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Book Recommendations. Please

azureline** — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:01:17 GMT

My interests are varied, if a book is well written I will read and enjoy it.

I use my kindle mostly but do read real books now and again.

Anyone read anything good/great recently?

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nero_bolt — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:14:14 GMT

The Naked Socialist
by Paul B. Skousen

and

The Contradictions of “Real Socialism”

The Conductor and the Conducted

by Michael A. Lebowitz

and if you would like a book full of comedy and distorted opinions try this one that was released a week ago and is already on the discount book list

The Independent Member for Lyne

ByRob Oakeshott

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toon_town_nutter — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:17:09 GMT

Do you like psychological thrillers? If so, The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver.

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azureline** — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:19:14 GMT

Thanks toon.... will check that out.

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azureline** — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:20:51 GMT

This title is not currently available for purchase 😞

I will keep it on my list for now though.

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kopenhagen5 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:24:31 GMT

I reread The Hobbit recently and enjoyed it. But I am just a big kid.

Not read anything worth mentioning for a while.

I can recommend a couple of good movies though.

Remains of the day - Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson.

Ladies in Lavender - Judi Dench, Maggie Smith.

Now you see me - Many good actors.

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garry9922 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:20:08 GMT

Going Clear by Lawrence Wright.

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gaau778 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:25:56 GMT

"Life in the West" by Brian Aldiss.

or for a lesser excercise in intellectualism, but for many more laughs, try anything by Terry Pratchett

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sineaterdoodah — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 20:44:03 GMT

dancing wu lee masters,by gary zukav.

not a book i would normally read,but it's very good.

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banoras — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 21:55:26 GMT

Here are a few titles I've read in the last year, but all from my local library. I'm a non-fiction reader mainly, and if the book doesn't grab me at page one, I forget it. Library catalogues are all online now for searching and ordering.

Letter to Louise - Pauline Collins (the English actress)

Ladykiller - Candace Sutton (story of Bruce Burrell's murders)

The Big Flatline: oil and the no-growth economy - Jeff Rubin

Ten Hail Marys - Kate Howarth

Growing up Bin Laden - Jean Sassoon

Chewing Gum in Holy Water - Cheryl Hardacre

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lurker172602 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 22:03:14 GMT

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. It's a fictionalised account of a leper colony in Hawaii from about the 1880s. Not as heavy going a it sounds. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I got it on my kindle from the big river.

"Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka'i. Here her life is supposed to end---but instead she discovers it is only just beginning.
With a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, Moloka'i is the true-to-life chronicle of a people who embraced life in the face of death. Such is the warmth, humor, and compassion of this novel that "few readers will remain unchanged by Rachel's story" (mostlyfiction.com)."

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silvernanny22 — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 22:43:44 GMT

Available on Kindle:

The Secret Life of Bees ..... Sue Monk Kidd

Shantaram ......Gregory David Roberts

anything by Eileen Dryer

Gone Girl .....Gillian Flynn

anything by Carol Davis Luce

The light Between Oceans .... M.L.Stedman

Before I Go To Sleep .....S.J.Watson

These are just A very few of the titles I have on my Kindle

Happy reading

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azureline** — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 22:58:51 GMT

Thank you everyone, have made a list from the suggestions. 🙂

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polksaladallie — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 01:17:32 GMT

I can't get enough of Michael Connelly ATM, a close second is David Baldacci.

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bright.ton42 — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 04:57:52 GMT

Gone Girl by gillian flynn as someone suggested and anything else she's written namely Sharp Objects and Dark Places. . So original and powerful. .

Love Michael Connelly thrillers.

Another one I have to mention is

Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It's won the Booker or Pulitzer. A marvellous story, . Someone lent it to me in book form and it's so big I thought after being used to my ereader i'd find it hard to hold, lol, but then I just couldn't put it down. It is available for Kindle.

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dskracing — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 05:34:26 GMT

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

A powerful story

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kopenhagen5 — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 13:04:45 GMT

Dovekeepers -

In 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on a mountain in the Judean, desert, Masada. Only two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman weaves a spellbinding tale of four extraordinary bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom comes to Masada by a different path. Yael’s mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker’s wife, watched the horrifically brutal murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by their own witness. Aziza is a warrior’s daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.

The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets — about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and who they love.

Sounds like a tale of journeys experienced by many, centuries ago. Secret struggles leaving readers in awe, yet so everyday to those living it.

We are so lucky today.

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j*oono — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 13:20:50 GMT

We are lucky. I remember reading a book when I was so young about a 12 year old boy from a concentration camp. Fiction of course but it was a book that opened my eyes even at a young age.

I Am David by Anne Holm. It's a children's book which I would highly recommend.

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sineaterdoodah — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 19:50:19 GMT

joono,i'm a huge fan of children's and YA books,i'll look for that,thanks.