Any book recommendations?

[peterchen]

Every Month! That's a lot... The one I was most impressed so far is Albert Camus kind-of autobiography: "Der erste Mensch" (Neither know the french nor the English title, sorry) He's very vibrant at bringing his childhood years to life again. However, might not be that much fur for a still-at-school person B.Traven is an interesting guy, as noone knows who he really was. I found reading his bio enjoyable back at school. His ideas of a good world order might sound a bit too communist now, though. A Marie Curie bio should be an interesting read. I don't know if "Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman" accounts as autobio (It's more a collection of episodes & thoughts) - but a "fun read", as they say.

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[Tom Archer]

Great book! Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible

[Matt Weagle]

The biography of Alan Turing is a good read. Very interesting individual.

[Smitha Nishant]

brianwelsch wrote: I just started one on Gandhi MK Gandhi ? "My experiments with truth" is his autobiography. Mahatma Gandhi is the father of our nation. Smitha Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.

[Giles]

Also - You must be joking Mr Feynman And - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out All three are a good read. He had a remarkable life.

[Gary R Wheeler]

"It's Not About the Bike
My Journey Back To Life"
by Lance Armstrong.

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[TigerNinja_]

Albert Einstein

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[brianwelsch]

Smitha Vijayan wrote: "My experiments with truth" is his autobiography. Thats the one :) BW "Gandalf. Yes. That is what they used to call me. Gandalf the Grey. *I* am Gandalf the White." - Gandalf the White
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[Michael P Butler]

Well a few recommendations off my book-shelf (and showing my rather eclectic taste) Addicted by Tony Adams (Arsenal and England Soccer Captain, alcholic and ex-con) Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think[^] Laughing Matters - Larry Gelbart (American comedy writer) Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire [^] Michael Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round -- Queen

[Vuemme]

"Long walk to freedom" by Nelson Mandela "I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala" by Rigoberta Menchu Those are both auto-biographies of people who changed their countries. In both books you will not find a single page that express hate or desire for revenge against the people who jailed Mandela or who killed Rigoberta Menchu's parents and brothers and I think that this is the best lesson you can get from those books. If you like punk/rock music: "A drink with Shane Mc Gowan" by Victoria Clarke it's an interview of a very anarchic musical genius :) -- Looking for a new screen-saver? Try FOYD: http://digilander.iol.it/FOYD