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Post by General William T. Sherman on Jun 25, 2016 14:17:58 GMT
I couldve created a poll for this, but there are just so many books in the world that i know people like that i knew i would've missed someones favorite if i did make a poll, so this is just a give your opinion type of thread. My personal favorite is All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. It focuses on the character named Paul Bäumer. It portrays Paul's experience during the war, showing the horrors of war, both the physical and mental injuries it creates, and, something pretty unique in my opinion, the German image of the war. Especially for when it came out shortly after the war in 1929, the German view of the war was pretty rare as the Allies typically told it their way (History is written by the victors, after all). Also, its written by an actual veteran of the war, its not written by some guy 50 years after the war ended. Also, the end of the book is truly...interesting, ill just say that. I don't want to spoil the end of the book for everyone, but it truly is great. Read it if you haven't. Also, if you're sharing your thoughts on a book, please don't give major spoilers. Thank you  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 14:21:22 GMT
Captain Pantaleon
it is really good
14+ age
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 14:25:41 GMT
I couldve created a poll for this, but there are just so many books in the world that i know people like that i knew i would've missed someones favorite if i did make a poll, so this is just a give your opinion type of thread. My personal favorite is All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. It focuses on the character named Paul Bäumer. It portrays Paul's experience during the war, showing the horrors of war, both the physical and mental injuries it creates, and, something pretty unique in my opinion, the German image of the war. Especially for when it came out shortly after the war in 1929, the German view of the war was pretty rare as the Allies typically told it their way (History is written by the victors, after all). Also, its written by an actual veteran of the war, its not written by some guy 50 years after the war ended. Also, the end of the book is truly...interesting, ill just say that. I don't want to spoil the end of the book for everyone, but it truly is great. Read it if you haven't. Also, if you're sharing your thoughts on a book, please don't give major spoilers. Thank you It is very sad that Victor's make history very one sided and mostly far from truth |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 14:26:41 GMT
I couldve created a poll for this, but there are just so many books in the world that i know people like that i knew i would've missed someones favorite if i did make a poll, so this is just a give your opinion type of thread. My personal favorite is All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. It focuses on the character named Paul Bäumer. It portrays Paul's experience during the war, showing the horrors of war, both the physical and mental injuries it creates, and, something pretty unique in my opinion, the German image of the war. Especially for when it came out shortly after the war in 1929, the German view of the war was pretty rare as the Allies typically told it their way (History is written by the victors, after all). Also, its written by an actual veteran of the war, its not written by some guy 50 years after the war ended. Also, the end of the book is truly...interesting, ill just say that. I don't want to spoil the end of the book for everyone, but it truly is great. Read it if you haven't. Also, if you're sharing your thoughts on a book, please don't give major spoilers. Thank you It is very sad that Victor's make history very one sided and mostly far from truth |
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Post by Mountbatten on Jun 25, 2016 15:10:39 GMT
The Pendragon series. It's got 10 books in it (all over 500 pages for you bookworms) and it's about a guy named Bobby Pendragon who can travel between different worlds using special tunnels. There is one person who can use the tunnels for each world, 10 in total. Here are the worlds
Denduron (Snowy mountains, and a Queen with her army)
Cloral (a world covered completely in water, all of the residents live on giant barges)
First Earth (1930's USA. Right when the Hindenburg happens)
Veelox (A world where all of the residents chose virtual life over real life so they all live in simulations. The real world is abandoned and degrading)
Eelong (A world where a big cat race called Klees hunt in the jungles and they have human slaves called Gars)
Zadaa (A place where the black race lives as a warrior tribe on the surface, and the white race lives underground. The place is completely desert.)
Quillan (I don't remember much about this one. All I remember is they have these games that people die in. Like American Ninja Warrior but with more than one game and you die if you lose.)
Ibara (Another jungle world, but this one is tropical with beaches and stuff.)
Second Earth (Present times, 2010 around)
Third Earth ( I don't remember the exact time period, maybe somewhere in 2200. This is where the final battle happens.)
The antagonist is a demon named Saint Dane who can also use the tunnels.
I would say the plot for each book but I don't want to spoil it
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Post by Jean Lannes on Jun 25, 2016 22:14:16 GMT
My personal favorite books would be holy books of the Abrahamic faiths just because of the impact they had on history.
A very good book that I can recommend is Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts. Also any book by Antony Beevor, Jürgen Todenhöfer, or Richard Overy is a must pick.
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Post by Bismarck on Jun 26, 2016 2:11:03 GMT
Eiter Homer's Oddysey or The Art of War
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Jul 4, 2016 4:00:37 GMT
Vom Kreige.
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Post by Von Bismarck jr on Jul 4, 2016 7:24:24 GMT
I don't read.
I can.
But I don't.
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Jul 4, 2016 8:50:15 GMT
I don't read. I can. But I don't. I also read. But rarely. I also can. Yet I also don't  . |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 9:50:58 GMT
Eiter Homer's Oddysey or The Art of War Illiad is better |
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Post by General William T. Sherman on Jul 5, 2016 11:38:00 GMT
Eiter Homer's Oddysey or The Art of War Illiad is better Its opinion based |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 12:02:13 GMT
Illiad is better Its opinion based Most likely. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Dec 2, 2020 21:02:21 GMT
The Gospel of St. Luke. Apart from that, I very much enjoy anything by George Orwell, Rommel's Infanterie Greift An, anything by Randall Munroe, and Clive Ponting's Armageddon. I highly recommend Armageddon, it gives an amazing view of the Second World War from a surprisingly unbiased point of view for a Brit.
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Post by Iron Duke on Dec 3, 2020 13:58:48 GMT
1984 by George Orwell
The Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell
God Wills It: A Tale of the First Crusade by William Stearns Davis - the language is a bit archaic but if you can handle that it's excellent.
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