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I have also only read about 1 fiction book in my life (in my 40s), but lots of computer books and technology stuff. I have recently stared to read this book, about 5 to 10 pages a night, it helped me sleep.
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Bill Bryson
I used to read a lot of, but since I have my ipad, I just read forum, technical articles, and so on...
A lot of people doesn't like it, but I know several people that never ever had read, and their first book was "Da Vinci Code" and they loved it. It gets you hooked from the first pages.
If you like History, a great trilogy is "Africanus", by Santiago Posteguillo, about the rivalry between Scipion and Anibal. Amazing.
A lot of people doesn't like it, but I know several people that never ever had read, and their first book was "Da Vinci Code" and they loved it. It gets you hooked from the first pages.
If you like History, a great trilogy is "Africanus", by Santiago Posteguillo, about the rivalry between Scipion and Anibal. Amazing.
Scipion is included in the National anthem of Italy. I had the chance by an Italian lady that creates videos on YT to be explained to me what it means line by line.
"Frateli di Italia, l'Italia se desta, con elmo di scippio, si ????? (don't remember it here) la testa" which is translated as: "Brothers of Italy, Italy stands up (revolts), with the helmet of Scipion, the head is fastened...."
If I remember correctly there was an Austrian occupation in the northern Italy (or in all ?) and this is why Italy revolted. An interesting fan fact was that in the beggining it was not the national anthem and still some Italians call it "l'inno di Mamelli" (Mamelli's hymn named after the one who wrote it).
I'm surprised I have not seen mention of Amazon's Kindle. I wonder if it's popular worldwide or just in the USA. Kindle is a book reader application. It's my preferred way to read. They have versions for Android, IOS, Windows, and probably others. It's confusing to me, Amazon also uses the name Kindle for their line of Android phones and tablets. I use Kindle on a Samsung tablet.
With the Kindle reader application you can download and read for free, maybe thousands, of the classic novels. Often authors also provide free versions of their novels as an introduction to their work. There is a huge variety of topics.
The software download is free and includes handy things like automatically bookmarking the last page you are reading, long-click on a word to open a dictionary, highlight passages, search for phrases.
With the Kindle reader application you can download and read for free, maybe thousands, of the classic novels. Often authors also provide free versions of their novels as an introduction to their work. There is a huge variety of topics.
The software download is free and includes handy things like automatically bookmarking the last page you are reading, long-click on a word to open a dictionary, highlight passages, search for phrases.
@ilan I believe it would fascinate you something with history and science mixed. I like both and I would advise you to read Zacharias Sitchin "The complete Earth chronicles". It may be a misunderstanding of the summerian written language and again he may be correct but in these set of books the writer describes his controversial theories about the so called Annunakis extraterrestrials (that have redesigned genetically the human beings and transmited the knowledge - not for our good of course but for theirs). Fan fact - I haven't read these books but I was told the story by an uncle. Fascinated at the most (as it could get), I pinned on Google Earth all the ancient known civilizations and it appears that only one is in the southern hemisphere and the rest are in the north and all northern civilizations are over the tropical of cancer (except one) and the only southern is under the tropical of the capricorn. Climate, form of lands and access to water play huge role in creating civilazations. That is why the first recorded human civilazation was in Messopotamia (modern Iraq - between the two rivers) and that is why Mediterannean sea was a cradle of a lot of them.
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Since I think you're an IOS developer : The One Device here's a link to a YouTube about it : have not watched it (think its an iterview with the author. The book follows how iPhones are built components etc etc. - well it was published in 2017 (but so what). otherwise PM me I'll send you a reading list (a lot of them electronic).
The One Device - Amazon (hardcopy but there is a paperback)
Hey I've got a rucksack full. . . .
how would he know - fireside chats? ?
Is that the illustrated version? Its the best.
In a tablet I could read books but in mobile phones even with big screens it is not very handy. Also in the beach under the sun you can read a printed book but even with the most illuminated screen I do not believe it would be easy. And to the last point, I strongly believe that no matter how we grow our human civilization, human kind must always use printed books, because I will urge you to think of the chance of a huge burst of solar wind what it would do to all our circuits. Total disaster and a break down of civilazation and human knowledge if we come to totally depend on paperless books.
Just looking on my bookshelf behind me, some of my favourites:
Masters of Doom - David Kushner
Insanely Great - Steven Levy
All our Wrong Todays - Elan Mastai (great parallel realities story)
Business at the speed of thought - Bill Gates (old but relavent)
The Road ahead - Bill Gates (even older, but predicts quite a few technologies we use today)
Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson (very long, I've recommend the audiobook version on audible)
The Phoenix Project - Gene Kim + others (great fictional story on DevOps)
I've got a load on my Kindle but can't be bothered to go get it.
Off the top of my head, other great books:
The Martian - Andy Weir (read that in two days)
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (brilliant book, especially if you liked The Martian)
Masters of Doom - David Kushner
Insanely Great - Steven Levy
All our Wrong Todays - Elan Mastai (great parallel realities story)
Business at the speed of thought - Bill Gates (old but relavent)
The Road ahead - Bill Gates (even older, but predicts quite a few technologies we use today)
Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson (very long, I've recommend the audiobook version on audible)
The Phoenix Project - Gene Kim + others (great fictional story on DevOps)
I've got a load on my Kindle but can't be bothered to go get it.
Off the top of my head, other great books:
The Martian - Andy Weir (read that in two days)
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (brilliant book, especially if you liked The Martian)
Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
This year i loved this book.
And this series is also good if you like science finction.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
This year i loved this book.
Silo Series by Hugh Howey
The series is a continuous story that should be read in order: Wool Omnibus, Shift Omnibus, DustThree additional short stories (In the Air, In the Moun...
www.goodreads.com
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When I was younger I loved self improvement and technical books - now I just love books that let me escape reality for an hour or two a day
Once I find a good writer, I buy all of their books
Criteria 1. Must hold my undivided attention from page 1
Criteria 2. Must have me guessing what comes next
Criteria 3. Must captivate me wanting to come back for more
Writers I absolutely love
Lee Child - Jack Reacher series - You cannot put the books down
Jeffrey Archer - Every book an absolute masterpiece - a writer not to be missed
Sydney Sheldon - Always keeps you on the edge of your seat
Dan Brown - Challenges the senses and the intellect - loved the Da Vinci series
James Paterson - Amazing range of titles - full of suspense
John Grisham - Legal angle - Exciting and educational at times - many stories based on real life cases
Kevin Kwan - Crazy Rich Asians plus 2 more equally wonderful titles in the series (China Girlfriend, Rich People Problems)
David Baldacci - Similar to James Paterson - Books you cant stop reading
Grab a book by any of the above writers and you are sure to disappear from reality for an hour or two
Tips on buying books
In Australia I can buy excellent condition used copies for between 50 cents and $2 a book from places like St Vincent de Paul opportunity shops
When you are reading at least 1 to 2 books a week this can save you a bundle
The local council also has a well stocked library - all books are free to borrow - also they carry an excellent range of DVD Videos - also free to borrow
Once I find a good writer, I buy all of their books
Criteria 1. Must hold my undivided attention from page 1
Criteria 2. Must have me guessing what comes next
Criteria 3. Must captivate me wanting to come back for more
Writers I absolutely love
Lee Child - Jack Reacher series - You cannot put the books down
Jeffrey Archer - Every book an absolute masterpiece - a writer not to be missed
Sydney Sheldon - Always keeps you on the edge of your seat
Dan Brown - Challenges the senses and the intellect - loved the Da Vinci series
James Paterson - Amazing range of titles - full of suspense
John Grisham - Legal angle - Exciting and educational at times - many stories based on real life cases
Kevin Kwan - Crazy Rich Asians plus 2 more equally wonderful titles in the series (China Girlfriend, Rich People Problems)
David Baldacci - Similar to James Paterson - Books you cant stop reading
Grab a book by any of the above writers and you are sure to disappear from reality for an hour or two
Tips on buying books
In Australia I can buy excellent condition used copies for between 50 cents and $2 a book from places like St Vincent de Paul opportunity shops
When you are reading at least 1 to 2 books a week this can save you a bundle
The local council also has a well stocked library - all books are free to borrow - also they carry an excellent range of DVD Videos - also free to borrow
Every day. Based on your choice of movies I would suggest the "Jack Reacher" series by Lee Child. There have been a couple of movies starring Tom Cruise for reference but they do not do the books justice. Base on your choice of Documentaries try "Guns, Germs, and Steel". For novels I really enjoyed the Century Trilogy By Ken Follet. Start with "Fall of Giants". These are novels that left me feeling like I had lived through all of the 20th century.