What are you reading?
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Posted 28 March 2004 - 10:40 PM
#2
Posted 28 March 2004 - 10:56 PM
I'm also dipping in and out of Eddie Fiegel's biography of John Barry.
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Posted 28 March 2004 - 11:25 PM
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Posted 28 March 2004 - 11:28 PM
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Posted 28 March 2004 - 11:37 PM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 12:18 AM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 12:24 AM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 12:29 AM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 12:54 AM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 01:21 AM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 02:55 AM
#12
Posted 29 March 2004 - 03:13 AM
I have been skimming through several Ian Fleming biographies for an article I'm writing for CBn's mainpage. I suppose that counts for something.
#13
Posted 29 March 2004 - 05:23 AM
So what does Allen D think about Israel? I'd love to know...I think Israel has made some terrible mistakes but the American media establishment won't tolerate any critiscism of Israel....just curious...I'm currently reading "The Case For Israel" by Alan Dershowitz, and re-reading "Stars and Bars" by William Boyd. Thinking about tucking into John Updike's "Rabbit" saga, which I picked up the other day. Have never read it, but have read only good things about it - would love to read CBners' opinions on it.
#14
Posted 29 March 2004 - 07:27 AM
My next book will be Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo.
#15
Posted 29 March 2004 - 07:31 AM
Wherebouts did you track down a copy of that dark? Ive been searching on the coast for years, but have had no luck whatsoever (not even the local libraries have it)I've kind of stalled on Colonel Sun. Been a while since I've read any of it.
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 11:31 AM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 11:40 AM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 11:44 AM
I've not read too much of the book, but it appears to be - no, there's no "appears" about it, it is - a passionate defence of Israel, attempting to rebuff some of the more common (and, some say, anti-semitic) charges against the Jewish state.So what does Allen D think about Israel? I'd love to know...I think Israel has made some terrible mistakes but the American media establishment won't tolerate any critiscism of Israel....just curious...
Jim, who's "Why Does Everyone Hate America?" by, then? I've just done a search on the title, but can't seem to find any info.
#19
Posted 29 March 2004 - 11:47 AM
And now I'll stop showing off
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 11:48 AM
#21
Posted 29 March 2004 - 11:55 AM
Oh, I get it now....
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 02:53 PM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 03:48 PM
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 03:51 PM
#25
Posted 30 March 2004 - 02:48 AM
Although I already knew how it ended. Curses.
#26
Posted 30 March 2004 - 03:22 AM
Yep, the title is indeed "Why Do People Hate America?" (can't remember the author, though).Might be misquoting the title (it fell off the yacht into the bay of Naples...sounds flash, huh?). Might be an "everybody" instead of "everyone". Might, on reflection, be "why do people hate America"? Picked it up last week at a second-hand English language bookshop in Rome.
Coincidentally, I acquired my copy last year in Ancona, passing the time while waiting for the Athens boat. Obviously a prominent book in Italy.
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Posted 30 March 2004 - 10:57 AM
#28
Posted 30 March 2004 - 11:52 AM
I'm a bit vague on this, but didn't Kingsley Amis also write a "biography" of Bond? Might it also be considered part of the literary series?Just finished Moonraker and am slowly moving through James Bond The Authorised Biography by John Pearson. To be honest, it's not as entertaining as I thought it would be but I'm only reading it as I consider it part of the novel series.
And what do people think of the chances of Amis' and Pearson's books coming back into print?
#29
Posted 30 March 2004 - 12:04 PM
I'd love to see both of them come back into print since they were some of the first of their kind, books about the Bond novels. Always interesting.
#30
Posted 30 March 2004 - 08:07 PM