fiction or nonfiction books?
nonfiction
shareMostly nonfiction but the danger of that is you find more dry nonfiction than fiction.
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I USED TO READ BOTH...KING RAT WILL FOREVER BE MY FAVORITE BOOK...THESE DAYS THOUGH I READ BIOGRAPHIES OR AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES ONLY...ABOUT ONE A WEEK...ALL ACTORS,MUSICIANS,DIRECTORS, AND THE LIKE. NOEMOJI
shareKing Rat happens to be my favorite novel as well. James Clavell was a brilliant storyteller.
shareI don’t remember reading King Rat, I should, it sounds interesting.
Shogun was an excellent Clavell book. I like it a great deal. The 1980 TV mini series was ok but was a bit of a letdown compared to the book.
King Rat is based on Clavell's time in a Japanese POW camp. Unforgettable.
shareOh, wow! I only read a brief synopsis and it didn’t sound familiar.
I’ll have to read it now.
Did you ever happen see Empire Of The Sun (87)
It was about a civilian war camp and had a fine cast, it’s worth checking out.
About 50/50.
I have a nice book about the founding of Manhattan by the Dutch and later on the English called The Island At The Center Of The World that I’m poking through.
I also have a recent Stephen King novel I’d like to get to, I like his books a lot.
Sounds interesting. The Dutch were resourceful
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM239683&R=239683
That’s the book!
The English tussled with the Dutch for control of the area and a treaty was worked out.
The area where I live still has a lot of Dutch names for streets and rivers, etc.
Classical fiction, mostly non-fiction in recent years.
Recent books :
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
Legionnaire - by a brit (Paul Murray) who joined the FFL during the last years of the Algerian War / FFL coup attempt
A Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound - John R. JEWITT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFvSMy6Hepg&t=42s
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo by John Henry Patterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJjQkPNPMk
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G4alxeqSUQ
Did you hear about that "Cactus Club" lady who moved from Mississauga to Alberta and then moved back after a measly 3 months? 🤣 https://torontolife.com/city/i-moved-to-alberta-and-hated-everything-about-it-after-three-months-i-came-back-to-toronto/
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