I don't know if there's already a thread. I couldn't find one.
So I'm at the coffee shop with this to peruse. http://flickr.com/photos/steve_in_atlanta/6474887655/lightbox/ (http://flickr.com/photos/steve_in_atlanta/6474887655/lightbox/)
I usually go after "Classic Bike" and "Classic Motorcycle Mechanics"... both are UK publications for the vintage crowd. I do love "Motorcyclist" though.
Must have a Starbucks Caramel Apple Spice at the same time. So good.
Almost done with the Steve Jobs biography.
RIP
Guess I might as well mention Steven King's 11.22.63 I read at the beach during Thanksgiving. Was a really fun story even though it was 850 pages and not one picture.
got 3 going right now
The Mark Twain Autobi.
Railroads of Pennsylvania: Fragments of the Past in the Keystone Landscape by Lorett Treese
Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) by David Hackett Fischer
depends what room I am in as to which one I read at the time. plus about 8 magazines a month.
Just finished this...very good! [thumbsup]
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I finished this one....
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And have been working on this one....
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:( Currently half way through Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Makes me thankful that I was born in the 1950's, and not the 1850's. Also Classic Bike, Practical Classics, and a few other old bike mags.
Hemingway on Fishing, good stuff!
(especially since I just fukn finished that fricking Twilight series)
Just finished Band of Brothers by S. Ambrose and a Clive Cussler book. Now onto The Imperial Cuise by James Bradley .
Oh. Motorcycle related. Nope.
I usually depise reading, but I can't put down Game of Thrones. I'm on the 3rd book in 4 months, at about 1000 pages each. Also get every car magazine monthly.
As for bike books, I have nothing yet but I've heard Twist the Throttle (I think?) is a good read. I need to check out something bike related soon
Quote from: Steve.In.Atlanta on December 07, 2011, 07:51:02 PM
Guess I might as well mention Steven King's 11.22.63 I read at the beach during Thanksgiving. Was a really fun story even though it was 850 pages and not one picture.
I started this book (free preview). Does it get better after the first chapter? Cuz I'm hooked and will buy soon.
Sorry guys.
this is basically NMC
Read the entire Horatio Hornblower series, now reading the Master and Commander series. You guys should all rush out and buy "Dead On" thru Paladin Press - I can use the royalties! You don't even have to read it!
Just finished John Grisham " The Litigators"
The beginning is very funny.
I'm reading The Good German.
Feed is on deck. This sounds like a good one.
Murray Rothbard's 'The Mystery of Banking.'
The Night Eagles Soared
"Lost in Shangri-La" by Mitchell Zuckoff
True story and one of the best books I've read in a long time.
Also, for the untreatable gearhead, recently finished a Lindsay Publications reprint from 1908 "Engineering Reminiscenses" by Charles T. Porter, about the development and commercialization of the steam engine. Surprisingly well written by a guy who was right there in the middle of it.
Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
Atlas Shrugged
Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
Atlas Shrugged
The Ducati Monster Bible by Ian Falloon
also 007 Carte Blanche by Jeffrey Deaver
(just finished the Troy trilogy by David Gemmell.....that was excellent)
"Area 51" by Annie Jacobsen was a good read.....
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution by Francis Fukuyama
Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon.
As for Atlas Shugged - “Two novels can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other involves orcs.â€
I enjoyed 'The Fountainhead,' and it was influential in my late-teens thinking. Probably partly responsible for how I think about things today, though I never considered myself an "objectivist" and have moved further on down the road from that since.
I had to put down 'Atlast Shrugged' shortly after starting part three, as I got too frustrated with Rand's steadfast refusal to just make a point and move on with the story. Too much repetitive hammering-home of her politics to be a enjoyable as a novel, and far too long to be enjoyable as a political tract.
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on December 09, 2011, 09:21:23 PM
As for Atlas Shugged - “Two novels can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other involves orcs.â€
I LOVE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!! May I "borrow" it?
Quote from: zarn02 on December 10, 2011, 01:35:53 AM
I had to put down 'Atlast Shrugged' shortly after starting part three, as I got too frustrated with Rand's steadfast refusal to just make a point and move on with the story. Too much repetitive hammering-home of her politics to be a enjoyable as a novel, and far too long to be enjoyable as a political tract.
I'd be lying if I didn't admit to skipping PAGES of the same thing being said over and over different ways in both The Fountainhead and Atlas.
Secondly the hero's in both novels are too "perfect" for my tastes but I'll definitely take them over the villians (looters/takers). It is interesting to see how the hero's overcome the obstacles placed before them.
Mark
Quote from: yamifixer on December 10, 2011, 05:02:32 AM
I LOVE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!! May I "borrow" it?
It's not my quote, so feel free.
Read this week's issue of time. Really good article about how Fiat's changed Chrysler and how they've already paid back the bailout money with interest 5 years early.
Also read the latest issue of Wired.
Waiting for Christmas to see if I get any books off my wish list.
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Joseph Conrad kick this month, "Heart of Darkness" amongst others.
Interesting ARticle on 357, 44 and 50 caliber ballistics report
The American Bungalow 1880-1930
Got Jupiter's Travels for Xmas.
FREAKONOMICS
Three on the nightstand right now:
Nixonland
Mad Cowboy
The Log From The Sea Of Cortez
John T. Flynn - The Decline of the American Republic
Reading - iWoz ( Biography of Steve Wozniak ). What a great engineer and principled man he is.
Next on my public library reserve
"War is a racket"
I just started a new one called Codes of the Underworld, discussing the methods of communication criminals use when you can't openly communicate about criminal activities. I have high hopes for it, but am only about 15 pages in so far.
I am picking up The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov again for the third and probably last time
its the one book I would choose if I was given only one book to have and read in this life
it is...ummmm.......epic
was reading an interesting piece on BB&T Bank and their Ayn Rand corporate culture/philosophy
also noted that they refuse to fund/finance development of any properties seized under eminent domain statutes
thought that was kind of principled
Quote from: cupcake on December 13, 2011, 10:45:28 PM
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
This is hilarious. [thumbsup]
I didn't think I'd like it and only read it because my wife downloaded it to my Kindle and it was the only thing on it that I hadn't read during a long flight. Turned out to be a good read.
nutrition facts :P
Bart D. Ehrman's "Forged" - (forgeries in the Bible) and the "King James Bible".
And a Dodge SRT-4 production manual - so as to better maintain my daughter's car.
And Michael Lewis, "The Big Short".
And Michael Lewis, "Boomerang".
LA
Right now I'm reading the Steve Jobs bio.
But...if I'm going to suggest a book:
Recently read this
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Great read. I've been diving into learning more about cancer lately (family reasons), but this is a great narrative...you don't have to be all that interested in the topic to enjoy it.
Spent the last three days just a few miles to the west of Fort Apache & the White Mountain Apache Reservation, I thought it was a good time to start in on a book I'd received for Christmas:
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Interesting read so far; Davis was the head of Indian scouts during campaigns to capture or kill Geronimo in Arizona & Mexico.
My daughter gave me " The Ducati Monster Bible" by Ian Fallon for Christmas!!!
Made great reading...
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=54042.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=54042.0)
War is a racket - by Brigadier Smedley D Butler.
Lysander Spooner - No Treason
The New York Times Book Review
Just started on Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King.
I have literally read EVERYTHING else by Mr. King but only just started reading the Dark Tower series.
After that, I have 5 or 6 more books that I was given as Christmas presents to go along with my shiny new Kindle Fire.
ZLT- I think I've said it before but I'll say it again. In the last book of the DT when SK says if you like the ending please stop here. PLEASE STOP HERE. Not worth it to read the rest.
I know you will (everyone does) but try not too. Wish I wouldn't have.
Getting the reading bug back. Finally.
Recently finished "The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz, and Keith Richards' autobiography.
Currently reading:
"Profit before people" by Noam Chomsky (incredible....the intro alone changed my view of our world)
The God who is there" by Francis Shaeffer
Just glad I'm interested in reading again. I already bought another Chomsky book and I'm barely into the first.