The Books Thread (Fiction)

wolfinstein · 9th May 2007, 22:35

does anyone have ebook for Das Perfume...checked the movie it was brilliant...really wanted to read this book..searched entire CP could not find it anywhere..!

Red Bull · 13th May 2007, 14:45

Currently reading > Bill Bryson - A short history of nearly everything.

And it is just amazing ! It covers everything right from chemistry , physics, astronomy, geology, life sciences and everything in between. Bryson tries to be as informative as possible without being too technical.

There might be books with better and more detailed information out there, but I am sure none will be more readable than this one.

On travel in general the other good books I have read recently are >
15) For Love and a Beetle - A tale of two journeys by by Hodge, Ivan and McGovern, Petronella

21) Yakety Yak: Bombay to Beijing by Bicycle By McGilton Russell

12) Off The Rails - by Tim Cope and Chris Heatherly

2) Being Indian by Pavan K Verma

12) Off The Rails - by Tim Cope and Chris Heatherly

All time favorite is this one
10) Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom

fiery enzyme · 24th June 2007, 02:17

michael crichton, ludlum and reilly

Vince Flynn rocks!

mobike008 · 24th June 2007, 10:44

The Conspiracy Club-Jonathan Kellerman

Really good book

Sudipto-S-Team · 1st July 2007, 15:38

The best adventure travel book I have read is Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy. An Irish woman's account of a bicycle ride from Dunkirk to Delhi - alone. In 1963. She passed Europe in winter and covered Pakistan to India in summer!! Quite a feat.
Currently reading iCon - the unauthorised biography of Steve Jobs.

esteem_lover · 6th July 2007, 15:28

Still love reading Tom Sharpe's books. Full of fun.

nitrous · 6th July 2007, 18:26

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iCon - the unauthorised biography of Steve Jobs.

Lovely title, ain't it?? :

Nimz · 6th July 2007, 18:43

Me reading Gregory Roberts "Shantharam"

Sudipto-S-Team · 6th July 2007, 20:08

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Originally Posted by nitrous

Lovely title, ain't it?? :

Yeah. I guess they deliberately named it like that. But all said and done, it's not easy for a non-technical person like Steve Jobs to cobble up a company like Apple, take it to the top, then get thrown out and then come back again and pull the company out from the brink of collapse and launch some of the greatest products of the century like iPod, iMac and now iPhone.
But I think his greatest contribution is in making the computer into a lifestyle product, rather than just a staid machine that could calculate very fast. And of course the iPod that revolutionised the way music is listened to. The walkman in the 80s was the last such revolution.
Steve Jobs in my definition is the greatest showman alive on earth today.

esteem_lover · 6th July 2007, 20:44

uh-oh! and i always thought that forrest gump was the one who made apple.

mobike008 · 7th July 2007, 18:43

Me right now reading Jonathan Kellerman's- The Murder Book

EatMyDust · 7th July 2007, 18:51

me reading Will Durant - "The Story of Philosophy".

Yeah, its not so very interesting, but some things, u'll come know that they'd discovered even before christ's era.

Some fundas:

Aristotle has written that women have lesser teeth than men

In those days, they did experiments with genes in those days. they found out, a caucasian lady married a black, the new-borns were all white, but surprisingly the second generation had black offspring. strange?

Many more trivia such as these

mobike008 · 17th July 2007, 14:40

I just finished reading- Echo Burning by Lee Child. It's a superb book and one of my favorite characters ( Jack Reacher-ex US Military Guy). I really liked all books by Lee Child, do give it a try guys.

Right now i am reading- The Second Saladin by Stephen Hunter.

darrace · 17th July 2007, 16:46

so far my favourite book has been 1984 by george orwell
my sister recently gave me the celestine prophecies will start reading that soon..

ashish22 · 22nd July 2007, 14:55

my top 5 books:
1. Angels & Demons-Dan Brown
2. The Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown
3. The Fountainhead-Ayn Rand
4. The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho
5. Five point someone & One night @ call center-Chetan Bhagat
last book i read was "tell me your dreams" by sidney sheldon.
currently i'm reading "The devil and miss Prym" by paulo coelho

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9th May 2007, 22:35	#196
wolfinstein BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 994 Thanked: 20 Times	does anyone have ebook for Das Perfume...checked the movie it was brilliant...really wanted to read this book..searched entire CP could not find it anywhere..!
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13th May 2007, 14:45	#197
Red Bull Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 15 Thanked: 0 Times	Currently reading > Bill bryson Currently reading > Bill Bryson - A short history of nearly everything. And it is just amazing ! It covers everything right from chemistry , physics, astronomy, geology, life sciences and everything in between. Bryson tries to be as informative as possible without being too technical. There might be books with better and more detailed information out there, but I am sure none will be more readable than this one. On travel in general the other good books I have read recently are > 15) For Love and a Beetle - A tale of two journeys by by Hodge, Ivan and McGovern, Petronella 21) Yakety Yak: Bombay to Beijing by Bicycle By McGilton Russell 12) Off The Rails - by Tim Cope and Chris Heatherly 2) Being Indian by Pavan K Verma 12) Off The Rails - by Tim Cope and Chris Heatherly All time favorite is this one 10) Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
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24th June 2007, 02:17	#198
fiery enzyme BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: TN 01 Posts: 413 Thanked: 27 Times View My Garage	michael crichton, ludlum and reilly Vince Flynn rocks!
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24th June 2007, 10:44	#199
mobike008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,702 Thanked: 14,828 Times View My Garage	The Conspiracy Club-Jonathan Kellerman Really good book
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1st July 2007, 15:38	#200
Sudipto-S-Team Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kolkata Posts: 1,320 Thanked: 290 Times View My Garage	The best adventure travel book I have read is Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy. An Irish woman's account of a bicycle ride from Dunkirk to Delhi - alone. In 1963. She passed Europe in winter and covered Pakistan to India in summer!! Quite a feat. Currently reading iCon - the unauthorised biography of Steve Jobs.
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6th July 2007, 15:28	#201
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	Still love reading Tom Sharpe's books. Full of fun.
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6th July 2007, 18:43	#203
Nimz BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 594 Thanked: 198 Times View My Garage	Me reading Gregory Roberts "Shantharam"
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6th July 2007, 20:44	#205
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	uh-oh! and i always thought that forrest gump was the one who made apple.
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7th July 2007, 18:43	#206
mobike008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,702 Thanked: 14,828 Times View My Garage	Me right now reading Jonathan Kellerman's- The Murder Book
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7th July 2007, 18:51	#207
EatMyDust BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 122 Thanked: 0 Times	me reading Will Durant - "The Story of Philosophy". Yeah, its not so very interesting, but some things, u'll come know that they'd discovered even before christ's era. Some fundas: Aristotle has written that women have lesser teeth than men In those days, they did experiments with genes in those days. they found out, a caucasian lady married a black, the new-borns were all white, but surprisingly the second generation had black offspring. strange? Many more trivia such as these
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17th July 2007, 14:40	#208
mobike008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,702 Thanked: 14,828 Times View My Garage	I just finished reading- Echo Burning by Lee Child. It's a superb book and one of my favorite characters ( Jack Reacher-ex US Military Guy). I really liked all books by Lee Child, do give it a try guys. Right now i am reading- The Second Saladin by Stephen Hunter.
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17th July 2007, 16:46	#209
darrace Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 5 Thanked: 0 Times	so far my favourite book has been 1984 by george orwell my sister recently gave me the celestine prophecies will start reading that soon..
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22nd July 2007, 14:55	#210
ashish22 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 598 Thanked: 100 Times View My Garage	my top 5 books: 1. Angels & Demons-Dan Brown 2. The Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown 3. The Fountainhead-Ayn Rand 4. The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho 5. Five point someone & One night @ call center-Chetan Bhagat last book i read was "tell me your dreams" by sidney sheldon. currently i'm reading "The devil and miss Prym" by paulo coelho
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