03:21 AM
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| Am currently reading The White Tiger - last year's Booker winner. Can't yet see why this might be 'literary' - it has the same cheeky, eager to please and therefore terribly irritating narrative voice of The Accidental Fundamentalist (another pretty poor book club choice). It follows the rags to riches tale of a lowly Indian. Some nice colour along the way, but no emotional or aesthetic engagement so far. Hope that it picks up soon or I may have to put it down. |
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 18 October 2009 : 11:36:51 AM
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Sword of Attila: Michael Curtis Ford. a nice little book manages to do in one book what willaim napier was trying to do with his huge trilogy and failing because he filled it with a load of mystical crap. well worth trying to find a copy of this book, showing the last days of Rome with the last real Roman General Aeitus, who could easily have been emperor, maybe history would have been vastly diferent if he had grasped the reins of power, we will never know.
Centurion Parmenion
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stuartr
Single Cell Organism
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Posted - 19 October 2009 : 12:41:02 AM
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| Other than Gladiator (I have this habit of having more than one book on the go at any given time) I am reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, which is a book that pretty much does what is says on the tin. It discusses the misuse and abuse of science and in particular scientific rigour in areas such as the Media, statistics, advertising, and my particular favourite "Dr" Gillian McKeith who got her PhD in the post from a mail order university. |
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Book Club what are you reading Part 2
