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Reply #585 - Jun 28th, 2018 at 4:27pm
 
I am reading The Ipcress File by Len Deighton, again. The (old) movie had Michael Caine in the role of Henry Palmer.

There were some great books produced back in the day when the "Cold War" was on. Ludlum, Le Carre, Forsyth and of course, Len Deighton. I started reading those books back in the mid-80s.
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Reply #586 - Jul 16th, 2018 at 8:12am
 
Just finished "Lonely Vigil" Coastwatchers of the Solomons. by Walter Lord. An important account of Australian history. Having watched the war clouds gather, the Coastwatchers were organised by RAN intelligence at the outbreak of war in Europe. US Admiral Halsey said, "The Coastwatchers saved Guadalcanal, and Guadalcanal saved the Pacific." Headquartered in Townsville, very few were  military men, (and one woman) they were chosen for their knowledge of the Islands. They were good choices, all showing clear heads and exceptional bravery.
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Reply #587 - Jul 18th, 2018 at 8:45pm
 
Haven’t started reading it yet but I have received a copy of:

“The Planet Remade” by Oliver Morton.

About ways geoengineering could stop or reverse the globe warming. None of these have been tried and it is going to be bloody tricky! However, I feel it is only a matter of time before the first attempts are made. Another big El Nino like ’98 or ’16 would do it.
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Reply #588 - Jul 18th, 2018 at 9:06pm
 
I am reading a phantom comic.
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Reply #589 - Jul 18th, 2018 at 9:36pm
 
Got 3 books on former prime ministers. Menzies, Fraser, and Howard. Starting reading Howard's biography. Quite interesting.
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Reply #590 - Jul 21st, 2018 at 10:00pm
 
Rereading Neal Stephenson’s “Cryptonomicon.”

Part is set in WWII, particularly code breaking and how to stop the Germans realising the Enigma machine had been cracked, part is set some decades after WWII (the era of laptops, the internet etc) and features descendants of the people in the WWII bit. All cleverly interwoven.

When I have finished that will reread Stephenson’s “Reamde” which has about everything: a multi-player role playing game, Russian mafia, jihadists, Christian Taliban—and a damsel in distress.
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Reply #591 - Jul 30th, 2018 at 10:25pm
 
Received two books today:

“Cherries” by D. J. Singh.

Published 2014 but outdated. Mentions cherry trees growing huge, bigger than apple trees. Not on dwarfing rootstocks they don’t.

The other one will be much more useful—remember my concern with the rootstock my cherries are on, Semi dwarfing Colt rootstock.

“Grow a little fruit tree” by Ann Ralph. Keeping trees to a useful size by pruning.

With dwarf rootstocks and pruning you can grow fruit trees even on a balcony!
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Reply #592 - Aug 8th, 2018 at 9:41am
 
In between reading gardening/orcharding  Smiley books I am reading Neal Stephenson’s “Quicksilver.”

Set in the time just after the Restoration in England, the starting of the Royal Society, the rebuilding of London after the fire etc it deals with Leibnitz, Hooke, Boyle, Pepys—and Isaac Newton!

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A novel of history, adventure, science, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death and alchemy


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Reply #593 - Aug 13th, 2018 at 9:18pm
 
the back of the cornflakes box- rivetting
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Reply #594 - Aug 13th, 2018 at 9:25pm
 
bogarde73 wrote on Jun 7th, 2013 at 11:15am:
I suppose that's roughly a similar view to people like Wordsworth & Byron although they were a lot earler than Wagner.
Not my cup of tea really. I can only take opera in small doses like the 3 tenors.


I can mange 2 of them - any two.
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Reply #595 - Aug 13th, 2018 at 9:31pm
 
UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18th, 2018 at 9:36pm:
Got 3 books on former prime ministers. Menzies, Fraser, and Howard. Starting reading Howard's biography. Quite interesting.


I found the Howard book to be very useful. After reading the second chapter I threw it at a cockroach that crawled in the window. Felt sorry for the roach but the most useful Howard has ever been.


Not sure if I want to try and read it again,  just burn it or save it in case of a roach infestation.

More seriously reading bits of it seems to hold more fiction than bio.

I have not read Fraser's that may be interesting.

I am currently or almost exclusively these days reading light books. This comes from too many technical journals and such. (I have a pile of serious books to read - untouched).

My current read is THE LADY VANISHED a detective mystery by GRETTA MULROONEY


Private detective Tyrone Swift (book 1 of series) It is a better than average read if you like that sort of thing.
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Reply #596 - Aug 13th, 2018 at 10:27pm
 
I only really like Stephen Kings books- any of them-
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Reply #597 - Sep 8th, 2018 at 2:38am
 
"God is not great" by Christopher Hitchens.
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Reply #598 - Nov 15th, 2018 at 4:44am
 
The Final Day by William R Forstchen.
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Reply #599 - Nov 20th, 2018 at 10:49am
 
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
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