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What' are you reading these days?

mousemouse Member Posts: 3,624
edited February 2003 in General Discussion
My Dad loaned me a good one recently on the Depression; The
Hungry Years, by T.H.Watson. Really good read.

Also in the middle of Hepatitis C; The silent Epidemic by Fred K.Askari M.D.,P.H.D.

Still mulling through Reformation in Germany and Switzerland by
D'Aubigne's.

Bible; Luke chapter 13.
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    pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Right now, your post of course. [:o)]

    When not staring at this screen, some Anne McCaffrey. Sci-fi and fiction for me.

    The gene pool needs chlorine.
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    ndbillyndbilly Member Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Recently finished "Unexpected Cosequences" after hearing so many references to it over the years. Read Pat Conroy's latest about his last year at the Citadel, "My Losing Season". Just finished a neat read about the buffalo hunters and life on the frontier circa 1868-1880 called "Borderlands". Still chewing through "Cryptonomicon" and "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned." Have a stack a yard high of "Gottareads". Never seems to get smaller. Just ordered a couple of books on Sharps rifles - can't wait. "Reformation in Germany and Switzerland" sounds like a life's study. Good luck!
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    sundownersundowner Member Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The First World War by John Keegan
    Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the 80's by Hunter S. Thompson
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    Jody CommanderJody Commander Member Posts: 855 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oddly, I find myself re-reading stuff I read a generation ago, and, I believe, I'm enjoying it more on the second reading,I have begun a two volume set of Lewis and Clarks journey, with notes and maps, hard going, very dry, I find I bog down in the overly tedious notatations,so informative and exciting when written but not so now, two centurys later.
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    paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Mostly posts on this forum, gun rag sheets, and books on training flushin dogs.

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    In God We Trust
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    RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    "The Endurance"....story about Shackelton's voyage in a wooden ship, and trip to Antarctica in the early 1900's....and I thought it was cold here!, one of the best readings of survival I've come upon...
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    capecodcapecod Member Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    For anyone interested in American Revolution History - any of Kenneth Roberts Books. I've read them all several times over the years. I just finished reading "Rise To Rebellion" by Jeff Shaara - a terrific book. Covers period of 1770 to 1776. I just ordered the sequel by Shaara from Amazon that describes the War years.
    John
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    roysharoysha Member Posts: 749 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Going through all of John Steinbeck's books again for about the 4th time. Enjoy them and his short stories more each time, except "Travels With Charley". Something lacking in that one. Especially like "The Moon Is Down".

    BEER IS PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY!
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    interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    I thoroughly enjoy reading my various weekly publications such as, "The Totally Bizarre Liberals Journal" and the "Knee Jerk Democrap Weekly" Cheers, you flaming Bush bashers!![:)]

    "If your gonna be stupid, go find a democrat."
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    BlackieBoogerBlackieBooger Member Posts: 2,175 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Honor The Brave by Victor Brooks which an elderly cousin sent me a few days ago. Tells about the heroes and Americans that fought in all the wars from the Revolutionary War through the Gulf War. I have read up to WWII. I recommend it for liesurly reading as it has some interesting information in some individuals you normally don't read about in the history books.

    "Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, not liberty to purchase power."
    Benjamin Franklin, 1785
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    sjc1sjc1 Member Posts: 130 ✭
    edited November -1
    Icemaster story of the Kurlak by J. Niven.
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    greeker375greeker375 Member Posts: 3,644
    edited November -1
    Right now, a Bio on James Madison. Since last year have read: 3 on TR, One each on Jefferson, Washington, Madison.

    These are the ones our kids should also be reading instead of playing video games!
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    susiesusie Member Posts: 7,304 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Rainbow Six" by Tom Clancy.

    Also reading "Every Man a Tiger" by Clancy which is a co-written book with Gen Chuck Horner (Retired AF). It's along the lines of Shwartzkopf's book "It Doesn't Take a Hero". I'm a big Clancy, Cussler, Koontz, and Grisham fan. It seems that about everyone in my family is a big reader so we trade back and forth on books to cut down on expenses.

    ***There's a difference between living and living well!***
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    glynglyn Member Posts: 5,949
    edited November -1
    I am absolutely amazed about some of the literature people are reading on this board.I personaly like to read something with depth and meaning.I personally only read intelctional literature like Batman.superman and wonderwomen comics.It is far more educational.

    Those who live by the sword will be killed by those who dont. Glyn
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    poshposh Member Posts: 360 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Target Switzerland by Stephen Halbrook: A history of Swiss armed neutrality during WW II. A lot of interesting material on the Schmidt Rubin rifle, Swiss shooting clubs and Swiss marksmanship.
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    idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I must confess that I have been entertaining myself with some mind candy lately. I have returned to The Lord of the Rings trilogy which I read for the first time in Junior High. Those books are hard to put down once you pick them up. I had a date up in Sioux Falls, SD tonight and we started at Barnes and Noble for coffee and a long conversation. I picked up a copy of Michael Savage's "Savage Nation" while I was there. I can't wait to read it tomorrow.
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    VarmintmistVarmintmist Member Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Im trying to get my lord of the rings and Hobbit back from the in laws [:D] My sister got me Fellowship on VHS extended version. Better than the theater version, more depth. I want the Twin Towers to.

    If you havent seen these, read the books, then see the flick. A VERY good film adaptation of the book, something you dont see often.

    Those people who see nothing but grey areas, no black and white, are lost in the fog.
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    cwinncwinn Member Posts: 1,223 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just finished "Hot Springs" by Stephen Hunter. Great book, along with the predecesors "Time to Hunt", "Point of Impact", and "Black Light" by the same author. I HIGHLY reccomend them.
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    Brth729Brth729 Member Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I recently pulled a couple books out that my mom had sent me a few years ago. They are collections of short stories by Patrick F. McManus. Some of the things he writes about that he did in his youth, are similar to things my friends and I did when we were younger. I've bugged the heck out of my wife while reading them, because even though I've read them before, there's been lots of times when I started laughing out loud. He has a very descriptive writing style that paints a vivid picture in your head of what's taking place. If you haven't read any of his stories before I highly recommend them.

    ***I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling section I think I need a Leer jet***
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    GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. First part of the book as interesting. The middle to me was just a normal description of christian behavior. The last part though was kind over my head. Was kind of intersting to read a book that was from the late 40's, early 50's talking about sin and how things at that time that were considered bad don't have as much stigma now.
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    outdoortexasoutdoortexas Member Posts: 4,780
    edited November -1
    Second reading of "The Lessons of History" by Will and Ariel Durant!

    A short read on various subjects such as:

    Biology and History
    Race " "
    Character " "
    Morals " "
    Religion " "
    Economics
    Socialism
    Government

    As well as History and War, Growth and Decay, and more.

    This is one of those books that everyone here, no matter your politics, will truly enjoy and learn from. Can't encourage you enough about this one.

    The same couple of course wrote "The Story of Civilization". Much longer, but another enlightening read you can't put down.
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    soopsoop Member Posts: 4,633
    edited November -1
    "WE" By Charles Lindbergh
    It`s an old book that used to belong to my dad.It`s about Lindbergh`s first flight across the Atlantic.I was thinking of selling it on fleabay but thought I should read it first.Now I don`t know if I can sell it.What a piece of history.
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    TeamblueTeamblue Member Posts: 782 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    April 1865 by Jay Winik. This is an outstanding Civil War saga detailing this absolutely critical month in our nation's history. From final days of the War and the eventual surrender, to Lincoln's assassination and the aftermath. Even thought the war was over, the peaceful reconciliation was not a forgone conclusion. This is a compelling read that looks at this in well researched detail.

    Justice through Valor 1*
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    mousemouse Member Posts: 3,624
    edited November -1
    Well, I stopped at the Army surplus store yesterday and got a book
    of Don Paul, Conquer Terror. This after having coffee and a chicken
    sandwiche at Barnes and Nobles. Actually made it out of there without
    a purchase. Did get tempted by Feeding at the Trough. heh heh.

    I loved Lord of the Rings, but the Hobbit is still my all time favorite.
    Need to read it first so you get the story of Bilbo Baggins and how
    He first meets Gandolf, the dwarfs, and elves.

    Loved C.S. Lewis The Tales of Narnia. Read first as an adult. i must
    give credit to this addiction to books to my father, Ole Johnson.
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    idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Hobbit was a favorite since 5th grade. I saw the movie around 3rd or 4th grade and then realized it was a book. Our school didn't have much of a library when I was in grade school. I think it was smaller than a typical classroom. I read The Hobbit about three times before I got up the gumption to read the entire trilogy in junior high. The rest of the world stood still when I was reading those books. It doesn't do the same thing these days since I only get an hour or two to read now and again.[:(]
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    HighNoonHighNoon Member Posts: 444 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just finished "The Demon in the Freezer" by Richard Preston, author of the Hot Zone. This is about the weaponized smallpox floating around the world allegedly held by Iraq, North Korea, old Russia, Syria and other "rogue" nations. Very scary. Forget about getting vaccinated, this stuf was engineered to resist it.
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    blazeblaze Member Posts: 233 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Shadow Warriors by Tom Clancy with General Carl Stiner. recently just finished up Delta Force. I love reading books about the special forces or other war books.

    Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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    ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Speakin of these days...

    "I wake up, and tear drops, they fall down, like rain,
    I put on, that old song, we danced to and then..
    I head off to my job, yes not much has changed,
    punch the clock, head for home, check the phone, just incase,
    go to bed, dream of you, thats what I'm doing these days."

    -These Days, Rascal Flatts

    HAHAHHAHAHAHA

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    270 Deer Slayer270 Deer Slayer Member Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    LOL.. good song but that has nothing to do with books.

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    ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 270 Deer Slayer
    LOL.. good song but that has nothing to do with books.


    Huh? [?][B)][:0]

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    LABWILDLABWILD Member Posts: 506 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    James Lee Burke's "White Doves at Morning".
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    pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    Last two books I read were Marine Sniper and Silent Warrior...both books about the life of Carlos Hathcock...very good reads IMO.

    "The only way American citizens can adequately be protected from terror and violence is when" those in authority protect us from those who would harm us, instead of protecting us from ourselves.
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    steven mobbssteven mobbs Member Posts: 234 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    the new stephen king---cant think of the name but its several short stories[;)][:o)][:o)][:o)]

    steven mobbs
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    SP TigerSP Tiger Member Posts: 872 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have again picked up The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer(sic?) after starting it last year and not finishing it. It is verrry long, but very detailed and informative in my opinion. I let a couple of other books get in the way in the meantime.

    Better to have and not need, than need and not have.
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    Mr.PissyPantsMr.PissyPants Member Posts: 3,575
    edited November -1
    Anything Clancy comes out with. I am currently re-reading Rainbow Six.

    "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe."
    Luke 11:21
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    sheepdipsheepdip Member Posts: 3,124
    edited November -1
    THE COMPACT HISTORY OF THE INDIAN WARS
    by John Tebbel.
    Looking for "PECKS BAD BOY".

    dipit,dipit,dipit!
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    drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,545 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Idsman,

    I read the whole Tolkien series 2 years ago. My friends all read it when they were young like you did, Jr. High. I made the mistake and saw the cartoon Hobbit movie way back when and could never read the books until recently. Good series. They're playing LOTR constantly on the Starz cable channel. Makes me want to see the 2nd movie again.

    I'm currently reading the latest Robert Jordan book. I think it's book 7 (I think) of his Wheel of Time series. It's kind of a ripp-off of Tolkien but is interesting.

    I'm also a huge fan of Clancy & W.E.B. Griffin.
    Always looking for good reading if anyone has some recommendations.


    Regards,
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