Read a good book lately?

[awa355]

Can anybody recommend any good books on the history of Roxburgh township, mainly it's early settlers and local stonemasons or builders?

Try this link, http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/schol...5-d51-d15.html

wont be quite what you want but may have have some interesting facts.

Also try http://www.livingheritage.org.nz/sch...rks/index.html

[unstuck]

Try this link, http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/schol...5-d51-d15.html

wont be quite what you want but may have have some interesting facts.

Also try http://www.livingheritage.org.nz/sch...rks/index.html

Cheers dude, will have a browse.

[Akzle]

'view from the summit'
by our own ed hillary.
Dry. Very dry. Compelling none the less, and some cool yarns:

[...knew we would have to bail out before the other tank exploded...i fell on the engine covers through which the flames were spurting. the pain was *quite considerable* (emphasis mine. What a dude).
I had the feeling that now i knew what a piece of bacon felt like]

[unstuck]

Clyde on the Dunstan. Isobel Veitch. Gold mining history of the Dunstan area.

[Akzle]

have we got a fuken e-reader thread?
Thinking about one.
Gen1 kindle seems to come up frequently.
Main concern is copyright shit, how do they manage that?
I have a stack of pdf on pc that i wont sit in front to read, nor print, but no idea about 'legality'

[unstuck]

have we got a fuken e-reader thread?
Thinking about one.
Gen1 kindle seems to come up frequently.
Main concern is copyright shit, how do they manage that?
I have a stack of pdf on pc that i wont sit in front to read, nor print, but no idea about 'legality'

What the hell is an e-reader?
I like books cos I don't have to have a powercord hanging out of the hammock.

[bogan]

What the hell is an e-reader?
I like books cos I don't have to have a powercord hanging out of the hammock.

It's a lightweight racing book, no more squashed faces from 2+kg of wordses.

I got mine cos books are way cheaper on it, but still use library if they have em in stock. I wasn't convinced initially, but tbh, I think I'd rather read all books on it now.

[Akzle]

I wasn't convinced initially, but tbh, I think I'd rather read all books on it now.

i wouldnt, its for the rare pdf that isnt available/easy in print.
Most my reading still be paper.

what did you get? Whts wrong with it? can you get porn on it? And teh illegal?

[bogan]

i wouldnt, its for the rare pdf that isnt available/easy in print.
Most my reading still be paper.

what did you get? Whts wrong with it? can you get porn on it? And teh illegal?

Refurbished kindle, nothing, would be shit porn if you could, dunno haven't tried.

[pete376403]

I've got two kindles, a paperwhite (black text on white background, no colour) very thin and light, battery last ages between charges. Its the "advertising supported' version, which is cheaper but will display adverts when not being used. Other one is a Kindle Fire first gen, colour screen, stereo audio, thicker, heavier, less battery life. Kindle is Amazons e-reader so very easy to get books from Amazon, not so easy to get from other places. Local library doesn't have books in Kindle format (they do Kobo)
Google "conver pdf to kindle" there's plenty of ways to do it

[Akzle]

I've got two kindles, a paperwhite (black text on white background, no colour) very thin and light, battery last ages between charges. Its the "advertising supported' version, which is cheaper but will display adverts when not being used. Other one is a Kindle Fire first gen, colour screen, stereo audio, thicker, heavier, less battery life. Kindle is Amazons e-reader so very easy to get books from Amazon, not so easy to get from other places. Local library doesn't have books in Kindle format (they do Kobo)
Google "conver pdf to kindle" there's plenty of ways to do it

chur.

Batt life good.
Not need colour.
One i googled seemed to pdf but wasnt kobo...then, i dont pay much attention.

Paperwhite sounds good but dont want it to jew my bandwidth downloading ads. Presumably can be set to offline?

[pete376403]

chur.

Batt life good.
Not need colour.
One i googled seemed to pdf but wasnt kobo...then, i dont pay much attention.

Paperwhite sounds good but dont want it to jew my bandwidth downloading ads. Presumably can be set to offline?

Oh yeah. Turn on Airplane mode and it disables wifi

[rustyrobot]

Google "conver pdf to kindle" there's plenty of ways to do it

Calibre is the tool to use. Free and open source.

You can also block the adverts in the ad supported version (or make it display your images instead).

[husaberg]

Read Angela's ashes on Friday and Saturday night.
The book I felt ended a couple of pages too early (Hollywood sequel)
An easy read well worth the Pulitzer......

[Swoop]

John Cleese.
So, Anyway...

An autobiography from growing up and school days, all the way up to the Python days.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but was laughing out loud within the first few pages! A story, enmeshed with a bit of psychology, a massive dose of humour and a splash of tobasco.

Quite a few surprises for the novice...

10:10.