What book are you currently reading?

[Anth]

as the title says, which book are you currently reading? what do you think of it? would you recommend it to other MAPers?

im currently reading In the Company of Heroes, by Michael J Durrant and is the true story of Black Hawk Down, written by the actual person involved and includes details that Durrant didnt release for the film out of respect for the families of his fallen comrades. im only half way through the book, but i recommend it to anyone who likes war stories :)

thats me, how about you? :)

P.S: it doesnt need to be an MA book :)

[acrawford]

The unfettered mind
by Takuan Soho

Yes I would recomend it to all MA.

[Cain]

Thunder Point - Jack higgins

Not an MA book sorry, prefer to do it instead :D

|Cain|

[blaksun]

Shogun, James Clavell.
A Clergymans Daughter, George Orwell.
The Final Prophecy, by some dude.

All of them are good. I'd recommend all of them...'cept The Final Prophecy, it's the second last book of a really long series.
It's a Star Wars book.

V.V

[Ad McG]

According to the rolling stones - Anyone interested in the slightest in the stones or music in general, it's great and only a tenner at HMV, reduced from 30. Well worth it.

Mastering Jujitsu - Renzo Gracie and John Danaher. Good book covering a lot of aspects and angles that I haven't found elsewhere. Plenty of nice drills put into practice.

[YODA]

Hearts in Atlantis & Everything's Eventual - both Steven King.

I'm filling in gaps in my Steven King library in anticipation of his next two books coming out later this year - the final two parts of the Dark Tower series.

[Nrv4evr]

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

if you want to win...well here's how. :woo:

1984 - George Orwell

i recommend to anyone, MA or not.

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

Newest MA book: The Dao of Taijiquan: Way to Rejuvenation
Non-MA book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (read it once before; reading it now for my book group).

Most unusual books scheduled for my book group (both in August): Charlotte's Web, and Winnie the Pooh

[JohnnyX]

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Karate - Randall G.Hassell and Edmond Otis.

[WhiteWizard]

The Silmarillion J.R.R Tolkein there's a shock :D

[Grifter]

Siddhartha by Hesse


Its a pretty good book. And I dont do much reading so if Im reading a book it cant be bad.

[Paratus]

The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene and Secrets of the Samurai: the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan by Oscar Ratti & Adele Westbrook. I'll probably start reading 'Salems Lot soon and/or the Dark Tower books leading into the new DT books coming out this year, me n' Yoda are in the same boat :D

[Hidden_Dragon]

The book i am currently reading is " Jeet Kune Do "

By Bruce Lee edited by John Little

[booksie_girl]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I have to read it for English and write an assignment on it. I am currently on my second reading of it, trying to find quotes to back up the hypothesis I don't yet have, on a question that makes little sense.

It's an all right book, except that it is sompletely and utterly devoid of humour, and of the total of 16 characters in the book (Emily Bronte was a social recluse, and her book reflects that) 11 of them die. It's actually not that bad a book, although most of my friends hate it. It's just that I've never read a book before (except for really bad ones)where I strongly disliked all the characters. It would be better if I didn't have to write an assignment on it.

[Shaolin Dragon]

Le Morte D'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory - DON'T read this unless you have a serious interest in British history or old English as it is very heavy going.

Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell - read this if you have even the slightest interest in history or warfare.

[Koryo]

I've just finished reading The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice and have subsequently started The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown.

[Jim]

The Encyclopedia of Mythology by Arthur Cotterell. I'm keeping to Fiction after 3 years of reading Non-Fiction for Uni.

[Greg-VT]

I just finished a small book called Roadside Picnic. It's a Russian story, kind of science fiction, pretty cool.

About a "Zone" full of dangerous and weird artifacts that defie science. People called Stalkers go in and risk their lifes collecting these artifacts to sell -illegaly ofcourse

Suprisingly good.

It available online if you look hard enough. I found it after 2 days :(, and since I've converted it to .doc .

[Poop-Loops]

Gorin no Sho. I'll have to re-read it. Right now I just want to see what Musashi is saying, and the second time I'll look for what he's trying to say.

PL

[Mrs Owt]

I have two books going right now, first one is "Can I Tell You About Asperger Syndrome? A Guide for Friends and Family" by Jude Welton. The second one is "Why Does Chris Do That? Some Suggestions Regards the Cause and Management of the Unusual Behaviour of Children and Adults With Autism and ASP" by Tony Atwood. Both are excellent introductory books on Asperger's Syndrome which I have become interested and involved with since a friend of my son's has been diagnosed. Understanding the disorder is going a long way in helping my son and his classmates deal with some of the more upsetting aspects of the little boys behaviour. I would recommend both if anyone else is dealing with these issues.

[Knight_Errant]

'kitchen confidential' By chef Tony Bourdain
It's excellent :D I recommend it to everyone :D
also the haynes motorcycle basics techbook.

[hwardo]

"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman and "The Buddha in the Jungle by Kamala Tiyavanich.

Hey Yoda-- have you read From a Buick 8?

[xplasma]

Just ready to start
Count Zero by William Gibson

[Yukimushu]

Cage fighter - The true story of Ian 'The Machine' Freeman

Looks real good from what ive read so far.

[Alex_JHH]

Finished War and Peace (Tolstoy) a while ago, that was good. Currently reading Red Rabbit (Military fiction type) by Tom Clancy. The Icewind Dale Trilogy (Fantasy) by RA Salvatore is next, then possibly To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Poop-Loops]

The Icewind Dale Trilogy (Fantasy) by RA Salvatore is next

Have you played the games? I've played the second one, it's pretty good.

PL

[Alex_JHH]

No, but I've played both the Baldurs Gate games for PC. They were fun, but I never got round to finishing them. BTW, all those books are highly recommended by me :D

[blackbelt_judoj]

I’m actually writing a book at the moment in memory of my recently departed sensei.

I expect you all to buy it once it finished. That’s an order!!! LOL :cool:

[Greg-VT]

I’m actually writing a book at the moment in memory of my recently departed sensei.

I expect you all to buy it once it finished. That’s an order!!! LOL :cool:
Do we get discounts? :D

[snailfist]

A Brief History of time, by Stephen Hawking.
An intellectually stretching and sometimes straining read, but a good one if you're interested in that kind of thing (astrophysics, "Why are we here" questions, etc.)

My only complaint is that in order to make it an "easier" read, nothing is really justified properly; no working out is given. No doubt if I was writing such a book i would take the same approach (he mentions at the beginning that a friend advised him that each equation he included would halve the readers of the book!), but I like to understand things thoroughly. Thus, when he says "X happpens because of Y" I can't help but try and make that jump make sense to me, rather than simply accept what he says as being true- hence why my brain often gets that "butter spread over too much bread" feeling :p Still interesting though, and I would recommend it to those that way inclined.

The last book I finshed is Catch-22. Great read!

[Knight_Errant]

apparently his publisher told him that for every equation he included, it would halve his readership :rolleyes:
Hell of a book though. Have you read the sequel, universe in a nutshell?

[Qis]

The Blind Assassin.
third time i've tried to read it. hopefully it'll pick up. gonna finnish it regardless.
then i've got to read the corrections and 1421. all these books that i've started and that beat me.
gonna get them out of the way by christmas so i can get back to my undefeated record!
-Qis

[KenpoDavid]

"Secret Tactics" by K. Tabata. It is a collection of and commentary on excerpts from 16 &17 century Japenese texts on trainig and elightenment (Munenori, Musashi, etc). Actually I have already read it cover to cover and now I go back and read a bit and try to internalize it...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0804834881/qid=1082477959/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/102-6124221-4885742?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[Romantic]

I just finished Shogun by James Clavell. It is the best.

[Hazmatac]

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being Smart...... just playin. I'm currently reading Mindfulness in Plain English

[T_T]

have subsequently started The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown.

I read this recently and thouroughly enjoyed it, Art, History, Religion, murder mystery, puzzler all in one Novel, excellent read!

Has anyone read any of Dan Browns other books? if so would you reccomend them i been meaning to take a look at them.

[Nukie]

In the past few months ..

hawkings - brief history of time .. name says it all

paul britton -jigsaw man & picking up the pieces.. a leading psychologist who helped solve cases such as fred west murders, heinz babyfood blackmail case, colin pitchfork murders etc etc..

geoff thompson - watch my back.. search the forums on ere if u haven't heard of geoff thompson

and now, stakeknife - michael ingram & greg harkin ..about british intelligence infiltrating terrorist organisations in ireland using informers and agents

Would recommend them all!

[morphus]

I am reading 'The Da vici code' at the mo' - when i get the time.

[Paratus]

"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman and "The Buddha in the Jungle by Kamala Tiyavanich.

Hey Yoda-- have you read From a Buick 8?

I have, it was pretty good

[snailfist]

No i haven't KE, not yet anyway. I'm still finishing the first off. someone moved it though after coming back from holiday :woo: I probably will read that though- I think we have it on our bookshelves somewhere...

[Scipio]

Hearts in Atlantis & Everything's Eventual - both Steven King.

I'm filling in gaps in my Steven King library in anticipation of his next two books coming out later this year - the final two parts of the Dark Tower series.

Ahh!!! Another Dark Tower fan!!! I'm anxiously awaiting these books too. I re-read the series a couple of months ago. Can't wait to see how Roland fares in the end!

In the meantime, I'm reading "Why America Slept". It's all about the rise of the terrorist threat in the U.S. leading up to and through 9/11.

[Hannibal]

[QUOTE=Nukie]In the past few months ..

geoff thompson - watch my back.. search the forums on ere if u haven't heard of geoff thompson

QUOTE]

Absolutely fantastic book! Funnily enough I have just re-read "Bouncer" and "On the Door". I assume you have the "3 in 1" edition so they should be incorporated. These books should be compulsory for EVERY MA'er out there.

I have also just finished Terry Pratchett's "Lords and Ladies" - again!

[Nukie]

I assume you have the "3 in 1" edition so they should be incorporated. These books should be compulsory for EVERY MA'er out there.
!

Actually its a single book 'Watch My Back' .. not the "3 in 1" edition..

i'll have a look out for the others because i quite like his style of writing.. not quite as pretentious as some of the auto's/bio's i've read from so called "hard bxxxxxxx" around uk.

[Hannibal]

If it is the one with he photos in the middle it's the 3 in 1 version. I ahve all three in hardback.

On a side note Geoff has just won a BAFTA for a film he did - Good on him!

[Kimpatsu]

as the title says, which book are you currently reading? what do you think of it? would you recommend it to other MAPers?
I'm currently reading "Isaac Asimov's Guide to the Bible" (Both volumes in one hardback), and yes, I strongly recommend it (as I would anything by Asimov).
If nothing else, you can get fit just be benchpressing it. ;)

[Brad Ellin]

"Goodnight, Gorilla".... actually, I'm reading it everynight for my daughter (along with "Goodnight, Moon") If you have children, I highly recommend both books!

[Anth]

just finished "in the company of heroes". if you ever want to know what a man goes through when he is shot down over hostile territory, read this book.

now im starting to read "the one that got away" by chris ryan. its the story of the SAS team in mission Bravo Two Zero in the first gulf war.

[booksie_girl]

I just finished Forbidden Love. I would reccomend it to anyone. Despite the title, it is not a bad romance novel, but the true story of a Muslim woman in Jordan, who fell in love with a Catholic man. She and her best friend Norma, who tells the story, went to extraodinary lengths to enable them to meet in secret. When her father found out, she was killed to preserve the family honour. He turned himself in to the police, and recived 3 months in prison, which was considered served by the time he spent out on bail awaiting the trial. This happened 5 years ago, and it is estimated that 1000 women are killed in Jordan a year by 'honour killings' which are allowed by Jordinian law.

I cried more than I've ever cried over a book before, because this was a true story, it really happend. Her father stabbed her in the chest 12 times to preserve the family honour.

[Speed]

The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Just grabbed a copy at a used bookstore on campus and read first couple pages. Seems like I'll have to take my time with this book like I did with The Art of War / Sun Tzu to let it all soak in.

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Must read for political science class.



Sadly I'm not much into fiction anymore. Most of my fiction collection is older stuff like Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert.

[Anth]

Finished "The One that got Away" the other night. another good book if you like true war stories. it tells of how the team got split up, how people died (would you expect people to die of hypothermia in the middle of the Iraqi desert?), Ryan's views on what he could have done better, and his opinions on the data they were given before going out on the mission.

i think its time to read "the last mission" again :)

[iain radford]

:) i'm reading red dwarf infinity welcomes careful drivers,for the thousandth time.very good reading if you are into red dwarf! :D

[killbill]

any Hemingway or Heinlein fans around here?

[Knight_Errant]

Steinbeck fan here- I admire the terse beauty and raw power of his language.

I just got "fight club" the novel by Chuck palanhiuck off Amazon- I swear to god, this is the literature of the future, man...

[Brad Ellin]

any Hemingway or Heinlein fans around here?
Heinlein fan here! Have read evr book and most of his magazine articles and the NASA transcripts of his speech. I love his ability to tell a story.
Right now I'm reading "The Transformed Mind" by HH The Dalai Lama.

[snailfist]

I have to read Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" for my englsih GCSE. It's a good book, but i'd proably enjoy it more if it wasn't imposed upon me :rolleyes:

[Knight_Errant]

Don't base your opinion on a book that's on the GCSE syllabus- they have this annoying habit of putting things on pedestals and saying 'this is high culture, bitch. Read it.'
Try reading 'saint katy the virgin', 'long valley' and 'the log from the sea of cortez'.

[NeilX66]

Currently reading Paragon Lost by Dave Duncan, about to start Treasons Harbour by Patrick O'Brian ( Master and Commander series ) that will be 8 down and another 12 to read,

I really enjoy Chuck Palanhiuck as well, and believe it or not Fight Club is probably the most sane of his books,

[JohnnyX]

Just finished, Brilliant CV - What employers want to see and how to say it.

Now for the hard part. :(

Cheers. :)

[Knight_Errant]

I really enjoy Chuck Palanhiuck as well, and believe it or not Fight Club is probably the most sane of his books,
Cool. Have you read 'Guts'?

[snailfist]

I have to read Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" for my englsih GCSE. It's a good book, but i'd proably enjoy it more if it wasn't imposed upon me :rolleyes:
It's not that I base a negative opinion on steinbeck because of that book-I do actually quite like it as a novel- but the essays etc that go with it kill it a bit that's all.

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

I think a book is always more enjoyable when you don't have to do homework on it! My book group read "The Pearl" by Steinbeck; we all thought it was beautifully written.

I just finished reading "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" -- true story of a medical tragedy that occurred due to cross-cultural misunderstanding and language barriers. This was for my book group.

Next book group book, which I'll be starting soon: "The DaVinci Code"

[Mrs Owt]

For fun - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Theory and Technique by Renzo and Royler Gracie

For mental exercise - Moral Issues edited by Jan Narveson

[snailfist]

i've just read The Little Prince. I picked it up in a pretty depressed state, but by the end my troubles had become matters of consequence :D

[jbm]

Im currently reading 'Strength Training Anatomy' by Frederic Dalavier. Its a very good reference book for people who weight train.

[Tatsumaru]

I have to read several books for my english lit A level exam and they are all kinda rubbish :(

If you want a good book though read anyhing by bernard cornwell, i think somebody mentioned him earlier and all his books are excellent. I particularly liked the arthurian books, i think it was called "the Winter King" series or something......

[JohnnyX]

Currently reading: Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions (5th Edition).

[wrydolphin]

I am reading The History of Syphilis by Claude Quetel and Salt A World History by Mark Kurlansky. I would highly recomend both to anyone even remotely interested in world history as they both played major roles in the outcomes of many wars and treaties. But then, I am a history buff. :love:

[Speed]

Well finished A Book Of Five Rings (Samurai strategy) and The Prince (Political science). Now I'm reading..

Seven Japanese Tales by Junichiro Tanizaki
Fiction yet with abit of psychology overtone in the stories and characters.

Games People Play by Eric Berne, MD
So far talks about basic psychotherapy and how we play mental games with ourselves and others.

[pocketwarrior]

Just finished reading 'the scavenger' trilogy by KJ parker, 3 fantasy books starting with a man who wakes up having completely lost his memory after a fight by a river but he soon learns that he has exceptional skill with a sword.
Very good trilogy, lots of twists and turns, always keeps you guessing.
Reccommend these to any fantasy fans, the books are Shadow, Pattern, Memory.

[Anth]

considering its the 60th anniversary of D-Day, i decided to read a war book again (after a quick (24 hour) reminder of harry potter 3 before i mosy at the film). so now im reading Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E Ambrose, and is written along the lines of Band of Brothers, focusing on one group, but this time on one event, the taking of Pegasus Bridge, where most of todays celebrations have been taking place.

[Andy Murray]

I'm on book four of Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower', which is a septuplet I think.

It's unlike a lot of what he's written before.

The prologue alludes to his creating a new LOTR.

It'll certainly warrant a re-read once I'm through, but Tolkien he aint!

[Barry]

I am currently reading Bruce Lee's book, The art of expressing the human body. i find it really useful for exercises of the whole body, it gives numerous exercises for each development of each muscle. It's good if you want to learn about the kind of exercises Bruce Lee used, and you would like to use them yourself.

[aikiscotsman]

The best books ive read are FRANK ABIGNAIL-CATCH ME IF YOU CAN( the real story from the tom hanks, leonardo di caprio film) BLOODY AMAZING,THE GREATEST CON ARTIST EVER.
ALSO DAN BROWNS THE DI VINCI CODES. - EASILY THE MOST EXITING BOOK EVER WRITTEN, all about sercets in the old paintings and codebeaking.
did you know that if you measure your height from top to ground and devide that by the distance between your belly button and the ground the answer is alway 1.618, sam with shoulder to finger tips divided by elbow to finger tips. this number is every living thing in the world. 1.618 is cosidered the most perfect number in the universe. its called divine proporsion. Its mind blowing. GOD DID HAVE A GAME PLAN AFTER ALL.

[Mind Aflame]

1984, I'm sure most people here have read it so Iwon't explain but I think it's simply incredible. Also Brave new World.

[mattsylvester]

Relax into Stretch by Pavel Tsatsouline. It'll be interesting to see how this works!

[jimmytofu]

Mr. Spaceman - Robert Olen Butler

Healing With Pressure Point Therapy - Jack Forem & Steve Shimer

[Jang Bong]

I work in the community, but I'm based in a library - so there are always far too many books in sight to catch my varied interests.

The one I'm actually reading during lunch breaks is "Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel" by Michael Gerber. A Harry Potter parody with the tag line "The book nobody has been waiting for" and the guarantee "Shorter than HP5 or your money back"

How the parody writers get away with things I'll never know. To give a flavour, the school that the character used to go to was the 'Hogwash School for Wizardry and Witchcrap'.

[booksie_girl]

Is it a good parody though? Is it worth reading? If it is, I might give it a try.

[dashao]

Dan Brown the da vici code

r chuckrow the tai chi book

[Jang Bong]

Hi booksie girl. On a character by character, place by place, scene by micky-taking scene, it is very clever. He makes loads of statements in the text and follows it up with lots of footnotes (which you can't stop yourself from reading), the they are even funnier than the story you're reading. :D

Worst of all are some of the spells including Caffination (first thing in the morning), Aveda Neutrogena (death by moisturisation), and Immuppetise (which puts you totally in someone elses power). Hey don't they look better italic????

[Scarlet Mist]

Microwave Spectroscopy by CH Townes and AL Schawlow.

No, Scarlet would not recommend it to anyone on MAP

[SuperSloth]

Working my way through John le Carre. I like spys and Russia. If you do too, read them.

[Knight_Errant]

Is it a good parody though? Is it worth reading? If it is, I might give it a try.

I read it. IMHO it's a very good parody and much better than 'bored of the rings'
it's still just a parody though- bits of it are just silly and unfunny and ultimately unoriginal.

[aikiMac]

I'm reading Cliff Notes on the Old Testament.
Really! They actually made a Cliff Notes for the OT!

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

Really! They actually made a Cliff Notes for the OT!
I guess if they can make a Readers Digest version of the Bible, then why not a Cliffs Notes? :D

[killbill]

Eon by Greg Bear

[alexxlea]

The Invisible Man

Going invisible (metaphorically of course) is always good in a fight.

Oh and according to copyright laws in the US parody is always legal, how do you think all those shows and movies etc. get away with it? LIKE THE ENTIRE THUMBS SERIES!!! WOOO!
Thumb Wars etc. etc. rocked... (movies though)

[ninposam]

Tales from the perilous realm. J.R.R. Tolkien

[booksie_girl]

I read it. IMHO it's a very good parody and much better than 'bored of the rings'
it's still just a parody though- bits of it are just silly and unfunny and ultimately unoriginal.
There's a very good LOTR parody on the internet, called The Diaries, not suitable for MAP though :Angel: I've reserved Barry Trotter.

[killbill]

XD at booksies sig

[Knight_Errant]

heh heh got it, thanks booksie :D very funny :D

[Jame$]

I'm reading the godfather at the moment. Mario Puzo is a class writer.
I haven't even seen the film! I look forward to watching it once I've read the novel.

[FortuneFaded]

i'm reading Red dwarf: Infinity welcomes safe drivers
and 'the man who mistook his wife for a hat'

[Albert]

The Sience of Martial Arts Training
charles l. staley, MSS


Has everything about training, broken down, yah id reccomend it, its interesting.

'Everybody poops' is a good book too. :)

[booksie_girl]

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
by
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan

Very interesting, it goes back to the origins of life, as best known by science, and traces it to the present, and in the process explains why things are the way they are, why people behave the way they do, and a lot more that I've still got to read.

[budogirl]

I've just read "Swahili for the Broken hearted" by Peter Moore (he is dumped by his girlfriend and so travels for 6 months from Cape Town to Cairo.

Now I'm reading "Getting away with it" by Tim Southwell - the story of Loaded magazine. Loaded was/is aimed at "For men who should know better" but I first read it cos I liked the fun stuff (Dr Mick, rogues gallery, crisps world cup etc.) and hedonistic attitude they all had to life. :D

[Mushroom]

Just finished reading Tokyo by Mo Hayder. Excellent story of a london girl in modern day Japan, looking for a possible evidence of what the japanese did in Nanking (1937)

[ROokie]

well iv just finsihed

''natural born fighters'' by craig goldman and im aobut to start ''the guv'nor''which is about lennie MClean a very hard man fir those who dont know.

[Paratus]

Currently reading 'Good Omens' by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett also 'The Screwtape Letters' by C.S. Lewis

Good combo, read a little about a demon uncle telling his nephew how to currupt his subject (Screwtape Letters) and then a humorous slant on the apocalypse with angels and demons (Good Omens) :D

[booksie_girl]

Just finished The Fellowship of the Ring

<flame bait>
I'd read LOTR once before, in year 7, 4 years ago, didn't like it all that much then, and I didn't remember it much. I have to say that, while the book explained some things that weren't entirely clear in the movie, and had more detail, this was one of the few books where the movie was better than the book.
</bait>

Wonder what WW will say to that? :Angel:

[Dr NinjaBellydance]

'Life's not all ha ha hee hee' by Meera Syal
Bit girlie for my usual tastes, but actually very good, about Asian community in London. Probably not for the guys though..... :p

[johndoch]

Just finished the The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It was ok although it was a bit short and finished it in three short sittings

[Kwajman]

The Lost Art of the Samurai.

[Mrs Owt]

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco - my brain hurts!

[Alex_JHH]

The teeth of the tiger by Tom Clancy

[Chris_sirhC]

Book Seven of the 'Wheel Of Time' series by Robert Jordan

[gumby]

Currently I'm reading Sun Tzu's Art of War. I would recommend it to any martial artist.

Next I'll be reading I Robot again. I need to be up on the story before I go see the movie :D

[Silver_no2]

Just about finished "Not On The Label" by Felicity Lawrence. Excellent book if people are interested in our food chain and the effects that the large supermarkets are having on the environment, the economy, our health, society as a whole etc.

Not sure what I am going to read next. I am in the wonderful position of having the Edinburgh Book Festival coming to town in a month's time which is absolutely brilliant. If anyone is going to be in Edinburgh during the last two weeks in August then I would strongly recommend going along to a few of the events. The website is www.edbookfest.co.uk if you want to have a look.

[Tittan]

The Year of Rice and Salt - a What If book.
What if the black plague had eradicated every living soul in Europe?
What if the Arab (muslim) and Asian (Chinese) cultures were the ones in charge of evolution?

Not the best What If book I've read, but entertaining... Also, I've learned a bit more about Islam by reading it, but I'm starting to doubt the authors knowledge now (half way trough the book...)

[MuayKiDo]

Heritage of the gods, a guide to traditional Japanese kenjutsu stiles. By Willem Bekkink. This book inspired me to buying a decorative Daisho, though I use the katana as an Iaito and the Wakazashi for practising battojutsu (the katana is standard length: too long for me to draw)

[Timmy!]

Liberation Day by Andy McNab.

[Silver_no2]

Have now finished "Not On The Label" by Felicity Lawrence. Am about to start "Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern" by John Gray. I'll keep you posted.

[booksie_girl]

Angela's Ashes - The level of poverty really scares me, especially since it didn't have to be that way. When you read stories about peverty in war, it's a story of people doing the best they can. Angela's ashes is about pathetic parents more concerend about smoking and drinking than feeding their starving kids.

[Anth]

Liberation Day by Andy McNab.
whats that book like? im thinking of reading some of his books, but dont know which to choose ATM.

cheers :)

[Stan O'Kella]

Filth by Irvine Welsh, well funny and a little disturbing!!

Gang War by Peter Walsh, the inside story of the Gooch and the Manchester gangs

[Tatsumaru]

ulysees by james joyce, you know just some casual reading.

j/k, i'm not that suicidal, at the moment i'm reading birdsong by sebastien faulks for english lit A level. I haven't read very far yet but it seems well written and interesting enough so far :)

[MuayKiDo]

I am now diggin into Clive Barker's books of blood. And before that the long run by Steven King writing as Bachman. Great bed time reading! :)

[matt_991]

Dracula by Bram Stoker

[budogirl]

I have just read "The Land of the Living" by Nikki French. It came free with a magazine I bought :rolleyes: and I read it whilst on the bus travelling to work. Don't read this post anymore if you want to read the book yourself as I am about to slag off the ending and spoil it for you... :D













The plot is a woman (Abbie) who has been kidnapped and held prisoner. She escapes but is not believed by the police until she manages to find the kidnapper's next victim. The kidnapper comes to kill the latest victim when Abbie finds her. Abbie is hiding but then comes out of the shadows and pretends to want to kiss the kidnapper when really she just pushes her thumbs into his eyeballs, pushing them back into his brain. And he doesn't do anything!! :rolleyes: He ends up in Intensive Care Unit in hospital and everything works out. What a dumb book!!! :D

[doors]

Wonderland Avenue Tales of glamour and excess. By: Danny sugarman
its about a kid in the 60's who hangs out with the doors and later manages Ray Manzerak and Iggy Pop. true story. Anybody that likes rock-roll and especially anybody that likes the doors will love this book. i reccomend it to all.

[Enjoy]

The soloist by Mark Salzman... It's decent but not that great

[Tika]

I just started Cryptonomicon... A fellow mapper recommended it before I went off onto vacation... Im not to far into it yet but it is grabbing my attention (the math guy at least)... hopefully it will really draw me in soon...But I just finished a two trilogy series by Melanie Rawn. If youre into dragons and majic and great charactors and awesome subplots... go for it...

[Nyghtewynd]

The real question is probably what am I *not* reading. In terms of "for recreation" reading, I'm working on a book called "Longing to Know", which is about epistemology (the study of knowledge--how do you *know* stuff). I'm also reading "The Progress Paradox" by Gregg Easterbrook, which are his thoughts about why people who have never had it so well (current US culture) think that everything is awful. I haven't really gotten far enough to know whether I agree with him or not, but I'm working on it.

[Guerilla Fists]

Well I don't know if reading is the right word.

I am studying this book called "How to Draw Manga - Super Basics - Volume 8."
Everything has come easy to me in life in terms of academics, sports, socializing but I was never a good artist. I have so much I want to draw and write out that I decided to take steps towards actualizing my goal. They say genius does not succeed because of talent but in spite of it. And this is my problem. I've never been truely challenged, so this is my first attempt at starting from ground zero.
Wish me luck and if I do not succeed I will know at least I gave it my all.
If you have any other resources (be them online or available for research at my bookstore) then by all means please share them. Just pm me or reply.
After I "get" the basics I'll pick up volume 6: Martial Arts & Combat Sports!

-GF

[Matt_Bernius]

The soloist by Mark Salzman... It's decent but not that greatYeah, I think it's probably his weakest work. Though it was also the first time he wasn't writing a memoir or about Chinese culture. I'm a bit fan of Laying Awake. I've yet to rea the new collection he editied.

I just wrapped up Robert W. Smith's "Martial Musings" (I've got a review of it in the works) and currently I'm blasting through "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" and I can't recommend it enough. Very well writen exploration of the world of an autistic teenager.

- Matt

[Scarlet Mist]

Trying to Start "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon

[FortuneFaded]

Monstorous Reginment- Terry pratchet
The galaxay welcomes you to infinity- red dwarf book

[Novex]

Just received my copy of The sword polishers record: Way of Kung Fu by Adam Hsu, haven't started it yet but from all accounts's it v. good so can't wait to get home and dive in!

[Enjoy]

Yeah, I think it's probably his weakest work. Though it was also the first time he wasn't writing a memoir or about Chinese culture. I'm a bit fan of Laying Awake. I've yet to rea the new collection he editied.

- Matt
yeah I plan on reading Lost in Place once I'm finished. It seems like and interesting and easily indentifiable read. Have you read it?

[Matt_Bernius]

yeah I plan on reading Lost in Place once I'm finished. It seems like and interesting and easily indentifiable read. Have you read it?Yeah. I struggle with Lost in Place. I read it. It's perhaps the most personally insightful book that he's written. And gives you a good window into his writing process. But I don't know if I liked the insight that I gained. I give him a lot of credit for writing it in that he publicly addresses his own warts.

I plan on rereading it someday. Don't expect it to be Iron and Silk part 2. Its something very different.

Just received my copy of The sword polishers record: Way of Kung Fu by Adam Hsu, haven't started it yet but from all accounts's it v. good so can't wait to get home and dive in!Excellent book. I think you'll enjoy it a lot.

- Matt

[Cain]

Currently reading the icarus agenda by Robert Ludlum, it's a bit boring in between because it's focusing a bit too much in the life of a politician :rolleyes:

|Cain|

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

Currently reading "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. Very hard to put down.

[ANVIL]

i'm currently reading 'mastering jujitsu' by renzo gracie and 'restorative justice critical issues' by Mclaughlin et al.

i've recently finished reading 'for tibet with love' by isobel losada, 'media control' by noam chomsky, 'the complete idiot's guide to buddhism' by gary gach, and the autobiography of malcolm x - all good books.

next up is 'dragon in the land of snows - a history of modern tibet'.

[Xcentric]

The Essense of Ninjitsu by Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi

[eonwei]

The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R Tolkein

[Matt_Bernius]

Finished Martial Musings and submitted a review to MAP. We'll see if it's published.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime was amazing. One of the best works of new fiction I've come across. Thoughougly engaging and thought provoking.

I also polished off The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. I don't know why I didn't try his stuff before. Just amazing.

I'm currently in between books though, sadly, I expect my next will be The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by Strunk and White to get ready for school.

- Matt

[Jiraiya]

I'm reading the John Adams biography by David McCullough. Fascinating look at American history, and how poor our politicians of today compare to those giants of history.

[Aldarion]

The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R Tolkein

(But he hasn't really been reading them)

[eonwei]

(But he hasn't really been reading them)
k aldarion i have been reading them you moron. haha just kidding. why must you put an alternate statement for every single post i put up?

[Aldarion]

k aldarion i have been reading them you moron. haha just kidding. why must you put an alternate statement for every single post i put up?

haha cause it's funny and i doubt you have.... prove it, tell me what chapter you are on and whats happened

[eonwei]

haha cause it's funny and i doubt you have.... prove it, tell me what chapter you are on and whats happened
k so i've only read the hobbit and the first 3 chapters of the fellowship lol w/e i'm getting to the other ones.

[Aldarion]

k so i've only read the hobbit and the first 3 chapters of the fellowship lol w/e i'm getting to the other ones.

Haha i'll believe it when i see it

[Cougar_v203]

jrr tolkiens-silmarillion
hitch hikers guide to the galaxy (funniest book ever...and now we know that god is only logic :p)

[notquitedead]

Dan Brown's 'Deception Point'.

[Shai'tan]

A lot of books realy,

The Wheel of Time- fantasy book by Robin Jordan
Light on Buddhism- by Damien Keown (In which I read the most)
Hagakure- by Yamamoto Tsunemoto
Buddhism- by Thich Nath Hahn
Zen an the art of motercycle maintenance- by Robert M Pirsig
And The magical world of wizzards and mages- by Jack F Chandu.

[Fall_Guy]

Hmmm, let's see....

Dark tower series - Stephen King ( just started )
Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan ( will it ever end?)
Sword of Truth series - Terry Goodkind (yet another series)
Europe, A History - Norman Davies ( excellent stuff)

As you can see I read far too may epics which are as yet unfinished :woo: , although the end is nigh for the Dark Tower - hopefully.

[Aegis]

The end is at least in sight for the wheel of time series too, as there are only(?) 2 more books to go.

I started the sword of truth series, but I found it really dull after I got my grubby little mitts on the wheel of time and song of ice and fire series. Doubt I'll bother finishing it, the books just shot downhill in quality.

[Aldarion]

A Book of Five Rings by Musashi and Tolkien Return of the King for the 2nd time.

[YODA]

Trying to finish a re-read of the 1st 6 of The Dark Tower series in preperation for the final volume's release on Sept 21st!

Currently 1/3rd of the way through Volume 5 - "Wolves of the Calla"

[UKscrapper]

Book for the Seriously Stressed - How to Stop Stress from Killing You.
by Geoff Thompson.

[Anth]

Just finished A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson. It's a wicked book if you want to know where we came from, and starts where it should, right at the very microsecond that the Universe was born. It continues through evolution to where we are now, with Bryson seeking out and quoting specialists in each of the areas the book covers. It ends rather abruptly with extinction, which is a pretty cool idea, and how little we know about hundreds, if not thousands, of organisms that have become extinct thanks to humans.

Gotta get that book :)

[RichieRich]

It will be this:
http://books.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n13/n67119.htm

[bigalexe]

im in The HitchHiker's Guide to the Universe which is a trilogy of five books(no thats not a typo) by Douglas Adams. currently im in the second book call The Resteraunt at the End of The Universe.

"mind the size of a planet..."

[Stan O'Kella]

Glue by Irvine Welsh, can be heavy going deciphering the Scottish slang :D but as withe most books by Welsh seriously funny.

[Sever]

Currently "Liquor" by Poppy Z. Brite. It's a major change from her usual gothy-horror stuff, it's all about the restaurant biz, but it's still a really good read

[daftyman]

Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything. Great so far. More highbrow than my usual big sword/gun wielding hero defeats bad guys and saves the day. Or a bit of pratchett.

[Dr NinjaBellydance]

im in The HitchHiker's Guide to the Universe which is a trilogy of five books(no thats not a typo) by Douglas Adams. currently im in the second book call The Resteraunt at the End of The Universe.

"mind the size of a planet..."

I just read them again recently, excellent choice!
At the momment I am reading some turgid girlie rubbish called 'Straight Talking' by Jane Green (run out of decent reading material and cant get to library yet due to recent surgery *sigh*)
I'm not sure how anyone can get through life reading this vacuous rubbish regularly. The characters are all two-dimensional, shallow, vapid, self-obsessed, cliched caracatures (sp?) I hate the implication that I can relate to these people just because I'm a girl! Aaaaargghh!! :mad:
...ahem.... sorry..... been stuck in the house too long...:o

[Brad Ellin]

An Open Heart by the Dalai Lama and The Haunted Air (A Repairman Jack Novel) by F. Paul Wilson. Read any of the Repairman Jack books for some good fun. I think most of the folks here on MAP would appreciate them.

[Johnno]

I've just finished reading 'Season of Blood' by Fergal Keane, which is a journalist's account of travelling in Rwanda just after the height of the genocide there.

It was pretty harrowing to read, but it was something I knew very little about. It disturbs me that the massacre of over a million people seems to have made so little impression on people's consciousness - mine included.

Sorry if that's a bit heavy.

[WatchfulAbyss]

Just finished, black house by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
Starting last days by Glenn Kleier

I liked black house but the talisman was better in my opinion :D

[booksie_girl]

I just read the Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Got told yesterday after exam block finished that we had to get is before we went on holidays, and to try and read it over the holidays. Please note that I've barely read anything this term, I've been flat out with assignments, and then exams, and I was trying to log on to MAP when I could.... anyway, I got my hands on it, and just read like crazy :Angel: A good book actually (it's written as a play script), with a serious message, and one that is frighteninly true.

[booksie_girl]

Now I'm re-reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - a Trilogy in Four Parts

A must read for anyone who hasn't read it yet. It's a great laugh.

[slideyfoot]

Currently reading Omeros, by Derek Walcott. Its a take on the Epic myth (Omeros/Homer, if you hadn't guessed), fittingly in poetic form (though I haven't bothered checking the structure too carefully - mainly Alexandrines, with a vague terza rima, but not strict). If you don't like poetry, Homer, or Walcott's subject matter (focuses on the daily lives of people in St. Lucia, elevated their experiences to epic status through the use of language - or at least thats the apparent intention), then I wouldn't recommend it, but it does have some pleasant flurries, mainly when Walcott indulges his leanings towards internal rhyme. I'm mainly reading it in an attempt to broaden my reading in further preparation for a PhD thesis - supposed to have read it several years ago for a first year course, but only getting round to it now. :)

[Nanbudo]

I am currently reading
Bravo Two Zero
by Andy McNab

[booksie_girl]

Pride and Prejudice

To begin with I thought it was rather boring, but it's getting a lot better.

[ap Oweyn]

Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling

[Kalifallen]

Right now reading, Ninja Shadowhand: The Art of Invisibility
By: Dr. Haha Lung & Christopher Prowant

Really wanted to read, Mind Manipulation: Ancient and Modern Ninja Technques
By: Dr. Haha Lung & Christopher Prowant
But I couldn't find it at the book store next to my work. Though I've looked through it and it looks to be a really good read.

Also just finished reading, Ninja: The Art of Invisibility
By: Ashida Kim
That was an entertaining read :D

[Greyghost]

Dune : Frank Herbert

[RichieRich]

Dune : Frank Herbert

You know its an allegory, right?... what comes from the desert and enables travel...? ;)

[UKscrapper]

I have just started reading 'Bouncer - Geoff Thompson story part2' a follow-up book to 'Watch My Back'. :)

[DexterTCN]

The Destroyer #55 Master's Challenge.

[Athleng Nordic]

Re-reading The Two Towers. Always a great book to read, The Lord of the Rings that is. Also Re-reading Book of the five rings by Stephen Kaufman, and Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams.

[Yossarian75]

Currently reading Context by John Meaney. Sci fi book set in the distant future with loads of martial arts in it.

Just finished Evolution by Steven Baxter. Fictional stories following the evolution of primates up to modern man and beyond.

[Johnno]

I'm currently reading The Boys by Martin Gilbert. It's the story of 732 young holocaust survivors who were allowed to come to the UK at the end of WW2.
Using extracts from their individual testimonies, it chronologically tells the story of their pre-war Jewish life in Poland etc, the German invasion, the ghettoes, the camps, the death marches, and then their lives in the UK since then.

It's fascinating. Harrowing in places, but ultimately inspiring too.

[UKscrapper]

Reading "Bouncer - Geoff Thompson Story Part 2". Good book but many of the chapters are taken out of "Watch My Back".

[budogirl]

Over the weekend I read Forget you had a daughter - doing time in the Bangkok Hilton by Sandra Gregory. A gripping true story of a woman who attempts to smuggle drugs out of Thailand and gets banged up. The blurb on the book jacket explains that she eventually gets transferred to a UK prison but quite surprisingly, she finds being incarcerated in her home country worse. The living conditions are better than Thailand but the mental emotional side nearly drives her to suicide. Plus she's banged up with Rosemary West (notorious abuser and murderer of young women and children with her husband Fred West. He topped himself inside but Rosemary's enjoying being banged up at her majesty's pleasure).
Link to Amazon for this book:
Forget you had a daughter - doing time in the Bangkok Hilton (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904132278/qid=1097613927/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/026-1094595-9036437)

Now I'm reading Touching the void by Joe Simpson. Another true story of triumph over adversity. Joe and his friend Simon are mountaineering in Peru when a tragic accident turns to survival verging on a miracle. Really good book which keeps me awake on the bus every day!
Link to Amazon for this book:
Touching the void (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099452294/qid=1097613737/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_11_2/026-1094595-9036437)
Now the book's a film - anyone seen it and is it any good?

[Johnno]

I'm currently reading 'Sour Sweet' by Timothy Mo. It's a novel about a Chinese family living in England. It's amusing, but also informative, especially about the workings of the triad gangs.

[WhiteWizard]

I'm currently reading "The Complete History of Middle Earth Volume 1" its big :)

[Thorstein]

I'm working on the StarWars books... :)
Any SW-fans here..?
If so, I highly recommend the books (they explain a lot)!!!! :)

http://imagehost.epier.com/8987/swpbs9b.jpg

[YODA]

Star Wars?

Heard of it - I have not :D

[axelb]

currently Reading Jackie Chan's Biography "My Life in Action"

very good read :D

[thehaggishunter]

Lucifer Network - Geoffrey Archer

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099411024/202-0751369-4005432

[Athleng Nordic]

Right now I'm reading Revenge of the Horseclans.

[MuayKiDo]

"Goodness Personified: The emergence of gifted children" by Leslie Margolin. I found this on the second floor of the psy faculty. It was about to be thrown away, and since I want to read psy books beside our regular literature, I took it home.

[aikiscotsman]

LONE WOLF AND CUB- What an amazing series and theres 28 to collect, i just bought no 6 they just get more amazing each book.

[megk]

Last Car To Elysian Island-James Lee Burke
Purpose Driven Life-Rick Warren

Both great books. Burke is a detective story, and Warren is motivational kind of book. I like Burke because his stuff is all set in New Orleans, or Missoula MT. I lived in Missoula so I can relate.

[Johnno]

'Flashman and the Angel of the Lord'.

Not one of the better ones in the series, but still a good read. And it completes the series for me.

[UKscrapper]

"Red Mist" by Geoff Thompson.

[YODA]

I'm reading "The Long Walk" by Richard Bachman (aka Steven King)

Good!

[Furikuchan]

"What Would Buffy Do?"
If you ever watched the hit series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you should probably pick this one up, just for a giggle. It is a spiritual guide based off of this television show. It is one of the funniest things I have ever read simply because some parts of it make sense.

[whaledawg2]

"Atlas Shrugged" by Ann Rand. Very good at illustrating her point about the relationship of capitolism and socialism and why they are antagonistic of eachother and why capitolism is better. I'm not a big fan of the pure objectivism that is alluded to, but over all a great book.

[Sever]

"Falling Out of Cars" by Jeff Noon. It's very visual and atmospheric, like a David Lynch film, and I don't have a clue what the hell's going on, also like a David Lynch film. I'm enjoying it though

[Infrazael]

The War of the Spider Queen series.

[Bigfoot]

Right now I'm reading "Influence" by Robert Cialdini. A great book for anyone who would like to improve their position in the Martial Arts World via advertising.

[ToRNaDo LorD]

Im reading Pendragon Black Water by DJ Mackhale. I love this book. My faverite outa the 6... even though I say that everytime I finish one ;) .

[thehaggishunter]

Bravemouth : Living with Billy Connolly.

[Athleng Nordic]

Bravemouth : Living with Billy Connolly.
That's one I need to get. Have you seen the DVD , 30 Years, I beleive it's titled? Funny Funny Man.

I just started If Chins could Kill, the autobiography by Bruce Campbell.

[thehaggishunter]

Not seen that one - seen most of the others.

Yes - v/funny man - lives in strathdon when in scotland - only 20 mins from us in Alford - see him getting petrol here - either in the harley trike - or a bright yellow landy - very ecentric

[Athleng Nordic]

Not seen that one - seen most of the others.

Yes - v/funny man - lives in strathdon when in scotland - only 20 mins from us in Alford - see him getting petrol here - either in the harley trike - or a bright yellow landy - very ecentric
Well he can afford to be can't he! Just what is a "landy"? Lived in England in the early 70's so some of the slang has changed.

[thehaggishunter]

Well he can afford to be can't he! Just what is a "landy"? Lived in England in the early 70's so some of the slang has changed.


Landy = Land Rover

[Athleng Nordic]

Kewl Thanks. I had a hunch. :)

[Twimyo Jirugi]

I'm currently really into Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I read the Da Vinci Code first and there were several references to events in this book, which sounded quite interesting, also I throughly enjoyed the Da Vince Code and had to read this :D

[woodrow]

Re reading Peter Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction

Incredible series. One of the few science fiction books that have been good over the last 10 years or so. Discusses some really interesting and more importantly, possible scientific advances.

The one that I really like is the idea that people have electronic circuitry inside of them. Not something so obvious as a hard drive in the head like in Johnny Mnemonic. They have perfected nano tech which grows electronic circuitry inside of the body. There is storage, processor power and communications links.

What was exciting for me was the scientific treatment of ideas like telepathy and possession. The nanotech built communications devices inside of the people so they could talk to each other. People without the nanotech could not hear it. Just like people say telepathy is.

With the idea of possession, they used the term "personality sequestration". What would happen is some kind of program would be loaded into the persons nanonics that would remove control of the body from the person. The invading nanonics took control of all the circuitry inside of the body. The body still looked like the person everyone knew, but the nanonic circuitry was under the control of some bad guy.

Lots of other truly innovative science fiction ideas. Science fiction mostly died with writers like Isaac Asimov and people of his generation dying off or giving up on writing. This is one of the few series that was worth the money.

The series is about 6 books long, all nice big fat 5 or 600 pagers. The story does go out of control towards the end. They read like he was under contractual obligation to produce the books so he rushed the story at the end to meet the contract.

For those that are squeamish, there are some sections that can only be described as evil. The sections concern the bad guys are evil. You can skip over those parts without missing anything. Personally I don't like reading the evil stuff that evil people do. I believe it will contaminate a person's brain.

If you like science fiction, I recommend this series as a definite used book store purchase.

[Yossarian75]

Re reading Peter Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction

Ive read them, absolutely brilliant and very funny in places(posessed coming back as cyborg ninjas/Maggie Thatcher/Ellon Ripley). I liked how they would load combat programs into thier nano circuitry when they needed to fight.

The series is about 6 books long, all nice big fat 5 or 600 pagers

Strange ive got 3 1200 page volumes.

If you Like Peter F Hamilton check out Alastair Reynolds books, Revelation Space, Chasm City and Redemption Ark.

[Melanie]

PD James - The Murder Room and I am really enjoying it :)

[Kwajman]

Zen and the martial arts. Short, to the point, great message.

[Athleng Nordic]

Zen and the martial arts. Short, to the point, great message.
The one by Joe Hyams?

[Johnno]

'Trainspotting' by Irvine Welsh.

[iamraisen]

'coping with crisis? the diffusion of waterworks in 19th century german towns' by John C.Brown

'helter skelter' by vincent bugliosi

and 'the naked warrior' by pavel

guess which one is for uni ;)

[Athleng Nordic]

On to Dead Man's Hand by Nancy Collins. It's a collection of Western-Horror short stories. Very good so far.

[Paratus]

I've been reading a lot of Chuck Palahntuk lately.
Fight Club, Choke, Survivor, Lullaby, and I've just starting Diary. Yeah I know, not much deviation, but I usually get stuck on an author ;)

I'm also starting up the Harry Potter books again. I'm planning on checking out 'Sock' by Penn Jillette next though.

[munkiejunkie]

the Silmarillion and Sayings of the Buddha

[samuri-man]

the lord of the rings:the two towers, harry potter and the prisoner of azkhaban

[Brad Ellin]

Ryoma, Life of a Renaissance Samurai. Just started reading it, 12 pages into it and I'm hooked. It's a biography about the founder of Japan's first modern corporation.

[Cougar_v203]

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy: The Restraunt At The End of Galaxy (is that the right title?)

and a quick snipit of Halo: The Fall of Reach.

[YODA]

I'm about 2/3rds of the way through The Kingster's "IT"

[Lurch]

J Christoph Amberger's 'Secret History of the Sword' (hard going, but interesting); 'Letters From a Stoic' by Seneca, and Patrick Shaws 'Logic and its Limits'.

[Johnno]

'Porno' by Irving Welsh. It's the sequel to 'Trainspotting'.

Like all his books which I've read so far, it's very readable, but I find myself thinking in the language of the books! It sortay gets intae yir heid, likesay, ken? :D

[dolphindreamer]

'Sabriel' and the sequal 'Liriel' by Garth nix. Try reading them they are Great if you arnt spooked out easily. Abit of a warning though. The story revolves around the dead coming to life.

[Paratus]

I'm about 2/3rds of the way through The Kingster's "IT"

I've gotta get my hands into that book soon :D

[Anth]

Currently reading The Victors, by Stephen E Ambrose (he who wrote Band of Brothers). After reading most of his other WW2 books, I have recognised bits from others that have been incorporated into this book, making it a compressed version of D-Day and Citizen Soldiers.

IMO it is more citical of tactical decisions, and more critical of Ike when he messed up (Ambrose spent around 5 years interviewing Eisenhower when he was President).

Still a good book :)

I think the next read (I will finish The Victors this weekend) will be The World According to Clarkson :)

Edit: Wooooo! 2500th post in my most successful thread :D

[evilkingston]

currently reading: never sleeping again (nooit meer slapen) - W.F. Hermans

+ just purchased yesterday: The book of five rings (het boek van de vijf ringen) - Miyamoto Musashi

[rtkd-badger]

Chopper from The Inside, Its a book written by the Australian underworld's most feared headhunter, Mark Brandon Read, aka Chopper Read

[GojuKJoe]

I'm reading The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King. It is AMAZING, everybody, read it. (start with the gunslinger first though)

[Brad Ellin]

Values of a New Millenium by Dr. Robert Humphrey. Comes highly recommeded by a man I admire and respect (Jack Hoban).

[morphus]

"The curious incident of the dog in the night" Very good too.
I believe it's a childs book but like Harry Potter it's got a big adult following.

[Timmy!]

Persuader by Lee Child. Yet another really good book by this author, a little far-fetched as always but when they're this good who really cares :)

[Brad Ellin]

Persuader by Lee Child. Yet another really good book by this author, a little far-fetched as always but when they're this good who really cares :)

Just finished it and and also reading Running Blind by Lee Child. Good series.

[DangerMouse]

Fin - by James Delingpole.

A rather obscure book based on a bloke with a morbid irrational fear of sharks, following his life through tring to write a book, sex and recreational drugs. Quite realistic (in a weird way) and hilarious at times. Can't wait to see what's gonna happen nxt.

(Also - Dannny Wallace - Join Me - Excellent)

[tekkengod]

Napalm and Silly Putty By George Carlin
and
When will jesus bring the pork chops By George Carlin

[Kwajman]

Accupressure for the layman...

[hazzamoffin]

A game of thrones by George R.R. Martin

[Lanakin]

None. None at all.

By god, it's like a liverpool sausage! Amazing!

:woo:

[GeeniusAtWurk]

Now I'm reading the Schrödingers Cat trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson.

[rigsville]

Persuader by Lee Child. Yet another really good book by this author

I'm another Lee Child fan, I can't wait until April (in the UK) and the release of One Shot.

I've just finished reading The Enemy by Lee Child - I've now read all of the 'Jack Reacher' by Lee Child.

[rigsville]

I forgot to say what book i'm currently reading.

I've just started reading some of Michael Connelly's novels - the current one being 'Void Moon'

[TkdWarrior]

Just finished..brian tracy- Focal Point..
-TKdWarrior-

[gaz shaw]

His dark materials
by Philip Pullman

its technically 3 bocks in 1 but o well

[Lanakin]

None. None at all.

By god, it's like a liverpool sausage! Amazing!

:woo:

Yes.. Let us rejoice...!

:woo:

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

I'm working my way through several right now:

The Painted Garden, by Mary Woodin

The Illustrated "A Brief History of Time", by Stephen Hawking

The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter (never read it as a kid)

Franciscan Prayer, by Ilia Delio, OSF

I'm re-reading: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, be Rebecca Wells

And I'll soon be starting: A Dog Year, by Jon Katz


So many books, so little time. ;)

[Lanakin]

Yes.. Let us rejoice...!

:woo:

Bah! Quoting yourself only shows true intellect!

:woo:

[Kris x]

The book I'm currently reading is.."The Sword of Shannara" trilogy by Terry Brooks.
I've read it before but I really enjoyed it.

[Cougar_v203]

Instruction manual on how to kill people :D j/k

i would be reading The Restraunt At the End of The universe.

[Nrv4evr]

Re-re-re-reading Lord of the Rings. I'm addicted to this book, I swear. :p

[Sever]

I'm dividing my time between "The Underground Guide to Warrior Fitness" by Ross Enamait and "Murder of Angels" by Caitlin R. Kiernan

[Lanakin]

Bah! Quoting yourself only shows true intellect!

:woo:

Just look at this guy.. Thinks he's tough...

:woo:

[PLe1287]

I am reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo. I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. :cool:

[Skinnyman]

I've just finished The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, quite possibly one of the best sci-fi books i've ever read, i'm also trying to get through Dark Tower book 2, finding it quite hard going though.

[Paratus]

I've just finished The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, quite possibly one of the best sci-fi books i've ever read, i'm also trying to get through Dark Tower book 2, finding it quite hard going though.

DT 2 is a great book, as they all are. Keep readin'! :D

Reading Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card and Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk, although I don't like it as much as his other work I'm determined to finish it ;)

[Splush]

Stephen King's The Stand. It's amazing! A must read.