Good reads

[Carolyn Garner Siscoe]

for something current; "Dream Palace of the Arabs" by Fouad Ajami.
  If you like to read stories; the trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz or anything by him.

  There is an interesting travel journal by a crazy scotsman about his life in
Yeman. (It isn't political)
 for me still one of the best spy stories is 'Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy'
the current spy novels by Alan Furst are very evocative of the period between
the wars in Europe, middle europe and the balkans.  (reading them makes you want
to nibble on sausages and drink beer)
 Carolyn

telebob x wrote:

> Telebob's Reading list-  Stars for the really good stuff
>
> A Nation of Salesmen - Earl Shorris
> Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser*
> The Constant Gardener - John Le Carre*
> Killing Pablo - Mark Bowden
> When Corporations Ruled the World - David Korten *
> Big Trouble - Dave Barry *
> Shomer-Tec 2002 Catalog of Law Enforcement and Military Equipment (not for
> everyone)
>
> bs
>
> >From: mbuttons <mbuttons@gate.net>
> >To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
> >Subject: Re: Good read
> >Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:39:15 -0500
> >
> >on 12/26/2001 8:43 AM, EarthAnjel@aol.com at EarthAnjel@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >I really wish I had a good book to read
> >
> >
> >Carol, et al,
> >
> >I'm enamored of a relatively new mystery series --- "novels of historical
> >suspense" --- by Owen Parry:
> >Faded Coat of Blue
> >Shadows of Glory
> >Call Each River Jordan
> >
> >The protagonist is a Welch immigrant, and Afghan veteran, who becomes a
> >Union agent (detective NOT a spy)  in the U.S. Civil War. Not as
> >gut-wrenching as All the Pretty Horses, but beautifully written with
> >delightful flashes of Twain-like wit ... and compelling observations on the
> >nature of war. Intriguing and timely comments and comparisons involving the
> >"fierce Pushtoons"
> >
> >Recently read a Sherlock Holmes pastiche and was reminded that Watson also
> >was an Afghan veteran.
> >
> >... and I'm seriously considering re-reading The Hobbit and the Trilogy ...
> >right after I finish Harry Potter books three and four. They are great fun!
> >Just started "The Professor and the Madman," --- an account of the
> >compiling
> >of the Oxford English Dictionary. It got rave reviews, but I'm too few
> >pages
> >into it to offer a personal opinion. Well written it is. That's immediately
> >apparent.
> >
> >keepin' it light
> >love
> >m-a
> >
> >
> >-- Mary Ann Wilson
> >mbuttons@gate.net
> >
> >
>
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