Favorite Book

jackhammer · 07-02-2009, 05:17 PM

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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.

of course. Bede was a monk after all but I am drawn to the romanticism of his writings more than histrorical and religious notions. It was the dark ages after all

right-track · 07-02-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

of course. Bede was a monk after all but I am drawn to the romanticism of his writings more than histrorical and religious notions. It was the dark ages after all

Not so dark as previously reported. I could put another documentary up that you'd be interested in, but I don't wanna get SATCH all grumpy. This being a book thread. :/

We should start our own history thread Lee.

jackhammer · 07-02-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

Not so dark as previously reported. I could put another documentary up that you'd be interested in, but I don't wanna get SATCH all grumpy. This being a book thread. :/

We should start our own history thread Lee.

That would be really cool sriously. We will have to look into that for sure.

right-track · 07-02-2009, 05:39 PM

OT...which brings me neatly to this book. A must read and one of my favourite history books. Great first person insight into ancient history despite some obvious embellishments.

jackhammer · 07-02-2009, 05:46 PM

I have not read that I have to admit. I am sure that you will like this although it's a beast of a book:

SATCHMO · 07-03-2009, 01:52 AM

Another favorite of mine that I'm starting after not having read it in a few years. Even though I can't say he's not a legend, I still believe that James Baldwin is one of the most underrated authors of American literature.

Seltzer · 07-03-2009, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by right-track

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'm watching History of Britain though I'm only up to the Norman Conquest atm. I find it fascinating how sophisticated Skara Brae was around 3000 BC.

I'm still reading England - The Autobiography which I bought ages ago. It's slow reading but interesting.

jackhammer · 07-03-2009, 12:40 PM

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I'm watching History of Britain though I'm only up to the Norman Conquest atm. I find it fascinating how sophisticated Skara Brae was around 3000 BC.

I'm still reading England - The Autobiography which I bought ages ago. It's slow reading but interesting.

Great website about Skara Brae here: Skara Brae - The Discovery and Excavation of Orkney's finest Neolithic Settlement. I have watched a couple of documentaries and I could sit and watch things like that all day long.

Nikson · 07-24-2009, 01:06 AM

lord of the flies, life of pie, mary higgens clark-two little girls in blue(all mary higgens clark books are execellent!!!!!!)

NumberNineDream · 07-29-2009, 04:39 PM

The metamorphoses - Franz Kafka

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

The Wall - Sartre [but read it french (Le Mur), original language is always best]

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - Douglas Adams

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