New Posts For Thread: Books read 2017https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017Skeletons of the Zahara - Dean KingAmerican sailors shipwrecked off the coast of Africa 1815. They say fact is stranger than fiction and this tale of struggle certainly backs that up. Probably 90% of the books I read are history books, but even if yThe Death of Marat is a famous painting, annie. David did many portraits of Bonaparte, all commissioned for propaganda purposes. You may have seen the one where he is standing in full regalia in front of his writing bureau, hand in waistcoat in his chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553438603#553438603The Death of Marat is a famous painting, annie. David did many portraits of Bonaparte, all commissioned for propaganda purposes. You may have seen the one where he is standing in full regalia in front of his writing bureau, hand in waistcoat in his cFri, 26 Jan 2018 16:18:14 -0600That's the first part completed then, dunlaying. You are a glutton for punishment aren't you? I've started to read "Voyage" and am pleasantly surprised by how the writing flows and the vivid imagery of a combatant in WW1. The argot takes me back to thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553438299#553438299That's the first part completed then, dunlaying. You are a glutton for punishment aren't you? I've started to read "Voyage" and am pleasantly surprised by how the writing flows and the vivid imagery of a combatant in WW1. The argot takes me back to tFri, 26 Jan 2018 15:29:44 -0600Almost finished the first of Alistair Campbell's Diaries - Prelude to PowerI can't stand the bloke, but his diaries are an eye-opener.He gives Gordon Brown a good kicking all the way through the first bookhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553438165#553438165Almost finished the first of Alistair Campbell's Diaries - Prelude to PowerI can't stand the bloke, but his diaries are an eye-opener.He gives Gordon Brown a good kicking all the way through the first bookFri, 26 Jan 2018 15:12:06 -0600Du Coté De Chez Swann - ProustThe Genesis Rock - Edwin Corley , a decent yarn but not specialThe Hanged Men - Edwin Corley as David Harper , a lightweight readThe Alienist - Caleb Carr , lunacy and thuggery , child abuse and buggery , rotting corpsehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553437559#553437559Du Coté De Chez Swann - ProustThe Genesis Rock - Edwin Corley , a decent yarn but not specialThe Hanged Men - Edwin Corley as David Harper , a lightweight readThe Alienist - Caleb Carr , lunacy and thuggery , child abuse and buggery , rotting corpseFri, 26 Jan 2018 13:28:11 -0600Giovanni's Room - James BaldwinAnother 'classic' but it is okay and very different to the usual. It was written by a black american homosexual back in 1956 when it was illegal in america and england. Probably why the author went to Paris in his twehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553437131#553437131Giovanni's Room - James BaldwinAnother 'classic' but it is okay and very different to the usual. It was written by a black american homosexual back in 1956 when it was illegal in america and england. Probably why the author went to Paris in his tweFri, 26 Jan 2018 12:31:27 -0600The French RevolutionThe French Revolution is so complicated, so I read it about it again. I wish I had read it before I read 'A place of greater Safety' by hilary mantel which is set in the french revolution - good book by the way.A big coincidencehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553384167#553384167The French RevolutionThe French Revolution is so complicated, so I read it about it again. I wish I had read it before I read 'A place of greater Safety' by hilary mantel which is set in the french revolution - good book by the way.A big coincidenceWed, 17 Jan 2018 13:58:50 -0600The Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieNot that great imho. 6/10.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553381281#553381281The Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieNot that great imho. 6/10.Wed, 17 Jan 2018 02:12:34 -0600I read War of the Worlds at school and thought it was great, a refreshing change to Chaucer where you had to translate every other word.Don't think I want to read Schindler's List. It's war which is dehumanising, it's the intention of propaganda to ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553378113#553378113I read War of the Worlds at school and thought it was great, a refreshing change to Chaucer where you had to translate every other word.Don't think I want to read Schindler's List. It's war which is dehumanising, it's the intention of propaganda to aTue, 16 Jan 2018 13:25:55 -0600Schindler's List - Thomas KeneallyThis is a first in my life, the only book where I have broken down crying my eyes out. My eyes are welling with tears now as I write just thinking about it. Man's Inhumanity to man. And I really would object if somehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553378057#553378057Schindler's List - Thomas KeneallyThis is a first in my life, the only book where I have broken down crying my eyes out. My eyes are welling with tears now as I write just thinking about it. Man's Inhumanity to man. And I really would object if someTue, 16 Jan 2018 13:16:21 -0600Sounds good, I'll look for it on Amazon.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30790403/books-read-2017?post_id=553358301#553358301Sounds good, I'll look for it on Amazon.Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:38:34 -0600