Recommended Books

[prawda]

Give any tips about some quality books...no fantasy stephen king or harry poter..real books about life or anything worth reading thats not about dwarfs and green guys..

Makaveli, Dostojevski, Surviving in Siberia/Slave Labour, Hurricane, Always Outnumbered etc etc..history,politics,life,biogrofy etc
thx for tips..

[Edited by prawda on 1st May 2003 at 06:43]

[Duremar]

Try this: http://www.lib.ru/NEWPROZA/SIDORENKO/ (both books), this: http://www.lib.ru/WIZBOR/elbrus.txt, and this:
http://www.lib.ru/MEMUARY/BRUMEL/valerij_brumel.txt

lib.ru has very many other good books.
I don't know if it is possible to get printed copies, but if you have access to somebody's printer, you can make your own copies.

[prawda]

thx but cant read russin need it in english..

[Duremar]

A few really good Russian books which have been translated are listed at http://www.readliterature.com/russian.htm
I recently read a decent American book called "The Gates of Fire" - it's a new version of the story about 300 Spartans.

[aguiera]

Hi, try to read Maxim Gorky.
He wrote three books about his life.
The first book is "The childhood", the second is "In the world" and the third is "My Universities".
Last year i was reading "in the world" and i enjoyed.
After read the book i discovered about "the childhood" and "My Universities" and now i'm searching these books.
By the way, Gorki is a very good writer and his books is nice.

Cheers

[Duremar]

Also, I just realized you will enjoy a lot Arkadi Gaidar. I know, as a person he maybe wasn't very good (I've heard he was a colonel at 16 during the civil war, and a brutal one) and his books are considered propaganda, but every one decides for himself. BTW, if you search the web, you can find "Timur and His Squad" (used to be the cult book of Russian teens) for only $10.

[prawda]

thx for the tips..