The BOOKS thread... what you reading?

[King_D]

VIKINGS - History, Myths & Dictionnary by Regis Boyer

[Wessexy Witch]

I got Recovery From Our Addictions by Russell Brand for christmas,not started it yet.

*edit...Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin Yalom has just arrived in the post, so that comes first as part of my study (actually,I was hoping the Brand book would count on my reading list too).

 

[Raven]

“Compulsively readable…This strange , engaging hymn to the laid-back life now , in 2010 , one message comes out loud and clear. As the 18-year-old sage Dolly Freed wrote: ‘I refuse to spend the first 60 years of my life worrying about the last 20.’” —The New York Times Art Beat
 
“An elegant memoir”—Philadelphia City Paper

“Dolly Freed is my hero….If this smart , engaging , funny , and frank manifesto…doesn’t make you want to quit the rat race at least a little bit , then you must be one big , fat rat.”—Vice Magazine

 “Dolly is a sharp writer , an autodidact and an 18-year-old of unusual competence and grit…There’s nothing precious about Possum Living: it's genuine in a way few books are , …”—Jezebel
 
“Possum Living , a manifesto for living cheaply…is a relevant and sassy manual for the nonconsumer lifestyle.”—Flavorwire
 
“A paean to self-sufficiency”—Columbia Journal Review

[Master Ray]

Roger Moore - Last Man Standing.  A follow-up to his autobiography with plenty of stories about Hollywood in the 20th Century.  A hugely entertaining read.  RIP, Sir Roger.

[Master Ray]

BUMP!

Just dug out 'Get In The Van - On The Road With Black Flag' by Henry Rollins, one of my favourite books ever, can't believe I never mentioned it before.  A big hardback book (with plenty of rare pictures) that charts 1981 - 1986 in Black Flag, from when Rollins somehow accidentally joined his favourite band and subsequently managed to have a five year breakdown whilst also and simultaneously having his dreams come true.  You'll know what I mean if you've read it.  If not, you should do, great book.  A trailer for the book here...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U97ttSlxlRc

[dilla]

After hearing Justin sing about the whaleship "Essex",I bought the book"In the heart of the sea"describing the true story, by Nathaniel Philbrick.Since then found "Sea of Glory"also by Philbrick describing a 4 year expedition in the 19th century to the South seas.Great read if you love salty seadog stories.Glad I wasn't at sea then.Bloody hard life

[Stephanie]

Bruce Dickinson's "What does this button do?"

To be honest, I am not quite sure yet whether I like it or not.  Was expecting a bit more, I guess.

[Simon73]

this one a great book:

Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, The Wall, and the Birth of the New Berlin (Englisch) Gebundene Ausgabe –
von Paul Hockenos (Autor)

[nia]

Re-reading "The Love Bunglers" by Jaime Hernandez (graphic novel, love and rockets)

Jaime's best work. Haunting and heartbreaking.

[Isaac(Black Eagle Rising)]

Last night I was searching google for a local tv producer-host from 80's and he was the guy who introduced the New Model Army to country on his weekly late night  metal/rock show at state channel.He is responsible for  the generation of that time had many NMA fans and followers I'm sure.I still remember that unforgettable night that he made special NMA edition and played a lot of videos 51st State,Green and Grey etc.I wanted to know what he is doing today and where he is.Found out he wrote a book 4 years ago and keeps writing about music in some ways at alternative media sources.Book's name is really interesting and I liked it: Pink Floyd And The Globalization Of Monarchy.Some poetry and also political and philosophical views of himself about Pink Floyd and World.Im no big floyd fan but ordered the book and looking forward to read.

[lotus]

Yesterday is was an old simple crime story my mother bought on a flee market
But Pink Floyd And The Globalization Of Monarchy reminds me of one I`ve read some month ago:
John Peel - Margrave of the marshes - interesting, too

[lotus]

Hello BER
my quick search tells me: a book with the titele "Pink Floyd And The Globalization Of Monarchy" doesen`t exist - so who is the writer? Please post a link to the source ...

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Last night I was searching google for a local tv producer-host from 80's and he was the guy who introduced the New Model Army to country on his weekly late night  metal/rock show at state channel.He is responsible for  the generation of that time had many NMA fans and followers I'm sure.I still remember that unforgettable night that he made special NMA edition and played a lot of videos 51st State,Green and Grey etc.I wanted to know what he is doing today and where he is.Found out he wrote a book 4 years ago and keeps writing about music in some ways at alternative media sources.Book's name is really interesting and I liked it: Pink Floyd And The Globalization Of Monarchy.Some poetry and also political and philosophical views of himself about Pink Floyd and World.Im no big floyd fan but ordered the book and looking forward to read.

Last night I was searching google for a local tv producer-host from 80's and he was the guy who introduced the New Model Army to country on his weekly late night  metal/rock show at state channel.He is responsible for  the generation of that time had many NMA fans and followers I'm sure.I still remember that unforgettable night that he made special NMA edition and played a lot of videos 51st State,Green and Grey etc.I wanted to know what he is doing today and where he is.Found out he wrote a book 4 years ago and keeps writing about music in some ways at alternative media sources.Book's name is really interesting and I liked it: Pink Floyd And The Globalization Of Monarchy.Some poetry and also political and philosophical views of himself about Pink Floyd and World.Im no big floyd fan but ordered the book and looking forward to read.

[Isaac(Black Eagle Rising)]

Hello Lotus..I'm sorry it's my fault I forgot to write the book isn't written in english so the original is turkish.I don't think it's translated to any foreign language.Even if I copy the link here I don't think you will understand.Writer's name is Serdar Öktem..I translate here only his beautiful introduction to the book,if I find a chance to get an english copy I promise to send if you want..

Some who live early, personal enlightenment, but most wakes up at the beginning of his 40s. I am inclusive of the second group. My eyes turned to Pink Floyd from the moment I experienced the awakening, this time I began to assimilate the message that they meant. And I realized that my childhood love is really set to tell the whole journey from the very existence of man to the arrival of light, and even how to get to the light. We are a drop in the ocean in this living world, or one of the bricks in the universe wall. But if a drop does not see the whole ocean, we can not understand the material and spiritual system we live in. Instead of being a drop in the ocean, this book gives you a little awareness in your journey to the ocean, and I have been trying to write that you will take the wind under your wings ...

[Whirlwind]

After hearing Justin sing about the whaleship "Essex",I bought the book"In the heart of the sea"describing the true story, by Nathaniel Philbrick.Since then found "Sea of Glory"also by Philbrick describing a 4 year expedition in the 19th century to the South seas.Great read if you love salty seadog stories.Glad I wasn't at sea then.Bloody hard life

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Yeah, I read years ago a telling of the Essex tale called "The Terrible Voyage." Incredible story.

And if you enjoy those tales of sea-going vessels of long ago, then I recommend "The Terror." Story of the H.M.S. Terror's voyage to the Arctic in the 1840s. Great name for a ship by the way.

[Anna Woman von NRW]

The Crow Road - Iain Banks

First one of his I've read: some very funny laugh out loud bits. Well worth a read.