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So right now I'm reading this book, recommended to me by our very own NY_Skinsfan, called [I][URL=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=Wl5QPeWA6A&isbn=0066211735&itm=1]Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terryfing Circumnavigation of the Globe[/URL][/I]

I'm about 200 pages in and it's great so far. Real-life adventure with a lot of first-person accounts. If you read one book this year about Ferdinand Magellan, make it this one.

So anyway, I thought I'd start this thread to see what other people are reading and maybe get an idea of what I should read next

Another good adventure book is They Shall Know Our Velocity. It's about these two friends who spontaneously decide to travel around the world when one of them is left a thousands of dollars and hand the money out randomly.

Right now I'm about 2/3rds through America: The Book by Jon Stewart and company. If all text books were written so well (and falsely!)

getting ready to start [i]The Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship[/i] by David Halberstam. also got a copy of [i]Friday Night Lights[/i] when i bought the DVD at Best Buy last week...plus I have to get Jimmy Buffett's new book [i]A Salty Piece of Land[/i], and i do want to read Jon Stewart's book...i best get crackin'

Also a surprisingly good read is Jenna Jameson's book "How to Make Love like a Porn Star"

[QUOTE=TheMalcolmConnection]Also a surprisingly good read is Jenna Jameson's book "How to Make Love like a Porn Star"[/QUOTE]

I'll bet the movie is better :thumb:

Hahahahaha... I want to see her on "Inside the Actor's Studio" THAT would be classic.

[QUOTE=Daseal]Right now I'm about 2/3rds through America: The Book by Jon Stewart and company. If all text books were written so well (and falsely!)[/QUOTE]

I've got that book, haven't read it yet but I've skimmed through some parts, it looks great

James Lipton is the devil. I hate him.

I am currently reading a series of books called [URL=http://galactic2.net/kjole/NCCA/earthchronicles.html]The Earth Chronicles[/URL]. I am not a big believer in God so this topic is very interesting to me, although I do view these books as fiction (for the skeptics out there). Anyway, if you ever thought of how we all got here, i would suggest reading the first book at least, The Twelfth Planet...I found it very interesting.

I just finished up the James Patterson novel "London Bridges" the sequal book to "The Big Bad Wolf". Both were very good. Highly recomend if you like mystry novels, or if you have ever seen the movies "Kiss the Girls" and "Along Came a Spider" with Morgan Freeman. Patterson's main charicter is Dr. Alex Cross, who Morgan Freeman playes in both movies.

Any how I am not sure as to what I will read next!

i read the new pc magazine in the bathroom yesterday...lol

[QUOTE=SKINSnCANES]i read the new pc magazine in the bathroom yesterday...lol[/QUOTE]

:laughing2 :laughing2 :laughing2

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Has anyone read Duma Key by King? Excellant read!

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Who has a good historical non-fiction they would recommend? I have a Stephen King in the wings, but not quite ready for that yet.

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Right now I'm about to start The Host by Stephanie Meyer.

Her other books are probably a little too girly and young for this crowd (vampire-y) but apparently this is her attempt at sci-fi, so I'm pretty excited.

I also need to pick up the new book by Augusten Burroughs. I'm a big fan of his memoirs.

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I'll recommend a good book that I read some time ago. I have 2 small kids so i don't get much ME time anymore. Freakonomics. Very good book that makes you think about the real reason for certain social issues and opinions. Good book.

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Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East.

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[quote=SKINSnCANES;61796]i read the new pc magazine in the bathroom yesterday...lol[/quote]

I got Sports Illustrated in the mail yesterday and I was reading it in the bathroom today, I was kinda suprised actually because my subscription to SI ended well over a year ago, so I wasn't expecting to see it in the mail. Before that I was reading Robin Hood by Howard Pyle. I love reading that book, I've finished it several times but it never gets old.

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The Warpath, it's a collection of opinions contributed by redskins fans from around the world. Some of the authors are a bit rough around the edges, but its a good read for the most part.

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[quote=Angry;449708]The Warpath, it's a collection of opinions contributed by redskins fans from around the world. Some of the authors are a bit rough around the edges, but its a good read for the most part.[/quote]


Took my idea

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But I am reading Where the Red Fern Grows by: Wilson Rawls read it like 5 or 6 times never gets old.

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I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy not too long ago and loved it. It took some effort for me to get into but by the end I thought it was one of the most moving books I've read in a long time.

It's about a father and son travelling south in a post-apocalyptic US where the majority of the other survivors have resorted to cannibalism. It's not the most original story and there isn't a whole lot of action but it didn't need to be.

One interesting thing: I always try to picture different actors as the characters in books so that I can visualize them better. For The Road I kept picturing Viggo Mortensen as the father for whatever reason, and then I just recently read that this book is going to be turned into a movie and, sure enough, Viggo is playing the lead. I should be a casting director.

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A decently light, nerdy book that I read recently was A Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. He covers the history and important events of just about every range of science category: physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, geology, etc.

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[quote=Angry;449708]The Warpath, it's a collection of opinions contributed by redskins fans from around the world. Some of the authors are a bit rough around the edges, but its a good read for the most part.[/quote]

lol good one

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As of this minute I am reading [I]A Republic in Time: Temporality and Social Imagination in Nineteenth-Century America [/I]by Thomas M. Allen. I wouldn't recommend it for light reading, I'm struggling with it personally ... but since you asked ....

I also just finished Thomas Frank's [I]What's the Matter with Kansas?[/I], which is directed at a more popular audience. More descriptive than analytical and I found it particularly lacking in its historical analysis of the 'Backlash' ideology that he describes, but as a description of the de-coupling of economic class from politics and his characterization of contemporary Kansas as a case of 1890's Populism turned on it's head I found it compelling (though he perhaps takes an overly romantic view of Populism by avoiding - as he does throughout the book - any discussion of race).

If you are interested in making a foray into academic history and also wanted to read about football there is a professor at Oregon State, Michael Oriard, who has written a number of books on the subject. His latest is recently out from UNC Press entitled [I]Brand NFL: Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport[/I], which I gather is a cultural history of consumerism and the evolution of the NFL image. He has some other work on early popular presentations of the sport in newspapers and newsreels. I think I have most of his books checked out from the library, but have not actually read any of them so I can't give a personal opinion but would be interested what others thought if they got a chance to read any of them ... would even be up for discussing any of them as it would give me an excuse to pick one up and read it.

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[QUOTE=redsk1;449705]I'll recommend a good book that I read some time ago. I have 2 small kids so i don't get much ME time anymore. Freakonomics. Very good book that makes you think about the real reason for certain social issues and opinions. Good book.[/QUOTE]

I might have mentioned this book on here a while back. I whole heartedly agree. it is a fascinating book and one that can really change your veiw of the world.

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[QUOTE=Hog1;449700]Who has a good historical non-fiction they would recommend? I have a Stephen King in the wings, but not quite ready for that yet.[/QUOTE]

I definitely recommend this one

[url=http://www.amazon.com/Carlisle-vs-Army-Eisenhower-Forgotten/dp/140006600X/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199559399&sr=8-2]Amazon.com: Carlisle vs. Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the Forgotten Story of Football's Greatest Battle: Lars Anderson: Books[/url]

Right now I'm reading Bob Woodward's [I]State of Denial[/I]

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I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these. But I don't travel as much as I used to so it may not be as practical

[url=http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/amazon_kindle]The Gadgeteer - Amazon Kindle[/url]

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Wow this is an old thread...

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I am rereading "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan. SciFi, ride or die!! haha. i know im a loser. here's the link:

[url=http://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Boxed-Set/dp/0812538366/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211567041&sr=8-1]Amazon.com: The Wheel of Time (Boxed Set #1): Robert Jordan: Books[/url]

An epic tale. A little more refined and mature than Tolkien. I always enjoy a cast of characters being taken out of their element, and shown that they can be bigger and more important than they ever thought they would have been.

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[quote=SmootSmack;449723]I've been toying with the idea of getting one of these. But I don't travel as much as I used to so it may not be as practical

[URL="http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/amazon_kindle"]The Gadgeteer - Amazon Kindle[/URL][/quote]
My buddy has one and swears by it - it's pretty cool, but not worth $400 + cost of books, IMO.

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[quote=Monksdown;449726]I am rereading "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan. SciFi, ride or die!! haha. i know im a loser. here's the link:

[URL="http://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Boxed-Set/dp/0812538366/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211567041&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: The Wheel of Time (Boxed Set #1): Robert Jordan: Books[/URL]

An epic tale. A little more refined and mature than Tolkien. I always enjoy a cast of characters being taken out of their element, and shown that they can be bigger and more important than they ever thought they would have been.[/quote]

I've read through that series three times starting in 1992. It sucks that Jordan died before he could finish it.

Here's another good book that has multi-perspective elements: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Song-Fire-Book/dp/0553381687/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211569009&sr=8-1"]A Game of Thrones[/URL] by George R.R. Martin. it's a little more graphic and harsher than The Wheel of Time but a great story nevertheless.

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I can't read.

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[quote=724Skinsfan;449731]I've read through that series three times starting in 1992. It sucks that Jordan died before he could finish it.

Here's another good book that has multi-perspective elements: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Song-Fire-Book/dp/0553381687/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211569009&sr=8-1"]A Game of Thrones[/URL] by George R.R. Martin. it's a little more graphic and harsher than The Wheel of Time but a great story nevertheless.[/quote]

The final book will be completed next year by another author with Jordan's notes. Here is the link:

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Memory_of_Light]A Memory of Light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

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The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;61416]Hahahahaha... I want to see her on "Inside the Actor's Studio" THAT would be classic.[/quote]

We already know all about her insides.

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[quote=SC Skins Fan;449717]

I also just finished Thomas Frank's [I]What's the Matter with Kansas?[/I], which is directed at a more popular audience. More descriptive than analytical and I found it particularly lacking in its historical analysis of the 'Backlash' ideology that he describes, but as a description of the de-coupling of economic class from politics and his characterization of contemporary Kansas as a case of 1890's Populism turned on it's head I found it compelling (though he perhaps takes an overly romantic view of Populism by avoiding - as he does throughout the book - any discussion of race).

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I take it Frank makes the case that issues like abortion have distracted ordinary Americans from voting their economic interest. They have been deceived into thinking that social issues are more important than financial ones. But, couldn't one also make the case that the Democratic Party has decided that abortion, homosexual rights, etc are more important to them than the economic interests of Middle America? It seems to me that he is letting one side off of the hook too easily. But, you've read the book so maybe you can help. Isn't it a bit unrealistic to expect our proverbial 'Kansan' to pretend that abortion is inconsequential when the Democrats have been telling us for 30 years how consequential it is? Does the author deal with this at all?

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[URL="http://www.amazon.com/1421-Year-China-Discovered-America/dp/0061564893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211576792&sr=8-1"]Amazon: 1421 - The Year China Discovered America[/URL]

Only halfway through it, but the author presents some really unique research. His premise may be faulty, but it's an intriguing read nonetheless.

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I just finished with the graphic novel Supreme Power.