while on the topic, could anyone suggest a good fiction book for someone who is going to Spain (historical adventure suggestions will be much appreciated!!!)<BR>Thanks to all,<BR>Katie

This is such a good string...for any kind of book recommendations, even if they have gone off the original questions... Time to TTT! <BR><BR>Had to say thanks to all of the #Power of One recommenders... what a good read/character. I'm making my husband read it now. <BR><BR>LuvPhilly couldn't remember the name of a book - It was #Under the Skin by Michael Faber and is indeed a page-turner, but it is creeeeepy! Excellent read, warts and all. <BR><BR>The women out there especially might find the book #No Hurry to Get Home by Emily Hahn a fun read. What a woman, what a life! Talk about a traveller, she puts us all to shame - and was at the turn of the century. (American who lived in London, China, visited most everywhere. She even drove across America in a Model T in the early 1900s)<BR><BR>#English Passengers is also a very funny book taking you from England to Tasmania (and back)<BR><BR>And even though it is not fiction - I have to put in a vote for #Seabiscuit. What a charming book. <BR><BR>Come on Fodorites... time for some new/fresh recommendations!

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Just read another great one by Sharon Kay Pennman, "Time and Chance". The historical,fictional novel of Henry, perhaps England's greatest king and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitane...and of course that pesky priest Thomas Beckett.<BR><BR>Outstanding!<BR><BR>US

katie re spanish historical adventure: can't do better than don quixote - funny, timeless, and very gabacho

I recently finished Heinrich Mann’s Young Henri of Navarre and Henri the King. This is a two-volume biography of King Henri IV of France, the first of Bourbons. Outstanding reading, although it slows down a bit towards the end of his reign.

If you like historical or good literary novels, might I suggest one of the following:<BR><BR>Anything by AS Byatt -- Possession is particularly good<BR><BR>Memoirs of a Geisha<BR><BR>Stones from the River

On my last trip, I read Empire Falls by Richard Russo. <BR><BR>BTW, for more book ideas, you might also check out www.readerville.com, a great site for readers of all types.

If you're going to Germany: read Bernhard Schlink's (sp?) "The Reader", about post-WWII Germany and the social pains and tribulations of a changing world; if you're off to southern Europe, then, yes, "Captain Corelli's Mandolin". For some personal growth stuff, try Eckhard Tolle's "The Power of Now", it will make you stop and think about how you're living your life... And finally, for something American that needs to be read outside the U.S.: either "The Catcher in the Rye" or "Catch-22". The first you may have read in school, but reading it again will be revealing; and, the latter is a perfect, zany, expos&eacute;-type book about organization-life in general (though based in WWII Europe), you will be chuckling in sarcastic wonder that the world hasn't really changed in all these years...

Travel Essays Iv'e read and would recommend are:<BR>1. A SMALL PLACE IN ITALY by Eric Newby<BR>2. DANCING GIRL by Thordis Simonsen takes place in a Greek village. <BR>3. A HOUSE IN SICILY by Daphne Phelps.<BR>4. MYKONOS a memoir by Nancy Raeburn<BR>5.THE SECRET LIFE of the SEINE by Mort Rosenblum. A trip up the Seine in a 54 foot boat, with great stories along the way.<BR>6.(last but not least) PLAIN and SIMPLE by Sue Bender. A womans journey to the Amish country where she lives with a family. A delightful little book. Only 9 chapters.<BR>Happy Reading, I have taken a list from this post and have read about 15 books from it .Keep it up.

What is the record for number of responses to a question on this forum? Do you get a prize? I vote for Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand if you have not read it. This great novel is about very talented individuals who can keep the system running at the expense of their own integrity until they are driven beyond their own endurance. They are shown the way out in the end. Who is John Galt?????

I am currently reading A Star called Henry by Roddy Doyle. excellent.

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Most amazing thread - just did a text search and noticed that Leon Uris' The Haj is not mentioned. Book club read it this past year. We were all stunned to discover it was written nearly 20 years ago. Could be right now, today in Palestine. There's usually some of us who don't finish a selection - this was a non-stop read for all of us.

hi all,

Found it! Yeah!

For your reading pleasure! Merry Christimas early....

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just seeing if this will work to correct the index problem.

A really fabulous fiction book
A really fabulous fiction read

Erin,
Cool, you did it.
Thank you, thank you , thank you!
Bobbi

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In all the hoopla I actually forgot to copy this to my hard drive. you guys, this post is really great. I have so many suggestions for book hunting just from this one post alone. it was worth the search.

Hey bobbi, you did it, without your info I would have never found it.

thanks all!