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I am looking for "illustrated" Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Most of the books I find online are just text and there are no pictures in it. Any pointers?

A sample picture download online to give a reference:


Edit:
Bought a kindle version of the book: Moby Dick (fully illustrated edition) but I find only a few images in it. This is certainly not the same as the one I read during my childhood.

https://www.amazon.in/Moby-Fully-Ill...al-text&sr=1-4

I finished 'Hannibal Rising'. This was pending on my to-read list. Anyway, it was a major disappointment. Very bland.
Reaffirms the fact that some characters should never have an origin story.

Hi Ithaca,
I completed few chapters of American Assassin. Loving it !
How would you rate the adapted movie? I remember liking the movie too.

‘Show Business’ is a witty and satirical take on the three main aspects that most often dominate Indian thoughts – Bollywood, politics, and spiritualism. The book tells the story of Ashok Banjara who is a Bollywood superstar, his rise to stardom, and the consequences. Of course we can see great vocabulary in the book as the writer is none other than Shashi Tharoor. And some sections of the book where he depicts Bollywood masala is outright hilarious.

Extensive reader of English Fiction. Crime/Action thrillers are my go to genre and also love historical fiction that spans across multiple time periods and features vast characterizations.

Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth Series which takes us through a journey from the 11th to 16th century England is one of my favorites. His 'Century Trilogy' which again is a sweeping depiction of the period from 1900 to 1989 is another of my favorite reads.

My most recent discovery in the historical fiction is the Shardlake Series from C J Sansom. A 7 book (each can be read independent of each other) series set between 1535-1550 in England through the eyes of a lawyer Matthew Shardlake and a series of investigations he does. Backdrop is the religious churn England went through during this period where King Henry VIII separated from the Vatican and set up the Church of England with him as the head.

The other completely different book read was the 'Silent Patient' and on the to read list is the 'The Woman in the Window'.

Hello shatananda.k
Sorry for the late reply. I haven't seen the movie but now that you have mentioned it, I will line it up and watch it soon.
Another recommendation for you - Michael Connelly books that form the basis of the TV series "Bosch" which is on Prime (All seasons)
Do read the books, the TV series does full justice to the books they are based on.

I completed American Assassin. Can't wait to read more on Mitch Rapp.

Now having read the book, I feel the movie has ruined it.
You will understand if you watch it

Thanks for the Michael Connelly recommendation :thumbs up

Anyone here liked Kafka on the shore by Murakami? Any other books in the same genre. I loved it.

I think i will get Norwegian Wood soon. Love love love the conversational writing he does between characters.

The only thing holding me back from reading Murakami is that am unsure of which title to begin with!

Was kafka on the shore your first Murakami? Seeing loads of positive reviews for all of his titles, i want to be sure that i start off with the right one!

Was there any particular reason for choosing to read this particular one if it was indeed your first of this author? Might help me decide and begin reading already!

Yes my first Murakami. Here's the thing. I love books that don't have a straightforward story line. This book jumps between stories of different sets of people chapter to chapter. And then goes into the twilight zone for good measure lol. I couldn't put the book down at all. So much so, towards the end i was deliberately slowing my reading down to keep the book longer haha.

I picked it up on a whim and was floored. Kafka is not a depressing book thankfully, it ends on a reasonable high. Typical japanese stuff, anime, loads of incest, and everything. The literature around making love is passionately described. Don't say i didn't warn you :uncontrol

I was not sure what you were talking about until my son dug this out from my childhood book stash today.


I had completely forgotten about this, but this indeed has illustrations on every page.


Seems like these are US edition books by a publisher called Moby books. I doubt you will get original prints of these books today (my book is at least 30 years old). The best you might expect is a reprint by some Indian publisher. Also be aware that these will contain an abridged and simplified version of the original classic and are as such good only for introducing young readers to these classics.

This exact book I am looking for. :)
Thanks for the photos. Let me check if I can find anything online.

Thank you.

Edit: It is a 1979 book. So its insanely hard to find.
I am able to see it in here as online only view:

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24214209M/Moby_Dick

Goodness! I owned plenty of these in my days in 80's and 90s! Great to see this series! Later they got replaced by Indian editions.

Picked up a si-fi after a long time -
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir - It has a riveting start, gets a bit stretched towards the second half. Worth a read for its unique storyline.
Although, I tend to think he seems to have written this keeping the possibility of it being made into a movie.
Rating it 3.5/5

Just completed Mitch Rapp's second book 'Kill Shot'. I feel the first one was much better.

Wanted something different next

I Am Ozzy - not sure if this belongs in the fiction/non-fiction thread.
Just read the chapter when album 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' was completed.
The band stayed in a haunted castle during this period !

With each chapter, the craziness is notched up by several levels. Simply hilarious !!

Being a fan of Ozzy, I am loving it

I would like to introduce the book - "Bhima: Lone Warrior" to all readers who love reading mythology and are interested to read a retelling of Mahabharata. This book is a classic in Malayalam literature. I have read only the English translation and feel that the plot is well conveyed but can't comment whether the literary beauty is retained.

Originally written as Randamoozham by M T Vasudevan Nair in Malayalam, is a retelling of Mahabharata through Bhima's eyes. I felt this book is written in such a way that the characters appear to be human like. The writer also gives a practical perspective to various plots in Mahabharata which may appear to be very fictitious. On a whole you would be taken on a tour through the life of Bhima and at last you would sympathize for him and would develop a different perspective towards some characters which you may generally like.

A review from The Hindu : https://www.thehindu.com/books/liter...cle5534780.ece

Link to buy this book online : https://www.amazon.in/Bhima-Lone-War.../dp/B00JUJH6W2