Can Anyone Recommend Some Good Non-Fiction Books?

[Abby Normal]

Yes, I forgot that one - Our Chief of Men, read that too.

To add a bit of variety, I also recommend a series of books by John Gribbin.
The first one: In Search of Schrodinger's Cat.

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/in-search-of-schrodingers-cat/9780553342536-item.html?ikwid=john+gribbin&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=1#algoliaQueryId=1c30922071c7b4105eaef3447280b7f9

If physics & the workings of Everything are a bit over-yer-head (so to speak, as with me) this is a brilliant book. Easy to read considering the subject matter.

hi wick i have literally hundreds of these type physics/ science books and gribbins book was one of the first. excellent book and ive read it over about a dozen times. quantum physics is some fascinating stuff.

[Wickerman]

Antonia Fraser’s book on the Gunpowder Plot is really good. I’d also recommend Our Chief Of Men which is her brilliant book on Oliver Cromwell.

Yes, I forgot that one - Our Chief of Men, read that too.

To add a bit of variety, I also recommend a series of books by John Gribbin.
The first one: In Search of Schrodinger's Cat.

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/in-search-of-schrodingers-cat/9780553342536-item.html?ikwid=john+gribbin&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=1#algoliaQueryId=1c30922071c7b4105eaef3447280b7f9

If physics & the workings of Everything are a bit over-yer-head (so to speak, as with me) this is a brilliant book. Easy to read considering the subject matter.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I read the book by Harold Schechter about H H Holmes.
it takes a special talent to turn one of the most fascinating cases in criminal history into a turgid boring read.

I’ve read a couple of Schechter’s books years ago Barn and remember liking them. The Holmes one wasn’t one of them though. Sounds like one to avoid.


Actually I’ve just checked his bibliography and I think I’ve read 4 or 5 of his. Deranged (Albert Fish) Deviant (Ed Gein) Fiend (Jesse Pomeroy) and Bestial (Earle Nelson) I think that I might even have read Panzram too.

He’s written a lot of books.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Have you read "The Devil in the White City?"

c.d.

A long time ago c.d. Wolf said that the Selzer book is the one to read. Apparently he shows that a lot that was previously assumed to have been true wasnt. Jon Rees gave it a good review on Amazon too. I still have 700 pages of heavy going (but enjoyable) political biography to get through before I get to it though.

[barnflatwyngarde]

HH Holmes by Adam Selzer was recommended to me by Wolf Vanderlinden. It arrived today but I’m 250 pages in to a book of 960 pages so it might be a while before I get to it.

I read the book by Harold Schechter about H H Holmes.
it takes a special talent to turn one of the most fascinating cases in criminal history into a turgid boring read.

[c.d.]

HH Holmes by Adam Selzer was recommended to me by Wolf Vanderlinden. It arrived today but I’m 250 pages in to a book of 960 pages so it might be a while before I get to it.

Have you read "The Devil in the White City?"

c.d.

[Herlock Sholmes]

HH Holmes by Adam Selzer was recommended to me by Wolf Vanderlinden. It arrived today but I’m 250 pages in to a book of 960 pages so it might be a while before I get to it.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I have a couple of books:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Su..._of_Mr_Whicher
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Murders the book by Edward Keyes.

One I'm reading now is, The Gunpowder Plot:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gu..._Faith_in_1605

Possibly not everyone's cup of tea, but I found this quite fascinating, the author is a metalurgist, so he knows what he is talking about with regards the copper scroll.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...AJ&redir_esc=y

Antonia Fraser’s book on the Gunpowder Plot is really good. I’d also recommend Our Chief Of Men which is her brilliant book on Oliver Cromwell.

[Ms Diddles]

Absolutely Ms D, today in my area today we had snow!

Re, recommendations of books.......I am reading "Beyond" by Stephen Walker.
It's about the race between the Americans and Russians to put the first man into space.

It is very well written, and in places it is genuinely jaw dropping.
I attach a link to Amazon where you can check out the reviews.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Stephen-Walker/dp/0008372500/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HZKRYKFFAAZ4&dchild=1&keywords=stephen+walker+beyond&qid=1620233517&s=books&sprefix=stephen+walker%2Caps%2C412&sr=1-1

Yeah, I think we are in the same stomping ground, Barn!

I saw the snow today too when I was out driving around.

Summer in Scotland, eh?!

[Ms Diddles]

You bet!. I am also looking into Charleston, South Carolina which I think I might like even more than Savannah. Check it out on Google.

c.d.

I just had a google!

Charleston looks absolutely lovely.

It looks like it has great bars and restaurants and a thriving arts scene.

You would need to do one of those horse and carriage tours too!!

It's not too far from Savannah as well, so you could kill two birds with one stone!

[c.d.]

Nah! You're ok, thanks!

If I want to see grey skies and pouring rain, I can just look out my window here in Scotland most days!

Hello Ms. Diddles,

For some reason I always thought you lived in England. If you are looking for some good fiction I definitely recommend this book. Set in modern day Scotland. Over 42,000 reviews on amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Eleanor-Oliphant-Completely-Fine-Novel/dp/0735220697/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X56KM4UC7IUG&dchild=1&keywords=eleanor+oliphant+is+completely+fine&qid=1620233678&sprefix=eleanor%2Caps%2C216&sr=8-1

c.d.

[barnflatwyngarde]

Nah! You're ok, thanks!

If I want to see grey skies and pouring rain, I can just look out my window here in Scotland most days!

Absolutely Ms D, today in my area today we had snow!

Re, recommendations of books.......I am reading "Beyond" by Stephen Walker.
It's about the race between the Americans and Russians to put the first man into space.

It is very well written, and in places it is genuinely jaw dropping.
I attach a link to Amazon where you can check out the reviews.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Stephen-Walker/dp/0008372500/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HZKRYKFFAAZ4&dchild=1&keywords=stephen+walker+beyond&qid=1620233517&s=books&sprefix=stephen+walker%2Caps%2C412&sr=1-1

[Ms Diddles]

Beats a wet weekend in Rhyl. Don't suppose you want any photos of that do you Mrs Diddles?

Nah! You're ok, thanks!

If I want to see grey skies and pouring rain, I can just look out my window here in Scotland most days!

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

You bet!. I am also looking into Charleston, South Carolina which I think I might like even more than Savannah. Check it out on Google.

c.d.

Beats a wet weekend in Rhyl. Don't suppose you want any photos of that do you Mrs Diddles?

[c.d.]

Even if it doesn't happen imminently, isn't it great to be able to make some kind of tentative plans for the future again after a year on hold?!

You bet!. I am also looking into Charleston, South Carolina which I think I might like even more than Savannah. Check it out on Google.

c.d.