HalfaSeatOn
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Thought I’d start a thread for those that listen to books.
Going Mainstream : Why extreme ideas are spreading, and what we can do about it - Julia Ebner. (paperback available in Amazon in May’24)
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[Misc] What Book are you Currently Listening To?
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Killers of the King by Charles Spencer
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
I do love a true story of courage and determination, this is fantastic and amazing.
Unruly by David Mitchell. A very funny history of England's Linds and Queens.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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True!
There's more fiction in that book than on the BBC football gossip page, but like another 'true' story, Papillon, it sure is a ripping yarn.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Which parts of the book?True!
Currently have these ones on the go.
Cheeky Monkey
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Just the gulag, the escape and the walk bit. Various talking heads have suggested chunks of fabrication around the story, Google is your friend/enemy, and while you're at it check Papillon too, cobbled together from various accounts, none of which actually happened to Charriere, the author of TLW being accused of similar, cobbling together the experiences of others into one coherent narrative.Which parts of the book?
Most true ripping yarns are sadly largely bollocks.
Is it PotG?
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Christmas Eve must be fun at yours.Just the gulag, the escape and the walk bit. Various talking heads have suggested chunks of fabrication around the story, Google is your friend/enemy, and while you're at it check Papillon too, cobbled together from various accounts, none of which actually happened to Charriere, the author of TLW being accused of similar, cobbling together the experiences of others into one coherent narrative.
Most true ripping yarns are sadly largely bollocks.
I very much enjoyed that one.
France: From Gaul to De Gaulle by John Julius Norwich, read by the author.
Sharpe's Trafalgar, by Bernard Cornwell. Brilliantly read by William Gaminara.
Cheeky Monkey
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HalfaSeatOn
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Revenge of the Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
Coldeanseagull
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E step calibration and other useful things. If i wanted fiction in my life, I'd read a party political bullshit book on behalf of the every single party
Pevenseagull
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'Bad Vibes, Britpop And My Part In Its Downfall' - Luke Haines. Read (with snarling distain) by the author.
Deano's Right Foot
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'The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography' read by the man himself, before he left us too early. It's a great listen.
The Lantern Bearers, by Rosemary Sutcliffe, the fantastic writer of English historical fiction; her Sussex based ones (The Lantern Bearers, though excellent, isn't one of them) are pure joy.
HalfaSeatOn
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‘Conspiracy Theory: The Story of an Idea’ by Ian Dunt, Dorian Lynskey