November meme Day 14
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Day 14 → A non-fictional book
I rarely read non-fictional books, but when I do, they are mostly about autism or wars. (I know, I'm your daily ray of sunshine here... :) ) I wanted to talk about one specific book about autism that I liked but I haven't been able to find the title for over a year now. (The library knows it, but not google.) Then I thought ok, Solzenitzyn and Gulag will have to do. But it's Saturday, I don't wanna bring you down :)
So instead, have the first book I ever bought, The Story of the Irish Race by Seumas MacManus. It is an excruciatingly detailed recount of the history of Irish people, from before they settled in Ireland till De Valera's constitution (late 1930's). When I say excruciating I mean 700 pages of tiny print and big words. But totally worth it if you're into... Ireland :)
The book is full of legends and actualfax stories, customs and how they came to be customs, kings and how they came to power and who they fought and why, religious beliefs and how and why they changed, political turmoil, Sinn Fein, Easter rising...
And really, sometimes it's like he opened the dictionary and went "hmm, what's the LONGEST word I could use here?" which was awesome for my English but a killer of all fun. (See, another book I should read now that I won't need a dictionary EVERY page.) Oh, and sometimes (often) he uses the poet form: "Of the superiority of early Irish music, something has already been said in these pages." Orly? ... anyway :)
I don't want it to sound all bad and complicated, it's an amazing book, hey, I read it. But unless you're actually interested in the subject, it's perhaps best used as the encyclopedia of all things Irish. :)
Also, Pete talked to Ryan. *gg*
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
I rarely read non-fictional books, but when I do, they are mostly about autism or wars. (I know, I'm your daily ray of sunshine here... :) ) I wanted to talk about one specific book about autism that I liked but I haven't been able to find the title for over a year now. (The library knows it, but not google.) Then I thought ok, Solzenitzyn and Gulag will have to do. But it's Saturday, I don't wanna bring you down :)
So instead, have the first book I ever bought, The Story of the Irish Race by Seumas MacManus. It is an excruciatingly detailed recount of the history of Irish people, from before they settled in Ireland till De Valera's constitution (late 1930's). When I say excruciating I mean 700 pages of tiny print and big words. But totally worth it if you're into... Ireland :)
The book is full of legends and actualfax stories, customs and how they came to be customs, kings and how they came to power and who they fought and why, religious beliefs and how and why they changed, political turmoil, Sinn Fein, Easter rising...
And really, sometimes it's like he opened the dictionary and went "hmm, what's the LONGEST word I could use here?" which was awesome for my English but a killer of all fun. (See, another book I should read now that I won't need a dictionary EVERY page.) Oh, and sometimes (often) he uses the poet form: "Of the superiority of early Irish music, something has already been said in these pages." Orly? ... anyway :)
I don't want it to sound all bad and complicated, it's an amazing book, hey, I read it. But unless you're actually interested in the subject, it's perhaps best used as the encyclopedia of all things Irish. :)
Also, Pete talked to Ryan. *gg*
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Date: 2009-11-14 04:57 pm (UTC)they are mostly about autism or wars
Really, the last non-fiction book I read. (Last weekend) Was about a man who was diagnosed as a adult with aspergers. Parallel Play by Tim Page. Not really a book about autism per say, but rather a memoir of this mans life.
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