4 pointsby chistev4 hours ago9 comments
  • fiftyacorn4 hours ago
    Spike Milligans war diaries - i love how he captures the banter and laughs amongst everyman soldiers in WW2, and how you can see the seeds of the goon show and monty python developing in WW2. He also balances it well with the sadness of war
    • beardyw4 hours ago
      Ha, didn't realise there were so many. Read "Hitler, My Part in his Downfall" and one or two others when they came out. Seems I need to catch up.
      • fiftyacorn3 hours ago
        The later ones cover his breakdown and the early days of the goons

        I hadnt read them for years and Al Murray was talking about them on his ww2 podcast and i reread them

        I remember reading his cameo in life of brian was due to him happening to be in the dessert researching the later books

  • BrunoBernardino3 hours ago
    Top 5 books I've offered (and still offer):

    1. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (translated by Gia-Fu Feng)

    2. The Analects by Confucius (translated by Annping Chin)

    3. This Is Water by David Foster Wallace

    4. 3 years of Mini Stories - 36 short stories to read quickly, and think slowly — written by me.

    5. As Causas do Atraso Português by Nuno Palma

  • sahar_builds3 hours ago
    Photobox: 250 Images You Need To See, Thames&Hudson It’s a good book for visual people — designers, photographers, artists, or just someone who is looking for inspiration.
  • johncoltrane4 hours ago
    A bunch of William Gibsons.

    Philip K. Dick's Ubik, A Scanner Darkly, and Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.

    Clifford D. Simak's City.

    Classics.

  • omertt272 hours ago
    Martin Eden was the best
  • eagle10ne4 hours ago
    The Four Agreements
  • oumua_don173 hours ago
    The Chip War
  • ankitg124 hours ago
    The Power of Now

    Atomic Habits