Top Five Books?

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

Wilf; How about the Einsatzgruppen? I've got the works on them. " Ordinary Men ". " Masters Of Death ", that sort of thing. Bit of a cut above Sven Hassel.

Got the latest one on Mengle. Posner, is it? (Forgive me; My books are in another room. Can't be arsed with ducking in and out of there)

Good little book of two about the typical Russians experiences of WW2 too.

[Greb147 6,809]

Set me off now you lot, just spent £30 on 3 books. 

[WILF 47,214]

10 hours ago, Ken's Deputy said:

Wilf; How about the Einsatzgruppen? I've got the works on them. " Ordinary Men ". " Masters Of Death ", that sort of thing. Bit of a cut above Sven Hassel.

Got the latest one on Mengle. Posner, is it? (Forgive me; My books are in another room. Can't be arsed with ducking in and out of there)

Good little book of two about the typical Russians experiences of WW2 too.

I have not read them, although I have read extensively on those units.

Hassel I like and have done since I was a kid, it’s just escapism really but you get to know the characters.

I listen to stuff on audio book mostly now.

 

[Greb147 6,809]

After reading Stiff and Ken's review. 

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. 

Hiroshima: a 1946 award winning book that follows the lives of 6 individuals who survived the atomic bomb. 

H is for Hawk: another award winning book where the author recounts the difficult task of training a Goshawk in the wake of her fathers sudden death. 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,086]

6 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

After reading Stiff and Ken's review. 

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. 

Hiroshima: a 1946 award winning book that follows the lives of 6 individuals who survived the atomic bomb. 

H is for Hawk: another award winning book where the author recounts the difficult task of training a Goshawk in the wake of her fathers sudden death. 

Read that as well , not a bad tale 

 

 

[Greb147 6,809]

1 minute ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

Read that as well , not a bad tale 

 

 

Which one? 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,086]

4 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

Which one? 

H for hawk , sure it’s set near me 

[tatsblisters 9,936]

All books wrote by Jim Corbett. Death in the long grass Capstick. Tales of a rat hunting man plummer . The great game Wyman. Hunter by J A Hunter . I have read a few of the books regarding certain real life characters of the criminal fraternity and found them to be entertaining reads the best one being Wildcats by Danny Woolard.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,086]

You can get the Corbett omnibuses pretty cheap 

[tatsblisters 9,936]

15 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

Mr .Nice 

Trainspotting 

Max power 

Razzle 

Escort

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Nice is a cracking read.

[WILF 47,214]

52 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

. I have read a few of the books regarding certain real life characters of the criminal fraternity and found them to be entertaining reads the best one being Wildcats by Danny Woolard.

I think you have to read those type of books purely for entertainment and with a huge pinch of salt mate.........otherwise you get absolute f***ing halfwits like Frank Fraser writing books and people thinking it’s totally on the money.

This stuff is interesting & titillating   but most of it is total bollocks if you get my drift 

[micky 3,325]

BY REASON OF INSANITY 

BY THE RIVERS  OF BABYLON

ONI

BRENDAN CHASE         [ as a child ]

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT .

 

[Greb147 6,809]

11 minutes ago, WILF said:

I think you have to read those type of books purely for entertainment and with a huge pinch of salt mate.........otherwise you get absolute f***ing halfwits like Frank Fraser writing books and people thinking it’s totally on the money.

This stuff is interesting & titillating   but most of it is total bollocks if you get my drift 

That's why I don't really like autobiographies, they are a very blinkered view with plenty of bending of the truth. 

If you read the Lenny McLean book he states that he's undefeated which is a load of bollocks as he was flattened on a few occasions. 

[tatsblisters 9,936]

18 minutes ago, WILF said:

I think you have to read those type of books purely for entertainment and with a huge pinch of salt mate.........otherwise you get absolute f***ing halfwits like Frank Fraser writing books and people thinking it’s totally on the money.

This stuff is interesting & titillating   but most of it is total bollocks if you get my drift 

In a nutshell mate find some of them funny and entertaining like that judas pig book. 

[sandymere 8,263]

Difficult.

I'd go for authors rather than books perhaps but in no particular order.

 

Spike Milligan, Milligans War, taught me to look behind the propaganda.

Phill Drabble, A Weasel in my meat safe, loved all his stuff as a lad.

Terry Pratchet, Wyrd Sisters, on a less serious note.

Laurens Van der Post, Heart of the Hunter, a picture of what we were and have lost.

Geral Durrel, A Zoo in my luggage again loved all his stuff as a lad, wanted to be an animal collector, had my own animal/objects of interest collection in the garden, charged people to look lol, got a fair few unusual bits and pieces as my old man was head keeper at Whipsnade.