Have to go into hospital next week to remove kidney stones so will be there for a week.

 

Is there any good books out lately you could reccomend?

im not allowed to take my laptop in there.

not really into fiction,i love biographies,or georgraphy type books or other types.

Anyone read any good books lately?

Som thoughts.

 

Gore Vidal: A Memoir - Point to Point Navigation

wonderfully written with lots of gossip about all those luminaries he knows

 

John Cornwell: Hitler's Pope - The Sceret History of Pius XII

reads like the best thrillers around

 

Colin Thubron: Shadow of the Silk Road

probably the best travel writer today about his travels from China to the Mediterranean

 

Paul Theroux: The Great Railway Bazaar

superb account of travelling by train from London to Japan with great insights, including an unexpected encounter with a ladyboy in Bangkok

 

Paul Strathearn: The Medici - Godfathers of the Renaissance

fascinating insight into the Renaissance and the rise of Florence

 

 

Paul Theroux: The Great Railway Bazaar

superb account of travelling by train from London to Japan with great insights, including an unexpected encounter with a ladyboy in Bangkok

 

 

Thanks Fountainhall,this book sounds interesting.

Gore Vidal: A Memoir - Point to Point Navigation

wonderfully written with lots of gossip about all those luminaries he knows

 

Colin Thubron: Shadow of the Silk Road

probably the best travel writer today about his travels from China to the Mediterranean

 

Thanks. I ordered both on my Kindle. The others were not offered on it yet. I really wanted to read: Paul Strathearn: The Medici - Godfathers of the Renaissance

 

but, it is not available on the Kindle yet either. I hope it is soon as it sounds wonderful.

 

Thanks for the advice on these!

I really wanted to read: Paul Strathearn: The Medici - Godfathers of the Renaissance

 

Not sure when you will be back in Thailand GT, but I'll happily mail you my paperback copy for your arrival - if that's of interest.