What Book Are You Currently Reading?

[The Dragonslayer]

So what book are you currently reading?

I'm reading Hrafnkel's Saga & Other Stories right now.

[Vulpix]

Interesting up!

The question for me should be: what books are you currently reading ? I have the habit to start various books .
Currently I'm reading a photography book and "The 10-day MBA" . Oh, and also a book on the ongoing financial crisis, and I am probably going to start reading a novel by Dean Koontz or Stephen King soon .

[Aragorn]

One of the best:

Der Untergang des Abendlandes, by Oswald Spengler, German edition, copyright 1922.

[Steelhammer]

'Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors' by Nicholas Wade

and 'The Ethnic Phenomenon' by Pierre van den Berghe


It takes me a long time to read a book, so this may not change for some time...

[Oisín]

Gods and fighting men - Lady Gregory
The autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone - Abridged & edited by Sean O'Faolain

[The Dragonslayer]

Thanks for the comments so far. I've seen this topic before on other forums. It's a good way of sharing what we are reading with others. I've gotten good book recommendations off of such threads before. All of these books sound interesting. I hope you enjoy them and get something out of them. I often am reading more than one book at a time. I'm an avid reader. It's one of my favorite hobbies. I would say it's more than just a hobby though.

[Lars]

I just finished all the Harry Potter books in their original language. I first read them in Danish.

So I'm now ready for something a little more serious!

Tankens Magt
Vestens idehistorie


In English that means 'The Power of Thought - History of Ideas in the West

It's about the ideas that formed Europe from ancient Greece to now. There are three books which each covers a period.

Book one - Classical antiquity to 1600
Book two - 1600 to 1918
Book three - 1918 to present day

The book is structured in a system of seven scientific fields, including technology, science, politics and law, aesthetics and art, language and society, philosophy and religion/theology. These seven pillars are each divided into nine time periods, so that the whole story can be read chronologically.

2.468 pages/5 kg. It's a beast.

They are very beautifully made.

[The Dragonslayer]

Hey Lars. That looks amazing. I hadn't heard of that before. It looks fascinating. It certainly does look beautifully made. I'll definitely have to check it out.

[Saksenland]

Lord of the Rings, by Tolkien

[Lars]

Hi guys

Many have written to me where to get the books and similar questions.
Warning! The three books are written in Danish.

Some information:
Redaktion/editors: Hans Siggaard Jensen, Ole Knudsen, Frederik Stjernfelt, Tekstredaktion/text editorial: Claus Bratt Østergaard, skribenter Lars Erslev Andersen m. fl.
3 bind/volumes (2468 sider/pages), illustreret/illustrated
Udgiver/Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN-13: 978-87-595-2671-2
ISBN: 87-595-2671-8
Pris/Retail price: kr. 1999,00 (267 Euros)

I am a member of a book club which had a special sale so I only paid 500 kr. (67 Euros)

I've seen the books on various websites and book stores at 1500 kr. (200 Euros)

More than 50 writers are behind the 2,500-page work "Tankens Magt" that's to be considered as a supplement to The Great Danish Encyclopædi.