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Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Knowby: Ranulph Fiennes May 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History |
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This book surprised me. It was a Christmas present and its taken this long for me to open it, but I'm very glad I did. I must admit before I read it I thought Ranulph Feinnes was a bit of a nutter. I still do. But there's more to him than that.
I think this book is about love, failure and doing and not thinking! He doesn't talk about his first wife, Ginny, much. He uses far more words describing how he wedged his hands in various crannies, or tried to get the blood flowing back through them once they were frozen. But he speaks so poignantly about her it's touching. More so because he doesn't wallow in sentimentality. He failed a lot. There's a temptation to think about him as the bloke who trekked on his own to the ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Discovery of Franceby: Graham Robb July 04, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History |
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This is a superbly written history-cum-travelogue. Robb is known for his books on French writers (Balzac, Hugo and Rimbaud) but here he ventures into peasant France, riding on his bicycle to make the time for the small details of life in rural France. He writes extremely well about landscape, an the book throughout is enjoyable to read. Drawing on travelogues of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Robb accentuates the backwardness of peasant France - mainly for effect, it seems. I found this increasingly annoying. It is an imbalance in the book. The French peasants come across as a nation of troglodytes. The second half of the book is more conventional history on the theme of nation-building in the nineteenth century. This is perhaps better ... Read More:
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Mein Kampfby: Adolf Hitler November 21, 2007 Best Selling > Books > History |
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a very romantic and enlightening read, really opened my eyes to new things
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Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navyby: Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins October 02, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History |
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If you read only one book of history this year that commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Nelson, read Jack Tar.
During the Great War (1793-1815), the Royal Navy was the backbone of the defence of the British Isles and took a major part in the final victory. Just as the great battles from Valmi to Waterloo were won by the troops in the field, the naval battles were in the end won by the crews - and not by the Nelsons, Hoods or Cochranes. Roy and Lesley Adkins have worked like the archaeologists they are, unearthing hundreds of sources, extracting hundreds of relevant pieces, then carefully glueing them together until the whole image is reconstructed: the portrait of rough, hard-working men (women and children) living a perilous ... Read More: >>More Details |
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A Little History of the Worldby: E H Gombrich September 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History |
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This carefully worded book was written as a child's introduction to world history. The chapters are short, reflective, interesting and lack any polemical element. There is a certain feel of Watch With Mother, but at least in this case my mother would have enjoyed it compared to Rag, Tag & Bobtail. With plenty of chapters there is more than enough here for any child, and a few intelligent adults.
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Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Everestby: Bear Grylls March 23, 2001 Best Selling > Books > History |
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If you like Bear then you'll like this book. He's obviously made of strong stuff and he has a story to tell but unfortunately he isn't really a writer and doesn't capture the real essence of high altitude mountaineering and its inherent risks as succinctly as other writers within the genre.
The book holds its own but never grips in the same manner as Into Thin Air, The Climb or Forever On The Mountain (to give but 3 examples). It's a worthy addition to any mountain enthusiast's bookshelf but if you are looking for just one mountaineering book you'd walk past this one to get to others. >>More Details |
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43 Years with the Same Bird: A Liverpudlian Love Affairby: Brian Reade July 04, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History |
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this book,written by a die hard liverpool fan and now media writer for the daily mirror is a truly great read...despite being "in the media" the fact he talks about being just a down to earth liverpool fan is very refreshing..no airs and graces,and just like every liverpool fan (myself included!!) hes a ordinary bloke telling his story of following THEE greatest team on earth....from his 1st game at bolton,his mothers death,his son supporting everton!! (to begin with until he saw the light!!) the great games and the fact that he fell foul of graeme souness i couldnt leave this book down...truly great read!!!!
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The Genealogist's Internetby: Peter Christian August 31, 2005 Best Selling > Books > History |
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I was lucky enough to be given this as a birthday gift when I first got into my Family Tree. It is a really useful resource helping a beginner find their way around the wealth of info available on the web to the amateur genealogist. There is info on where to start and on the whole aray of online sources. A great book, worth the money.
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The Lady Elizabethby: Alison Weir April 03, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History |
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Alison Weir shows yet again that she is a skilled novelist, this time taking on the complex and hazy story of Elizabeth Tudor's childhood and leading up to her accession.
Elizabeth, as depicted by Weir, is savvy, politically-minded and ambitious. She is also sometimes naive and all-too-human, especially in her dealings with Thomas Seymour. Seymour's behavior would now be properly referred to as molestation, and the sequences where he invades Elizabeth's space, and betrays his wife in the process, were vividly written - so vividly that I was almost uncomfortable. His fate was not an unwelcome one, and he could have taken Elizabeth down with him. I continue to be fascinated by Tudor historical fiction, and by Elizabeth in particular. Alison Weir is an excellent author, ... Read More: >>More Details |
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London: The Biographyby: Peter Ackroyd August 21, 2008 Best Selling > Books > History |
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As a life long Londoner and a person well read in history this book was just up my street.
It was a well written book packed with all sorts of fascinating details. For the most part I enjoyed reading it although it could occasionally be long winded and tedious. >>More Details |
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