^ Not just mothers, I also read The Very Hungry Catepillar and Elmer on a regular basis...
Can I have my copy of From my Sisters' Lips back now?
^ Not just mothers, I also read The Very Hungry Catepillar and Elmer on a regular basis...
Can I have my copy of From my Sisters' Lips back now?
Currently reading All The President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, a riveting tail of how they played the role in bringing down Nixon. Sad to say, I'd heard of Watergate and Nixon resigning but not the issues surrounding it. Well worth a read. Who'd have thought a burglary could have such wider consequences?!
A highly informative book (if you're into stats) 'The Aircraft Of WW2' a comprehensive list of all the aircraft that flew during the conflict, it contains some fabulous plates.
yes read that too anyone who wants to understand the opposite sex should give it a go although not everyone fits well into the stereotypes depending on what kind of person you are. I found i did typically have all the Venusian traits.Originally Posted by siddy_06
now reading the four imams can't remember the author but very interesting read about the life of Malik (ra). it's when you read such books i find i feel very small in the vastness of knowledge they had yet what do we know???
i will never quote hadith out of anger again. the respect and adhab given by the people of knowledge to the words of the prophet (saw) was enlightening especially in this day and age where we get angry and then we just shout out of this hadith or that hadith. these people were so concerned about the knowledge they passed on or the fatwas they gave and the accountability of that. how often do we even check the reliability or authenticity of the hdaith before we use it for our own ends. subhan'Allah a real eye opener for me personally on the adhab of seeking knowledge.
"Follow the money!"...fab book, have you seen the movie?
School text books.
Boring in a way only school text books can manage so I watched "Don't mess with the Zohan" instead.
Heard about the movie, and found a trailer for it on Youtube but I find the book more riveting. Not come across "Follow the money!" line yet I don't think but it's a great read, inspiring for me, with myself - Inshallah - aiming one day if God wills to be in Woodstein's profession
Out of interest, are your school text books covered with some ridiculous wallpaper to prevent graffiti on it? It just reminded me of my German textbook which was and all of us in our school probably, had some dodgy wallpaper covering it.
We had to do that at school but no one does it out here.
Text books are paid for by the student and have a life of one semester.
Having finished the Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's riveting book, finished off a book on Jose Mourinho and now started reading "Dial M for Murdoch" by Tom Watson (Labour MP) and Martin Hickman (Independent journalist) about the past year plus into Murdoch and his News Corp. Pretty much expecting it to be a one-sided affair.
Good times! Lol, feeling nostalgic...
Finished reading Dialing M For Murdoch by Martin Hickman of the Independent and Tom Watson MP about the phone hacking scandal. Worth a read, it's pretty in-depth and a close enough definitive account of Murdoch's News International doing everything they could to avoid the furore which closed down their biggest red top.
Picked out Martin Sixsmith's The Litvinenko File, about the murdered former Russian agent of the same surname.
I've just started on the Malcolm X autobiography, an interesting chap.
Interesting doesnt do him justice. Enjoyed his autobiography so much, I read it again!
Picked up John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's The Israel Lobby And US Foreign Policy. Thought it was pertinent in light to the recent conflict to get an idea of the support network (unconditional it seems) Israel gets from the US. A mammoth of a book but hopefully worth the read.
You should read...
israel and the clash of civilizations by jonathon cook (it just says it all in a few words, the book isnt chunky)
Currently I'm reading books on jihad....I'm getting obsessed with the topic, not in a terrorist way
It is chunky but well worth reading it all the way. It is five years out of date but still very relevant to understanding the Middle East and the role Israel, the US foreign policy and the Israel Lobby have played in the past years. The book awakened my eyes on the Lebanon war which was in 2006, which I vaguely remember but didn't realise the extent of the damage done to the ordinary civilians. Sadly, the Israeli Lobby exists (not that there is anything wrong with lobbying mind) and the US foreign policy is still that to a one-sided point of view, not a balanced analysis of it.
But, the next book I've picked up is Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: The Truth Behind The World's Most Powerful Political Movement, Youssef Nada with Douglas Thompson. Not heard of the name before but apparently has a role in the MB and in this new Egyptian government somehow and was blacklisted after 9/11 for alleged terrorist links and then quietly unblacklisted.
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