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Book Reviews
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RE: Book Reviews
Letters to a Young Contrarian: Christopher Hitchens. Great if short book on being human and about thinking and not going with the crowd when you know you're right etc.

Lucky Jim: Kingsley Amis. Didn't overly enjoy, couldn't get into it so quit it after about 1/5th of novel, maybe try again another week.

The Islamist: Ed Husain. Excellent book on Ed's life and his movement towards radical Islam and then leaving it and how it works etc, very good.

The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien. Wonderful novel, not need for review, i'm sure many of you have read it.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Jim Le Carre. Superb spy book (not normally my thing, but the film is out soon so I thought i'd read it first) I didn't get it for first half of the book as the advert for the film misled me, but once I caught up on myself I found it an excellent book, well written and follows a realistic and intruiging story line.


Currently reading: Thank you, Jeeves. P.G. Wodehouse, 1/3rd through, as always, wonderful.

Upcoming books:

Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism: Rudolph Rocker. (48 pages ish)


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Book Reviews - by Justtristo - September 28, 2011 at 4:27 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Erinome - September 28, 2011 at 5:02 am
RE: Book Reviews - by leo-rcc - September 28, 2011 at 5:09 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Rayaan - September 28, 2011 at 12:51 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by leo-rcc - September 29, 2011 at 5:59 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Rev. Rye - September 28, 2011 at 10:20 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Epimethean - September 28, 2011 at 10:36 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Minimalist - September 28, 2011 at 10:44 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by padraic - September 30, 2011 at 1:35 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Justtristo - September 30, 2011 at 4:48 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Shell B - September 30, 2011 at 2:36 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Justtristo - October 24, 2011 at 8:02 am
RE: Book Reviews - by 5thHorseman - October 27, 2011 at 5:44 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Epimethean - October 29, 2011 at 7:47 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Justtristo - November 12, 2011 at 6:38 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Rev. Rye - November 12, 2011 at 10:44 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Tempus - March 5, 2012 at 5:04 am
RE: Book Reviews - by 5thHorseman - January 2, 2012 at 5:27 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by 5thHorseman - January 31, 2012 at 1:03 pm
RE: Book Reviews - by Justtristo - February 28, 2012 at 3:46 am
RE: Book Reviews - by Justtristo - April 30, 2012 at 9:09 pm

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