So... what are you reading?

**GMan** · 25th March 16, 03:53 PM

The Great Bridge by David McCullough

**The Q** · 7th April 16, 12:12 PM

Nelson, Dreams of Glory,
and
Nelson, Sword of Albion,
Both By Dr John Sugden,

These are massive volumes, one just under 1000 pages, the other just over 1000 pages are a well researched biography of:

"The Most Noble Lord Horatio Nelson, Viscount and Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk, Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said County, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Vice Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, Duke of Bronté in the Kingdom of Sicily, Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St Ferdinand and of Merit, Member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St Joachim" not a bad collection of titles for a vicars son!

Book 1 is from Birth until just before the Battle of Copenhagen (when he became famous), and Book 2 is from there until just after his death, including a little about what happened to his dependants. His legitimate family still owned the Property at Bronte in Italy till 1980 after which it became the Nelson museum, Ironic since he never got to see it...

The books are very well written, and I'm intending to get other books by this author.

There is so much detail in there about his life I doubt Nelson remembered it all.

For instance you think fund raising dinners are new? in the late 1790s Nelson was guest of Honour at a fund raiser held in London for Needy Scots(resident in London).
Which brings two points, it shows that sort of charitable work was done back then and that there were enough Scots in London to require it! ( only 45 years after the 45)

**NPG** · 7th April 16, 12:33 PM

Just did a re-read of So You're Going to Wear the Kilt by J. Charles Thompson in preparation for my wedding attire.
Re-reading Lord of the Isles by Nigel Tranter for pleasure.
Brushing up on my understanding of German history with A Concise History of Germany by Mary Fulbrook
Expanding my knowledge of British Celts A History of Wales by John Davies
And finally The Course of Irish History by T.W. Moody & F.X. Martin and others. I highly recommend this book, the format is excellent and it explores the early history of Ireland in a way other books have failed me. I wish I could find a book like this for all countries.

**Maritimer Gaen Awa** · 8th April 16, 05:27 AM

Being a new member I am quite fascinated by this thread. There are quite a number of reads posted here I am interested in. Particularly history. Recently, I was given a box of books by my mother-in-law. in amongst the lot I discovered a copy of John Prebble's, Glencoe. This book was published in 1966, I have a re-print 1968 paperback. I just picked up, Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty. I heard the interview with the author on CBC Radio and perked my interest.

**kilted firefighter** · 8th April 16, 04:42 PM

Running through the wall.... Personal encounters with the ultra marathon. This is a collection 40 or so short stories of why, where and how people run races ranging in distance from 50 kilometers to 130 miles.

**GMan** · 9th April 16, 05:52 AM

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

**GrainReaper** · 9th April 16, 09:02 AM

I'm reading an interesting paper titled "Auswirkungen der Maische Parameter auf Vergärbarkeit und Effizienz in einzelnen Infusionsverfahren"

I love beer brewing science/technical works for some reason.

The tough part is many detailed brewing science papers and books are in German, takes my brain a few chapters to begin to think in German instead of mentally translating each word as I rarely speak or read it anymore.