More currently reading......

[Glazza]

Just finished Pillars of the Earth and World without End by Ken Follett.
Massive tomes, not my usual reading fare (birthday present) but actually quite engrossing in a historical soap-operish sort of way. Recommended if you have several long train/plane journeys ahead of you.

[pzz76077]

Just finished lasts weeks Economist, Outliers by Gladwell, Motor Scooters by Michael Webster (a great potted history on the subject- recommended)

Just started The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes, Blink by Gladwell and will flick through Popular Mechanics - The Mythbusters Edition later.

PZZ

[norrahe]

Michael Palins Diaries - Halfway to Hollywood

[ThomasSoerensen]

It's not called a 'complete' history of nearly everything, it's called a 'short' history of nearly everything which is why it just touches on each topic.

I think it is an excellent light read (I would not call it an epic tome?) which outlines a lot of important developments within our human history and understanding of the world around us.

Read something like the Times complete history of the world if you want something more in-depth in one volume.

WHS.

[voodooflux]

Michael Palins Diaries - Halfway to Hollywood

Didn't realise that was out - haven't finished The Python Years yet.

Currently reading False Gods - Graham McNeill

[sasguru]

Rutherford's "London"

>1000 pages (novel) following several families from Roman Times to the present day, set against the backdrop of London's turbulent history.

Excellent.

[ThomasSoerensen]

It's not meant to be factual! Also it's blatantly plagiaristic!

I believe that the author states in the preface that almost, if not all, settings and etails about artifacts and so on are real.
The author wants to sell the story as something that could quite likely have happened.

This pisses me off.

[TinTrump]

Arrian's "Campaigns of Alexander", translated by de Selincourt