So, watcha' reading?

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

not reading, but listening to "A man named Trent" Louis L'amour western.

[Moonshadow]

Whoa, I can't believe this thread has gone silent for almost a month! I know you are all reading stuff! I'll get us going again. This is the book I am about 2/3 of the way through:



All about summer 1964, in Mississippi, and the struggle for African Americans to be able to vote and be a part of our democracy. I think it ought to be required reading at every high school and/or college in America. The hatred and violence that was institutionalized in Mississippi is simply unbelievable. Thank God for the brave souls who fought for justice.

OK, who's next?

[Pauspy]

I just finished reading "The Tsar's Last Armada" by Constantine Pleshakov. It's the story of the naval battle between the Russians and the Japanese at Tsushima in 1904-05. A relatively little known battle nowadays, but the situation contained all the Imperial meddling and positioning that was endemic in Europe at the time when practically every royal family was related to each other. Long before the actual Russian Revolution in 1917, this event shook the empire and influenced geo-political history for years to come. It was also a tragic tale of a horribly out-classed Russian fleet and the mixture of brave and incompetant leaders it struggled with. Excellent book, I highly recommend it for history buffs.

I just started "The Shakespeare Riots" by Nigel Cliff. The story of rioting in New York based around two Shakesperian actors who were playing in the city at the same time, and English actor and an American actor. Amazing things like this happened!!

[CreepysFan]

   

  Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar  by  Edgar Rice Burroughs

[Bogey]

[Moonshadow]

Yes, people are posting again -and what nice variety of reading material! Thanks guys -let's see more!

[BaronLatos35]

My grandfather worked for United Fruit Company when they lived in Honduras.



Love this movie. I want to find the sequel "After Hours" which most of the first movie with Pacino and Penn is based on. (The other DVD movie was disappointing)

Needless to say I've started both of these books last night.

[Inkfink]

   

  Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar  by  Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs... Tarzan and Pellucidar hold a special place in my heart... especially with those paperbacks with the Neal Adams and Frank Frazetta covers.   

[typhooforme]

Still.working.on.the.AUTOBIOGRAPHY.OF.MARK.TWAIN,.vol.1.(700.pp.approx)!--Great.stuff!

But.taking.breaks.to.read:.CONFESSIONS.OF.A.SCREAM.QUEEN.by.Matt.Beckoff

and

Barry.Humphries'.THE.LIFE.AND.DEATH.OF.SANDY.STONE.

[Fester]

Thames the Biography

By Peter Ackroyd

[MDG]

Queenpin by Megan Abbott

[zombiehorror]

The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

[Street Worm]

Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein

[Bonomo]

Been reading a number of horror stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[Halloween Jeff]

Hey Zombie -

that sounds like a great book.....Ed Gein make the list?


Bizarro Jeff