Book Recomendantions

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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!

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.

Originally posted by The Ultimate Strategist The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan=all you will ever need.

Those are good books

Not dicken, Daniken...

Sorry about the grammar mistakes im short on time!

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.

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.