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SATCHMO
06-29-2009 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by savannah
(Post 694885)
the brothers k is also another great book by duncan
So I hear.....
The River Why was sandwiched between Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig and The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Casteneda. Twas a very impressionable portion of my life. Those 3 books gave me the neurosis that I am today.
savannah
06-29-2009 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
(Post 694889)
So I hear.....
The River Why was sandwiched between Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig and The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Casteneda. Twas a very impressionable portion of my life. Those 3 books gave me the neurosis that I am today.
river and zen did the same to me
SATCHMO
06-29-2009 11:34 PM
I still believe I'll know my soulmate cuz' she'll be smokin' Camel non-filters.
If you haven't already, you should read Michael Wood's 'In Search of the Dark Ages'. Like Shama's 'History of Britain' it was a BBC TV documentary series.
The documentary was good (hard to get hold of these days) but the book is superlative.
And as for Geoffrey Monmouth's ancient account...I really need to get round to buying a copy.
Inuzuka Skysword
07-02-2009 02:37 PM
Moby Dick is my favorite book followed by The Stranger by Albert Camus.
Melville's writing style is the most beautiful and the atmosphere created in the book is a spiritual experience in itself. Then you have Ishmael who is my favorite book character. My god, I could go on.
jackhammer
07-02-2009 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by right-track
(Post 697173)
If you haven't already, you should read Michael Wood's 'In Search of the Dark Ages'. Like Shama's 'History of Britain' it was a BBC TV documentary series.
The documentary was good (hard to get hold of these days) but the book is superlative.
And as for Geoffrey Monmouth's ancient account...I really need to get round to buying a copy.
I have both Wood's 'In Search Of The Dark Ages' and 'In Search Of Civilisation'. Both superlative I have to say. Good shout. As for Geoffrey Of Monmouth- it was more of a fanciful story than historical writing but it has a wonderful fantastical prose that drags you in. I would love to find the writings of Bede too.
NSW
07-02-2009 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
(Post 691993)
I sheepishly admit that this is a close 2nd on my list of favorites:
A great read for sure...but it left me wishing I hasn't read through to the end. Almost like it would have been better had I stopped reading a few chapters before that.
Love this! Also one of my faves as a kid. I was actually trying to talk to someone about this not too long ago...lol.
right-track
07-02-2009 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jackhammer
(Post 697257)
I have both Wood's 'In Search Of The Dark Ages' and 'In Search Of Civilisation'. Both superlative I have to say. Good shout. As for Geoffrey Of Monmouth- it was more of a fanciful story than historical writing but it has a wonderful fantastical prose that drags you in. I would love to find the writings of Bede too.
Then you need to get 'In the footsteps of Alexander'. It surpasses all of the historical series by Wood. Brilliant book.
The documentary is epic too (watch em' all). Any non Brits with a love of history may find these vids interesting. The BBC do it best.
If I could be one person in history...Alexander would be that man. Apart from Bestie of course. ;)
Bede? Religious propaganda written by Bede to create the notion of English christianity, when in fact it already existed in a purer form on his arrival.
Fabricated lies.
