Book recommendations?

On Oct 27, 8:03*pm, Giles wrote:
On Oct 27, 2:39*pm, Wm wrote:

On Oct 26, 10:17*pm, Giles wrote:

Um......uh.....well, one could go on for days.

Books... *meh.

:-)

Wm

Yeah, I know, they'll never catch on. *And they're obsolete.

giles
who can't help but wonder what that makes libarians. * * *

Both ahead of and behind the times.


Chuck Vance (how can you be in two places at once when you're
not anywhere at all?)

On Oct 28, 7:40*am, Conan The Librarian wrote:
On Oct 27, 8:03*pm, Giles wrote:





On Oct 27, 2:39*pm, Wm wrote:

On Oct 26, 10:17*pm, Giles wrote:

Um......uh.....well, one could go on for days.

Books... *meh.

:-)

Wm

Yeah, I know, they'll never catch on. *And they're obsolete.

giles
who can't help but wonder what that makes libarians. * * *

* *Both ahead of and behind the times.

* * * Chuck Vance (how can you be in two places at once when you're
not anywhere at all?)

Double index a that someone has already checked out.
Frank Reid
Just trying to be helpful

On 27-Oct-2009, Wm wrote:

..

Books... meh.

:-)

Are you interested in music recommendations?

Fred wrote:
Wm wrote:
Books... meh.

:-)

Are you interested in music recommendations?

Bill is a librarian. The :-) indicates that "Books... meh."
was a joke.

Once again, Fred, you have scorch marks on your pate from a
post screaming over your head at supersonic speed.

I must like you quite a bit, I mean I usually charge at least
a quarter a clue and I've given you five, six bucks worth of
clues by now.

HTH

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Oct 27, 9:38*pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Fred wrote:
Wm wrote:
Books... *meh.

:-)

Are you interested in music recommendations?

Bill is a librarian. The :-) indicates that "Books... *meh."
was a joke.

Once again, Fred, you have scorch marks on your pate from a
post screaming over your head at supersonic speed.

I must like you quite a bit, I mean I usually charge at least
a quarter a clue and I've given you five, six bucks worth of
clues by now.

HTH

--
Ken Fortenberry

Yeah, that'd be about right.....five, six (2009) bucks worth of clues.

Self-inflated fool.

g.
who remembers when a buck was worth a quarter.

On 26-Oct-2009, "JT" wrote:
For the last several years my bride has given me a book for Christmas,
something I have enjoyed a great deal.
Are there any books that you would suggest?
It doesn't necessarily have to be fishing/flyfishing related. In past
years
I have read "The Ridge Runner" , "North to the Night", "Working on the
Edge"
and could hardly put them down...

I don't know how old you are but here is one that helped me through a
"strange" period of life.
http://www.amazon.com/Fly-Fishing-Th...1&sr=1-1-spell
Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis by Howell Raines
Fred

On Oct 26, 10:47*am, "JT" wrote:
For the last several years my bride has given me a book for Christmas,
something I have enjoyed a great deal.

Are there any books that you would suggest?

It doesn't necessarily have to be fishing/flyfishing related. *In past years
I have read "The Ridge Runner" , "North to the Night", "Working on the Edge"
and could hardly put them down...

TIA,
JT

Ask for a brace of Donna Leon's Commisario Brunetti mystery series set
in Venice. Brunetti mostly forgets to carry his gun, is computer
adverse, and operates within the less than clear ethical complexity of
Italy. M. Dibden's Arsenio Zen Italian detective series is Brunetti's
darker opposite and also full of Italian complexity. Dibden just died.

"Ratios" is the most useful cookbook I have ever met. New and
recommended.

"1491" is an approachable update on the incredible advances in
archeology and anthropology since the 1960s which most folks,
political correctness and Nat Geo seem stuck in.

"The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana," Umberto Eco. Great Eco AND
amazing illustrations.

Many in my generation have said that Dana Lamb's "Where the Pools are
Bright and Deep," is the best writing ever on fly fishing. Good luck
in finding a copy and if you do and its a first edition it is
investment grade.

I am just starting to read "the Yacoubian Building," by Alaa al
Aswany. It's by a modern Egyptian and so far facinating.reading. Big
discovery for me but evidently this guy is very popular
internationally.

Dave

"JT" wrote in message
...
For the last several years my bride has given me a book for Christmas,
something I have enjoyed a great deal.

Are there any books that you would suggest?

It doesn't necessarily have to be fishing/flyfishing related. In past
years I have read "The Ridge Runner" , "North to the Night", "Working on
the Edge" and could hardly put them down...

TIA,
JT


Thanks all for the suggestions!

Much appreciated,
JT

"JT" wrote in message
...
For the last several years my bride has given me a book for Christmas,
something I have enjoyed a great deal.

Are there any books that you would suggest?

It doesn't necessarily have to be fishing/flyfishing related. In past
years I have read "The Ridge Runner" , "North to the Night", "Working on
the Edge" and could hardly put them down...

TIA,
JT

The Bridge on the Drina--Ivo Andric

Op

On Oct 26, 11:47*am, "JT" wrote:
For the last several years my bride has given me a book for Christmas,
something I have enjoyed a great deal.

Are there any books that you would suggest?

It doesn't necessarily have to be fishing/flyfishing related. *In past years
I have read "The Ridge Runner" , "North to the Night", "Working on the Edge"
and could hardly put them down...

TIA,
JT

Second the recommendation for Traver -- it is forever fresh.

William G. Tapply, whose dad was the guy who did _Tap's Tips_ in Field
and Stream years ago, writes a pretty good series of crime / mystery
novels, whose protag is preoccupied with fly fishing, and discusses it
intelligently withing the context of the stories. Start with _Spotted
Cats_.

I could give you acres of science fiction leads, but nothing that has
fishing.


cheers

oz, back from the White, arm weary from rainbows on a float.