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amyb

amyb

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What books are you reading now and what was the summer of 2010's favorite read.

I am reading the historical 1776 by McCullough who did such a great job with JOHN ADAMS, HERZOG by Saul Bellow, EDEN CLOSE by Anita Shreve, and the last 200 pages of THE MISTS OF AVALON, this is slow going but a a lovely telling of the Camelot saga.

(I have bedroom, den and car books as well as a beach read going for me-too many books, too little time).
 
I just finished "The Lost City of Z" by David Grann.

Loved it.

Now I'm looking for another "adventure" read.

Suggestions?
 
Hi Dennis, That's usually Mike R's bailiwick-I am sure he can chime in himself with a small list for you.
 
Dennis said:
I just finished "The Lost City of Z" by David Grann.

Loved it.

Now I'm looking for another "adventure" read.

Suggestions?
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At JEK suggestion I am reading Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer. Excellent read about Tillman and others glorified by the government as heroes. I thought Z was good too.
 
I think I may give this a look:

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Laurence Bergreen
 
Duh-yesterday's NYT book section had a good review of a book about the Comanche Chief Quanah Parker-I can't swear I spelled it right, and I can not come up with the author's name, but it sounded real good.
 
amyb said:
Duh-yesterday's NYT book section had a good review of a book about the Comanche Chief Quanah Parker-I can't swear I spelled it right, and I can not come up with the author's name, but it sounded real good.
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iJEK posted about that book. Look 4 posts down.
 
Dennis said:
I just finished "The Lost City of Z" by David Grann.

Loved it.

Now I'm looking for another "adventure" read.

Suggestions?
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yeah I have plenty of suggestions..just be a little more specific..what kind of adventure?
 
Heard anything about this one:

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Laurence Bergreen
 
You can read a bit of it on The Amazon
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Amy- Mists Of Avalon is an old favorite. Bradley also wrote The Firebrand, which is a retelling of the Helen of Troy story.
 
Dennis said:
Heard anything about this one:

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Laurence Bergreen
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yes I have and I stock it and sell it...and everything I hear is good, although I cannot give you a personal vouch

but these adventure novels I can

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ne...ath+on+the+high+seas+true+stories+of+disaster

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/K2/Ed-Viesturs/e/9780767932509/?itm=2&USRI=k2

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Izzy-Lenore/Jon-Katz/e/9780345509857/?itm=21&USRI=jon+katz

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ru...on-Katz/e/9780767904988/?itm=29&USRI=jon+katz

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/An...0767914277/?itm=1&USRI=embarassment+of+mangos

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Do...0316955126/?itm=1&USRI=dont+stop+the+carnival

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Cl...0743226066/?itm=1&USRI=tenth+mountain+clavary

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-...RI=a+captain's+duty+somali+pirates+navy+seals
 
Even more embarrassing, I put it on my reading list after JEK mentioned it. Oops, "sometimers" could be setting in.......
 
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