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What book are you currently reading?

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ordered 10 classic books for £20 with free postage the other day. just started reading the 39 steps woop
 
China Cuckoo
By Mark Kitto

"China Cuckoo: How I lost a fortune and found a life in China". This book tells of how Shanghai based Metals trader Mark Kitto made millions as a publisher in China, but lost it all to the Communist Party. Instead of leaving the country, he opted for a simple life with his Chinese family. He now lives on a Chinese mountain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4zP2Xvu5wc

PS American title is ...

"Chasing China: How I Went to China in Search of a Fortune and Found a Life"
by Mark Kitto
 
Reading Monkey at the moment. Am rather enjoying the fairytale sort of way in which it's written. Obviously a translation, but still.
 
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Karaboudjan said:
I've not read anything by George Orwell other than Animal Farm and 1984.

Anyone got an interesting opinion on Down & Out In Paris or any of his other books?
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The Paris part of Down and out in London and Paris is unmissable London is dowdy and grey in comparison.
 
I'm currently trying to decipher this:

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T'is giving me a headache. :|
 
gannetsarewe said:
The Paris part of Down and out in London and Paris is unmissable London is dowdy and grey in comparison.
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Haha funny, I literally just ordered that book. Reading Orwell's 'Road to Wigan Pier' currently, alongside 'Monkey'. Always find it hard to concentrate on one book at a time.

Interesting stuff so far, but I'm not sure what I make of Orwell himself and his views on the subject. Kinda hard to tell at the moment though.
 
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The organization man, William Hollingsworth Whyte. Excellent description of how organizations and education systems have combined to shape the people we are today. Appendix, How to cheat on persoanlity tests!
 
I'm still reading "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning" & "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" (which i've read before), been reading them a while, kinda not done much reading the past few weeks.

There's definitely a few others i'm still in the middle of too... some Murakami, mmm.
 
Still reading Mr Orwell but have been handed something called 'Flesh House' by my mother which is about some sort of cannibalistic serial killer, set in Aberdeen. This type of book is my guilty pleasure, as is my Patricia Cornwell collection, and I'll probably read and finish it in a day.
 
I'm reading 'The Dice Man' by Luke Rhinehart at the moment.

'The book tells the story of a psychiatrist named Luke Rhinehart who, feeling bored and unfulfilled in life, starts making decisions about what to do based on a roll of a dice. Along the way, there is sex, rape, murder, "dice parties", breakouts by psychiatric patients, and various corporate and governmental machines being put into a spin. There is also a description of the cult that starts to develop around the man, and the psychological research he initiates, such as the "Fuck without Fear for Fun and Profit" program.'

Very temping to start living my own life by the rule of the dice.
 
Mind Invaders: Reader in Psychic Warfare, Cultural Sabotage and Semiotic Terrorism

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Very interesting book, haven't got that far into it yet at all, but it's looking promising.
 
cherrycolouredfunk said:
I'm reading 'The Dice Man' by Luke Rhinehart at the moment.

'The book tells the story of a psychiatrist named Luke Rhinehart who, feeling bored and unfulfilled in life, starts making decisions about what to do based on a roll of a dice. Along the way, there is sex, rape, murder, "dice parties", breakouts by psychiatric patients, and various corporate and governmental machines being put into a spin. There is also a description of the cult that starts to develop around the man, and the psychological research he initiates, such as the "Fuck without Fear for Fun and Profit" program.'

Very temping to start living my own life by the rule of the dice.
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I nearly bought that book once, I may well do now!

Got about 10 to get fucking cracking on with at the minute anyway, must stare at PC less and books more!

I just read How I Became Stupid by Martin Page. A good little read, but translated from the original French (which I cannot speak/read to any useful extent), which always annoys me. It is rather a good translation though.
 
cherrycolouredfunk said:
I'm reading 'The Dice Man' by Luke Rhinehart at the moment.
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Excellent book that, Cherry. Lent my copy to somebody and never got it back though :(

There's a sequel or two, I do believe. Hopefully they'll also turn up at the local charity shop for 50p too cos they also look good :)

Had just started reading Valley of the Dolls that a certain beloved harem wifey sent my way but then somebody lent me

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which looks far too entertaining to ignore so may have to read that first =D

A delicious erotic dream explodes into an uncontrollable nightmare of perversion, violence and insanity after an accident at a secret germ-warfare laboratory allows a deadly vapour to infect Southern England. Originally commissioned for the notorious Essex House series of erotic Science Fiction, The Gas became an instant collector's item when it was published in America in 1970. Republished for the first time by Savoy, with a new introduction by Philip José Farmer, the book brought instant hostility from the Manchester authorities. On a raid conducted on our offices in October 1980, three thousand copies were seized. Also seized were two thousand copies of Samuel Delany's The Tides of Lust and one copy of Jack Trevor Story's Screwrape Lettuce. As a result, no UK distributor would touch The Gas. This was to be the fate, by association, of many Savoy titles purely because of the name 'Savoy'. Charles Platt's best novel, and one of Savoy's most consistently requested titles.

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Who could resist? =D
 
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Options Trading - The Hidden Reality (Riskdoctor guide to position adjustment and hedging) By Charles Cottle

Best book on Options, Bar None.

Tis Mindblowing 8o
 
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