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  1. stevie28

    stevie28 Well-Known Member

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    #1 stevie28, Jan 15, 2020
    Favourite great read. Current or past. Any topic.
    Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Read about 18yo and struggled with it. Re read it the other year when I read that the author had passed away. A really good book!

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    #2 figwold, Jan 15, 2020
    A Little History of the World by E H Gombrich

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    Amazing how much you can learn in a small and easily readable book.

    “In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks.

    In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colourful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.”
     
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    #3 Wessa, Jan 15, 2020
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    #5 Callumity, Jan 15, 2020
    The original Gothic novel

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    #6 Danimal, Jan 15, 2020
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    I read that too, thought it was pretty good.

    I just started a book on midway that so far is great and just finished the other two which I really liked

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    #7 stevie28, Jan 15, 2020
    Never heard of it, I will try to track it down!! :)
     
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    #8 joe mc donald, Jan 15, 2020
    This used to be mine as I didn't have to read.
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  9. stevie28

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    #9 stevie28, Jan 15, 2020
    How about this one, maybe it's more suitable for the ham eggs and chips thread ;)
    One of the authors is a biker I believe.

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    #10 Sandi T, Jan 16, 2020
    Not my all time favorite but certainly a current favorite. Not in the wheelhouse of any my women friends....or, that said, even my men friends. :p My all time favorite great read is the Bible. :)

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    #11 tcbandituk, Jan 16, 2020
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    #12 Vulpes, Jan 16, 2020
    Brilliant.
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  13. stevie28

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    #13 stevie28, Jan 16, 2020
    A reading revolution!! Some good kindle only authors on there. I like Douglas e Richards for near future Sci fi. And Chris Lane for comedy!!
    Loads of the classics are free too.
     
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    #14 Vulpes, Jan 16, 2020
    The all time favourite..
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    #15 stevie28, Jan 16, 2020
    What's it about?
     
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    #16 Vulpes, Jan 16, 2020
    It's a kind of occult mystery/love story. The antagonist elects a book in "The Cemetery of Forgotten Books" (love that), and this book changes his life. beautifully written.

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    #17 stevie28, Jan 16, 2020
    Not so much reading in this, but stunning all the same!!!

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    #18 tcbandituk, Jan 16, 2020
    An informative read every day......

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