You guys read anything decent lately. Rarely ever read nowadays but chasing up a few decent ideas for between beach sessions.
Cheers
Endurance - it's about Ernest Shackeltons trip to the Antarctic in 1917. And then read the story of "The Forgotten Men" who were laying the food dumps for the crossing of Antartica which Shackleton never used because his ship was crushed in the ice.
You like funny novels? Anything by Charles Palahniuk. He wrote Fight Club, but the rest of his stuff is much funnier.
Assuming novels a few classics
Albert Camus - The plague
Knut Hamsun - Growth of the Soil
Jose Saramago - The Cave
Or something a bit more easygoing or closer to home
Peter Watt
Nevil Shute
Barry Maitland
Peter Corris
John Birmingham's Falafel series before he went SCI-fi silly
a few more details might help, there are books about books
get your local or state library online and download whatever looks good
Thanks for the ideas guys. Generally speaking I go for non fiction (though as I mentioned it's been a long time between books). The last book I read and really enjoyed was Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson.
I have read Peter Fitzsimmons books and like the mix of fiction and non-fiction in his writing.
The book - Endurance looks to be in line with these style of books. Not into science fiction.
"Why we sleep" by Matthew Walker. You'll never think about sleep the same way again.
Just been away working in a place with no reception or wi-fi
I had a lot of down time so decided to read
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M Pirsig
I'm really enjoying it and it is well written.
Other suggestions are
Guns, Germ's and Steel and collapse by Jarod Diamond
Try Books by Robert G Barret very funny ,try the fun don't done or high noon in Nimbin . Tales of the adventures of Les Norton a big redheaded Queenslander who goes to Sydney to escape troubles in his home town .Also worth watching it on the ABC did a short series based on the novels .Les Norton .
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Endurance - it's about Ernest Shackeltons trip to the Antarctic in 1917. And then read the story of "The Forgotten Men" who were laying the food dumps for the crossing of Antartica which Shackleton never used because his ship was crushed in the ice.
Its 'the lost men' by Kelly Tyler Lewis, and agree its an epic read! Better story than the Endurance expedition in some ways.
And if you liked Shadow Divers then you would probably enjoy anything by Jon Krakauer. Choose
something that interests you (or something that doesn't, he is an amazing writer and worth reading)
I'd recommend a book simply titled "The Wisdom of Carantoc".
Not yet in print but soon to be released and I had an advanced copy to proof read. It proof-ed to be awesome.
Pretty long read and deep stuff in there, not for the faint hearted.
Realize we are not allowed to advertise on these forums so just to say you can pre-order a copy by sending $50 via Weston Union to the Nigerian publishing house.
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Its 'the lost men' by Kelly Tyler Lewis, and agree its an epic read! Better story than the Endurance expedition in some ways.
I'll get a copy. Trouble with the Endurance yarn is you'll be up all night and won't get much sailing done the next day.
Along similar lines, but with a few handy put-it-down-for-a-bit opportunities , is "The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins, Australia's greatest explorer" by Peter Fitzsimons.
For those who fancy themselves rolling endlessly across the sandy outback, (judging by the adventure vehicles running around town with the orange breakfast trays on the roof, quite a few do) then Libyan Sands by Ralph Bagnold is worth reading.
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non fiction
Lawrence Wright, Sebastian Junger, Mark Bowden...
second the peter Fitzsimmons books. Eureka (stockade), Ned Kelly, Batavia has some gruesome treatment of slaves, all great reads. Only thing is they are tombesize, might not give you much time for sightseeing.
For a bit of maritime fiction, CS Forester's Hornblower series is just like watching the telly series.
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Endurance - it's about Ernest Shackeltons trip to the Antarctic in 1917. And then read the story of "The Forgotten Men" who were laying the food dumps for the crossing of Antartica which Shackleton never used because his ship was crushed in the ice.
Its 'the lost men' by Kelly Tyler Lewis, and agree its an epic read! Better story than the Endurance expedition in some ways.
Ooh, sorry! I haven't read that one @crusoe but the Kelly Tyler Lewis one is a great read.
also on the Sir Hubert Wilkins front, 'The Last Explorer' was an excellent read, I find Peter Fitzsimmons a bit heavy but haven't read his take on it.
and for other adventurous historical yarns, 'The lost city of Z', 'the great arc' (amazing book' and 'a thread across the ocean'.
The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille, about the North Shore of Long Island , NY. A great read.
I agree with the Charles Palahniuk suggestion as well as Camus' The plague, and I'd also add The Stranger.. and Sartre's Age of Reason.
Motley Crue -The Dirt, just for something different.
One of my absolute fave's and it's nice and short, Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea.
And surf-related, hard to beat Finnegan's Barbarian Days. Could also toss in Chas Smith's Welcome to Paradise, Now go to Hell and Cocaine and Surfing. From memory, Welcome to paradise, now go to hell is also on the shorter side.
Continuing the surf theme, David Davis' Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku and Stuart Holmes Coleman's Eddie Would Go: The Story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero and Pioneer of Big Wave Surfing.
If you like travel writing, try The Best of A. A. Gill.
Also The Lincoln Highway by Amor Townes - American road trip story set in the 1950's.
The road cormac mcarthy
Or blood meridian
which makes the road seem like a kids bedtime story
Anyine read?
Stalking Claremont by Bret christian.great read, how they caught a Perth nutter.
Sugar Man. The true story behind the Academy award-winning documentary, Searching for Sugar Man
Myscreename ypu are an odd dude. I posted that i really liked a doco and that id never heard the music before and we had a thread about it.
You"ve since mentioned it quite a lot of times like its some massive burn or running joke.
Even nade that AI image. I think you're trying to be clever or witty like carantoc but i just dont think you have the talent Also i dont know if u have a thing about me. I dont visit or post that often anymore. Your username is a lot like mine and i seem to evoke responses from you..
For fiction fans, the new Steve Toltz novel "Here Goes Nothing" is a riot. You've got an atheist who finds himself in the afterlife and then sets himself up as a ghost to haunt his wife and child and the man who has moved in. All this is happening against a backdrop of a disease that is almost always fatal and highly transmissable, so the residents of the afterlife are mobilising against all the "refugees"
About $30 in paper or half that in an ebook
My local library (and presumeably all libraries) has all of their eboooks and audiobooks linked to an app called borrowbox. U use your library no. Can download the latest audio books and ebooks free. Works like a library the pay for x copies you might need to reserve a title but it auto notifys you and downloads automatically once available Works in android auto/ apple car play.
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My local library (and presumeably all libraries) has all of their eboooks and audiobooks linked to an app called borrowbox. U use your library no. Can download the latest audio books and ebooks free. Works like a library the pay for x copies you might need to reserve a title but it auto notifys you and downloads automatically once available Works in android auto/ apple car play.
You must have a very good library. Borrowbox where I am has bugger all and the search function is terrible. I don't mind paying for a title if it makes a bit of money for the author
There's also a magazine lending service called Libby that gives you magazines hot off the presses without having to wait for other people to read and return them. So I get New Scientist every saturday for free
