Books
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Bought this in Vancouver for about $5 Canadian (out of print) and although I don't read French the pics and bits I get are very cool. I'm a big fan of Hudson's Bay blankets so I am very excited to have this book.
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Of course, what you all really need is a bit of this:
Muskets, magic and mayhem…
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Been meaning to thank @michaeljcr for this recommendation for years. The fourth book in the series, The Guns Of Empire just came out, and I'm sure I'll enjoy it as much as I did the first three.
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Yes indeed! I left Del Rey at the end of 2015 to go freelance, but it's great to see book four coming out from Head of Zeus. I was just emailing with Django last week about it. I'm torn between the instant gratification of having the eBooks, or waiting a week or so for the nice hardback to come out.
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Hardback came out in the US on Tuesday, and since I preordered, Amazon delivered it on Tuesday. I love my Kindle, but nothing beats a hardback for overall reading experience.
Hope the freelancing is going well for you, by the way.
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I agree. The U.K. Kindle edition is out now, and much cheaper, but I really want the HB. I have nothing against eBooks and eReaders, they're very useful for work, actually, but nothing beats the physical book.
I'm enjoying the freelance life, thanks, no weekly trips to London and there seems (fingers crossed) to be plenty of work available right now.
Plus, working from home means I might be able to get a dog, and you can't put a price on that. Well, except that Beagle puppies seem to be about £400-£500. Aside from that, you can't put a price on it…
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nothing beats a hardback for overall reading experience.
Ditto. Not to mention a Kindle doesn't make for a nice full bookshelf.
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I'm reading this at the moment….
Second-Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich - It's first-hand accounts of the fall of the USSR
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/books/review/secondhand-time-by-svetlana-alexievich.html?_r=0
It is seriously heavy and unpleasant reading. I spent a few years working in Russia in the early 90's, so I am forcing myself to understand a little bit more...
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@trail:
1Q84 - Murakami (first half awesome, 2nd sucked)
exactly!
Goddamn it. I'm just about at the halfway point of this book.
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Currently reading 'Black Banners' by Ali Soufan. Very good read if you are interested in middle eastern terrorism and the inner workings of Al Qaeda. Soufan was the lead interrogator for the FBI during the years leading up to and after 9/11. There is an incredible amount of dialogue between him and high ranking Al-Qadea members in the book. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the CIA scrubbed the book prior to it going to print so many of the pages later in the book discussing more recent events are redacted.
Just read the following which are also very good reads on the conflict in the middle east and terrorist cells:
The Looming Tower
The Terror Years
Black Flags
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Bringing this thread back from the dead…Currently reading this book. It's a fun, easy read. Autobiographical so obviously a true story and more interesting for me probably because the bulk of it took place in my home town (Phoenix). The story of a Federal Agent who went undercover with the Hells Angels for 21 months in Arizona. Not only interesting because of the events he experienced while in that inner circle, but also because of how he loses himself and becomes who he is "pretending" to be and how that affected him and his family. Good read.
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Just finished The Chronicles Of The Unhewn Throne trilogy. Really enjoyed it, though the last book seemed a bit bloated. I'm glad to see that the author, Brian Staveley, has signed a contract for four more standalone books. I'm looking forward to the first of those, Skullsworn, which is scheduled to come out next month.
Lots of fun stuff to read while I'm waiting for Patrick Rothfuss to finally finish that last book in the Kingkiller Chronicles…
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
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Think I'm going to start the first round of my semi-annual date with Blood Meridian. It's been too long since the Judge and I conversed. I'm obsessed with this book. Anyone else share my addiction?
