[ebooktalk] Re: RECENTLY READ
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:42:19 +0100
I must admit, I haven't tried very many travel books. I've read a couple of
Bill Bryson's, which I really enjoyed but that's about it. I would like to try
some more and have on my list of books to try Peter Hessler, who seems to write
books set in China and Asia and Dervla Murphy, who writes books about
travelling the world on a push bike.
Shell.
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From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 5:47 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] RECENTLY READ
> Hi
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> I have just finished Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Palin. The first
> thing that horrified me about the book was that it was written in 1988. 25
> years ago and it seemed like I only watched it yesterday. Having finished
> the book my reaction was that it was a complete waste of time. It gave a
> snapshot of the world as it was in 1988, it wasn't a particularly
> interesting travel book - it spent more time talking about making
> connections than it did about the places visited. What was interesting in
> hindsight was the impact of Britain and the british around the world.
> Everyone was talking about Princess Dianna and everyone remembered Margaret
> Thatcher. And that was about it. Paling did read it very well and managed to
> keep my interest.
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> I have also just finished The Girl of His Dreams one of Donna Leon's
> Inspector Brunetti tales. I really enjoy these. I particularly like the way
> his family life is brought into the stories. A friend says they're all about
> food but I like that thread of domesticity. Somehow it adds to the
> completeness of the stories and the characters.
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> I have just started Year of Wonders and what looks to be a rivoting history
> entitled 1776 - Britain and America at war. It is by David McCollough
> apparently one of the US's most important and accessible historians. I have
> become very interested in the American War of Indepenence since following
> the Heritage Trail around Boston, Massachusettes in 2011.
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> Steve
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