What are you reading??

ghce
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A Canterbury Tale. An autobiography of a well known and respected doctor born late 1800's past away 1976 and posthumously published in 1980.
His writing style leaps out at you as some one has great lanquistic ability and self effacing humour and is just so wonderfully written that after reading a one page except I had to buy so that I could explore his enlightening thought process and próse.
The work provides a record of early colonial settlement in NZ detailing a much less discussed aspect of local history yet goes international through 2 wars ww1 and 2 as private then lieutenant colonel and his later works in medicine as a specialist.
His engaging writing will keep you reading this his and family history, can't recommend it enough.

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vbrad26
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I've read the rest of them so might as well....
Just started it and so far feels very, very familiar lol.

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noelekal
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"Churchill's Bodyguard" by Edmund Murray
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A good read of a certain insight on the great man, his character, lifestyle, and habits. This one kicks in to the topic only after the author indulges in some self aggrandizing, describing his own childhood and adventures in the French Foreign Legion.


Not as gratifying a read as the biograph of Churchill's former bodyguard Walter H. Thompson and also titled "Churchill's Bodyguard," which covers the more tumultuous time in Churchill's life in the 1920s, 1930s' and the War years.
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It's amazing how much Churchill's security was done on a shoestring in that age and how effectively the bodyguards carried out their duties despite the paucity of resources allotted them.
 
Alex Cheers
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Since a couple of years I mainly read space race related books.

Currently coming to an end with this one:
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And the next in line:
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just read The Hobbit for the first time at age 38 and checked out LoTR from the library, I got about a quarter of the way through in high school and never resisted. it's going to be a Big Lore Fall
 
josiahg52
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Finally sat down yesterday and read the second book in the series, Revenant-X, by David Wellington, the first being Paradise-1. Looks like there's going to be a third book.
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Next is Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell.
 
Togri v. 2.0
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just read The Hobbit for the first time at age 38 and checked out LoTR from the library, I got about a quarter of the way through in high school and never resisted. it's going to be a Big Lore Fall

Same for me; I got a quarter through it in school but read it to my kids a couple of years back. The loved it so afterwards we read LOTR and they loved it as well.
 
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Dragonfly describes a fire on Mir, something I had never heard of happening. The writing is some the finest I've read about space. Not too far into it but it's very engaging.

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What's more embarrassing is that I worked at NASA when this occurred (STS-81). I had a low level job, a new wife, a new baby on the way, and was remodeling the house. But still, I can't explain how I don't remember it. NASA even gave us a coin 🤦
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Emeister
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^^^ 🤣 but also looks like a great recommendation 😎👊
Added to the lists and also delving into his audible stuff.
 
lillatroll
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Currently reading Walter Mosely, American crime writer. I first read one of his novels more than 20 years ago, and I have been a big fan ever since.

Prior to reading this, I read a book about a man who ran from the southern tip of Africa to the most northern point of Africa. He averaged around 60km a day, pretty much everyday.
 
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FYI

Just ordered this:

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  • "One of a kind, important and gorgeous - Tom Hanks"
  • "The nearest thing in print to visiting the sites yourself - 5 Stars - BBC, Sky At Night Magazine"
Having spent the last 15 years assembling high resolution, seamless panoramas of the Moon from the Apollo Missions, Mike Constantine has compiled over 50 stunning panoramas into one book, "Apollo: The Panoramas".

Each panorama spans a full double page spread, and includes almost every panorama captured on the lunar surface, as well as pans captured from the LM Windows and the stand up EVA on Apollo 15.

Each panorama has a detailed description by the author plus most also have exclusive comments from the Apollo Moonwalkers who were actually there. Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.

A must for fans of the Moonlandings

Book measures 14 x 10.25 inches, making each panorama over a double page spread 28 x 10.25 inches - 147 pages.

Ships from the UK approx shipping time 10 to 14 days
 
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