I just started A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD. I'm trying to fill the gaps in my knowledge of history.

To be honest I rarely will read a book. I read very many magazine articles.
I guess I have a short attention span when it comes to reading.
I read: Cigar Aficianado, Mens Health,Sports Illustrated,The San Jose Mercury News & Best of all the interesting posts on this website!!

Mag

Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Truckin' magazine. Like Mag, I also have a short attention span. What were we talking about, again?

jreddoch,

Mel Brooks "History of the World" will fill in the gaps.

Barry

Just finished Dean Koonce, "The Door to December"!

Charlie

Just finished "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain. This guy can write. Just before that, "A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal" by the same outlaw-chef-turned-author. Both highly recommended if you are a foodie or wannabe chef.

or just like great writing.

Barry,

I have tried that source. I think it created more gaps than it filled. It's good to be the king.

JR

Maxim, Stuff, FHM

I read this forum.
Tom Clancy
James Bond novels
assorted newspapers
CA mag
Popular Science
National Geographic

My wife reads about 2 novels a week. Sometimes 2-3 simultaneously. I've been on the same Tom Clancy book for 3 months.

I've been a reader all my life ... but nothing special at the moment ... Rayder1, which of Clancy's novels are you taking 3 months with ?? I found them engrossing enough to be impossible to put down and read each in a fairly short time ... I will admit though, that the 1.5 hours I spend on the commute train each day is sure a golden opportunity to read and might have an advantage over you in that regard.

anything by
robert parker
evan hunter
ed mcbain just found "killer's payoff"
stuart kominski (except the toby peters series)
jim marrs

Rick, what about The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion? 😉

Recently finished PHINEAS REDUX by Anthony Trollope, which is a great look into English politics during the Victorian era. I'm now beginning THE SILVER THORN by Hugh Walpole, my favorite author. This is a sequel to his novel THE DARK FOREST, and both take place in Russia during its war with Austria during the mid 1910s. Hugh Walpole is a wonderful author whose works, sadly, are for the most part not in print anymore. I recommend anything you can find--there's a lot of his novels available cheap on eBay. If you can find a copy of FORTITUDE, buy it! One of my favorite novels of all time. Most of Walpole's writings are set in historic England.

I mentioned it once before in an unrelated psot, so I'll use this opportunity to mention it again. If you haven't done so yet, YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK:

"A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn.

We get some spirited and well informed social and political debate on these boards, and I think you would find this book very interesting, informative, and eye-opening.

If anyone has already read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it...

jreddoch

heard about it, never read it.

Rick, I thought you were the author!

Jeffersonn, I tried reading the Zinn book a few years back. I gave up in depression. I'm all for setting the record straight and getting rid of historical myths, but this book seemed like more of an Anti-American diatribe. Maybe I'll try it again.