Classic Books for my wife and daughter

[MULLY]

Layer Cake

"It's all gone TURBO!!"

[Rodney Blackstaff]

"My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell

Always thought of this as a classic

Rodders

[Kathinboots]

"My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell

Always thought of this as a classic

Rodders

I loved reading that and some of his other books. Cider with Rosie also great but I enjoyed "As I walked out one midsummer morning" even more. It was the first book of his I read. (wrong order but never mind) Get them both!

[Claireinblack]

Animal Farm

[ravenlunatic]

Taking a quick look over my bookshelves I can thoroughly reccomend the following:

Classic British Motorcycles of the 1950's,
Classic World War II Escape Stories,
Classic Military Aircraft of World War II,
Classic Military Blunders,
Classic British Cars,
Classic Automobiles,
Classic Naval Battles,
Classic Military Vehicles,
Classic Steam Engines,
Classic Helicopter Gunships In Action,
Classic Automobilia From The Golden Age Of Motoring,
Classic Stories About Decent Chaps Fending Off Attacks By Thousands Of Fuzzywuzzies, Armed Anly With A Stout Stick,
Classic Stories About Decent Chaps Storming Machine Gun Nests Single Handedly Whilst Smoking A Pipe,
Classic Tips For Decent Chaps (contains advice on tying knots, the inside of a steam locomotive and how to spot a foreigner),
1984

(The last one is a load of old bollocks to be honest)

[Niki Wu]

There is supposed to be a remake of The Day of The Triffids in the pipeline.

If you're just looking for stocking fillers they've got some good box sets in Tesco right now. I bought a John Le Carre trilogy for £5 last night.

Failing that I'd try the Waterstones website.
www.waterstones.com/giftfinder

[Kathinboots]

Taking a quick look over my bookshelves I can thoroughly reccomend the following:

Classic British Motorcycles of the 1950's,
Classic World War II Escape Stories,
Classic Military Aircraft of World War II,
Classic Military Blunders,
Classic British Cars,
Classic Automobiles,
Classic Naval Battles,
Classic Military Vehicles,
Classic Steam Engines,
Classic Helicopter Gunships In Action,
Classic Automobilia From The Golden Age Of Motoring,
Classic Stories About Decent Chaps Fending Off Attacks By Thousands Of Fuzzywuzzies, Armed Anly With A Stout Stick,
Classic Stories About Decent Chaps Storming Machine Gun Nests Single Handedly Whilst Smoking A Pipe,
Classic Tips For Decent Chaps (contains advice on tying knots, the inside of a steam locomotive and how to spot a foreigner),
1984

(The last one is a load of old bollocks to be honest)

That just reminds me of Tony Curtis in Spartacus when he says in a really thick Bronx accent "...and I also taught them the classics." I think he's washing some Roman bloke in a bath at the time. Or am I imagining that scene...?

[theraven1979]

Haven't read the book but the TV series was ace

I think this is a good recommendation

Jim

"My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell

Always thought of this as a classic

Rodders

[PaulinLondon]

Does anyone remember when Viz did a spoof on Roy of the Rovers when he was playing up front for Melchester Rovers ?

Instead of this .....



...you had someone shouting, "Jammy bastard" as he scored the goal.

[Niki Wu]

"Left footer."
Isn't that slang for Catholic.

[ravenlunatic]

No, its slang for a homosexualist.

[leskei]

anybody looking for books etc who is travelling up or down on the a1 at grantham call in at the downtown superstore book dept and, mrs leskei will gladly help out with books,ravenlunatic looking at your collection you need to get there as she has a great military section of books and cds

keith