What book are you currently reading?
Constantinople - City of the World's Desire 1453-1924.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" - KiR
The Storming of the Bastille by Dumas.
Portentious stuff. Where there's a will, there's a way,
But it was, as the soldiers said, an insane project to think of capturing the King's Prison-Castle.
The Bastile had a garrison, artillery and provisions. The walls were fifteen feet thick at the top and forty at the base.
The governor was Count Launay, who had thirty thousand pounds of gunpowder in the magazine, and had promised in case of annoyance to blow up the fort and with it all that part of Paris.
Portentious stuff. Where there's a will, there's a way,
But it was, as the soldiers said, an insane project to think of capturing the King's Prison-Castle.
The Bastile had a garrison, artillery and provisions. The walls were fifteen feet thick at the top and forty at the base.
The governor was Count Launay, who had thirty thousand pounds of gunpowder in the magazine, and had promised in case of annoyance to blow up the fort and with it all that part of Paris.
A character in it supposedly ran a guesthouse in Samlot in the 90's. Have no idea if it's true. Not a bad read, all in all.
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I am currently reading IELTS book.
Anyone know whether there's an English translation of this book?
Kok Niyobay (or Political Prison), by Bun Chanmul.
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Kok Niyobay (or Political Prison), by Bun Chanmul.
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Great thread!
Currently reading For The Sake of All Living Things by John DelVecchio, the same guy who wrote the 13th Valley. I'm finding this one a bit tougher to relate to. It's a bit grim at times. Still giving it a go.
Just picked up The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale And The American Tragedy In Vietnam from the library. Just started this one.
Currently reading For The Sake of All Living Things by John DelVecchio, the same guy who wrote the 13th Valley. I'm finding this one a bit tougher to relate to. It's a bit grim at times. Still giving it a go.
Just picked up The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale And The American Tragedy In Vietnam from the library. Just started this one.
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Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group by Dennis Dunaway & Chris Hodenfield. Just finished it, a great read!
It's never too late to be nice, unless you die.
Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
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I'm half way thru the Accidental tourist, (I think that's the title) by Lawrence Osborne, who writesa bout
the interface between cultures. He did a short novel about Cambodia, too, but I haven't been
able to get hold of it. Awesome writer, lives in BKK. His latest is Beautiful animals.
the interface between cultures. He did a short novel about Cambodia, too, but I haven't been
able to get hold of it. Awesome writer, lives in BKK. His latest is Beautiful animals.
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