Just recently finished London Falling- also by Raddon Keefe. It's about how a young lad comes to 'fall out' of the 5th floor balcony of a Thames-side flat in central London. The actual central story's a bit thin, so it's padded out with side quests into London gangsters and Russian oligarchs, entertaining enough.
I think both Louis Theroux and Adam Buxton have interviewed the author and discussed this book. I have it on my audiobook list. Sounds worth a read.
Just finished Anthony Beevors Berlin - chaotic downfall of the Nazi state in 1945. Well written and doesn't duck some of the "reap the whirlwind" issues from the Soviets.
And i am halfway through Michael Livinston's Two Hundred years war. His thinking is we've ignored that the hundred years war kicked off earlier and finished later than we have traditionally recognised. You could argue it all started in 1066 - William King of England and Duke of Normandy...that was never going to work. Not quite the flowing style of Beevors writing but well put together nevertheless. Some remarkable first hand accounts from 800 years ago.
Little Blue Dot :How the Global Positioning System Shaped the Modern World
people on here might like it, i'm enjoying it
Chuck Palahniuk's latest, "Shock Induction". Almost back to his brilliant and crazy best after a few duds.
Julian Rathbone's 'The Last English King' which I'm enjoying as much as I did 20 years ago.
Fifty Miles Wide - Julian Sayarer
A beautifully-written, very thoughtful but deeply sobering account of the author's cycles around Israel and Palestine. Beautiful, honest, poignant.
Came on here looking for inspiration, found it, thanks. I rode N to S of Israel 12 years ago and found it quite an experience. Would like to go back for some reasons, wouldn't for others. Been reading some different books recently trying to get back into the habit as much as anything. Haven't read a good bike touring travel book in a while so I've grabbed a copy.
Per Pettersen - It's Fine By Me . A good read, picked up on a whim before a holiday in Norway. Was a good pick.
David Gutterson - East of the Mountains - a phone box find. Didn't get into it to start with but it got better further on. Glad I stuck with it, well written too.
Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner. Another phone box find. Only 1/3 in but it's excellent.
Along similar lines of 'books I've heard of found in phone box box dumps', I picked up a copy of Life of Pi last year. Recommended, one of my favourites of recent years (years which admittedly are majority cycling/travel/exploration/mountaineering books, or more 'big ideas' type that were mostly filler round an idea worth about one of the 8 chapters).
