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Could someone recommend some books about French history? Any period is fine, but I'm especially interested in the post-revoltional stuff, like the Hundred Days, up until around de Gaulle's death in 1970.
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steiv18 posted:I've been playing Assassin's Creed 2, and it's gotten me in the mood for something similar to the whole "massive ancient conspiracy" thing like the assassins/templars in the game. Bonus points for any wacky alternate-history stuff Henry Ford helped Hitler start WWII?! Any recommendations? The obvious suggestions would be Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. I'm about 100 pages from the end of Foucault's Pendulum and it's fantastic. If you're looking for non-fiction there are numerous books on the Medici family which I believe plays some part in the game.
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Dec 1, 2009 21:36
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Could someone recommend me some plays that work well read? The only playwrights I have any deeper familiarity with are Shakespeare and Strindberg.
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Feb 19, 2010 23:06
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ArmadilloConspiracy posted:If you feel like reading some dark comedy, try The Pillowman , by Martin McDonagh. Perfect, thank you.
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Feb 20, 2010 16:59
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Ballsworthy posted:Seconding the short story recommendation, I'm a big fan of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. 3 pages of gold. Thirding the short stories. If you're looking for a novel I recommend Islands in the Stream. It was published posthumously and it's about an American painter living on Bimini and later about his time hunting German U-boats outside Cuba.
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Mar 14, 2010 15:34
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rasser posted:With a half gallon of whiskey and a shotgun? This sums up all my prejudice of Hemingway, the bloated egomaniac. Anyway, if it's written by him it has the potential of being a great read. Pretty much, except replace whiskey with a whole lot of daiquiris.
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Mar 16, 2010 22:14
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It's pretty good. At times it does feel like a rant, but in those spots I just put it down and came back to it later. I haven't read any of his biology books but I bought The Greatest Show on Earth after reading, and enjoying the writing of, The God Delusion.
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May 7, 2010 20:26
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Bonus posted:Please recommend me some good that involve road trips around the US, preferably through small towns, deserts, etc. I just dig that sort of thing. For instance, I really liked all the traveling through various towns and roadside attractions that went on in American Gods. It's not exactly what you're looking for, but I'd recommend US Guys by Charlie LeDuff. There's no actual travelling but the author does visit a lot of small towns and what you could call roadside attractions, mostly in middle America. LeDuff is basically looking at different people's perception of manliness. He hangs out with a Detroit cop, some Little Big Horn reenactors, and a biker gang, among others. It's pretty interesting, and though it sounds like you really want the travel aspect I still think it would be worth checking out.
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May 11, 2010 20:11
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Steiv posted:I'm looking for a good read about the intelligence community, be it CIA or NSA or whatever, but something less How about 1000 pages on James Bond's cousin? Fodder Cannon fucked around with this message at 13:22 on Jul 21, 2010 |
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Jul 20, 2010 22:09
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and more, "I was here, I did this, it was awesome/horrifying/whatever." Preferably non-fiction.