sunholidaysun1 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Seems like a lot of us read books ,so I thought about adding this thread for good books you have read, the ones that you cant put down and stay up half the the night reading them. I generally get my books from Peter at Orns bookshop, so the ones I have read will be going back to him if you want to read them. Stephen Leather : Private Dancer and Nightfall Ed McBain : Fiddlers Elmore Leonard : Pronto James Patterson : Swimsuit John Silverster : Underbelly The Golden Mile Gavin Maxwell: The House at Elrig John Lister-Kaye : The White Island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandahar Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Wow! I took you for a Spiderman and Batman type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) Don't knock a good comic, I have the complete Modesty Blaise series on hard disk as well as Asterix the Gaul, Footrot Flats and a couple of others. A literary snob I am not. Edited December 17, 2010 by sceadugenga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandahar Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Not knocking a good one. Just haven't ever seen a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunholidaysun1 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Wow! I took you for a Spiderman and Batman type. You forgot Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) Wow! I took you for a Spiderman and Batman type. You forgot Robin Who !? 'Rocket Robin Hood' ? Edited December 17, 2010 by jubby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunholidaysun1 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Has anyone got an EBook ? Are they worth buying ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) Currently reading The Cat's Revenge by Claude Balls and the Russian classic: The Angry Baby by Nora Titoff Regards Will Edited December 17, 2010 by Will27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Has anyone got an EBook ? Are they worth buying ? Myself and lannaman are the eBook aficionados of the Chiang Rai forum. I was a slow starter but now prefer my eBook reader to hard copy books. Lannaman and I probably have several hundred eBooks between us, all of which could be carried on a memory card the size of a postage stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Currently reading The Cat's Revenge by Claude Balls and the Russian classic: The Angry Baby by Nora Titoff Regards Will Nothing like a good day at the cricket to bring out the cheerful side eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunholidaysun1 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 I have JUST finished Gavin Maxwell : Harpoon at a Venture (Excellent) Its about Whale Shark fishing in the Hebrides (West Coast of Scotland, where all the islands are , such as Rhum, Skye, Uist, etc etc )in the 1940's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunholidaysun1 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Has anyone got an EBook ? Are they worth buying ? Myself and lannaman are the eBook aficionados of the Chiang Rai forum. I was a slow starter but now prefer my eBook reader to hard copy books. Lannaman and I probably have several hundred eBooks between us, all of which could be carried on a memory card the size of a postage stamp. Can you advise what EBook is worth buying and what size memory cards to go with it . I have no idea about these EBooks but I would like to know more about them. Is it free to down load books or have you got to join an EBook website and pay per book ? Can you send the book you have read to another EBook User ? Any Info would be great, thanks I read about 5 books a week but it would be great to have on hand whatever I wanted to read, so I think I will invest in one as long as I can read the print ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunholidaysun1 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Currently reading The Cat's Revenge by Claude Balls and the Russian classic: The Angry Baby by Nora Titoff Regards Will Looks as though I have encouraged your humour to come out, at long last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Has anyone got an EBook ? Are they worth buying ? Myself and lannaman are the eBook aficionados of the Chiang Rai forum. I was a slow starter but now prefer my eBook reader to hard copy books. Lannaman and I probably have several hundred eBooks between us, all of which could be carried on a memory card the size of a postage stamp. Can you advise what EBook is worth buying and what size memory cards to go with it . I have no idea about these EBooks but I would like to know more about them. Is it free to down load books or have you got to join an EBook website and pay per book ? Can you send the book you have read to another EBook User ? Any Info would be great, thanks I read about 5 books a week but it would be great to have on hand whatever I wanted to read, so I think I will invest in one as long as I can read the print ? Some eBook readers contain 2 memory sources, a built in hard drive and a removable memory card. My reader, an iRiver Story, has a 1gb drive and a 4gb removable card. This will hold many thousands... yes, thousands,of eBooks. There are thousands of free eBooks available on the internet, most of which are out of copyright meaning they were written more than 100 years ago. There are also free copyright books available on the internet through various sources, obviously torrent sites are one. eBooks can be stored like digital photos and shared the same way, eg eMail or by USB drives. Most large book stores now sell eBooks and most new books are sold in eBook format as well as hard/paper copies. They are quite a bit cheaper than paper books. They can be read on any computer as well, the advantage of the eBook reader though, is that they have a battery that lasts several days between charges. There are several threads on ThaiVisa about eBooks, including one in the Chiang Rai forum. Type eBook into the search box in the top right hand corner and they will come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandahar Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/394752-ebook-library/page__hl__kindle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunholidaysun1 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Has anyone got an EBook ? Are they worth buying ? Myself and lannaman are the eBook aficionados of the Chiang Rai forum. I was a slow starter but now prefer my eBook reader to hard copy books. Lannaman and I probably have several hundred eBooks between us, all of which could be carried on a memory card the size of a postage stamp. Can you advise what EBook is worth buying and what size memory cards to go with it . I have no idea about these EBooks but I would like to know more about them. Is it free to down load books or have you got to join an EBook website and pay per book ? Can you send the book you have read to another EBook User ? Any Info would be great, thanks I read about 5 books a week but it would be great to have on hand whatever I wanted to read, so I think I will invest in one as long as I can read the print ? Some eBook readers contain 2 memory sources, a built in hard drive and a removable memory card. My reader, an iRiver Story, has a 1gb drive and a 4gb removable card. This will hold many thousands... yes, thousands,of eBooks. There are thousands of free eBooks available on the internet, most of which are out of copyright meaning they were written more than 100 years ago. There are also free copyright books available on the internet through various sources, obviously torrent sites are one. eBooks can be stored like digital photos and shared the same way, eg eMail or by USB drives. Most large book stores now sell eBooks and most new books are sold in eBook format as well as hard/paper copies. They are quite a bit cheaper than paper books. They can be read on any computer as well, the advantage of the eBook reader though, is that they have a battery that lasts several days between charges. There are several threads on ThaiVisa about eBooks, including one in the Chiang Rai forum. Type eBook into the search box in the top right hand corner and they will come up. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domprz Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Has anyone got an EBook ? Are they worth buying ? Most of my ebooks are the free ones. The only one I bought is 'From Beggar to Butterfly' by Peter Jaggs. A collection of related short stories from Thailand and Pattya - very enjoyable. I have a Kindle. It only needs to be charged once per month. The screen looks like high quality paper - very easy on the eyes. It has a built in dictionary and I can keep notes related to the content of all the books. I prefer to buy an ebook than a paper book now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I don't seem to find the time to read books at the moment. I do have one from a local author (who seems to be quiet on here at the moment). I will find time to read it eventually. These Ebooks maybe a solution to getting english language childrens books for my Kids. I was thinking along the line of ladybird type books if anyone can remember them. Anyway, if anyone comes across any let me know. Also, Are these ereaders available for sale in CR ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I've not heard of them yet in Thailand Jubby, a check of Asia Books website reveals ebooks are "coming soon". http://www.asiabooks.co.th/eBooks.aspx You could certainly buy them online through Amazon and eBay. The format isn't really yet picture friendly though, and while I realise your girls may be past the picture book stage, have you considered a cheap notebook/laptop for them? Most eBooks can be read like this and of course they can watch movies and play games as well. The price is a bit higher but it may be a suitable option. (And still time to order one from Santa!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leininger Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 The Honourable Schoolboy by John LeCarre The King's Last Dance by Geoff Ryman The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill The Chinaman by Stephen Leather The Main by Trevanian Brother Odd by Dean Koontz The Falcon of Siam by Axel Aylwyn Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I've not heard of them yet in Thailand Jubby, a check of Asia Books website reveals ebooks are "coming soon". http://www.asiabooks.co.th/eBooks.aspx You could certainly buy them online through Amazon and eBay. The format isn't really yet picture friendly though, and while I realise your girls may be past the picture book stage, have you considered a cheap notebook/laptop for them? Most eBooks can be read like this and of course they can watch movies and play games as well. The price is a bit higher but it may be a suitable option. (And still time to order one from Santa!) They all have a PC or notebook Scea. Unfortunately, as I write they are dancing to a youtube video of jail bait 'hanna Montana' . Although its good exercise its not exercising their brains . then they will be playing Woozworld . Don't ask I just thought If I could get them a reading tablet thing without bells and whistles it would get them reading. I get the impression they aren't exactly encouraged to read books at Thai School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Currently I'm reading the latest in WEB Griffin's "The Corp" series. Good reading with lots of accurate military history about the Korean War thrown in. I "acquired" in eBook format off the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gennisis Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 (edited) I would just like to reccomend DRAGONSTRIKE..The MILLENIUM WAR by Humphrey Hawksley. Subject is the growing influence of China and its terroritoral ambitions with the SE Asian countries. Very well written and believable when you look at China today.Quite frightening realy. and the LEE CHILD books featuring Jack Reacher...about 10 of them now...a Rambo type guy. Edited December 18, 2010 by gennisis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Has anyone got an EBook ? Are they worth buying ? If you PM me your eMail address I'll send you an eBook in Word format and show you how you can read it on your computer. Don't worry, I'll still let you pretend you know everything. I'll also sell your eMail address to porn sites who will spam you for the next 40 years, but you probably get that anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahsbloke Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Clive Cussler Crescent Dawn (adventure) Although I don't think Clive writes the books any more ..... ghosted Just downloaded The Age of MisRule series, 3 books by Mark Chadbourne (Fantasy) A load of James Patterson books will read his 'The Quickie' next (Thriller) Peter Hamiltons Void Trilogy (Science Fiction) The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden (I enjoyed the movie) Reading it on my ebook (Nook), another 1500 are loaded ready to read, if I had to choose again, I would get a Kindle 3 for the longer battery life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Clive Cussler Crescent Dawn (adventure) Although I don't think Clive writes the books any more ..... ghosted Just downloaded The Age of MisRule series, 3 books by Mark Chadbourne (Fantasy) A load of James Patterson books will read his 'The Quickie' next (Thriller) Peter Hamiltons Void Trilogy (Science Fiction) The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden (I enjoyed the movie) Reading it on my ebook (Nook), another 1500 are loaded ready to read, if I had to choose again, I would get a Kindle 3 for the longer battery life. Good to see you here sara'sbloke, keen readers are always welcome on the Chiang Rai forum. I charge my iRiver Story reader every second night. I could get more out of the battery but hate to run out. It's still considerably short of the 5000 pages promised though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backsoon Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Actually, this is more related to the question of viability of e-books. I have only one reservation about them. Overall the idea is great! It makes me look like an idiot after collecting thousands of hard cover quality books over about 50 years, not speaking of keeping them, moving, dusting, etc... And the costs wasted (?) over those years! My reservation is based only on lack of information from the electronically available (downloadable) books libraries. They all point out cheerfully the millions of titles available. What if someone's specific needs are not from their mainstream? Just to illustrate my doubts: if I am interested in W. Shakespear, W. Blake, W.S. Maugham, G. Byron, E.M. Remarque, L. Feichtwanger, A. Dumas, A. Chehov, M. Bulgakov, J. London, Stendahl, O. Balzac, G. Maupassant, R. Kipling, G. Orwell, etc. etc. etc.... while the libraries in question offer millions of titles from Mills&Boon collection, - the good idea sucks!? In short, can I check what is on offer in a package: e-book AND the list of books available for download? Please point this info here.:jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahsbloke Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 (edited) Actually, this is more related to the question of viability of e-books. I have only one reservation about them. Overall the idea is great! It makes me look like an idiot after collecting thousands of hard cover quality books over about 50 years, not speaking of keeping them, moving, dusting, etc... And the costs wasted (?) over those years! My reservation is based only on lack of information from the electronically available (downloadable) books libraries. They all point out cheerfully the millions of titles available. What if someone's specific needs are not from their mainstream? Just to illustrate my doubts: if I am interested in W. Shakespear, W. Blake, W.S. Maugham, G. Byron, E.M. Remarque, L. Feichtwanger, A. Dumas, A. Chehov, M. Bulgakov, J. London, Stendahl, O. Balzac, G. Maupassant, R. Kipling, G. Orwell, etc. etc. etc.... while the libraries in question offer millions of titles from Mills&Boon collection, - the good idea sucks!? In short, can I check what is on offer in a package: e-book AND the list of books available for download? Please point this info here.:jap: Available in 1 download The Collegiate Bookshelf is a collection of ebooks, in pdf format, and stored in a searchable database, that is convenient, affordable, incredibly useful -- and fun to search -- for students, booklovers, and researchers. The Bookshelf is great for students - or anyone who appreciates great literature. The collection includes all the great classics, as well as The Bible and The Koran. Once you see how perfect these ebooks are for onscreen reading, particularly for course requirements (the ebooks are not locked, which means you can print any of the pages, and copy passages you need to quote in your papers) we're certain you'll want to have the complete Collegiate Bookshelf for yourself! _____Contents___________________________________ Author. Title. Aeschylus Prometheus Bound Alcott, Louisa May Little Women Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio Anderson, Hans Christian Fairy Tales Aristotle The Poetics Augustine of Hippo The Confessions Austen, Jane Emma Austen, Jane Mansfield Park Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane Persuasion Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility Balzac, Honore de Colonel Chabert Balzac, Honore de Cousin Bette Balzac, Honore de The Country Doctor Balzac, Honore de Father Goriot Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan Bellamy, Edward Looking Backward [Anonymous] Beowulf The Bible, King James Version The Bible, New Testament (KJV) The Bible, Old Testament (KJV) Blake, William Songs of Innocence and Experience Boccaccio, Giovanni The Decameron Bronte, Anne Agnes Grey Bronte, Anne The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre Bronte, Charlotte Villette Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Sonnets from the Portuguese Browning, Robert Selected Poetry Bunyan, John The Pilgrim's Progress Cather, Willa My Antonia Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop Cervantes, Miguel de Don Quixote Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales Chekhov, Anton The Seagull Chekhov, Anton Uncle Vanya Chopin, Kate The Awakening & Selected Stories Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Poetry & Rime of the Ancient Mariner Collins, Wilkie The Law and the Lady Collins, Wilkie The Moonstone Collins, Wilkie The Woman in White Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim Conrad, Joseph Nostromo Conrad, Joseph The Secret Sharer Conrad, Joseph Typhoon Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage Dana, Richard Henry Two Years Before the Mast Dante, Alighieri The Divine Comedy Darwin, Charles Origin of the Species Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel Moll Flanders Dickens, Charles Bleak House Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles David Copperfield Dickens, Charles Great Expectations Dickens, Charles Nicholas Nickleby Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles Pictures from Italy Dickens, Charles The Pickwick Papers Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities Dickinson, Emily Collected Poems. 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Gibran, Khalil The Madman Gibran, Khalil The Prophet Gissing, George New Grub Street Gissing, George The Odd Women Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von The Sorrows of Young Werther Gogol, Nikolai Dead Souls Gogol, Nikolai The Inspector General Gogol, Nikolai The Overcoat Hardy, Thomas Far from the Madding Crowd Hardy, Thomas Jude the Obscure Hardy, Thomas The Mayor of Casterbridge Hardy, Thomas The Return of the Native Hardy, Thomas Tess of the D'Urbervilles Hawthorne, Nathaniel The House of the Seven Gables Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Blithedale Romance Hawthorne, Nathaniel Twice Told Tales Hesse, Hermann Siddhartha Homer The Iliad Homer The Odyssey Hugo, Victor Les Miserables Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Ibsen, Henrik A Doll's House Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis James, Henry Daisy Miller James, Henry The Ambassadors James, Henry The American James, Henry The Turn of the Screw James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady James, Henry Washington Square Joyce, Jame Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James Dubliners Joyce, James Ulysses Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis Keats, John Collected Poems The Koran (Qu'ran) Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous Kipling, Rudyard Kim Khayyam, Omar The Rubaiyat Lawrence, D. 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S. United States Constitution U. S. Declaration of Independence Verne, Jules Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Verne, Jules Around the World in Eighty Days Voltaire Candide Wells, H. G. War of the Worlds Wells, H. G. The Time Machine Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocence Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome Whitman, Walt Leaves of Grass Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Grey Wollstonecraft, Mary A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Wordsworth, William Lyrical Ballads Wordsworth, William The Prelude Woolf, Virginia A Room of One's Own Everything is around if you make the effort. Sure, not every book is online, but then not every printed book is available in your local bookstore. Edited December 18, 2010 by sarahsbloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domprz Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Actually, this is more related to the question of viability of e-books. I have only one reservation about them. Overall the idea is great! It makes me look like an idiot after collecting thousands of hard cover quality books over about 50 years, not speaking of keeping them, moving, dusting, etc... And the costs wasted (?) over those years! My reservation is based only on lack of information from the electronically available (downloadable) books libraries. They all point out cheerfully the millions of titles available. What if someone's specific needs are not from their mainstream? Just to illustrate my doubts: if I am interested in W. Shakespear, W. Blake, W.S. Maugham, G. Byron, E.M. Remarque, L. Feichtwanger, A. Dumas, A. Chehov, M. Bulgakov, J. London, Stendahl, O. Balzac, G. Maupassant, R. Kipling, G. Orwell, etc. etc. etc.... while the libraries in question offer millions of titles from Mills&Boon collection, - the good idea sucks!? In short, can I check what is on offer in a package: e-book AND the list of books available for download? Please point this info here.:jap: The Gutenberg project http://www.gutenberg.org has 33 000 free books in epub, kindle, html and simple text formats. Part of the pleasure of an ebook reader is that there are none of the adverts or distractions that one gets when using a multi-purpose piece of equipment like an ipad etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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