Recommend me a good book.....

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I like a biographies, memoirs, reminiscences and true stories.

Looking for inspiration to find a good audiobook to listen to..

I've listened to hundreds. Too many to remember or list.

Here are just some of the books that I enjoyed:

Losing my virginity, Richard Branson

Angelas ashes, Frank McCourt

Marching Powder, Rusty Young

Cry of the Kalahari Marc and Delhia Owens

Strangeways Unlocked, Neil Samworth

Agent ZigZag Ben Macintyre

Handstands in The Dark, Janey Godley

The Guvner, Lenny Mclean

I am Sparticus, Kirk Douglas.

With The Old Breed, Eugene Sledge



Lots of WW2 memoirs battle P.O.W. and holocaust. Quite a few criminal memoirs.

I could go on for ages trawling through my library and listing books I enjoyed. The above are just a few.

I have a mind to find a good Bank Robber memoir.

Any recommendations for future reading?
 
For a total change: Empires of the Sea, by Roger Crowley. A history of the Ottoman/ Spanish/ Venetian naval wars of the 16th century.

It reads like an adventure story, and ends with the battle of Lepanto- the biggest naval battle until the 20th century.

It's probably the best, and most readable, history book I have ever read.

Conquerors by the the same author (crazy Portugese!) Is also excellent.
 
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potatolord said:
For a total change: Empires of the Sea, by Roger Crowley. A history of the Ottoman/ Spanish/ Venetian naval wars of the 16th century.

It reads like an adventure story, and ends with the battle of Lepanto- the biggest naval battle until the 20th century.

It's probably the best, and most readable, history book I have ever read.

Conquerors by the the same author (crazy Portugese!) Is also excellent.
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Know what? Change is as good as a rest. I'm going to have a look at Empires of the Sea. Normally history, older than a hundred years or so,makes me go glassy eyed. (I can't really blame my history teachers from my school days for that. My own refusal to pay attention was the real reason :). But your description makes it look a bit interesting. I'm gonna give it a go. Thank you.
 
Derek W said:
There might be something that tickles your fancy in amongst these ones https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/what-book-are-you-reading.18297636/
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Yikes. 233 pages in that thread. Bound to find some decent stuff recommended in there. On page one of that thread I saw a book mention of "Stay Alive, My Son". I'm going to have a shuftie at that. The title reminded me of a book I listened to called "First They Killed My Father". Memoir of surviving Khmer rouge in Cambodia. It was one of those books I'll always remember. Thank you.
 
“Thunder Below” by Eugene S. “Lucky” Flucky.

The true story of the adventures of the US Submarine the USS Barb during WW2 that not only sunk the most enemy shipping tonnage during the war, but also revolutionised submarine warfare twice.
 
If you like the historical stuff, I am just about to start The Gallows Pole, which is a fictionalisation of the story of the Coiners in West Yorkshire. It came to me highly recommended.
 
The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien

"The Things They Carried is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division."

en.wikipedia.org

The Things They Carried - Wikipedia

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FBi7 said:
A book you could read in your spare time :cool:
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Erm, call me thick but I have no idea what this refers to. "Some ginger"? I dun did me some googlin' an' all but ah still must says ah is stumped. Am I going to kick myself when someone spells it out?
 
sigma said:
David Goggins - can't hurt me
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Apparently the only man to complete Navy Seal, Army Ranger and Air Force Tactical Air Controller training. He doesn't talk much about operations (I didn't know he received so many medals until I saw his Wikipedia page) but more his life story and the training required to get into the various parts of the forces.
 
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