SI Book club

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by bubs, Nov 20, 2014.

  1. sbx

    sbx Well-Known Member

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    Mar 21, 2010
    Hey archy, are you interested in agriculture? If so, you should have a look at The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. There's a newish edition with a preface by Wendell Berry. Based on your posts here, you might enjoy it.
     
  2. metard

    metard Well-Known Member

    Mar 11, 2014
    wendell berry's the gift of good land was pretty good

    it's just a book tho, not literature
     

  3. sbx

    sbx Well-Known Member

    977
    Mar 21, 2010
    Think I'd rather read just books
     
  4. metard

    metard Well-Known Member

    Mar 11, 2014

    whatever your into

    i read harper's a lot for the short stories but can't stand the libreal drivell that it comes with
     
  5. sbx

    sbx Well-Known Member

    977
    Mar 21, 2010
    You think that's hard, you should try being a communist.
     
  6. The Incorrigible Steel Burrito VII

    The Incorrigible Steel Burrito VII Well-Known Member

    Oct 19, 2014
    Irvine Welch is a god.

    I almost bought a shirt once that said "got Nabakov?"

    Martian Chronicles. Anything by Bradbury.

    Douglas Adams is a goo pick me up. Hitchhikers was great but the dirk gently wholistic detective stuff was legendary.
     
  7. archy 2.0

    archy 2.0 Well-Known Member

    Jul 5, 2012
    im a farmin fool brudda. thanks ill check it out.
     
  8. njsurfer42

    njsurfer42 Well-Known Member

    Nov 9, 2009
    a true connoisseur. i salute you, sir!

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  9. waves2rip

    waves2rip Member

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    Mar 31, 2012
    anything james michner. mixes fiction and non. Alaska is sick.
    peter Maguire, thai sticks. name says it all
    peter westwick. history of surfing. great account on how surfing almost got lost to how modern materials came to be.
    Huxley. brave new world. soma anyone...?
     
  10. sbx

    sbx Well-Known Member

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    Mar 21, 2010
  11. The Incorrigible Steel Burrito VII

    The Incorrigible Steel Burrito VII Well-Known Member

    Oct 19, 2014
    Thanks! To this day if I am driving and I'm lost (and I have time to kill) I follow someone who looks like they know where they're going. Surely I will end up somewhere...

    worth noting: they made a British tv show on dirk. It was poorly received. Last I checked it wasn't available here though one could probably watch it online.
     
  12. xJohnnyUtahX

    xJohnnyUtahX Well-Known Member

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    May 30, 2010
    Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
     
  13. rxsurf90

    rxsurf90 Well-Known Member

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    Mar 10, 2014
    Any books from:
    Khaled Hosseini (e.g. The Kite Runner)
    Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington series)
    John Grisham
    Dan Brown (Deception Point is my favorite)
    James Patterson
    Greg Mortenson - Three Cups of Tea

    Noah Levine - The Heart of the Revolution: The Buddha's Teachings on Forgiveness, Compassion, and Kindness.
    This book really opened my mind up to Buddhism. A great read from a man who had his life changed from Buddhism.
     
  14. surfrr

    surfrr Well-Known Member

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    Sep 29, 2010
    Lately I've been reading a lot of Barbara Tuchman as I'm into military history/world history. Before that I was on a heavy Bill Bryson kick with the gem being A Walk in the Woods. He has a dry, witty style. For anyone into sci-fi I highly recommend the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card.
     
  15. CBSCREWBY

    CBSCREWBY Well-Known Member

    Feb 21, 2012
    I have a friend who is immune to rabies... bit by a rabid bat and took the series of shots. I keep trying to get him to stick his hand in various animal holes.... hehehe...dens. Palahniuk's Snuff is pretty messed up too.
     
  16. ChavezyChavez

    ChavezyChavez Well-Known Member

    Jun 20, 2011
    In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen
    Events in the book are from 40 year ago. What applied to Native Americans then, applies to ALL OF US now.
     
  17. seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

    Aug 21, 2012
    F'n A Utah!

    Good stuff fellers.
     
  18. mattinvb

    mattinvb Well-Known Member

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    Sep 9, 2014
    In search of captain zero, by allen weisbecker. best surf related book I have read to date.