hypochondriac Posted 18 November, 2010 Share Posted 18 November, 2010 I asked this on here last year and got some cracking suggestions so would like something along a similar line. Last year I got empire of blue water and a book about white slaves in Morocco. Looking for something similar if anyone knows anything. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 November, 2010 Share Posted 18 November, 2010 American Psycho by Brett Easton-Ellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 18 November, 2010 Share Posted 18 November, 2010 Nicola Cortese's pocket guide to man management - or the equally slim volume - Diary of a Season by Alan Pardew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 18 November, 2010 Share Posted 18 November, 2010 love between men and boys by un. known Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 18 November, 2010 Share Posted 18 November, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 18 November, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 November, 2010 Serious suggestions please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 19 November, 2010 Share Posted 19 November, 2010 http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Anal-Sex-Men/dp/157344121X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1290158519&sr=1-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted 19 November, 2010 Share Posted 19 November, 2010 From the two books you identified I am assuming historic, maritime themes are good, these two are a good read: The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an 18th-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts, ADMIRALS, The Naval Commanders who made Britain Great, Andrew Lambert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 19 November, 2010 Share Posted 19 November, 2010 (edited) The Great Betrayal - The Menoirs of Ian Douglas Smith. I have two first edition hardbacks. I bought two because I didn't want to crumple my signed edition. http://www.rhodesia.nl/betrayal.htm You might pick an original up on ebay, but they sell for quite a bit. £100 + for a signed edition. There you go, and that is a good price. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Great-Betrayal-Ian-Smith-Rhodesia-H-B-1st-edition-/270624979564?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item3f02817a6c Edited 19 November, 2010 by dune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 19 November, 2010 Share Posted 19 November, 2010 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/419010.The_Struggle_for_Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_History_(novel) http://www.goodreads.com/book/explore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 19 November, 2010 Share Posted 19 November, 2010 Another good book is 25 Eventful Years In Pictures (1935), which covers the period 1910 to 1935. The best way of describing it is Pathe News in a book. Again ebay is the best source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 19 November, 2010 Author Share Posted 19 November, 2010 From the two books you identified I am assuming historic, maritime themes are good, these two are a good read: The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an 18th-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts, ADMIRALS, The Naval Commanders who made Britain Great, Andrew Lambert Thanks for that. It is really historical oddities he enjoys (and I do too so shall be reading it after.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 19 November, 2010 Share Posted 19 November, 2010 SUPER freak-onomics Steven D. LEVITT and Stephen J. DUBNER Penguin Give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 20 November, 2010 Share Posted 20 November, 2010 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Builders-Empire-Freemasonry-Imperialism-1717-1927/dp/0807830887#_ Not yet got this, but it's right up my street. Reckon it'd be a great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted 20 November, 2010 Share Posted 20 November, 2010 I'll tell you a book that might tickle his fancy, A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. Also, George Orwell's 1984. If he (you both) likes it then you can start your own GO library, perhaps an acquired taste but in my opinion a brilliant man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 20 November, 2010 Share Posted 20 November, 2010 Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell.Very apt with todays government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 20 November, 2010 Share Posted 20 November, 2010 If you want a bit of historical fiction what about Birdsong by Sebastian Foulkes - I know it's been around a few years now but it is one of my all time favourites. Also what about a bit of John Steinbeck? East of Eden and Grapes of Wrath are both epic books and provide great commentaries on American life. I've read quite a bit of Cormac McCarthy lately - the Border Trilogy are excellent reads as well as the better known No Country for Old Men and the Road. The best non-fiction I've read recently was D-Day by Anthony Beevor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 20 November, 2010 Share Posted 20 November, 2010 Jimmy Boyles autobiography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted 20 November, 2010 Share Posted 20 November, 2010 Orwell didn't just spout opinions, he actually got out there and lived in the communities that he wrote about, giving a valid view. Hence why many spectators of his era were talking out of their comparative arses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 20 November, 2010 Share Posted 20 November, 2010 Johnny rotten-No irish no blacks no dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 20 November, 2010 Share Posted 20 November, 2010 If it`s historical fiction you want I really enjoyed this :- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rebels-Traitors-Lindsey-Davis/dp/1846056322 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 21 November, 2010 Share Posted 21 November, 2010 Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell.Very apt with todays government. One hell of a good read. Although I must have last read it at least 20 years ago I can still remember the story of the roast chicken dropped down the restaurant lift shaft very distinctly. The image of a London doss house packed with the homeless trying to sleep on their feet (leaning against ropes) is also hard to shake off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 22 November, 2010 Share Posted 22 November, 2010 Another one a bit different you might want to read is The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov. Only read it recently after it was found in the loft but it's a fantastic book, the Library probably has a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint137 Posted 22 November, 2010 Share Posted 22 November, 2010 "The Forgotten Highlander" by Alistair Urquhart, a tale of survival against what should have been insurmountable odds Or First Light or The Last Enemy given its the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint137 Posted 22 November, 2010 Share Posted 22 November, 2010 Oh and "Between Silk & Cyanide" by Leo Marks or "The White Rabbit" by Bruce Marshall if you want the inside story on Special Operations in France in WW2. Between Silk & Cyanide is fascinating but a bit geeky whereas The White Rabbit is Boys Own stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 22 November, 2010 Share Posted 22 November, 2010 Try the quartet of books by Simon Scarrow based on the lives of Bonaparte & Wellington starting off with Young Bloods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 22 November, 2010 Author Share Posted 22 November, 2010 Fantastic. Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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