Reading Recommendations.

[Biffen 12,949]

Personally I love Moon and BBO's banter.

Alpacas forever.

I've been reading "The Wolf Of Wall Street" which will be a big Scorcese film soon.

Epic tale of excess.Quick,fun read.

Also read a book about a Banking guru from the 18th Century named Law called "Moneymaker".Extremely interesting book about banking,markets,money and power also.

Both are true tales.

Anyone else got any suggested books.

There must be many of us out there who don't mind reading complete twaddle and finding the odd bit of gold .

Edited November 26, 2013 by Biffen

[Guest]

As a good Melbourne supporter, I am getting through Malcolm Fraser's biography (all 800 pages of it). It's long but relatively easy to read. He talks about the Dismissal (with some reluctance) but the Memphis trousers incident isn't raised at all. Shame.

[jazza 1,323]

the falcon and the snowman

the holy blood and the holy grail

the life of jack dyer

beyond capricorn

lights over the southern skies

[sue 9,151]

As a good Melbourne supporter, I am getting through Malcolm Fraser's biography (all 800 pages of it). It's long but relatively easy to read. He talks about the Dismissal (with some reluctance) but the Memphis trousers incident isn't raised at all. Shame.

Nor were the trousers apparently.

[Rossmillan 589]

Currently reading "Any Given Team" by Ray Mclean, the guy who runs Leading Teams. So far so Good..... Will be interested to see when he gets to the sporting teams, and how that all panned out.

[obbafan 128]

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

Sam Spade meets Blade Runner

[dpositive 1,767]

The Honest Politician by local author G J Wallace

available on the net.

a great read with so many familiar issues despite the contradiction of the title.Obviously fiction>

[demonolater 2]

Tune In, which is the first volume in Mark Lewishohn's three part biography of the Beatles is a fantastic book. It's a brick of a book, running to 800 pages, that looks at the band and goes right back to the origins and childhood of each member, and tracing their early years in Hamburg. Lewisohn also draws on previously unavailable material, some great interviews and transcripts recorded by the band's first manager Brian Epstein. It's a terrific read

[jumbo returns 6,741]

The Kite Runner

Girl With the Pearl Earring

Things We Didn't See Coming

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

On the Road

This Boy's Life

Magnificent literature.....great holiday reading.

[Salems Lot 2,665]

Nathaniel's Nutmeg - a great story about the spice trade
For the term of his natural life - a rollicking historical Australian novel
Cairo - a bit of fun; a novel about the theft of the Weeping Woman back in the 80's in Melbourne
The Rosie Project - an hilarious novel about Asperger's

That will keep you going for a while!

Edited December 11, 2013 by How?Jeremy Howe!

[Ron Burgundy 8,585]

The Accidental Masterpiece by Michael Kimmelman (head art critic for the NY Times).

A Little History of the World by E H Gombrich.

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer.

Stalingrad and Berlin by Antony Beevor.

The Dirt by Motley Crew.

[Biffen 12,949]

The Accidental Masterpiece by Michael Kimmelman (head art critic for the NY Times).

A Little History of the World by E H Gombrich.

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer.

Stalingrad and Berlin by Antony Beevor.

The Dirt by Motley Crew.

Nice bits of fluff for the grey matter.

Glad to see you aren't delving into anything serious.

The "Stalingrad and Berlin" tale sounds like a laugh a minute.

Hope you have a nice christmas Ron

Please don't decapitate anyone over the break.

[Ron Burgundy 8,585]

Had 'The Dirt' on the list. And fwiw - Anchorman and Team America World Police are among my favourite movies.

That said, I omitted the serious stuff, much of which is out of print and can only now be found in some small town in Minnesota on Amazon - needless to say, I'm interested in the Eastern Front in WW2.

And the Demons.

[Biffen 12,949]

Had 'The Dirt' on the list. And fwiw - Anchorman and Team America World Police are among my favourite movies.

That said, I omitted the serious stuff, much of which is out of print and can only now be found in some small town in Minnesota on Amazon - needless to say, I'm interested in the Eastern Front in WW2.

And the Demons.

I too have dabbled in pacifism.

I did go through a long period of reading WW2 history .

I remember stocking the shelves with tinned fish from Latvia, the Balkans,the caspian etc and bunkering down to study Stalingrad .

The most intriguing thing about it for me was that they kept the music going in the streets,the Russian classics, even as they froze.

Just a cheery note to ring in the Christmas spirit.

"It's a grand old flag, it's high fly-ing flag"

[obbafan 128]

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Each strand of science from its earliest known theories to the present day for the interested ignoramus. Best read a chapter at a time followed by a little rest but fascinating and funny and gives some qualification to the concept of "fact" in an historical perspective.

That said it does confirm that the Earth is round.

Edited December 10, 2013 by obbafan

[obbafan 128]

Nathaniel's Nutmeg - a great story about the spice trade

For the term of his natural life - a rollicking historical Australian novel

Cairo - a bit of fun; a novel about the theft of the Weeping Woman back in the 80's in Melbourne

The Rosie Project - an hilarious novel about Asperger's disease.

That will keep you going for a while!

Sorry to be anal about this but Asperger's is not a disease but a condition. It is a description of the high functioning part of the Autism Spectrum. Albert Einstein, Bill Gates and many other extraordinary high achievers have this classification.

[BarnDee 287]

the herald sun next year , dees on rampage WTF

[Earl Hood 6,122]

the falcon and the snowman

the holy blood and the holy grail

the life of jack dyer

beyond capricorn

lights over the southern skies

Interesting list Jazza. The first one is about Chritopher Boyce? And his work,for the CIA and allegations about Whitlam. Am I right? The poor bastard is still in jail I think.

Holy blood and grail is a real eye opener, a great read especially if you were a poor catholic kid brought up by the Chritian Brothers.

The last two books I haven't read.

[jazza 1,323]

Interesting list Jazza. The first one is about Chritopher Boyce? And his work,for the CIA and allegations about Whitlam. Am I right? The poor [censored] is still in jail I think.

Holy blood and grail is a real eye opener, a great read especially if you were a poor catholic kid brought up by the Chritian Brothers.

The last two books I haven't read.

yes,its chris boyce and cia influence on our pollies{bob hawke}

the second book ,holy blood was written 20 years before dan brown and for the life of me i cant understand how he copied thier work word for word

the last 2 are aussie classics and should be high school reading

i generally only read fact,aussie history.

my all time favorite is amust for all aussies. hubert wilkins the last explorer,nobody would be upset about this read

Edited January 24, 2014 by jazza

[Salems Lot 2,665]

Sorry to be anal about this but Asperger's is not a disease but a condition. It is a description of the high functioning part of the Autism Spectrum. Albert Einstein, Bill Gates and many other extraordinary high achievers have this classification.

Fair enough -

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

i nerd out and read a lot of Graphic novels.
The most recent ones i have enjoyed is:

Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' series.

'The Preacher.'

'Maus'.

Also really loved the book 'World War Z'. The movie was gave it no respect.

[John Dee 445]

Anything by David Brin. "Kill'n Time" is recommended.