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Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 12:26
by radiojamaica
Hom_Corleone wrote:
I just saw it in the local supermarket for £3.80 and felt compelled.
I'll happily pass it on when finished.
Iz - You first?
If Iz declines, I'll be glad to be next in line
Reading this one myself:
Rather excellent!
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 13:21
by Silver_Owl
radiojamaica wrote:Hom_Corleone wrote:
I just saw it in the local supermarket for £3.80 and felt compelled.
I'll happily pass it on when finished.
Iz - You first?
If Iz declines, I'll be glad to be next in line
Reading this one myself:
Rather excellent!
I'll swap ya!
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 13:52
by radiojamaica
Hom_Corleone wrote:
I'll swap ya!
Sorry Hom, the book isn't mine to swap
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 13:55
by Silver_Owl
I'll still send this on when I've finished - don't worry.
let me know how it is anyway - I've read the Deborah Curtis book and Hooky's, so I'd be interested to know how it compares.
Posted: 14 Nov 2013, 14:11
by radiojamaica
You are a true gentleman, Steve
So far the book is pretty impressive. I've been a fan for over 20 years and I tend to read
everything about the band that comes in sight, but I'm at page 60 or so and I've learned quite a few things about Herr Curtis! You even get to know about his grandparents & all
So yeah, it is a very nice addition to Debby's & Hooky's books!
Posted: 23 Dec 2013, 01:59
by Holly_DelRey
Posted: 23 Dec 2013, 17:14
by James Blast
possibly thee most splendid and feel good book I've ever read
Posted: 23 Dec 2013, 23:20
by JansenClone
Hom_Corleone wrote:
I just saw it in the local supermarket for £3.80 and felt compelled.
I'll happily pass it on when finished.
Iz - You first?
I'm narcissistic but no-one.
I'm narcissistic and famous.
I'm narcissistic, famous but not selling enough.
I'm narcissistic and being sued.
Money, money they took my money.
I'm narcissistic and actually selling out venues.
I'm narcissistic and selling out bigger venues.
I'm narcissistic and selling out even bigger venues.
I'm Jesus.
That should save you a bit of time...
Posted: 24 Dec 2013, 14:14
by million voices
Is there much about the Dolls in the Morrissey book?
I mean if you don't give a toss about Morrissey or The Smiths is it worth the effort for the Fan Club bit and / or the Re-Union?
Thanks
Posted: 25 Dec 2013, 20:31
by James Blast
JansenClone wrote:
I'm narcissistic and selling out even bigger venues.
I'm Jesus.
I'm no longer selling out venues
I'm no longer selling out smaller venues
My appeal has become more selective
It's not a big college town anyway
I am great
Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 18:39
by Bartek
Arrian (of Nicomedia)- The Anabasis of Alexander
Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 19:14
by sultan2075
Bartek wrote:Arrian (of Nicomedia)- The Anabasis of Alexander
Very nice
Most of what I know of Alexander comes from Plutarch. Does Arrian have much to say about Alexander's relationship to Aristotle?
I've been reading Grant Havers' paleo-conservative critique of Leo Strauss (which I am writing a review for) and Peter Minowitz's defense of Leo Strauss for the last two weeks while traveling. Next up is Harvey Mansfield's book on manliness - titled
Manliness.
Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 19:33
by mh
Tolkien geek-out! I got this for Christmas:
And this:
And this:
Lovely hardback collectors editions, nice sturdy paper, good for fondling and even just looking at.
Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 19:41
by Bartek
sultan2075 wrote:Bartek wrote:Arrian (of Nicomedia)- The Anabasis of Alexander
Very nice
Most of what I know of Alexander comes from Plutarch. Does Arrian have much to say about Alexander's relationship to Aristotle?
I've been reading Grant Havers' paleo-conservative critique of Leo Strauss (which I am writing a review for) and Peter Minowitz's defense of Leo Strauss for the last two weeks while traveling. Next up is Harvey Mansfield's book on manliness - titled
Manliness.
I have Plutrach and i know that i shhould start reading from this book. but as i read in introduction, Plutrach wasn't enough cricitc toward Alexander.
Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 22:31
by iesus
sultan2075 wrote:Bartek wrote:Arrian (of Nicomedia)- The Anabasis of Alexander
Very nice
Most of what I know of Alexander comes from Plutarch. Does Arrian have much to say about Alexander's relationship to Aristotle?
I've been reading Grant Havers' paleo-conservative critique of Leo Strauss (which I am writing a review for) and Peter Minowitz's defense of Leo Strauss for the last two weeks while traveling. Next up is Harvey Mansfield's book on manliness - titled
Manliness.
Other surviving classical histories of Alexander
- The Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus wrote Historiae Alexandri Magni. a biography of Alexander the Great in Latin in ten books of which the last eight survive.
- The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus wrote Bibliotheca Historia in forty books; of which book seventeen covers the life and conquests of Alexander.
- The Greek historian/biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea wrote the On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great and "Life of Alexander" in his "Parallel Lives" series, paired with "Life of Julius Caesar"
- The Roman historian Justin wrote an epitome of the Historiae Philippicae written by Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus, in 44 books. Of these books 12 and 13 cover Alexander.
I suggest Diodoros (Diodorus) Sikeliotis (Siculus) book for Alexander.
And i can't understand why that damn wikis use the Latin Diodorus instead of the Greek Diodoros for a Greek historian
Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 00:11
by lazarus corporation
Rather interesting archaeologically-accurate history of ritual in pre-Christian Britain.
Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 08:40
by sultan2075
Bartek wrote:
I have Plutrach and i know that i shhould start reading from this book. but as i read in introduction, Plutrach wasn't enough cricitc toward Alexander.
Oh, I'm not necessarily sure of that
Off the top of my head, Alexander is the only one Plutarch engages with directly, isn't he (when Alexander complains about Aristotle publishing ideas that ought not be published, Plutarch interjects, saying - essentially - that Aristotle is so obscure that he is not giving anything away)? One of my teachers used to say that the true comparison in all of Plutrach's
Lives was actually Socrates. It might be worthwhile to consider them that way.
Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 12:01
by Bartek
I have Plutarch's "Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great", only this one, and i got it for free. Arrian cost me about $1,66 [sic!]. Both new.
and answering to your previous question: there's not a single word about Aristotle- Alexander relations. Book started from unifying/conquering Greece/Balkans and it's, as title says, about his conquers in Asia. I do like that Arrian tried to be objective, sometimes he failed on that, and there's a lot of descriptions about battles.
Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 19:40
by ciazaera
I've just Rashoman. Not quite the book of the film, more the stories used in the film. Wonderful stuff, especially The Martyr.
Posted: 08 Jan 2014, 15:31
by xfloorshowx
Funny, tragic and interesting read...
Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 04:41
by James Blast
not as funny as he is
truth be known, it's dull
Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 10:07
by markfiend
Next on my "to-read" pile is Adam Ant's autobiography "Stand And Deliver". I'll let you know...
Posted: 11 Jan 2014, 04:10
by lazarus corporation
Posted: 16 Jan 2014, 10:47
by Silver_Owl
A fine fine book.
Posted: 16 Jan 2014, 20:33
by radiojamaica
Hom_Corleone wrote:
A fine fine book.
Hey, I'm reading that too!
Halfway through at the moment...
