Both are great books. I loved The Billionaire's Vinegar". I am sure you will enjoy both.
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Both are great books. I loved The Billionaire's Vinegar". I am sure you will enjoy both.
Thanks Doc. It's not that I have been sitting in front of the boobtube all day, i haven't posted reading for a while. Here's what's been keeping me occupied:
a slew of Irish dectective/police procedurals from Ken Bruen, Mick Herron and Alan Glynn-
Max Hastings 'Retribution'- I read his Battle for Berlin previously; this one is about the wind-up of the war (the big one, aka WWII) in the Pacific. Like the Berlin book, it covers all fronts, from interviews with soldiers on the ground to strategy at a high level, correspondence, intelligence intercepts and gives you a very good sense of what was happening. This is what a good history should be- and it is emminently readable.
a slew of Irish dectective/police procedurals from Ken Bruen, Mick Herron and Alan Glynn-
Max Hastings 'Retribution'- I read his Battle for Berlin previously; this one is about the wind-up of the war (the big one, aka WWII) in the Pacific. Like the Berlin book, it covers all fronts, from interviews with soldiers on the ground to strategy at a high level, correspondence, intelligence intercepts and gives you a very good sense of what was happening. This is what a good history should be- and it is emminently readable.
Everest Base Camp trek is on my bucket list. Was going to try to get it together for this October, but don't think it will happen. In my younger days I did a bit of climbing: Mt. Robson twice, Whitney, Ranier, ice climbing in New England while living there in the 80's. The highest I ever got was Popocapatel in Mexico at around 18,000 ft. Kids, jobs, too much good food and wine, a serious illness have pretty much grounded me. I still would like to do the Everest trek though. The idea of flying into Luk La airport is a little scary. One runway, going uphill on landing and downhill on takeoff. Recently voted the world's most dangerous airport.
Yep, I researched the same trip and likewise have health issues that could potentially be aggravated by altitude. I wasn't quite as ambitious as base camp, though; my thought was, there is a location about 60 miles from the mountain that provides a great view; also, i think some of the hikes (Namesh Bazaar?) are supposed to be cool. Other downside, I guess, was the idea of eating lentils for 30 days.
Have a number of friends that did Katmandu back in the hippie era. Some stayed at the Yak and Yeta. Dunno if that Japanese hotel with the 02 tanks in each room is still around- i thought it was one of the highest hotels in the world, and everything to build it back in the day (the 80's?) had to be sherpa'd up, i think.
Top of the world, ma!
"Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man" by Sylvie Simmons.
Fun bio of one of my favorite singer songwriters...lots of good dish. Like Patti Smith's "Just Kids", it's a virtual travelogue through crative personalities of the 1950's to present. I also had no idea about the prodigious volumes of drugs that he did! I also hadn't realized that Judy Collins was the first to record his songs on her debut in 1966. Here is a video from 1967 of them dueting on "Suzanne"
Prior to that he was a well known poet and writer. This is a great documentary from the CBC in 1965:
Fun bio of one of my favorite singer songwriters...lots of good dish. Like Patti Smith's "Just Kids", it's a virtual travelogue through crative personalities of the 1950's to present. I also had no idea about the prodigious volumes of drugs that he did! I also hadn't realized that Judy Collins was the first to record his songs on her debut in 1966. Here is a video from 1967 of them dueting on "Suzanne"
Prior to that he was a well known poet and writer. This is a great documentary from the CBC in 1965:
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Just finished The Cowboy and the Cossack by Clair Huffaker. In the same genre as Shane / The Virginian / Lonesome Dove / Riders of the Purple Sage - if you enjoy Cowboy novels, you'll enjoy this one. It's about 15 Montana cowboys delivering a herd of long horns to Russia and the Cossacks that come to meet them and escort them.
Isn't amazing how relevant his insights are two millenia later? Our toys get better, but human nature is unchanging.
Read Erasmus "The Praise of Folly". Written in 1509 in Latin - could have been yesterday.
I finally got around to reading Dan Brown's Inferno. Not bad but far from good. An interesting read with the postulate being world population and its ever increasing numbers such that mankind could become extinct unless some form of world culling of the population takes place and the rush to prevent a madman from carrying out such a plan. As always in Brown's books the story is filled with symbolism and history.
It has the potential to be a very good movie
It has the potential to be a very good movie
Just finished
Neil Young: Waging Heavy Peace
Randy Bachman: Vinyl Tap Stories
Reading now:
David Baldacci: The Forgotten
John Grisham: The Racketeer
Neil Young: Waging Heavy Peace
Randy Bachman: Vinyl Tap Stories
Reading now:
David Baldacci: The Forgotten
John Grisham: The Racketeer
I took my buddies advice and re-read Catcher In The Rye as a prelude to seeing the movie Salinger which I am seeing tomorrow
Interesting book to read after so many years
It reminded me in so many ways of Ferris Bueller's Day Off
I'm looking forward to seeing Salinger
Interesting book to read after so many years
It reminded me in so many ways of Ferris Bueller's Day Off
I'm looking forward to seeing Salinger
That one is in my queue. Did you ever get to The Patriarch? I highly recommend David Simon's two non-fiction books that eventually formed the basis for his production of the TV series, The Wire. One is about his experience being 'embedded' with the Baltimore homicide department for a year; the other, called The Corner, involved him hanging with the homies slinging drugs on the street for a year. Together, these books explain a huge amount about the poor, the 'war on drugs,' and why none of the social programs address the real problems (and can't).*
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*Non-political statement disclaimer.
