Robert Britton
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Fantastic series!Finished Dune again, so wenr on to a re-read of Dune Messiah - about 3/4 way through
Fantastic series!Finished Dune again, so wenr on to a re-read of Dune Messiah - about 3/4 way through
I think it's crucial to get the right translation. Some of them are really stilted with poor word choices, and it takes you out of the story.I found it slow in the beginning and I gave up on it. Does it get better or is it just not my cup of tea?
I'm with you on that one Buddy, I prefer to listen than readI cheat by listening to rather than reading books, and usually while driving or hiking. Some recent ones are:
Metamorphosis, by Ovid, and as wryly humerus as it was two millennia ago
Candide, by Voltaire, which shows you can be banished, excommunicated, and numerous other bad things if you write a really good satire
The History of the English Speaking Peoples - Volume 1, by Churchill, who documents the three years between the Roman invasion of England and the reformation that the British weren’t fighting themselves or others
I’ll likely pick up Dune once Audible has another one of their terrific sales.
When i saw that title my first thought was Patrick McManus."There's a Porcupine in My Outhouse" by Michael J. Tougias
I was in Berlin several years ago and in a book shop picked up a book on the Nazis in Berlin. Interesting, the gave points I never read before. 1) Berliners did not like or trust him. Hilter's base was Munich. 2) It wasn't until Stalin's agents disrupted businesses in Berlin and elsewhere that the people of Berlin got scared about Communist subversion and the "little corporal's" message started to appeal to them. Little did they realize his true megalomania until it was too late. Bottom line: Communist subversion, directed by Stalin also played a huge role in Hitler rise to power.
Got this from the local library. It's not the text of the book, rather it's an analysis that goes into the conditions and events that surrounded it. As I've been in a WWII kick right now, I figured I needed to check it out.
It clearly sets out the conditions that led up to this and the rise of the Nazi party. Very sobering!
This book makes it clear that the original 2-volume set of "Mein Kampf" was a disjointed and disassociated collection of rants, yet clearly spells out the blueprint that Hitler followed on his misguided and destructive quest for world domination.
No Cheers!
RR
Good to know. I was there in 2016 and being somewhere written about makes it more interesting.Just re-read this for a second time-
A very comprehensive account of the Islay distilleries, complete with many detailed chapters of the nature and accounts of the Illeachs (native residents) who reside there.
The author Andrew Jefford is well spoken and has obviously done his homework. I say this due to having visited Islay in '01 for the Whisky Festival over the course of a full week, where I was fortunate to tour all of the distilleries on a very personal basis.
Jefford's accounts are spot on, and his narrative is engaging and informative. In short, if one is an Islay aficionado this is a must read.
Highly recommended!
Cheers,
RR
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