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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 18:24
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today, here, it is cold and windy, with rain and snow, a perfect day to stay inside and read a good book. DOLO already opened a forum about books in general, with pictures of libraries and books collections. My idea is, for Woophy members, to suggest a book that they read and liked very much, something like the forum about song titles. It can be a fiction or an essay. Here are some of my readings as an example:
"Tree, a life story" by David Suzuki and Wayne Grady
Everything you want to know about the life of a tree, a great book easy to read and captivating. Available in french and maybe other languages.
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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 18:29
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"the old man and the sea" by Ernest Hemingway.
One of the most beautiful text I ever read, and the movie was great too.
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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 18:33 - Edited by: jean-michel
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picture by Cbill, thanks.
"Bridge over river Kwai" by Pierre Boulle.
a great story and great movie too.
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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 18:46
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"to see every bird on Earth" by Dan Koeppel.
The story of the author's father and of other birdwatchers who try to see all the birds existing on Earth. Especially fascinating is the story of Phoebe snetsinger, who survived a cancer to become one of the only two persons on Earth to have seen more than 8000 bird species.
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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 18:48
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"of a fire on the Moon" by Norman Mailer
The story of the first men to walk on the Moon by one of the greatest american writer. Available in french.
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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 18:53
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Great idea Jean-Michel, I love reading books as well. The old man and the sea is realy one of the greatest stories I ever read.
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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 18:53
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"Riding rockets" by Mike Mullane.
Autobiography of the author, who have flown on the american space shuttle.
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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 18:55
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"Moondust" by Andrew Smith.
the quest of the author to meet all the Apollo astronauts who went to the Moon.
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# Posted: 20 Apr 11 23:56
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"The cloudspotter's guide" by Gavin Pretor-Pinney.
All you want to know about clouds and more, by the founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Also available in dutch, french, german and italian
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# Posted: 22 Apr 11 14:22 - Edited by: Dieuwertje
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The name of the rose by Umberto Eco is an intrigueing story who plays in the Spanisch city Barcelona.
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# Posted: 22 Apr 11 14:53
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Photo by IGONE
The book "Island beneath the sea" written by Isabel Allende is worth to read.
The story of a mulatte woman. a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible.
At the turn of the 19th century on Saint Domingue and New Orleans.
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# Posted: 11 May 11 00:42 - Edited by: jean-michel
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"to kill a mockingbird" by Harper Lee
a story of tolerance, justice and difficult apprenticeship of life. Available in many languages. A great movie too.
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# Posted: 11 May 11 09:39 - Edited by: Martin de Rijk
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Funeral in Berlin, A spy novel by Len Deighton
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# Posted: 14 May 11 04:00
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"Animal farm" by George Orwell
a great fable about politics and dictatorship
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# Posted: 15 May 11 16:58
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Photo by Chantal Donay
" The source", a great epic about the state of Israël.
Writtten by; James A. Mitchener
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# Posted: 15 May 11 17:50
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Sail away
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_Away_(musical)
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# Posted: 12 Jun 11 18:13
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Manuel de Freitas, BRYNT KOBOLT
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# Posted: 18 May 12 14:39
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Digital Restoration from Start to Finish (2nd ed.)
For those who want to read it too: PDF
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# Posted: 20 May 12 09:45
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Here's another an excellent book on photo restoration that I have just started to read:
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Restoration and Retouching For Digital Photographers Only
For those who want to read it too: PDF
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# Posted: 21 May 12 16:43
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don't open the two book suggestions a bove by NGC300, there may be a virus in it.
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