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Title: Favorite Books?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 27 July 2009, 21:42:09
A partner in Crime has given me the idea to post this thread ;)
So here are a few of my fav's :y

George R R Martin - Song of Ice and Fire
Bernard Cornwell - The Grail Quests
David Gemmell - The Drenai Novels
Jeffrey Archer - A Matter of Honor
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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 27 July 2009, 21:43:16
Beano and Dandy Anuals.   ::)
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Post by: albitz on 27 July 2009, 21:48:16
Clapton the autobiography .                                  
Gilles Villenueve- by Ian Donaldson.
Joey Dunlop - by Jimmy Walker
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Post by: Kevin Wood on 27 July 2009, 21:54:06
Four stroke performance tuning - Graham Bell. :y

I don't really do fiction. ;D

Kevin
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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 27 July 2009, 21:55:21
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Dialectecal materialism and its relevance in a post modernist neomarxist society- by I.B pretentious. ;) :D

Or Joey Dunlop-by Jimmy Walker.
Gilles Villenueve- by Maurice Hamilton.

A brilliant one if you like sport is "Its not about the bike" Lance Armstrong :y
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Post by: Welung666 on 27 July 2009, 21:58:11
At the moment as I'm starting to look at the Morris Minor on the trailer I'm reading pleanty of http://www.mig-welding.co.uk along with 'Tuning the A-Series' by David Vizard and 'The Original Morris Minor' by Ray Newell ;D ;D
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Post by: albitz on 27 July 2009, 21:59:05
I hate sport,just love motorsport. ;D ;D :y
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Post by: mantahatch on 27 July 2009, 22:04:33
My favourite fiction book is by L Ron Hubbard and is called Battlefield Earth.  :)
It is a fantastic read, sadly the film they made of it was absolutly pathetic,   >:(and did the book no justice. Sadly this is true of many films made from books.
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Post by: mantahatch on 27 July 2009, 22:06:31
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At the moment as I'm starting to look at the Morris Minor on the trailer I'm reading pleanty of http://www.mig-welding.co.uk along with 'Tuning the A-Series' by David Vizard and 'The Original Morris Minor' by Ray Newell ;D ;D


Much easier to drop in the B series engine and box as fitted to Marina/MGB.  ;D
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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 27 July 2009, 22:07:44
I read The Bourne Trilogy loved the books but prefered the Films, its a first though I must admit :)
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Post by: Dishevelled Den on 27 July 2009, 22:09:50
Chronicals of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Stephen Donaldson

Choice of Kipling Verse made by T S Eliot

As I Walked Out one Midsummer Morning - Laurie Lee

Home From The Hill - Hilary Hook

My Turn at The Bully Pulpit - Greta van Susteren
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 27 July 2009, 22:14:18
Fiction:
No Highway - Neville Shute
On The Beach - Neville Shute
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The Partner - John Grisham
Bomb Run  - Spencer Dunmore
The Commitments - Roddy Doyle
Blackpool Highflyer - Andrew Martin
A Metropolitam Murder - Lee Jackson
The Railway Viaduct - Edward Marston
The Railway Detective - Edward Marston
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens


Non-Fiction:
Churchill: A Life - Martin Gilbert
Elizabeth The Queen - Allison Weir
Queen Victoria - Elizabeth Longford
Trafalgar - Tom Pocock
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William Shirer
To Destroy A City - Hermann Knell
The Longest Day - Cornelius Ryan
Battle of Britain - Derek Wood & Derek Dempster
The Battle of Britain Then and Now - Winston Ramsey
 Jutland 1916 - Nigel Steel & Peter Hart
Titanic Voices - Donald Hyslop, Alastair Forsyth & Sheila Jemima
MacMillan - Alistair Horne

Plus many, many more, especially numerous railway history publications 8-) 8-) ;) ;)
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Post by: LJay on 27 July 2009, 22:16:12
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A partner in Crime has given me the idea to post this thread ;)
So here are a few of my fav's :y

George R R Martin - Song of Ice and Fire
Bernard Cornwell - The Grail Quests
David Gemmell - The Drenai Novels
Jeffrey Archer - A Matter of Honor

Who might that be then Loo knee???

Seriously though 'song of ice and fire' is a fab book! Sadly you won't have to pay me for it now! ;)
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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 27 July 2009, 22:17:55
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A partner in Crime has given me the idea to post this thread ;)
So here are a few of my fav's :y

George R R Martin - Song of Ice and Fire
Bernard Cornwell - The Grail Quests
David Gemmell - The Drenai Novels
Jeffrey Archer - A Matter of Honor

Who might that be then Bog Roll???

Seriously though 'song of ice and fire' is a fab book! Sadly you won't have to pay me for it now! ;)

Told you it was good :y I have started reading them again myself now after telling you :-*
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Post by: Vamps on 28 July 2009, 00:36:46
'The Secret Seven' and when I get older I will read the 'Famous Five'    :y
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Post by: Banjax on 28 July 2009, 08:54:00
fiction
Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series
Stephen King - The Stand
Raymond E. Feist - The Magician
Clive Barker - Weaveworld
Frank Miller - The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller - Batman: Year One
Frank Miller - Daredevil run in the early 80's
Alan Moore - Watchmen
Art Spiegelman - Maus

non-fiction
Steven D.Levitt & Stephen J.Dubner - Freakonomics
Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion
Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman - How Not To Write A Novel
David Niven - The Moon's A Balloon
John McCabe - Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy
John O'Farrell - An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots In Charge

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Post by: Martin_1962 on 28 July 2009, 09:49:35
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My favourite fiction book is by L Ron Hubbard and is called Battlefield Earth.  :)
It is a fantastic read, sadly the film they made of it was absolutly pathetic,   >:(and did the book no justice. Sadly this is true of many films made from books.


I thought it was quite poor

Much prefer the classic authors such as Clark & Asimov
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Post by: samrey4u on 28 July 2009, 11:15:27
Classic for you all Fly fishing by J.R HARTLEY he he :P :D :D :D :D ::) ;)
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Post by: bob.dent on 28 July 2009, 12:09:15
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fiction
Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series
Stephen King - The Stand
Raymond E. Feist - The Magician
Clive Barker - Weaveworld
Frank Miller - The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller - Batman: Year One
Frank Miller - Daredevil run in the early 80's
Alan Moore - Watchmen
Art Spiegelman - Maus

non-fiction
Steven D.Levitt & Stephen J.Dubner - Freakonomics
Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion
Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman - How Not To Write A Novel
David Niven - The Moon's A Balloon
John McCabe - Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy
John O'Farrell - An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots In Charge


Fantastic book! :y

Have you read the other books in the "Riftwars" series? Read them all a year or two back and found them impossible to put down.

Just about anything by Wilbur Smith is a top read too. :y
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Post by: cam2502 on 28 July 2009, 15:47:21
anything by jack ketchum.
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Post by: Ziad on 28 July 2009, 16:06:52
Mine are:

Isaac Asimov - Fantastic Voyage II Destination Brain
Dan Brown - Angels and Demons
Jules Verne - 20000 Leagues Under the Sea book series
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 28 July 2009, 16:20:21
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Mine are:

Isaac Asimov - Fantastic Voyage II Destination Brain
Dan Brown - Angels and Demons
Jules Verne - 20000 Leagues Under the Sea book series

Just got hold of a copy of  that one, but have'nt started reading it yet. ::) ::) :D
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Post by: Ziad on 28 July 2009, 17:42:42
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Mine are:

Isaac Asimov - Fantastic Voyage II Destination Brain
Dan Brown - Angels and Demons
Jules Verne - 20000 Leagues Under the Sea book series

Just got hold of a copy of  that one, but have'nt started reading it yet. ::) ::) :D

It's a good one. You should finish the reading Lizzy. I loved it  :y
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Post by: cam2502 on 28 July 2009, 18:03:51
agreed. better than the da vindi code. just watched the movie (angels and demons) pretty good imo. :y
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Post by: Richie London on 28 July 2009, 18:18:59
only book ive read since i left school in 1976 is the guvnor, lennie mclaine.
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Post by: Pitchfork on 28 July 2009, 18:20:26
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Chronicals of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Stephen Donaldson

Choice of Kipling Verse made by T S Eliot

As I Walked Out one Midsummer Morning - Laurie Lee

Home From The Hill - Hilary Hook

My Turn at The Bully Pulpit - Greta van Susteren
Agreed!
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Post by: Pitchfork on 28 July 2009, 18:23:14
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
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Post by: Pitchfork on 28 July 2009, 18:24:07
Beowulf!
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Post by: Ziad on 28 July 2009, 18:27:40
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agreed. better than the da vindi code. just watched the movie (angels and demons) pretty good imo. :y

Agreed  :y Much better than the da vinci code! Haven't watched the movie yet. Will sure do it VERY soon  :D :y
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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 28 July 2009, 21:28:13
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only book ive read since i left school in 1976 is the guvnor, lennie mclaine.


Very good book Ritchie if you like that try "King of the Gypsies" about Bartley Gorman they were supposed to fight but didn't.
Another good one "Stop the ride I want to get off" about Dave Courtney that had me in stitches :y
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Post by: mantagte on 28 July 2009, 21:33:00
anything by Terry Pratchett especially if its got rincewind in it
Stephen King _Christine
Stephen king_ The Langoliers
Sven Hassel_ Mount Casino
Clive Cussler_Raise The Titanic
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Post by: Pitchfork on 29 July 2009, 20:02:57
The seven pillars of wisdom :)
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Post by: mars on 29 July 2009, 20:09:41
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Beowulf!

Our local Wetherspoons had a guest beer a few months ago called "Beowulf." It was a pale bitter and must have been ok as I had about 8 pints of it one Sat evening! ;D ;D
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Post by: Bourne on 29 July 2009, 20:12:22
A tale of 2 cities - Charles Dickens - brilliant-from the hoof of the horse to the head of the man!