Anything by John Steinbeck, except Travels With Charlie. Books by Clive Cussler, Dean Kootz or Stephen King for easy reading. But by far John Steinbeck, the best.
If you can find it, "Match Race Madness". Stories about match racing funny cars in the 60's. Great reading but I have been trying to get a copy and cannot find it. Maybe someone has a copy.
Try, 48 days, to the work you love by Dan Miller www.48days.com or if you need to get your finances back in line. The Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey. I guarantee you, that if every one on here read these two books, there would be NO cars left. Anywhere. They would be bought up by rich HAMBERS.. I have always told my kids. readers are leaders! Good thread, Thanks
Personally, I collect biographies. My favorite is "They call me Mr. 500" by Andy Granatelli. Excelllent read written by the man who produced Grancor cylinder heads, then later made STP a household name. This book is often on Ebay. Spirit of America by Craig Breedlove. An awesome book written by the speed king himself in about 1967. Great stories, awesome pics, and one of those books you can't put down. Probably hard to find. I actually met Mr. Breedlove at SEMA few years ago, and he told me that he didn;t even have a copy! Pretty much any book about Henry Ford. An interesting man to say the least.
Man I cant believe how many god botherers there are, I honestly dont know anyone who believes! Guess thats the culture difference over here! All guts, no glory. Bob Buick (Vietnam) In Good Company. Garry McKay (Any McKay book!!!(Vietnam)) In Valiant Company. Ben O'Dowed(Korea) Green Armour. Osmar White(WWII) The 20 Thousand theives. Eric Lambert(WWII) A Bastard of a place. Peter Brune(WWII) My side of the Kwai. Les Atkinson(WWII prisoner of the japs) Kokoda. Peter FitzSimons(WWII) I can go on for pages. All military history, true stroies and incerdible. One part of Kokoda has he story of a wounded Aussy soldier, shot through both ankles crawling through the jumgle for two weeks to escape the Japs! Doc.
Yeah....Clive Cussler is good stuff Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury Anything by Robert R. McCammon and if all else fails.......read the Yellow Pages.........that shit will slow anybodys mind down !!
The roald dahl omnibus- just a collection of a bunch of weird short stories rainbow six by tom clancy, if thats what youre into how to hotrod small block chevys how to hotrod big block chevys last, is sex lies and super speedways, by smokey yunick. i havent read it but ive heard good things youve got a lot of reading to do
Road Rocket by Henry Gregory Felson and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (much better than The Da Vinci Code)
If you can find it,"The Unfair Advantage" by Mark Donahue.They re-released it for it's 25th anniversary a few years ago. For something o/t try "The Skystone"by Jack Whyte(it's the 1rst in a series of many,historical fiction).It chronicals the time when the Romans leave Britain,but leave behind people who form the colony of Camulod and leads to 1rst use of mounted forces.These include Merlin and Arthur,but in a believable and down to earth approach.There was talk of a 2nd Jalopy Journal print edition(Ryan?)
Cool thread, and busting a few stereotypes too. Over here it's thought that the majority of you Yanks read about as much as your president does! Ha ha...yeah, okay, no politics, I know. I work with books so I read shit-loads. Some of the best I've read recently include.... The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - (the best I've read for years) Fearless by Tim Lott God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens - (Stunning piece of work) The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Good but not as good as Hitchens) The Recruit by Robert Muchamore (Teenage spies etc. Good laugh) The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Historical-based fiction. Excellent) Peepo Baby by Georgie Birkett - My 10 month old son and I read it every night. He loves it! Keep this thread going, I'm getting some good pointers here.
2nd that. I liked it better than The Da Vinci Code. The 'Odd Thomas' series by Dean Koontz is great night reading as well.
Yeah...but that bit with the helicopter was totally absurd. Not that the rest of it (nor The Da Vinci Code) was exactly Shakespearean , but I laughed out loud when I read that bit.
Any of the Don Montgomery books Glory Days by Jim Wangers Ford, The men and the machine (slow read but very insightful into Henry Fords life). Skywalking, The life & films of George Lucas
Thanx Earl, for that recommendation...and tooting my own horn a bit,the next book "written" by hot rod heros/legends is at the publisher...is due out early '08...also...my "serious" book- a 90,000 word fictional thriller novel entitled "Arsenal Code RED" is in the finishing stages...it's about Denver's Rocky Mountain Arsenal, wherein was stored over 8 million gallons of Sarin, Soman and VX nerve gasses, within 20 miles of Denver...and at the end of the north/south runway of Stapleton International Airport...ran into the Arsenal...commercial planes took off right over the top of the manufacturing facilities out there...the premise of the novel: any ideas what would happen if a commercial red-eye crashed out there...??? I don't have an agent for this one yet...anyone here an agent...??? R-
OOOOH! How did I forget!! The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series!! Well, anything by Douglas Adams. Hitchhikers, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish, Mostly Harmless, Starship Titanic, Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, The Salmon of Doubt, The meaning of Liff, The deeper Meaning of Liff, There are a few others, not complete works but more gathered works like, Young Zaphoid Plays it Safe (The basis for all the Hitchhiker series) Hitchhikers, the Original Radio Scripts, and so on. All well worth the read especially if you want to look like a tool and laugh out loud to yourself while reading. Doc.
Damn, Doc....I can't believe I forgot them either. Douglas Adams was a frood who really knew where his towel was.
I like military fiction, so Dale Brown, Tom Clancy, etc. I especially like the early Tom Clancy stuff. In the last year or two, I've read the Dan Brown books & few others that "bandwagoned" on the Da Vinci code with Templars, etc. Years ago, I read a lot of fantasy books with Tolkien's stuff being at the top of that list along with the Dragonriders series. Haven't read any of that in years...
Stephen Hunter writes a hell of a novel. Dig guns? I'd recommend Hot Springs and Pale Horse Coming, both are first class.
Sex, Lies & Superspeedways vol. 1 & 2 by Smokey Yunick These are audio books from "The best damn garage in town" narrated by Jon Dalorian, Don Garlets, Ray Evernham, and a few others. Brick
Ford - The Man and the Machine by: Robert Lacey This book is awesome! You'll find out alot about Henry Ford that you didn't know. Some of it you may not want to know! It has been out of print for some time, but you can usually find a good used copy on the internet. The "Left Behind" series of books by: Tim Lahaye and Jerry Jenkins You can take these books as either religious, they are based on the book of Revelations, or just plain old good writing. Most of them, 15 I believe, are great page turners. A couple seem to drag on at times, but are still worth the read. Anything by Stephen King. Especialy "The Tommyknockers" - This one got me hooked. Anything by Tom Clancey. He has a very keen eye for what is happening in the world's political and military arenas. And last, this one I reccomend to all of my customers who buy a new car from me who have trouble sleeping at night.....Your car or truck's owner's manual...Sure to have you snoring within a few minutes of cracking the cover open on it.
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