PipoA380 From Switzerland, joined May 2005, 1591 posts, RR: 52 Posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1316 times:
Hi! I've been reading a couple of books lately and thought I should recommend some to you I very hardly read books, I've never really been into it but there's this book I'm reading now that's really excellent.
Two simple questions:
1) What book are you reading right now
2) What book do you recomment?
For me it's
1) Stephen Clarke - Merde, actually
2) Stephen Clarke - A Year in the merde (Story of a Brit going to France, and the differences between both culture. Really excellent! The "Merde, actually" is the follow-up of this one.)
Also: Dominique Lapierre / Larry Collins - "New York Brûle-t-il?" (Is New York Burning), thrilled themed on terrorism in the United States. Quite interesting.
Cheers,
Philippe
It's not about AIRBUS. it's not about BOEING. It's all about the beauty of FLYING.
AirEuropeUK733 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 961 posts, RR: 12 Reply 2, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1307 times:
As a kid I used to hate reading but as I got into my early 20s (some years ago!) I found that I couldn't put books down!
I've read most of John Grisham's and am now really into books about airlines and airline management (seeing as I didn't become a pilot like I always wanted to!)
The likes of Ryanair by Siobhan Creaton
It was Nice to Fly with Friends by Graham M Simons
No Frills: The Truth Behind the Low-cost Revolution in the Skies by Simon Calder, and
Go - An Airline Adventure by Barbara Cassani
I've also got on order (should arrive any day now) the new book about easyJet by Lois Jones and a book about jetBlue by Barbara Peterson.
Gman94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 1239 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1304 times:
I am currently reading the Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy.
The book I would most recommend is one that I read recently called Operation Certain Death, it's a true story* about the joint SAS/Paras mission in Sierra Leone a few years ago to rescue a group of Irish Guards held hostage by the notorious West Side Boys. Awesome read highly recommend it.
* the author does say that some parts of the book are fictionalised due to the operational secrets that the SAS have.
KROC From United States of America, joined May 2000, 19737 posts, RR: 76 Reply 7, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1293 times:
I'm currently reading "Murder Machine" about Roy DeMeao's crew in the Gambino Family that were used by all the Mafia Failies as a squad to carry out their hits.
"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again"
BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Reply 8, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1282 times:
Quoting AirEuropeUK733 (Reply 2): As a kid I used to hate reading but as I got into my early 20s (some years ago!) I found that I couldn't put books down!
I've just read "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas, and "Flight of Passage" by Rinker Buck. I strongly recommend them both. Monte Cristo is a well-known standard.
"Flight of Passage" is the true story of two teens, Kern and Rinker Buck (17 & 15 respectively) that fly a Cub from Connecticut to California in the 60's(?). The flying is great. It also recounts the coming of age of the boys and the relationship with their ex-barnstorming father.
I am beginning "The Three Muskateers", also by Dumas.
ANITIX87 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 3233 posts, RR: 14 Reply 9, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1279 times:
Every book Michael Crichton has ever written (except SPHERE) is incredible. I would recommend them all. A lot of them have been made into movies as well, incling Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Disclosure, and maybe one other one as well. But they are incredible books.
John Grisham has amazing novels as well, many of which have also hit the big screen, including Runaway Jury (my favorite) and others.
Tom Clancy has some good books, though I tend to dislike a lot of them. The Hunt For Red October, SSN, the Netforce series...those are my favorites.
As you can tell, I love science fiction and mystery novels. There's also Agatha Christie's novels with Hercule Poirot as the famous detective. Literature is rarely terrible. And for a very moving book, read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
Just my two cents. You have a good two years' worth of reading there.
TIS
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RobertNL070 From Netherlands, joined Sep 2003, 4506 posts, RR: 10 Reply 12, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1265 times:
Two books at the moment:
John Irving's Until I Find You, and
Paul Johnson's A History Of The American People
while also nosing through Charles Groenhuijsen's Amerikanen Zijn Niet Gek for a little light refreshment.
PipoA380 From Switzerland, joined May 2005, 1591 posts, RR: 52 Reply 13, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1260 times:
Quoting AirEuropeUK733 (Reply 10): He wrote a great novel about an air crash and the investigation afterwards - I think it's called Airframe - couldn't put it down!
Yes, it's called "Airframe", I have it here but haven't started reading it yet. But I will as soon as I finish the two others I'm reading now.
It's not about AIRBUS. it's not about BOEING. It's all about the beauty of FLYING.
TheSorcerer From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2005, 1047 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1246 times:
Quoting Gman94 (Reply 3): I am currently reading the Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy.
The book I would most recommend is one that I read recently called Operation Certain Death, it's a true story* about the joint SAS/Paras mission in Sierra Leone a few years ago to rescue a group of Irish Guards held hostage by the notorious West Side Boys. Awesome read highly recommend it.
I read a book called operation Barras. It said on the cover it was all about that rescue mission, but I found that the last chapter was about it and the rest of the book was about the political situation in sierra Leone (very boring and disappointing).
I'm not reading a book at the moment but I just finished a book called THE COMPANY.
The history of the CIA, it's based on true events. Good book
I recommend it
The Sorcerer
BTW no I did not get my username from Harry potter I got it from the book I mentioned above.
ALITALIA,All Landings In Torino, All Luggage In Athens ;)
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 7708 posts, RR: 55 Reply 16, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1244 times:
Right now I'm reading The Great War For Civilisation by war correspondent Robert Fisk. He's a great writer and has really walked it as well as talked it - met Osama three times, Saddam quite a few times, Khomeini, you name it. The chapter about the Soviet invasion of Afganistan is remarkable, ditto the Iranian Revolution. Now I'm on pre-US invasion Iraq. While Saddam's brutality to his people in no way excuses the US attack on Iraq and the 100,000+ death toll and chaos, I must say I never fully grasped the truly horrific nature of Saddam's rule. This is the most eye-opening book I've read in a long time. And the longest.
Quoting AirEuropeUK733 (Reply 2): I've also got on order (should arrive any day now) the new book about easyJet by Lois Jones and a book about jetBlue by Barbara Peterson.
Aha, so someone else saw the bundled offer on Amazon! Mine should be arriving tomorrow, really looking forward to it.
Quoting BaylorAirBear (Reply 8): "Flight of Passage" is the true story of two teens, Kern and Rinker Buck (17 & 15 respectively) that fly a Cub from Connecticut to California in the 60's(?). The flying is great. It also recounts the coming of age of the boys and the relationship with their ex-barnstorming father.
Just ordered this one from Amazon after reading this thread, sounds great. Thanks Air Bear.
Quoting AirEuropeUK733 (Reply 10): He wrote a great novel about an air crash and the investigation afterwards - I think it's called Airframe - couldn't put it down!
When is someone going to make the film? The movie rights were sold and I heard it was starting production. That was a few years ago, and it's been deafening silence ever since. What gives?
fly Saha Air 707s daily from Tehran's downtown Mehrabad to Mashhad, Kish Island and Ahwaz
PROSA From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5439 posts, RR: 5 Reply 17, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1244 times:
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, by Umberto Eco. He's one of my favorite authors, his books are always captivating even though intellectually challenging (not an easy combination). The story is about a rare-book dealer in Milan who suffers a stroke that essentially wipes out his entire "biographic" memory, to the point where he can no longer recognize his family, while leaving his knowledge of history, literature, trivia etc. completely intact - as I understand it, that sort of thing actually does happen to some stroke victims. In an attempt to relearn his past, he goes to his family's ancestral country house somewhere near Turin to delve through a huge accumulation of books, magazines, newspapers, notebooks and records from his childhood. I'm about halfway through the story, no doubt some major twists and turns lie ahead.
"Let me think about it" = the coward's way of saying "no"
BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Reply 21, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1208 times:
Quoting Cedarjet (Reply 16): Just ordered this one from Amazon after reading this thread, sounds great. Thanks Air Bear.
You're welcome. My synopsis doesn't do it justice. Buck really puts you in the cockpit, and gives you a taste of the "golden age."
VS772LR From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 65 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1199 times:
Right now I'm half way through Richard Branson's autobiography, "Losing My Virginity". Some moments of his life are quite funny, BTW. I don't have anything to recommend but if I have to, go pick up a copy of Branson's autobiography. I think you'll enjoy it unless you absolutely hate Sir Branson or the Virgin Group.
Happy Reading,
VS772LR
So what if Virgin's motto is Four Engines for Long Haul!
25 Nancy: I recently read "The Tattooed Girl" by Joyce Carol Oates - truly disturbing! I just finished "In the Hand of Dante" and I can't decide if it was good
26 Aviation: A good read for all Aviation freaks like me is an oldie: The Ghost Of Flight 401 Cheers,
27 TNboy: "Gangster" by Lorenzo Carcaterra (love his books); and "Beyond the Blue Horizon" by Alexander Frater - a history of Imperial Airways. Have some stuff
28 HAJFlyer: One of the very best books on peak oil has recently been published by the Houston based energy investment banker Mathew Simmons. If you are interested
29 Flyingbabydoc: 1: A story of Alexander the Great by Maurice Druon (excellent, albeit a little "dry" to read) 2: All books (short stories) by Checkhov (my favorite).
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