Read any good books lately?

rtpoe · « **Reply #300 on:** March 16, 2009, 06:41:23 PM »

"Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)" by Tom Vanderbilt.

Hugeboobfan · « **Reply #301 on:** March 16, 2009, 08:02:23 PM »

"The Autobiography of Henry VIII" by Margaret George. Obviously not an actual autobiography, but a fun read for fans of English history. The book is as fat as Henry was in his later years, but flows along quickly. Here's a teaser (page 110):

Quote:

Her body pressed hungrily against me; I could feel her breasts through the thin nightdress. She had extraordinarily large breasts for such a small, slight girl, I thought, from somewhere inside myself. *

*note: this is a fictional description of Katherine of Aragon on her wedding night to Henry, when she was 23 years old.

AZWolf · « **Reply #302 on:** March 21, 2009, 05:38:30 AM »

About to dig into "Atlas Shrugged."

I already know I won't agree with it, but I want to read it and understand my enemies that much better. Plus will get to talk about it with my even more liberal friend who loaned it to me.

pedonbio · « **Reply #303 on:** March 21, 2009, 01:46:44 PM »

A little history:

Zealot · « **Reply #304 on:** March 21, 2009, 02:51:53 PM »

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury",a collection of closing arguments from some of the most historic legal cases in the US.I finished H.William Kunstler's argument at the trial of the Chicago Seven,Gerry Spence's at the Silkwood case,and now I'm reading one by Claire Foltz,first woman attorney in California.
The author states that these closing arguments are so long-winded that in today's Television-and-internet-deluged society,most juries' attention spans would gas out after the first paragraph.I however find them great to read.Makes me want to go into law.

homevintner · « **Reply #305 on:** April 18, 2009, 11:34:11 AM »

I've finally caught up a little bit and made a very small dent in my library.

First, the fiction:
Winged Escort by Douglas Reeman
Space Infantry a collection edited by David Drake
Into The Storm the first of the Destroyermen saga by Taylor Anderson. I've got to get my hands on the next two of the series.
Ring of Fire II edited and created by Eric Flint

And now for the non-fic:
Heroes of the Army by Bruce Jacobs
Hell's Brigade edited by Charles Goodman
The Mosquito Fleet by Bern Keating

ChrisR1 · « **Reply #306 on:** April 19, 2009, 01:41:30 AM »

Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes.

So many answers as to how our civilization runs and what all the bits and pieces we see are.

Quadhouse · « **Reply #307 on:** April 20, 2009, 11:31:36 AM »

Jim C. Hines' "The Stepsister Scheme." You'll never look at fairrtales the same way again.

homevintner · « **Reply #309 on:** April 21, 2009, 06:49:41 AM »

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Another piece of sci-fi that i didn't want to put down.

homevintner · « **Reply #311 on:** April 21, 2009, 05:57:23 PM »

I'd never heard of him before last week when one of the docs loaned it to me.

homevintner · « **Reply #312 on:** April 27, 2009, 08:42:59 PM »

Guerrilla Submarines by Edward Dissette and H.C. Adamson

Bonecracker · « **Reply #313 on:** April 27, 2009, 09:42:49 PM »

The Purpose Drive Life (again!)

ChrisR1 · « **Reply #314 on:** June 02, 2009, 11:24:04 PM »

Just finished Brownies and Kalashnikovs: A Saudi Woman's Memoir of American Arabia and Wartime Beirut by Fadia Basrawi. An extremely interesting look into the Arab world through a series of very atypical experiences.

Re: Read any good books lately?

Re: Read any good books lately?