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RED GUARD
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Topic: Book Recomendantions Posted: 25-Mar-2005 at 17:57 |
Post your favourite books here and recommend them to the users of All Empires.
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"I came, I saw, and I conquered... but only for the weekend"
"This is my tank, this is my weapon, and this is my pride."
"Power comes from a barrel of a gun."
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Le Renard
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Posted: 29-Mar-2005 at 18:21 |
Robert Ludlum is a good Author
Bourne Trilogy is really good
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"History repeats itself because nobody listened the first time."
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Posted: 04-Apr-2005 at 12:38 |
Hi;
Several books, rated 3 Es: Exciting, Exotic, Educative:
THE SOURCE, by JAMES MICHENER;>>>In The Source, in his signature style of grand storytelling, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, James Michener vividly re-creates life in and around an ancient city during critical periods of its existence, and traces the profound history of the Jews, including that of the early Hebrews and their persecution, the impact of Christianity on the Jewish... more info>> <<<
THE HORSEMAN, by KRISTINA O'DONNELLY: >>>What Price for Love That Defies Time? Would you pledge your soul for eternity? The Horseman is the critically acclaimed lead novel of the Lands of the Morning Quintet, a series of five exotic, internationally plotted novels. Revolving around a dynamic American heroine, The Horseman is a gripping, epic tale of intense passion, politics, spirituality, esoterica, as well as the roots of the current upheavals between the Turks and the Kurds. Complete with magnificent and diverse settings from Turkey... more info>> <<<
NIGHTS OF RAINS AND STARS, by MAEVE BINCHY: >>>eBook Category: Mainstream eBook Description: Four strangers, with nothing in common but a need to escape, meet in a Greek taverna high above the small village of Aghia Anna. From Ireland, America, Germany and England, they have each left their homes and their old lives, when a shocking tragedy throws them unexpectedly together. Fiona is a young nurse, trying to make her family understand her need to follow her own path. Thomas desperately misses his young son and fears that his ex-wife will come between them. Elsa abruptly left her career as a television presenter, but someone from her past refuses to let her go. And shy, quiet David is determined to make a stand against his overbearing father. With these four is Andreas, the taverna owner, who badly misses the son who left home nine years ago and has never returned. Nights of Rain and Stars is the story of one summer and four people, each with a life in turmoil. With the help of Vonnie, a middle-aged Irishwoman who lives in the village and is now a near-native, they find solutions--though not necessarily the ones they anticipated... <<,
Slainte!
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Posted: 09-Apr-2005 at 20:30 |
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan=all you will ever need.
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giani_82
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Posted: 06-May-2005 at 08:17 |
Any book by Lev Gumilev that covers the early Russian history and it's contact with the Turkic tribes that inhabited the Steppe.
The tale of Yosh*tsune covers the life of Minamoto no Yosh*tsune who brought the victory for his clan in the struggle against the Taira clan during the Gempei War (1180-1185).
Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa gives a fair speculation of what the life of the great general Toyotomi Hideyoshi might have been who rose from the ashigaru ranks to just one step below the highest military title - shogun, which he could not achieve due to his lower social status.
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Degredado
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Posted: 10-May-2005 at 18:59 |
The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Try to find the first edition, and not the new, altered, one.
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Vou votar nas putas. Estou farto de votar nos filhos delas
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Le Renard
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Posted: 27-May-2005 at 16:53 |
Originally posted by The Ultimate Strategist
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan=all you will ever need. |
Those are good books
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"History repeats itself because nobody listened the first time."
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Behi
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Posted: 28-May-2005 at 03:33 |
My Favourites are Charoits of the Gods & Gold of the Gods
by Erish von Dicken
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Posted: 28-May-2005 at 04:41 |
Originally posted by Land of Aryan
My Favourites are Charoits of the Gods & Gold of the Gods
by Erish von Dicken
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Not dicken, Daniken...
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taylor21
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Posted: 03-Jun-2005 at 12:01 |
(this may belong in asian history) but ive read the romance of the three kingdoms and i highly recomend it for a good read(i oinly have the second half but i went along and read it anyway.Very good. also, if you like feudal japan the book Shogun is very good. but ive forgoten the name of the author regrettfully
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taylor21
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Posted: 03-Jun-2005 at 12:02 |
Sorry about the grammar mistakes im short on time!
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Posted: 06-Jun-2005 at 06:42 |
I highly recommend:
The Da Vinci Code - it's the modern day phenomenon that everybody must read!
Fight Club - funny and provacative
Animal Farm - Orwell's personification of the animals is brilliant.
1984 - classic apocalyptic tale
To Kill a Mockingbird - an outstanding modern classic
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - a cult classic
Brave New World - one of my personal favourites, kudos to Huxley for the fairly 'prophetic' nature of the novel.
A Vindication of a Woman's Right - it's every feminist's bible! |
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Dragon
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Posted: 12-Jun-2005 at 01:46 |
James Clavell was the author of Shogun, mentioned in an earlier post. This is an excellent book, although the 1200 pages may be a bit intimidating for some. Its also available in a mini-series, but like most film productions it doesn't even come close to doing Clavell's original book justice. Clavell wrote several books set in Asia, both contemporary and historical.
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History is the study of the past that we may understand the present.
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mord
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Posted: 13-Jun-2005 at 10:55 |
This is NOT a question to ask a librarian with a history degree (namely me). Oy! and oy, again!
I'll try to be quick by just sticking to the 20th century:
James Joyce: "Dubliners" "Portrait of the Artist as Young Man."
Lenin: "What is to be done?" "Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism."
F. Scott Fitzgerald: "The Great Gatzby"
Orwell: "Down and Out in Paris and London" "Hommage to Catalonia"
Allan Ginzberg: "Howl" "Kaddish" "Cosmopolitan Greetings"
"The Gulag Archipeligo" (all of it), "One day in the life of Ivan Desanovich"
"Slaugterhouse Five"
"Inside the Third Riech"
"Fear and Loathing: On the campaign Trail 1972"
"The Once and Furture King"
"The Lord of the Rings"
Robert Parker's "Spencer" books.
That's all for now...gotta get back to work...
Mord.
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errr...left turn at vinland?
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Toast
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Posted: 22-Jul-2005 at 04:26 |
Lets see...
The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
The Dark Half by Stephen King
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Menippos
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Posted: 22-Jul-2005 at 05:21 |
"Jitterbug Perfume" and "Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates" by Tom Robbins.
Enjoyable reading.
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CARRY NOTHING
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Stewart
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Posted: 08-Aug-2005 at 05:47 |
I shall heartily recommend the following:
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco
Baudolino - Umberto Eco
The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana - Umberto Eco
if on a winter's night a traveler - Italo Calvino
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
The Crimson Petal & The White - Michael Faber
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
You could argue, really, that anything with a bit of history about it that is not Dan Brown is worth reading. Of course, sometimes it's not the history that's important, it's the writing and the way the writer makes use of words, and these books are exceptional in this regard.
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Posted: 12-Aug-2005 at 12:39 |
Originally posted by The Ultimate Strategist
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan=all you will ever need. |
Eck... the first four were good, but then the rest grew progressively
worse. I never thought that so many pages could go by without anything
happening.
The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin is the best fantasy saga of the past few decades.
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Posted: 10-Sep-2005 at 15:47 |
Originally posted by Degredado
The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Try to find the first edition, and not the new, altered, one. |
I read that book during my Doors phase, so now, when ever i think of or
am reminded of that book, the tune to The End plays in my head
also, if you like feudal japan the book Shogun is very good. but ive forgoten the name of the author regrettfully |
James Clavell.
Personaly i liked King Rat more, not sure why.
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Arrrgh!!"
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