Please!

When recomending a book, make a bit extended post, like seen on first page.


Thank you readers!

[zeppelindood]

high Agnes... what a wonderful idea. I've been looking over this thread for a hour now... here's one of my favorites, I've been through this one dozens of times looking for anything I may have missed... it's simply the most detailed, imformative rock and roll book I have ever read ~

Book Description:
Led Zeppelin was the hottest, hardest, horniest, most hedonistic group in rock history. Their parties defined 60s and 70s excess, their concerts were long, loud and thrilling. Based on interviews and behind-the-scenes stories, here is the truth behind the genius of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and the late John Bonham.

Inside Flap Copy:
Led Zeppelin was the hottest, hardest, horniest, most hedonistic group in rock history. Their parties defined 60s and 70s excess, their concerts were long, loud and thrilling. Based on interviews and behind-the-scenes stories, here is the truth behind the genius of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and the late John Bonham.

zeppelindood: Haha, better late than never.

Yeah, I am pleased to see, that some stoners are accualy reading something good beside ICmag

Agnes

[vodka]

Being an avid reader i assumed this thread would be full of books I've read or already decided to pass on. There were however several good ones up there i didn't know that now have my interest so I figure i'll add one I just finished.

It is a book about teacher and student, although the ending is predictable and over-done, the lessons learned will stick with you forever. Oh, and if there are any Pearl Jam fans out there, the album yeild was based on this books teachings.





This book has me sort of spinning right now. I'm not sure what to make of it and it is begining to make me rethink all I've read before it.

The following text and the above image shamelessly stolen from amazon.

From the Back Cover
"A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet...laid out for us with an originality and a clarity that few would deny." -- New York Times Book Review.

"[Quinn] entrap[s] us in the dialogue itself, in the sweet and terrible lucidity of Ishmael's analysis of the human condition...it was surely for this deep, clear persuasiveness of argument that Ishmael was given its huge prize." -- The Washington Post

"It is as suspenseful, inventive, and socially urgent as any fiction or nonfiction book you are likely to read this or any other year" -- The Austin Chronicle.

"Deserves high marks as a serious -- and all too rare -- effort that is unflinchingly engaged with fundamental life-and-death concerns." -- The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

About the Author
Daniel Quinn's first book, Ishmael, won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, a prize for fiction presenting creative and positive solutions to global problems. He is also the author of Providence, The Story of B, and My Ishmael. Yeild

[sunnyside]

A MUST read is "How to Hydroponics"

https://www.howtohydroponics.com/



I have now received the 4th edition "How-To Hydroponics". Well, I must say that it is absolutely fantastic. It is so well written with crystal clear photographs and text to match. This book has to be a must for anyone with an interest in learning about Hydroponics or thinking of building a system. It covers everything you need to know about building your own system and then getting the most from it. I am equally sure that it could teach the more advanced hydroponist a few things as well. Well done and congratulations on writing such a clear and concise book on the art of "How-To Hydroponics".

[sunnyside]

"Hydroponics Indoor Horticulture" by Jeffrey Winterborne



chapter excerpt:

"Like humans, plants actually need to respire 24 hours a day to survive. During the light cycle, plants will uptake faster if there is an abundance of oxygen available. As stated before, during the light cycle, the plants are constantly producing oxygen so this is not normally a problem. However, the roots of a plant, day or night, do not produce any oxygen. The plants’ internal oxygen is manufactured from the leaves splitting hydrogen from the water molecule to generate sugar, which then releases excess oxygen."

This has got to be the most thorough indoor gardening books ever printed. It even gives some 'esoteric' techniques that possibly only a handful of growers in the world are willing to undertake and exploit. Quite possibly the best resource available to growers, other than the forums

[HotCha]

"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."

--from "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita is the most amazing work of fiction i have ever read. everyone should read it.

[guineapig]

"Biochemical and Genetic Mechanisms Used by Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria"

Some soil bacteria preferentially associate with the roots of crop plants and can exert beneficial effects on their hosts. They are collectively referred to as PGPR (Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria). PGPR strains are often found among the fluorescent pseudomonads.



Biocontrol of phytopathogens appears to be a major mechanism of plant growth promotion by these bacteria. Suppression of phytopathogens results from the production of secondary metabolites or by elicitation of the plant's own defence system. PGPR-based inocula must be able to compete with the indigenous micro-organisms and efficiently colonize the rhizosphere of the plants to be protected.

https://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF...0JUBDZmDv361wA

(click on link for some sample pages including a synopsis of the book)
<wheek wheek?>

gp

[bush@crackhouse]

Hillibillieoncp, you posted the book i was going to post - The Celestine Prophecy, and i'm very glad that someone already posted some serious books, Crossing the Rubicon and the always up to date Orwelian 1984.

One thing i don't really like are novels (celestine profecy is one though) - Da Vinci's Code and The Conspiracy from Dan Brown for example - i prefer reading the synthetic version of truth, without the flowers and the red carpets..

The book i'm reading right now is actually quoted on my sig, thats basicaly one of the first sentences of the book, Occult Ether Phyics from William Lyne also author of 1995 polemic book "Ufos are man made machines" - here's the preface,

Is there a "Secret Physics" with a different set of rules --- hidden away from us earlier in this century, by a powerful elite who fear the technology based on it will strip away their power and wealth,and loberate us from their grip? Dynamite comes in small packages, and this little stick of scientific dynamite, blows apart pseudo-scientific myths and instills the truth.

some like tickles in the brain, others prefer small taps, i say bring in the hammer, wake up time

[Vermonster]

The last book i read was : : Cannabis Culture [Paperback] by Matthews, Patrick; Matthews, Patrick.
It was an ok read. Not much new information, but there was a lot in there about British culture andhasish that I was not aware of. Likewise, there was a few good stories....
I'm currently reading a book on money laundering by a former RCMP detective: Crime School: Money Laundering: True Crime Meets The World Of Business.
His opnions are shit, but some of the tales and the information in the book is good. I feel like I'm learning a lot.
I like this thread allot though, because I read a book a week and I'm always looking for good feed back on good books. I was also thinking about writing a book some day, maybe I could get some opnions on my first chapter? Thanks guys