Recommend some books

[fimm]

I am after some recommendations of books to read. Non fiction, please, but otherwise I am being deliberately vague in the hope of getting some suggestions outside of the sort of thing I would usually look at.

If vague doesn't work I'll come back and be less vague!

So, what non-fiction have you enjoyed recently?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Reach for the Skys
127 hours
You've gone too far this time sir.
J.R.RTolkiens Biography.
Billions and Billions.

 

[coffeejo]

Currently reading Colditz: The German Viewpoint. Fascinating stuff, especially as the author wasn't a Nazi and spent the pre-war years as a teacher trying to foster international understanding and relations with exchanges etc.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

That sounds like an extremely interesting read.

Currently reading Colditz: The German Viewpoint. Fascinating stuff, especially as the author wasn't a Nazi and spent the pre-war years as a teacher trying to foster international understanding and relations with exchanges etc.

 

[ohnovino]

I've just finished Sid Watkins' first book "Life at the Limits". He used to be the main doctor for Formula One, and if you're remotely interested in motor racing it's well worth a read. Not exactly a literary great, but some of his anecdotes are fascinating.

 

[Silver Fox]

How Hard Can It Be by one Mr J Clarkson.

 

[Night Train]

I'm currently reading 'The Composting Toilet System Book' by David Del Porto and Carol Steinfeld.

 

[Soltydog]

Last week I read 'Just a boy' by Richard McCann. He's a son of the first victim of the yorkshire ripper
I'm not a big reader, but started reading this & couldn't put it down

 

[leyburnrunner]

re-reading tim moore's 'french revolutions' which is pretty apt with the TDF just over the horizon.

 

[Dave Davenport]

Persian Fire- Tom Holland

If you like history it's a real page turner.

1000 years of annoying the French - Stephen Clarke

Very entertaining and informative.

 

[Svendo]

Agent Zig Zag, dodgey con man escape's prison in wartime by becoming most effective double agent; or did he?

True WWII story from author of Operation Mincemeat.

 

[coffeejo]

re-reading tim moore's 'french revolutions' which is pretty apt with the TDF just over the horizon.

Lol, I've just finished that. In a similar vein is Polly Evans "It's not about the tapas", where she cycles round Spain. Would also recommend Moore's "Do Not Pass Go".

Angelfishsolo, if you can find a copy, it's well worth it, especially if you read it alongside Pat Reid's books. I really must have another bash at reading Airey Neave's "They Have Their Exits". Great 'story', but the style disagrees with me

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I have recently read two rather large but brilliant histories, that coincidentally follow on from each other, although I read them the other way around: Mark Mazower's Hitler's Empire and Tony Judt's Postwar.

 

[Globalti]

Here: https://www.cyclechat.net/

 

[Michiel]

Only non-fiction books that I have been reading lately are mostly to do with computers .. "sed & awk", "learning the bash shell" and "pro-git" probably the stuff that sends anyone but me to sleep. Actually come to think of it ...

"Soldier", which is an autobiography by General Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, which was an interesting read, and I am about three-quarters through.

"Arnhem 1944" by William F. Buckingham .. since both that period of time and operation market garden hold special interest to me.

"What if", edited by Robert Cowley ... which is an old one, but started to read after discussing some alternative scenarios with a friend for her history class.


So .. I guess my "only" was not quite true

That's not counting the fictional books which I also avidly read