爱好英文书的进来

cwangv

I recommend books about the Rome/Alexander The Great/Napoleon history. Podcasts as well.

混不到坑的萝卜

Any book in particular?

I am reading at the moment. It is about Roman's conquest of England.

cwangv

I have ordered the following books from BookDepository:
1. Roman Warfare - By Adrian Goldsworthy
2. Roman Battle Tactics 109BC-AD313 - By Roass Cowan
3. Sciopio Africanus - By B.H.Liddle Hart
4. Napoleon For Dummies - By Steven Holzer
5. The Campaingns Of Alexander - by Arrian
6. Napoleon Bonarpate - Gregory Fremonts-Barnes
7. Lost To West - Lars Brownworth

Podcasts I have listened to and listening (From iTunes):
1. 12 Byzantine Rulers - By Lars Brownworth
2. Norman Century - By Lars Brownworth
3. The History Of Rome - By Mike Duncan
4. TPN: Napoleon - By Cameron.R & J.D.M
5. Librivox: Alexander The Great
6. Librivox: Hannibal

I am having a good time reading and listening to all these materials.

[ 本帖最后由 cwangv 于 2011-1-31 12:04 编辑 ]

混不到坑的萝卜

原帖由 cwangv 于 2011-1-31 10:39 发表
4. Librivox: Alexander The Great
5. Librivox: Hannibal

这两个我也听过。Alexander The Great那本那位英国女生口音太重了，听着好累。捧着书我才能搞清楚她讲到哪里了。

cwangv

Thanks, 混不到坑的萝卜
Not enough time in the day to enjoy it!

cwangv

I agree with you on this about the Librivox productions. I think the main reason is that the people read the book are not necessarily the expert or passionate about the subject in hand. So it really sounds dry most of the time.
That is why I am leaving all those two Librivox productions at last when I have finished the rest.

[ 本帖最后由 cwangv 于 2011-1-31 12:08 编辑 ]

混不到坑的萝卜

Yeah, I wish they can all read like 闲夏采薇. She has beautiful voice and very passionate in her stuff.

sarahbing

我怀疑都是因为老猫推荐那个《the book thief》导致我现在去MEL CITY LIB借书，借不到，而且前面还有3个reserves,我是第4 个。。。期待着第一本给我带来英语阅读的喜悦的书。。。

HSH

I'm reading <The girl with the dragon tattoo> 1,2,3. Strictly they're not "English Novels"...but quite enjoyable.

cwangv

Anyone uses/listens to audio books?

混不到坑的萝卜

I have listened to a few Steven King's books in audio format. Pirated version. But quite enjoyable.

cwangv

I think podcasts and audio books are great ways to enjoy books you otherwise would not have time for.
You can enjoy them while you drive/walk/exercise. Especially for people with kids, they don't really have time to sit down and read a book.

花袋

老猫晒太阳

Just because <the Book Thief> is telling a beautiful story, also those native English readers love it.

iope23

原帖由 sarahbing 于 2011-1-31 12:23 发表
我怀疑都是因为老猫推荐那个《the book thief》导致我现在去MEL CITY LIB借书，借不到，而且前面还有3个reserves,我是第4 个。。。期待着第一本给我带来英语阅读的喜悦的书。。。

No, this is a very very popular book, one of the best book many people have read, although the name of the book not that attractive.

iami

原帖由 HSH 于 2011-1-31 01:25 PM 发表
I'm reading  1,2,3. Strictly they're not "English Novels"...but quite enjoyable.

i watched the movie, quite dark thou

pangpang

Any book written by Bill Bryson is worthwhile to read.
As an Australian, probably  at least read his ' down under'.
'Neigher here nor their' is best book I have read so far as a travel enthusiast.

zpai

原帖由 HSH 于 2011-1-31 13:25 发表
I'm reading  1,2,3. Strictly they're not "English Novels"...but quite enjoyable.

Yes. These books are great

unlike the movie

read the books

yamlin

大家看英文小说如果遇到不懂的词是查字典呢还是猜去过？
英文不太好的看小说很痛苦，很多词不明白 还要一个一个查，一本书要到猴年马月才看完...

努努

英文啊英文。。。

洋八路

原帖由 yamlin 于 2011-2-18 17:19 发表
大家看英文小说如果遇到不懂的词是查字典呢还是猜去过？
英文不太好的看小说很痛苦，很多词不明白 还要一个一个查，一本书要到猴年马月才看完...

千万不要查字典。。刚开始的时候找一些薄一点的，简单一点的，慢慢就往上走了。。

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原帖由 pangpang 于 2011-2-6 13:00 发表
Any book written by Bill Bryson is worthwhile to read.
As an Australian, probably  at least read his ' down under'.
'Neigher here nor their' is best book I have read so far as a travel enthusiast.

记得阿丝也推荐过。
我周末在border看到好多他的书，可以端个板凳过去看:)

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原帖由 老猫晒太阳 于 2011-1-5 22:04 发表
要不我推荐我第一本完整看完的英文小说给你？
《The Book Thief> 讲一个很感人的故事，作者原来写了很多儿童读物，所以并没有用big words在小说，但是写得非常好的一本小说，我特别喜欢他的描述。从那以后我感受到了英文这种语言之美，就一发不可收拾了。

我也对这本充满期待了，查了一下iBook要$15.99。 好贵！

feier97

Rolyat

Among the classical novels, I hate to read Dickens.  When he starts to play words, it just like a thesaurus.  When I checked these words in the dictionary, I found they are of the same meanings.  I think only the native speakers can tell the difference between the words and the differences are very subtle.

I like George Orwell too.  Animal Farm and 1984.  I had read his first book, "Down and out in Paris and London" and don't it very much.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is one of my favorites too.  However, in the last recently years, I hardly read any novels except the first four books of Harry Potter.  And I was struggling to read the rest of Rowling's Potter series.

joe20123

大家看过John Steinbeck 的小说吗？他可是获得过诺贝尔文学奖的著名小说家啊。对上世纪早期的美国农工极为传神而又深富同情的描写，对乡村生活细致入微的观察是他小说的一贯特色。
The Grapes of Wrath 是我读的第一部他的作品，十二分的感人的。不信看看the Tuesday Book Club 对这本书的评价吧。
The East of Eden 是读的第二本，里面刻画的Cassie等人的形象至今难忘。书有点厚，需要耐心地。
刚读完他的一本“小”小说“Of Mice and Man",不到一百页吧，据说这边中学生都要看的。真的很适合初学阅读英文小说的TX。

feier97

一般看完书，立马把名字给忘了。。/

歌尽桃花扇底风

我又跑回来推荐一部 -  A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute

A Town Like Alice (U.S. title: The Legacy) is a novel by the British author Nevil Shute about a young Englishwoman in Malaya during World War II and in outback Australia post-war.


算 classic novel,   romance + history + austrlian outback culture