What are y'all reading now?

[dogdriver]

Originally Posted by Ray

Most recently read an incredible book by Susan Casey about huge waves, from a surfing, shipping, and meteorological perspective - interesting and frightening and entertaining as hell.


-Ray

Just read this one also-- it goes well with an independent documentary from a couple years ago called "Riding Giants". Part of it has a history of big wave surfing and the surrounding culture, including some fantastically irreverent interviews with Greg Noll. The high point of the flick is video of Laird's epic (yes, I use the "E" word) ride in Tahiti. I have a DVD copy I'll send around if anyone wants to see it.

Chris

[akelman]

Originally Posted by dogdriver

I have a DVD copy I'll send around if anyone wants to see it.

I'd LOVE to see it.

[dogdriver]

Originally Posted by akelman

I'd LOVE to see it.

PM me your address. Maybe we can start an "around the world" thing...

[Ray]

Originally Posted by dogdriver

Just read this one also-- it goes well with an independent documentary from a couple years ago called "Riding Giants". Part of it has a history of big wave surfing and the surrounding culture, including some fantastically irreverent interviews with Greg Noll. The high point of the flick is video of Laird's epic (yes, I use the "E" word) ride in Tahiti. I have a DVD copy I'll send around if anyone wants to see it.

Chris

Yeah, I saw that one a while back and then bought it from iTunes after reading the book. Some great old cultural artifacts in that, not to mention the insane surfing.

[climbgdh]

Originally Posted by Ray

Most recently read an incredible book by Susan Casey about huge waves, from a surfing, shipping, and meteorological perspective - interesting and frightening and entertaining as hell.

-Ray

+1 on the Susan Casey book!! It's a great read!!

[merlincustom1]

+1 Cormac McCarthy. From The Road:

Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its beginning. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery. ??

[Jeff N.]

Keith Richard's autobiography, "Life". Simply outstanding. Take whatever you've ever heard about his drug use and multiply it by about 12. Jeff N.

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rumpole and the primrose path
cheers imho

[johnnymossville]

Crescent Dawn - Clive Cussler.

I'm a sucker for a good sunken treasure story. I also like the way he incorporates a bit of current events in the books. this one touches on islamic extremism.

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bro everybody has read the... ( ...the girl....l ) ....books
i feel for Stieg Larsson i heard the cat went to the publisher and got a check
so excited he ran up 7 floors to his apartment
had h bomb attack and died all before he saw his success
bummer imho
cheers

[William]

Originally Posted by johnnymossville

Crescent Dawn - Clive Cussler.

I'm a sucker for a good sunken treasure story. I also like the way he incorporates a bit of current events in the books. this one touches on islamic extremism.

I remember reading a Clive Cussler book about bringing up the Titanic when I was a kid. Cool read as i remember it.



William

[tele]

Originally Posted by johnnymossville

Crescent Dawn - Clive Cussler.

I'm a sucker for a good sunken treasure story. I also like the way he incorporates a bit of current events in the books. this one touches on islamic extremism.

got a copy of Lost Empire for the holidays, going to start it tonight.

I like his books, nice easy enjoyable read.

[Pandergosk]

Just finishing Bill Bryson's "A Short History to Nearly Everything". Interesting stuff.

[97CSI]

The recent thread on math made me pick this up at the library today:
'The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics' by James Kakalios. A non-math treat that focuses on the scientists rather than the science.

Also, 'Atlantic', by Simon Winchester, who also wrote 'Krakatoa'.

Next up is 'The American Rifle' by Townsend Whelen, an iconic American figure from ~100 years ago.

[konstantkarma]

Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, vol. I and II. His perspective on the country from the early 1800s through the Civil War and his presidency is fascinating. Free download via IBooks or The Gutenburg Project.