Matthew Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Paul Theroux: Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown : Interesting travel book on Africa. I have to go to Africa about three times a year now, and this book seems to capture a lot of what I see also in the various countries I go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 David Grossman's The Zigzag Kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Seeing Jazz - Artists and Writers on Jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol 1 1929-1964 Some great stories here! Thanks for the recommendation, Bruce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Ahem. Most Britons have lied about the books they read http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/od_nm/...ooks_lies_odd_3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 "Lullaby" - Chuck Palahniuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 flannery oconnor - stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol 1 1929-1964 Some great stories here! Thanks for the recommendation, Bruce! Anytime! Glad you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Ahem. Most Britons have lied about the books they read http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/od_nm/...ooks_lies_odd_3 Not me! From the list I've only read 1984, Madame Bovary and parts of the Bible and Ulysses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Juggling three at present: The first demonstrates just how dishonestly those who own most of Britain's land came by it. The second is a very nice portrayal of post-World War I French music - a bit heavy on the opera houses, singers etc; I'm more interested in the composers who only get coverage in detail in the last chapter. The third is a nice, page-turning murder mystery set in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Ahem. Most Britons have lied about the books they read http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/od_nm/...ooks_lies_odd_3 Not me! From the list I've only read 1984, Madame Bovary and parts of the Bible and Ulysses. I've read 1984 and all of War and Peace except the last 100 pages or so when it turns from a piece of fiction into a long, philosophising rant - skipped that. Bits of the Bible and I started (though did not get far with) the Joyce. Never even thought about the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 David Fulmer: Chasing The Devil's Tail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 David Fulmer: Chasing The Devil's Tail I read Rampart Street a while back - good N.O. turn of the 20th century atmosphere in that one (at least as far as I could tell - I wasn't there then ). I want to read some of Fulmer's other books when I find the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 David Fulmer: Chasing The Devil's Tail I read Rampart Street a while back - good N.O. turn of the 20th century atmosphere in that one (at least as far as I could tell - I wasn't there then ). I want to read some of Fulmer's other books when I find the time. I'm going to read Jass next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Auschwitz: A New History by Laurence Rees. A look at the history of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and how it was run. A depressing account that shows how the German authorities worked hard to improve the method of killing people. According to the book, 1.1 million were killed in its four and a half year existence. Some heartbreaking stories (of course), and other stories that make you wonder about how people can be so evil. A challenging read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Yes, of course, a very limited readership for this kind of thing, but for those that are interested, it really covers a nice variety of perspectives with lots of score fragments, illustrations, as well as TWO CDs worth of pieces as audio signposts. Covering composition, performance, improvisation, and other areas while doing so in a rather easy (but not simplistic) presentation. Composers such as Dumitrescu, Avram, Murail, and others discuss their music and composition methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 About 90 pages in and it's hooked me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Back to the reading of my youth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Back to the reading of my youth! You know, I've been thinking about digging those Holmes books out again; I haven't read them since I was a teen. I wonder how well they hold up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I enjoy Leon's books as much for the sense of being in Venice as for the plot lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I am about 1/3 of the way through Bolano's The Savage Detectives. He's losing me in the middle section where it is a bunch of interviews ... I still feel pretty much the same way at the halfway mark. I'll finish the book but it doesn't grab me. After significant digging, I came across kalahari.net where you can buy directly from South Africa (shipping the first item is a beast, but if you order 3 or more items, it isn't so bad). Assuming the books actually get to me, I'll post more thoughts -- and let MG know if I would recommend ordering through them. It took roughly a month (and I was getting a tad nervous), but Kalahari.net came through with my books, saving me literally over $200 from what US bookstores wanted for the 4 books I ordered. They seem to sell music as well as books. Maybe MG should check it out. I read Vladislavic's Missing Persons and Propaganda by Monuments so far. Both are short story collections, and Missing Persons is the earlier and somewhat less mature one. Missing Persons tends to lean on slightly surreal situations, maybe in part to avoid writing about the racial politics/situation at the time (a bit of escapism? or just feeling that Nadine Gordimer had already cornered that part of the literary market?) I think Propaganda by Monuments is the stronger collection. It's certainly enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Back to the reading of my youth! You know, I've been thinking about digging those Holmes books out again; I haven't read them since I was a teen. I wonder how well they hold up. Very well. Give 'em a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 I'll probably re-read a lot of the Holmes before the movie comes out this Christmas. Right now: Eddie Determeyer's Jimmie Lunceford bio, RHYTHM IS OUR BUSINESS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor described Wise Blood as a "comic novel". I laughed a few times while reading it but, for the most part, its characters scared the hell out of me. I'll never forget them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor described Wise Blood as a "comic novel". I laughed a few times while reading it but, for the most part, its characters scared the hell out of me. I'll never forget them. And she wrote that in her early twenties, no one should write like that so young. It's an amazing book with a lot of unforgettable scenes an images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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