| Books: what's everyone reading? 11:38 - Mar 21 with 26981 views | thedrownedman |
Just about to stay Shirley Jackson's 'Wer Have Always Lived in the Castle'.
The last book I read was The Killing Lessons, which was a fantastic read. | | | |  |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 04:10 - Mar 22 with 2912 views | jackedup |
"Schooling and the Politics of Disaster" by Kenneth Saltman
Here is a description of the book from Amazon:
"Schooling and the Politics of Disaster is the first volume to address how disaster is being used for a radical social and economic reengineering of education. From the natural disasters of the Asian tsunami and the hurricanes in the Gulf Coast, to the human-made disasters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Sudan, Indonesia, the United States and around the globe, disaster is increasingly shaping policy and politics. This groundbreaking collection explores how education policy is being reshaped by disaster politics. Noted scholars in education and sociology tackle issues as far-ranging as No Child Left Behind, the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the making of educational funding crises in the US, and the Iraq War to bring to light a disturbing new phenonmemon in educational policy."
It is a disturbing, yet very interesting and thought-provoking book. Very insightful and perceptive, too. | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 06:59 - Mar 22 with 2891 views | jackal |
Thanks for that. Stirring stuff! It's amazing how much music can enhance a film. The scene in "Zulu"when the soldiers sing "Men of Harlech" to counter the Zulu chanting is one of my favourite pieces of cinema. | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 08:35 - Mar 22 with 2872 views | PatchesOHoulihan |
Slightly off on a tangent but have just started reading the chimp paradox
Not my normal type of book with regards to it being self improvement and about the human mind but got recommended top me and a very interesting read if anyone likes that type of stuff | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 10:34 - Mar 22 with 2854 views | GreatBritton |
I tend to alternate between good but quite heavy books (War & Peace, A Brief History of 7 Killings, American Pastoral) and lighter but well written fiction (Ian Banks, Val McDiarmid etc)
Currently trying new spy fiction - Charles Cumming's A Colder War. Good stuff, especially if you appreciate writers like John Le Carre. The genre ran out of steam a bit after Gorbachev but Cummings is reviving it by tackling Syria, Turkey etc.
For those of you who think you can only learn from non-fiction, I learned more from Nicholas Nickleby than from Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor. I'm learning more about Turkey now too than if I watched a documentary or googled it | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 15:55 - Mar 22 with 2824 views | Bloodyhills |
At the moment am reading 'Agincourt' by Ranulph Fiennnes and Deutschestunde by Siegfried Lenz. | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 16:51 - Mar 22 with 2809 views | NeiltheTaylor |
Interesting selections. Fiennes gets hammered for being self regarding in the reviews - are you finding it that way? | |
| Joe_bradshaw -I thought the cryochamber was the new name for Cardiff's stadium.
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 18:46 - Mar 22 with 2794 views | Bloodyhills |
I think he was asked to write it from the point of view of his family as he has a load of ancestors who fought on both sides and a lot of it does seem to be about how his lot did this and that for a few hundred years before even getting to Agincourt. Comes across as name dropping and he likes to slip in his own experiences a bit, such as blowing up a dam on a film set. It's an OK book but considering it's written by an ex squadie and explorer it doesn't really take you there.
For me a much more vivid and interesting read is 'Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle' by Juliet Barker. [Post edited 22 Mar 2016 20:00]
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:11 - Mar 22 with 2778 views | sherpajacob |
Of course agincourt, that greatest of English victories was mainly won thanks to Welsh bowmen. | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:15 - Mar 22 with 2777 views | londonlisa2001 |
As so many on here are obviously lovers of history, I have really enjoyed over the last year the new translation by Tom Holland of The Histories by Herodotus.
Although it sounds a bit arsey, it's unbelievably gripping and a great read and I found it a fascinating account of a history that I for one had almost no knowledge of. It manages to mix the goings on of the time with quite gossipy anecdote. Really worth the time (it's pretty big and you can look a bit of a prat reading it on the tube)!! | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:34 - Mar 22 with 2769 views | exiledclaseboy |
I love these threads. No one ever admits to reading the latest best selling paperback by some famous author. It's all earnest history reads etc.
Sycamore Row by John Grisham. | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:37 - Mar 22 with 2766 views | Lohengrin |
Tom Holland is a genius! Have you read The Vampyre, Lisa? If you haven't make that top of your list on your next holiday. It's inspired.
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:38 - Mar 22 with 2765 views | londonlisa2001 |
I for one love a John Grisham, but the last one I read was a bit crap (Grey Mountain, possibly Gray Mountain) ?
I did enjoy the new Adele Parks on holiday, but being one of the only girls on here, dont bother to recommend Chick Lit :-) | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:44 - Mar 22 with 2759 views | Lohengrin |
There are only the same handful of contributors to these threads, Clase, and they tend to have a genuine interest in literature. That's not the target audience for pot-boilers. | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:46 - Mar 22 with 2758 views | londonlisa2001 |
Oh that looks good ! I'll get that one - haven't read any of his stuff before until the Herodotus was in my Christmas stocking and I loved it (I know it's a translation rather than him, but I like his style of writing). | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:50 - Mar 22 with 2748 views | exiledclaseboy |
Ooh, hark at Mr Condescending. It's possible to read both light fiction and other stuff dontcha know. | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:52 - Mar 22 with 2358 views | TheArtChappy |
I m enjoying reading r a salvatore, terry brooks. At the moment
John connolly are very good, a bit gory
and I do like listening to audio books. | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:53 - Mar 22 with 2358 views | londonlisa2001 |
I like a mixture of both to be fair (although as I say, I don't think the audience for chick lit on this site is vast)!!
Of the thriller type stuff the ones I always enjoy are the Lee Child books, the Harlan Coben books, Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley books, and I always loved the Jonathan Kellerman books (although haven't read any for ages). I used to like Patricia Cornwall although she turned a bit rubbish and I like Jeffrey Deaver as well (again, haven't read any for ages).
Of the easy read non fiction, I always like Bill Bryson (re read A Walk in The Woods on holiday as I saw the film on the plane and remembered how much I enjoyed it and it was on my kindle). | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:53 - Mar 22 with 2357 views | Lohengrin |
Nothing condescending about it. It's the same dozen or so every time there's a thread like this and I've yet to read that anybody was excited because Dan Brown had something new coming out.  | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:55 - Mar 22 with 2355 views | Lohengrin |
Can you imagine how insanely pleased Bryson must have been to have Robert Redford play him on film? | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:56 - Mar 22 with 2353 views | londonlisa2001 |
Can't beat a bit of Da Vinci Code - shame is that he could never repeat it !! | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:56 - Mar 22 with 2353 views | NeiltheTaylor |
I only really reads books that are recommended or given to me. The rest are wiki reads or LRB synopsis - otherwise I wait for the film or mini series of the books you like ;D | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 19:59 - Mar 22 with 2345 views | Lohengrin |
That was a completely shameless rip off of The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. Wholesale plagiarism. | |
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 20:00 - Mar 22 with 2342 views | londonlisa2001 |
A friend of mine knows him quite well (friends of his parents in Norfolk). Apparently he is a lovely bloke which doesn't surprise me as it comes across that way in his books. Equally apparently he doesn't look like Robert Redford nor his wife like Emma Thompson :-) | | | |
| Books: what's everyone reading? on 20:01 - Mar 22 with 2336 views | NeiltheTaylor |
Dan Brown's was a better title at least...
...doesn't give the twist away [Post edited 22 Mar 2016 20:02]
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| Books: what's everyone reading? on 20:01 - Mar 22 with 2336 views | Bloodyhills |
...and a very muddy field. | |
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