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Johnny_H02

04-21-2009, 10:06 PM

^^^^Why would you want to read that?

Im Reading Redcoat by Richard Holmes very interesting.
I'm reading that right now as well, its truly an amazing book.
I've been a Richard Holmes fan for a while now, since I've watched his BBC Battlefield Walks series and read his bio of Wellington.

Amazing Author & I look forward to reading Sahib & Tommy.

Red-Phos

04-22-2009, 01:25 AM

I'm reading that right now as well, its truly an amazing book.
I've been a Richard Holmes fan for a while now, since I've watched his BBC Battlefield Walks series and read his bio of Wellington.

Amazing Author & I look forward to reading Sahib & Tommy.
I want to get Rifles by Mark Urban to after reading how one Rifleman shot a French General whilst layed on his back then reloaded in time and shot his orderly to!

AroundTheCorner

04-22-2009, 01:26 AM

^^^^^^Hahahaha.
I'm currently reading: Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
It's a hell of a read so far, and I'm only on Page 78.

Great book........:)

shiftypowpow

04-22-2009, 04:00 PM

Simon Murray's "Legionaire" is pretty good. Also, although it's not specifically about La Legion Etrangere, Martin Windrow's "The Last Valley", about Dien Bien Phu is excellent.

Thanks I'll try to keep my eyes peeled for those two

Terrible Victory by Mark Zuehlke

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G5QriW8WL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Excellent author, excellent book

Ria

04-26-2009, 11:58 PM

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2nd book in the series

62ECHO

04-27-2009, 12:02 AM

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Hilbert

04-27-2009, 12:30 AM

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
It's the first of the Hannibal Lector novels. Puts the movie to shame.

gaijinsamurai

04-27-2009, 03:03 AM

^Great book, and you're right.
I read it a long time ago.

digrar

04-27-2009, 04:52 AM

Unscathed by Major Phil Ashby.

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T3ngu

04-27-2009, 05:02 AM

Finishing
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Starting...

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Fiber

04-28-2009, 04:26 PM

Cisco: Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks

It's a hoot!

Rad Resistance

04-28-2009, 07:51 PM

Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions good read so far very interesting.

muttbutt

04-28-2009, 08:22 PM

Ernest Hemingway-The old man and the sea
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Megaman

04-28-2009, 08:31 PM

HMS Ulysses.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/HMSUlyssesCover2.jpg

gaijinsamurai

04-30-2009, 03:11 AM

Adam Harmon- Lonely Soldier

About a Jewish American who emigrates to Israel, joins the IDF paratroopers, and later serves in the reserves.
Good story. Almost finished with it.

shiftypowpow

04-30-2009, 09:32 AM

Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke

Johnny_H02

04-30-2009, 11:23 AM

Next on my to-read list.
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khalifah

05-01-2009, 10:58 AM

Just finished this...
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I've come to the conclusion that if you couple this and the next part of the series ,"On the Day of Battle". Along with Stephan Ambrose book "Citizen Soldier" You got a very good history of the entire western ETO.

But for now im gonna take a break from history and re-read one of my favorites.
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Maine Finn

05-01-2009, 03:54 PM

Just got "Revolution Downeast" by James Leamon. I've only gotten about halfway through the first chapter but it's already damn interesting.

Dalamara

05-01-2009, 05:42 PM

I'm trying to find good fiction books that feature vikings and the viking era, but my google searches don't turn up much. Anyone read any good viking books they could recommend?

Maine Finn

05-01-2009, 09:40 PM

Found one. (http://www.amazon.com/Karis-Saga-Novel-Viking-Iceland/dp/1419682458/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241228110&sr=1-6)

Or try here. (http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1241228080/ref=sr_nr_n_7?ie=UTF8&rs=1000&keywords=Vikings&bbn=1000&rnid=1000&rh=n%3A%211000%2Ci%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3AVikings%2Cn%3A17) There's a lot of good stuff on Amazon.

osnunez

05-02-2009, 12:00 AM

Just started this:

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Plot summary:

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies attempts to explain why history progressed differently for peoples from various geographical regions. Diamond sums up his book with the following sentence, "History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves" (pg 25). Diamond argues that environmental factors, such as plant and animal domestication, gave some societies advantages over others, allowing them to conquer the disadvantaged societies.
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-guns-germs-and-steel/plotsummary.html

kawaiku

05-02-2009, 01:06 AM

Just finished this...
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I've come to the conclusion that if you couple this and the next part of the series ,"On the Day of Battle". Along with Stephan Ambrose book "Citizen Soldier" You got a very good history of the entire western ETO.
Rick's next book is actually going to be about from D-Day to the fall of Germany I believe. I was disappointed that he didn't finish the Italian campaign which was kind of a bummer but I hope he finishes it somehow in the next installment.

khalifah

05-02-2009, 10:57 AM

Rick's next book is actually going to be about from D-Day to the fall of Germany I believe. I was disappointed that he didn't finish the Italian campaign which was kind of a bummer but I hope he finishes it somehow in the next installment.

well, i'll be waiting until the 3rd comes out then,
Im suprised about this, though I've kinda cheated and looked at the pictures in the book. and i remember one being of Gen Mark Clark, It mentioned some controversial thing he had done when entering Rome
So im interested to figure out what that was.(Dont Tell Me!)

kawaiku

05-03-2009, 03:39 AM

well, I'll be waiting until the 3rd comes out then,
I'm surprised about this, though I've kinda cheated and looked at the pictures in the book. and i remember one being of Gen Mark Clark, It mentioned some controversial thing he had done when entering Rome
So I'm interested to figure out what that was.(Don't Tell Me!)
Surprised about what? And lol I do the same... it's not a fiction book so you really wouldn't be "cheating now wouldn't you p-) And yes he did. Though your opinion on that "controversy" is up to you. I personally think he should have gone with plan A instead of his plan Z. But you'll find that out for yourself :)
So far I've really liked both of his books and look forward to his last installment.

shiftypowpow

05-03-2009, 05:32 PM

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khalifah

05-03-2009, 06:11 PM

Surprised about what? .
I figured it would finish the whole Italian Campaign like the 1st book.
still though, Im just gotten really anxious to read it.:)

kawaiku

05-03-2009, 06:13 PM

I figured it would finish the whole Italian Campaign like the 1st book.
still though, Im just gotten really anxious to read it.:)
Oh right hahah... yeah... I just wished he did... could have gone a little farther but he stopped when June 6th happened. It's a great read and I believe that you will not be dissapointed :)

gaijinsamurai

05-05-2009, 01:27 PM

Paul Walker- Jungle Dragoon

The author was an armored cav platoon leader with the US Army's 1st Infantry Division. The book was about his one-year tour of duty in Vietnam. Although his unit saw more than their share of action and took considerable casualties, the author doesn't spend time complaining about PTSD, a cold reception at home, or wasted lives. Refreshing and recommended.

He doesn't seem like the John Kerry/ Ron Kovic type, if you know what I mean.

Malleus

05-06-2009, 07:04 PM

Hunter S. Thompson - The Rum Diary

Rad Resistance

05-06-2009, 08:34 PM

Just started this:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1485/gunsgermsandsteel.jpg
Plot summary:

http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-guns-germs-and-steel/plotsummary.html

Great Book.

Supplanter

05-07-2009, 12:49 AM

Licensed to Kill - Robert Young Pelton, finally got around to actually finishing this book, it was quite a good read.

shiftypowpow

05-07-2009, 01:56 PM

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next:
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BULLY!

Johnny_H02

05-07-2009, 02:43 PM

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gaijinsamurai

05-08-2009, 03:31 AM

Good book, Johnny_H!

That Canadian Paras book looks interesting, Shifty. Same with the TR book.

(eh?)

juliet.alphA

05-08-2009, 08:26 AM

The Caine Mutiny, Lord of the Flies, and Halo: Cole Protocol

Caine Mutiny isn't too bad..

zonk

05-08-2009, 01:53 PM

the walls of the ports john

i would post a pic but it is some serious nsfw stuff

Johnny_H02

05-08-2009, 05:09 PM

^^ Oh that kinda book .... eh p-)

Bro Jangles

05-08-2009, 05:10 PM

Caine Mutiny isn't too bad..
dude, that is like my favorite book ever! ive read it countless times.

Sloppy Joe2

05-08-2009, 06:33 PM

the walls of the ports john

i would post a pic but it is some serious nsfw stuff i actually had the idea Zonk that i could travel around Iraq and take photos of the porter potty art that fat cat stylists could buy and keep on their coffee table :)

Hutz

05-08-2009, 06:56 PM

the walls of the ports john

i would post a pic but it is some serious nsfw stuff

I love blue rocket tennis.

kawaiku

05-09-2009, 03:05 AM

Anyone know any must read science fiction books that are must reads?

Curtis E. Bear

05-09-2009, 09:28 AM

Anyone know any must read science fiction books that are must reads?

Enders Game.
Starship Troopers (Only if you want to read a massive cirlejerk love fest about how great sargents are and like a majority of battle scenes to be "rather not said" instead of actually described).

PeterRJG

05-09-2009, 09:32 AM

Anyone know any must read science fiction books that are must reads?

The Time Machine
Rendezvous With Rama
Caves of Steel
Man in the High Castle
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Mars Trilogy

Elemental666

05-09-2009, 10:50 AM

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Johnny_H02

05-09-2009, 11:20 AM

^^ Great Book! I really enjoyed it Dawkins is pretty funny in some parts (ie the first part of the second chapter :D).

If you want a similar book, Christopher Hitchens "God is not great: How religion poisons everything" is another enjoyable read as well.

smalandian

05-09-2009, 11:37 AM

This one

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Formulas, descripsions, graphs etc for different loudspeaking principals as closed box, basreflex box ,transmission line etc.

Chapter about crossover ......and other important areas are also covered by the book.

scrybe

05-09-2009, 02:55 PM

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Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell

kawaiku

05-10-2009, 01:06 AM

Enders Game.
Starship Troopers (Only if you want to read a massive cirlejerk love fest about how great sargents are and like a majority of battle scenes to be "rather not said" instead of actually described).
I hear a lot about Enders Game... what's the big deal about it??
And huh... I thought Starship Troopers was more about the social aspect of his story and not the battles?:|

The Time Machine
Rendezvous With Rama
Caves of Steel
Man in the High Castle
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Mars Trilogy
Thanks, I'll be checking those out :)

Bro Jangles

05-10-2009, 01:52 AM

Started "Generation Kill" so far it is pretty awesome. I also started reading "At dawn we slept" great read and alot of great info in it.

khalifah

05-10-2009, 03:46 PM

Just finished Starship Troopers, yesterday.I like the thought envoking political philosophy Heinlin talks about, I had a long discussion with my poli-sci proffessor.
Plus how he mentions details on what makes an all volunteer military work,(not to mention this book was made in '59 where the military was more than less a conscript force.).IDK, among other things Its a book good for any sci-fi library.

now im Getting back to ww2 history in "The day of Battle"

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gaijinsamurai

05-11-2009, 03:24 AM

The Rise & Fall of an American Army

by Shelby Stanton.

Excellent book, especially for anyone interested in the Vietnam War.
Stanton served as an infantry officer in Vietnam, and was medically retired as a captain, due to wounds. He praises the American soldiers and Marines who served in SE Asia, but takes the Pentagon to task for various strategic mistakes.

Strongly recommended.

digrar

05-11-2009, 06:47 AM

Ralph Honner: Kokoda Hero, by Peter Brune.

Warlock762

05-11-2009, 06:55 AM

Jeffrey Archer : Kain & Abel

Curtis E. Bear

05-11-2009, 09:58 AM

I hear a lot about Enders Game... what's the big deal about it??
And huh... I thought Starship Troopers was more about the social aspect of his story and not the battles?:|

Enders Game is just a really well written story which illustrates the lengths people are willing to go to when **** really hits the fan. Plus it has a great twist at the end.

I really enjoyed the social aspect of Starship Troopers don't get me wrong, I just think he could have cut down on all the sargent loving. I mean, yeah they do a good job but stfu about it already. Jesus. I would have liked a little more action though to be honest. Throw in a skirmish every now and then to break the constant sociology.

Johnny_H02

05-11-2009, 12:04 PM

I really enjoyed the social aspect of Starship Troopers don't get me wrong, I just think he could have cut down on all the sargent loving. I mean, yeah they do a good job but stfu about it already. Jesus. I would have liked a little more action though to be honest. Throw in a skirmish every now and then to break the constant sociology.
I agree, its a good book and I was compelled to read it because a few people I've encountered have told me about how they have read it 10 times, its their favourite book etc. I don't understand that kind of hype, yes it was good and could even consider it a 'classic' of Sci-Fi (a subject which I know little about). That being said it was heavy on the sociology and politics. I almost felt like I was reading the Political Science book of this future world which wasn't all that interesting. It could have been lighter and every bit as enjoyable. I loved the historical nuggets (names of ships & camps etc).

kawaiku

05-12-2009, 12:20 AM

Ahhh thanks for the elaboration on Ender's and also on Starship Troopers. I'll definitely be checking out Ender's for sure, and one last question. Has anyone read Dune?

T3ngu

05-12-2009, 12:38 AM

Ralph Honner: Kokoda Hero, by Peter Brune.
Hows that working for you Dig? The topic alone is worth the read, plus Peter Brune is a great author.

Yep, read Dune. Great world-building and ideas. Forget the sequels: they just get worse with each book.

Never a truer word spoke. The first book catches you then you think they can't get worse, but slowly they do. I don't think i ever finished the series.

digrar

05-12-2009, 06:17 AM

Good on both counts so far, I'm only about 50 odd pages in though, just before Bardia.

PeterRJG

05-12-2009, 06:20 AM

Ahhh thanks for the elaboration on Ender's and also on Starship Troopers. I'll definitely be checking out Ender's for sure, and one last question. Has anyone read Dune?

Yep, read Dune. Great world-building and ideas. Forget the sequels: they just get worse with each book.

gaijinsamurai

05-12-2009, 06:49 AM

gaz

05-12-2009, 03:47 PM

Just finished -

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Just started -

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kawaiku

05-13-2009, 01:05 AM

Ahhh thanks guys on that last bit about Dune... The only reason why I never really started it was the later books made after the original...

BloodyTalon

05-13-2009, 01:12 AM

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Think of it like Lord of the Rings meets Rome meets Dune. So far its the best book I've read all year.

Also, technically they're not books but I've also been reading Sandman and The Invisibles recently. I highly recommend them as well.

muttbutt

05-13-2009, 01:38 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01382/spystory1_1382238f.jpg

Fascinating stuff about the CIA's for want of a better term, tech nerds, inventing spy gear, emplacing it in Russian embassies, some great first hand stories, including the Russians who spied for the US and got caught, rare pics including an arrest by the KGB and their surveillence pics, diagrams.....a lot of it is more out there then the movies

sorry to be so gushing over it, but it is a very very good book.:oops:

kawaiku

05-13-2009, 02:23 AM

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Just started re-reading this...

BloodyTalon
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7430/agameofthrones.jpgI've heard quite a bit about this... is it worth getting back into the fantasy genre? I read a excellent review just now about it... made it sound alright... tho some d*ck almost ruins the whole thing so I suggest that YOU don't read the review and its comments till your done p-)

BloodyTalon

05-13-2009, 02:45 AM

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Just started re-reading this...

I've heard quite a bit about this... is it worth getting back into the fantasy genre? I read a excellent review just now about it... made it sound alright... tho some d*ck almost ruins the whole thing so I suggest that YOU don't read the review and its comments till your done p-)
Well it isn't really a high fantasy book like LOTR, Wheel of Time, or even Harry Potter; there are no elves, there's only one dwarf and he's of the "stunted growth" type, there used to be dragons but they've apparently all died out, magic is subtle and implied in some cases rather than being ubiquitous and overt, and the only other race are basically an entire army of nazgul.

What's really cool is that most of the book resolves around politics and growing political turmoil within the main kingdom. Without going spoiling the plot too much, **** looks like its about to hit the fan: the two biggest houses are close to civil war, the last heir of the former kingdom is trying to get the book's equivalent of Mongols to help him retake the throne, and The Others (the aforementioned nazgul-like beings) are becoming more present and aggressive. I'm still only halfway through the book, but at this rate this are gonna get really bloody and really epic soon. So yeah, I'd definitely recommend it if you are a fan of fantasy novels and especially of medieval style politics, culture, etc.

kawaiku

05-13-2009, 02:54 AM

Well it isn't really a high fantasy book like LOTR, Wheel of Time, or even Harry Potter; there are no elves, there's only one dwarf and he's of the "stunted growth" type, there used to be dragons but they've apparently all died out, magic is subtle and implied in some cases rather than being ubiquitous and overt, and the only other race are basically an entire army of nazgul.

What's really cool is that most of the book resolves around politics and growing political turmoil within the main kingdom. Without going spoiling the plot too much, **** looks like its about to hit the fan: the two biggest houses are close to civil war, the last heir of the former kingdom is trying to get the book's equivalent of Mongols to help him retake the throne, and The Others (the aforementioned nazgul-like beings) are becoming more present and aggressive. I'm still only halfway through the book, but at this rate this are gonna get really bloody and really epic soon. So yeah, I'd definitely recommend it if you are a fan of fantasy novels and especially of medieval style politics, culture, etc.
Eh... couldn't get 10 pages into Potter before getting bored and LoTR was is epic imho... but, this book may be a nice change of pace... High fantasy or not. Sounds good... next time I hit a local book store I'll keep an eye out for it :)

millyers

05-13-2009, 04:09 AM

I've tried to read Starship Troopers a couple of times, but couldn't get into it. I'm not really much of a SciFi person, except for movies, if they're good.
I did read Heinlien's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" several years ago, however, and liked it a lot.http://www.picturehoster.org/storage/411.jpg

I'm just started reading this book, and hope I will be able to finish this one.

Dinges

05-13-2009, 05:26 AM

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Enjoyed "Supernature" years ago. Let's see how this one is.

Fisker

05-13-2009, 09:57 AM

John Keegan - Who´s Who In WWII

Itseme

05-13-2009, 04:38 PM

khalifah

05-13-2009, 05:29 PM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZopVuqGsL._SS500_.jpgCurrently this one. And before this one i have read The attack on Mekka, someone showed it here in the thread. And it was a really good account on that subject.

a friend of mine read that book as well but he didnt give it a good review, something about the author just having a grudge against Blackwater.

.............................

On another note, I've just gotten 3 new books.

"With the Old Breed"-by E.B. Sledge (RIP)
"Dune"-by Frank Herbert
"HALO:Contact Harvest"- by Joseph Staten

...and i dont know which one i should start with.:roll:

Rawhide

05-13-2009, 05:37 PM

Uhm, you can't quite read that book and then blame the author for having a grudge with Blackwater...

khalifah

05-13-2009, 05:42 PM

well my friend was usually off on the deep end in many things so, idk
:/

Supplanter

05-13-2009, 10:42 PM

Recondo by Larry Chambers, I just finished this book and thought it was a great read.
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kawaiku

05-14-2009, 12:29 AM

.............................

On another note, I've just gotten 3 new books.

"With the Old Breed"-by E.B. Sledge (RIP)
"Dune"-by Frank Herbert
"HALO:Contact Harvest"- by Joseph Staten

...and i dont know which one i should start with.:roll:
I'd go:
"With the Old Breed"
"HALO: Contact Harvest"
"Dune"

Bro Jangles

05-14-2009, 01:08 AM

^ contact harvest is a real quick read. i think it took me 3 days.

Soldat_Américain

05-14-2009, 08:40 AM

Has anyone read "Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare" by Dr. Daniel Marsten, we had a speech from him this morning, it was just interesting to hear about how long it took MoD to understand they were facing an insurgency when the Americans noted it and rewrote(wrote again/a new counterinsurgency manual). And also how the Army on the ground faced an insane amount of resistance from Command at Whitehall.

shiftypowpow

05-14-2009, 09:12 AM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JXN4DQ5RL._SS500_.jpg

followed by "Theodore Rex" the second installment

khalifah

05-14-2009, 09:37 AM

Thanks kawaiku and BJ for the input.

^ contact harvest is a real quick read. i think it took me 3 days.

do you happen to know how the series goes cronologically?
i meen i would imagine "contact harvest" is first but wat comes after?

Bro Jangles

05-14-2009, 01:31 PM

Thanks kawaiku and BJ for the input.

do you happen to know how the series goes cronologically?
i meen i would imagine "contact harvest" is first but wat comes after?
contact harvest
cole protocol
Ghosts of onyx
fall of reach
the flood
first strike

thats how i believe it goes.

Pidyon Shevuyim

05-14-2009, 01:38 PM

Just started -

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I met Jim Lovell earlier this month, and got this book too.

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Now reading
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Hawkeye

05-14-2009, 03:00 PM

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ggk

05-14-2009, 03:31 PM

contact harvest
cole protocol
Ghosts of onyx
fall of reach
the flood
first strike

thats how i believe it goes.

awesome, ive read it all.

kawaiku

05-15-2009, 12:19 AM

Thanks kawaiku and BJ for the input.
Hey np, enjoy the reads :)

juliet.alphA

05-15-2009, 04:31 AM

contact harvest
cole protocol
Ghosts of onyx
fall of reach
the flood
first strike

thats how i believe it goes.

I think Ghosts of Onyx is like.. Inbetween somewhere in the last three. All of them were quick reads, the newest two were kinda disappointing. It jumbles up my whole perspective of Halo.

SpeedyHedgehog

05-15-2009, 11:52 PM

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Excellent book, especially if you're unfamiliar with the early Middle Ages. I even learned there was once an Austrasia in Europe, competition for Austria and Australia :).
http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee337/SpeedyHedgehog/WTF/Neustria.jpg

PeterRJG

05-16-2009, 01:25 AM

Jasper Kent's - Twelve. Quite good so far.

Bro Jangles

05-16-2009, 03:11 AM

I think Ghosts of Onyx is like.. Inbetween somewhere in the last three. All of them were quick reads, the newest two were kinda disappointing. It jumbles up my whole perspective of Halo.
Im fairly sure that Onyx takes place before reach falls, i dont know, its the only one i dont own, and ive only read it once.

juliet.alphA

05-16-2009, 03:19 AM

Im fairly sure that Onyx takes place before reach falls, i dont know, its the only one i dont own, and ive only read it once.

I could be wrong.. But I don't wanna re-read it to make sure. I'm still trying to get through The Cain Mutiny. It's pretty good, but it can get kinda dry.

Bro Jangles

05-16-2009, 03:22 AM

I could be wrong.. But I don't wanna re-read it to make sure. I'm still trying to get through The Cain Mutiny. It's pretty good, but it can get kinda dry.
as soon as you finish it watch the movie with Humphrey Bogart. and once you get about half way thru (IE once they get to sea) its a great read.

juliet.alphA

05-16-2009, 03:24 AM

as soon as you finish it watch the movie with Humphrey Bogart. and once you get about half way thru (IE once they get to sea) its a great read.

I'll take your word for it. Quick question, is the movie you're talking about in black and white?

Bro Jangles

05-16-2009, 03:25 AM

I'll take your word for it. Quick question, is the movie you're talking about in black and white?
no, its in Color. one of the few movies that dont butcher the book.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046816/

juliet.alphA

05-16-2009, 03:27 AM

no, its in Color. one of the few movies that dont butcher the book.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046816/

Oh okay. The reason I asked was because I saw a movie with my dad yeeeears ago about some dudes on a ship. Lol. Thought it might have been it.

Bro Jangles

05-16-2009, 03:27 AM

Oh okay. The reason I asked was because I saw a movie with my dad yeeeears ago about some dudes on a ship. Lol. Thought it might have been it.
There are alot of USN movies.

rhino

05-16-2009, 08:58 PM

GRUNTS by that british chick (will post the name later)
pretty funny

Bro Jangles

05-19-2009, 02:55 AM

Soldat_Américain

05-19-2009, 03:04 AM

I just Finished Generation Kill and it was amazing, and am considering ordering "One Bullet Away." By Nathan Fick, Anyone read it?

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm112/bravo-juliet/51A3JS6SM4L.jpg
When I bought Generation Kill I also purchased One Bullet Away...however I didn't bring the book with me on this trip so I'll read it when I get home.

Antimatty

05-19-2009, 03:15 AM

lies inc. and the man in the high castle . Philip k. ****.

this guy's writing really is as good as they say it is. if you like science fiction and you've never read ****, go ahead and read some.

ShotOver

05-19-2009, 03:16 AM

Bro Jangles

05-19-2009, 03:18 AM

Read it a couple of times, very decent read mate.
thanks, found it for like 9 bucks, ill definitely pick it up.

HorrigEn

05-19-2009, 08:22 AM

have anybody read War PLC by Stephen Armstrong ?

mj78

05-19-2009, 09:21 AM

I finished Roughneck 9-1.
Interesting book.
The way how he described that action seems that it wasn´t so tough. :)

Johnny_H02

05-19-2009, 10:50 AM

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/3928/n284871.jpg (http://img2.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n284871.jpg)

gaijinsamurai

05-19-2009, 04:14 PM

lies inc. and the man in the high castle . Philip k. ****.

this guy's writing really is as good as they say it is. if you like science fiction and you've never read ****, go ahead and read some.

x2 about ****. I'm not into Scifi, but I enjoyed The Man in the High Castle.

beatles101

05-19-2009, 04:16 PM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZvF8Y4LLL._SS500_.jpg

very good book 10/10

SBL

05-19-2009, 04:26 PM

I just Finished Generation Kill and it was amazing, and am considering ordering "One Bullet Away." By Nathan Fick, Anyone read it?

I thought it was a pretty exceptional read. I do recommend.

razor 01

05-20-2009, 04:18 PM

gaijinsamurai

05-20-2009, 04:33 PM

^ I'd like to read it.

Just finished "In Pharoh's Army" by Tobias Wolffe.

Memoirs from the author's one-year tour in Vietnam as a Special Forces lieutenant assigned as an advisor to an ARVN artillery unit. He never really saw much combat, except for being in/around the sh!t during the Tet Offensive.

Easy read (went through it in one evening) and enjoyable. Probably more interesting to mainstream readers than the military historian/soldier.

Even though he was an Army officer and Special Forces qualified, it seems pretty evident that his heart wasn't really set on soldiering. Seems like a very decent guy though.
Recommended.

razor 01

05-20-2009, 04:34 PM

its a classic

ShotOver

05-21-2009, 12:30 AM

just read
do or die
the true story of an sas heros bloodiest battle against al qeeda in afganistan
i think the role of the australian sas in afganistan has been greatly overlooked
any opinions out there???

For someone who has just finished reading a book, you failed to learn much. For example the spelling of Afghanistan, SAS, Australian and Al- Qaeda...

Bro Jangles

05-21-2009, 12:43 AM

I started Catch 22, ive never read it (i know!) so far it seems pretty damn good.

ShotOver

05-21-2009, 12:45 AM

I started Catch 22, ive never read it (i know!) so far it seems pretty damn good.

I've been working my way through that for quite some time now, my Dad bought it for me before I came over here.

Very, very funny book.

LoboCanada

05-21-2009, 12:47 AM

JUst finished Federick Forsythe's The Afghan and The Negotiator

Gonna start his Forth Protocol or The Fist of God

Bro Jangles

05-21-2009, 12:48 AM

I've been working my way through that for quite some time now, my Dad bought it for me before I came over here.

Very, very funny book.
very true, the chapter about the guy having crabapples in his cheeks had me laughing out loud at the gym.

shiftypowpow

05-21-2009, 04:41 AM

http://www.axisgallery.com/store/images/b26a.jpg

Soldat_Américain

05-21-2009, 05:30 AM

The Count of Monte Cristo in French...this'll be good.

James

05-21-2009, 08:53 AM

Anathem, by Neal Stephenson.

carbonrod

05-21-2009, 07:35 PM

Currently reading "Fighter Combat Tactics and Maneuvering" by Shaw. Interesting, but I would really like to know what the page rate is for a student of a fighter weapons school to digest this. Taking me ages.

Bro Jangles

05-27-2009, 06:30 PM

House To House, An Epic Memoir of War

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm112/bravo-juliet/32934920.jpg

My friend let me borrow this, and its pretty good. About A US army squad in the Battle of Falluja. the story telling is good, and the personality of each person is great.

great line from it,

Bring it,
We're the Infantry,
War's a bitch, wear a helmet.

razor 01

05-27-2009, 06:31 PM

yeah i recomend that too
one of the best books i read this year

FrankBooth

05-27-2009, 06:34 PM

http://www.mobipocket.com/eBooks/cover_remote/ID113/20008918v04Mobi300x400.jpg

matthew.manhorn

05-28-2009, 12:42 PM

http://www.mobipocket.com/eBooks/cover_remote/ID113/20008918v04Mobi300x400.jpg

Good luck....why do you bother to learn it anyway...

FrankBooth

05-28-2009, 02:29 PM

Wanted to learn since I was a kid, Hebrew School basics just isn't enough. I have a lot of family in Israel and plan on spending more time there in the future.

beatles101

05-28-2009, 05:29 PM

http://images.dave110.multiply.com/image/1/photos/53/600x600/3/Picture-008.jpg?et=FX20VskzOAK55iyKyPVJJg&nmid=247947477

TheStorm

05-28-2009, 05:40 PM

The Republic
- From the Project Gutenberg website. Haven't finished the introduction yet.

Freakonomics
- Interesting and thought provoking, but take it with a grain of salt. Some of the logic behind the arguments is questionable.

Body Language (Alan Pease)
- Interesting, good read.

US Army FM 21-76 Survival
- Very good information on survival.

Linux Bible
- My next primary OS will be some Linux distro.

I've got a ton of books on my reading list. Don't have nearly enough time to read as much as I'd like.

Hilbert

05-28-2009, 10:11 PM

Just finished the entire Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris:
-Red Dragon
-The Silence of the Lambs
-Hannibal
-Hannibal Rising

House To House, An Epic Memoir of War

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm112/bravo-juliet/32934920.jpg

Read this one a few months ago, outstanding book; Bellavia has a real talent for writing. Highly recommended.

Bro Jangles

05-29-2009, 01:03 AM

Read this one a few months ago, outstanding book; Bellavia has a real talent for writing. Highly recommended.
im reading it, and he talks about learning that the insurgents have american weapons. so they took thier body armor to the range, and shot it with saws, and were terrified that the enemy could defeat their armor. did they actually think ComBloc stuff couldnt?, or do you think he threw that in there for "Entertainment"* purposes.

*not the best word to express what i was thinkg, but the first to come to mind.

juliet.alphA

05-29-2009, 01:10 AM

Just finished the entire Hannibal Lecter series by

Read this one a few months ago, outstanding book; Bellavia has a real talent for writing. Highly recommended.

It was great the second time around too. Couldn't put it down either times.

Johnny_H02

05-29-2009, 01:47 AM

Currently reading,

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7936/c7484.jpg (http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=c7484.jpg)
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3817/img7151.jpg (http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img7151.jpg)

FrankBooth

05-29-2009, 01:49 AM

^ Bendis and Miller's work (Before the recent bull****) is the best for DD.

Johnny_H02

05-29-2009, 01:56 AM

Like just about everything Marvel, I stopped after M:Civil War.
I still haven't read this full body of work, so I got the DD:Omnibus. It ran me $80.00 but it will be worth it.

gaijinsamurai

05-29-2009, 03:10 AM

How's the McAuslin book, Johnny_H?

As you know I too am a big fan of the late GMF, but I haven't read that one.

Johnny_H02

05-29-2009, 12:31 PM

How's the McAuslin book, Johnny_H?

As you know I too am a big fan of the late GMF, but I haven't read that one.
Its fantastic, totally worth it. I've only just started it and I'd say it reads allot like his book about his service in Burma "Quartered Safe Out There" only longer and funnier.

gaijinsamurai

05-29-2009, 03:56 PM

I'll have to get it......

Ria

05-30-2009, 02:46 PM

On to the next....3rd one in the series that I just started today:
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm100111436/voyager-diana-gabaldon-paperback-cover-art.jpg

Easily one of my favorite book series now.

khalifah

05-31-2009, 12:30 AM

Right now im now just more than halfway through "The Day of Battle", and what to say about it is that its highly researched and very well written. But personally it drags throughout the Sicilian campaign and doesn't become a captivating read till the Allied landing at Salerno. Im at the point where the US 36th ID( Texas NG:)) is gearing up for an assult across a river to Cassino. Its been a terribly bloody campaign.

shiftypowpow

05-31-2009, 09:30 AM

D-Day Dodgers: The Canadians In Italy 1943-45 - Daniel Dancocks

MoFo

05-31-2009, 01:52 PM

Apache by Ed Macy, im 60 pages in and its already ridiculously good.

Sayeret

05-31-2009, 02:00 PM

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy

James

05-31-2009, 05:44 PM

Anathem, by Neal Stephenson.

LoboCanada

06-01-2009, 01:46 AM

Last Man Standing, David Baldacci

Johnny_H02

06-01-2009, 02:28 AM

Apache by Ed Macy, im 60 pages in and its already ridiculously good.
I bought this a few months ago, still haven't gotten around to reading it.

sardukar

06-01-2009, 02:35 AM

The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

Johnny_H02

06-01-2009, 02:38 AM

^^ I have been wanting to read that too see what all the butt-hurt was about.

gaijinsamurai

06-01-2009, 03:09 AM

The Long March
("The true story of Communist China's Founding Myth")

By Sun Shuyun

sardukar

06-01-2009, 03:17 AM

^^ I have been wanting to read that too see what all the butt-hurt was about.
that's the only reason I bought it!
It's quite a nice story actually

PeterRJG

06-01-2009, 04:10 AM

that's the only reason I bought it!
It's quite a nice story actually

At least you read it. More than I can say for 99.99% of the people who were outraged by it.

sardukar

06-01-2009, 06:22 AM

At least you read it. More than I can say for 99.99% of the people who were outraged by it.
hehe
that's the effect of religious ignorance
same has happened with the da vinci code but to a lesser extent
I hope I don't get stabbed in the eye or something whilst reading it in public!
does anyone know if the fatwa includes readers? :)?

Johnny_H02

06-01-2009, 11:19 AM

Probably... I wouldn't be surprised if it did lol.

tyovan

06-01-2009, 05:01 PM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413CXSM73XL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Extremely difficult reading, but worth it..

sardukar

06-01-2009, 05:17 PM

even more difficult when you read it in arabic!
hence the different interpretations . . .

SBL

06-04-2009, 02:40 PM

Got my copy of Dune in the mail yesterday. Only 13 pages in, but I'm excited to read more. I take that as a good sign.

gaz

06-04-2009, 03:26 PM

Always another Dawn by Scott Crossfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Crossfield).

GoSka37

06-05-2009, 04:41 AM

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1364/872h.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=872h.jpg)

It's a little hard to read since it's written in the view point of a 13 year old exchange student whose second language is English. This is what Wikipedia has under the Writing Style section.

"Palahniuk has written the book from the point of view of its main character, Agent Number 67. Because of this, the book frequently uses incorrect grammar throughout the novel. All grammar errors are not publishing misprints and were intended by Palahniuk. As with many other Palahniuk novels, there tends to be a recurring small theme that he repeatedly comes back to. Palahniuk has called these recurring themes the "chorus" In "Pygmy", he talks about the fighting moves that Agent Number 67 can use to kill a man in one punch or kick. He also uses elements from the periodic table or chemicals to describe the way that something smells very often throughout the novel. The main character often quotes famous dictators to relate to situations."

Here's a brief excerpt.

“Begins here first account of operative me, agent number 67 on arrival Midwestern American airport greater _____ area. Flight _____. Date _____. Priority mission top success to complete. Code name: Operation Havoc.”

Danik

06-05-2009, 11:32 AM

The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century. Ross E. Dunn

Psubully

06-05-2009, 12:28 PM

Both Great books!

Johnny_H02

06-05-2009, 12:30 PM

The Crystal Shard - R.A. Salvatore

A little slow to start but good none the less.

Hutz

06-05-2009, 07:01 PM

The Forgotten Soldier in French. It'll be interesting to see how it compares to the translated version.

FrankBooth

06-06-2009, 01:43 PM

http://lineout.thestranger.com/files/2007/10/DSC03345.JPG

Older copy I've had for some time. Good read and pretty funny, Tipper Gore probably got off to this nightly.

Krafft

06-06-2009, 02:41 PM

08/15 by Hans Helmut Kirst.
I liked especially the first part. It's good to know that life in the army didn't change that much since 1938. I thought that it's so f**** up only in modern polish army. Obviously it isn't. :cantbeli:

gaijinsamurai

06-06-2009, 03:08 PM

Never Quit the Fight- By Ralph Peters

A series of essays and editorials from different publications the author wrote during the Post-9/11 period.
Overall, I agree with a lot of what he writes, even though he is (at least at the time of the writings) a subscriber of much of the now-discredited neo-conservative school of thought, much of which is now irrelevent.

SpeedyHedgehog

06-07-2009, 11:32 PM

Just finished
http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee337/SpeedyHedgehog/TigHague.jpg
http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee337/SpeedyHedgehog/eichmann.jpg

Now reading
http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee337/SpeedyHedgehog/whicher.jpg

Sayeret

06-08-2009, 03:22 PM

I just started reading The Collectors by David Baldacci.

LoboCanada

06-08-2009, 04:14 PM

I just started reading The Collectors by David Baldacci.

PM me when you finish it, i'm reading Last Man Standing, I like it so far, might pick up another Baldacci book.

Skutatos

06-09-2009, 04:54 PM

Just finished "Company Aytch" by Sam Watkins, "All For the Union" by Elisha Hunt Rhodes and "The Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisholm", All excellent first hand accounts of the Civil War.

Delta Niner

06-10-2009, 10:08 PM

JUst finished Federick Forsythe's The Afghan and The Negotiator

Gonna start his Forth Protocol or The Fist of God

also try The Day of the Jackal and Dogs of War, pretty old but both are good read :)

T3ngu

06-11-2009, 12:15 AM

Im still reading my book on the Anzio campaign. It was really hard going, not written in a way which was easily followed.

I think im going to next read Desert Seige by Chester Wilmot as i have it here on my book shelf.

Sweetwater

06-11-2009, 02:12 AM

I rarely do read fiction but I was at the local chapters and the military history section had nothing new or something that I was interested. I was walking toward the Starbucks on the other end of the store when stumbled across an isle filled with the book called The Road. I heard they were making this into a movie and knowing that the film won't do the book justice I decided to pick it up. So far I got no regrets, I recommend it to the readers who enjoy post apocalypse books. And it was for only $9.99.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2584/41jilx9r0rlsl500.jpg

Sweetwater

06-11-2009, 02:16 AM

I´m in the end of this book

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3840/3parako6.jpg

and I like it a lot.

That's a great book, another brit book I recommend is Eight Lives Down (http://www.amazon.com/Eight-Lives-Down-Chris-Hunter/dp/0593058607/ref=cm_lmf_tit_6)

PeterRJG

06-11-2009, 02:16 AM

The Stone and the Flute - Hans Bemmann. Interesting book so far.

gaijinsamurai

06-11-2009, 04:52 AM

Johnny_H02

06-11-2009, 01:07 PM

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5946/picdri5.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/picdri5.jpg/)

Mr Gently Benevolent

06-11-2009, 04:44 PM

Spycraft by Robert Wallace & Kieth Melton

A history of the CIA Technical Services group, well written with little speculation. If you liked Bamfords writtings on the NSA you will like this, mostly about Cold War exploits some photos and tech drawings.

ISBN 978-0-593-06204-3

Dodderynut

06-14-2009, 03:14 AM

http://www.victorypoint.info/images/darack-victory-point-cover-400.jpg

Only read the prologue, looks good though.

AroundTheCorner

06-14-2009, 03:25 AM

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2739/killbinladenlr.jpg
Just continue reading it after a 4 month break. So far, pretty good. That guy sure likes to make fun of the Green Berets. :)

Johnny_H02

06-15-2009, 12:55 PM

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7061/078693825001lzzzzzzz.jpg (http://img522.imageshack.us/i/078693825001lzzzzzzz.jpg/)

[DVDF]Merlin

06-15-2009, 02:11 PM

Gallipoli by L.A. Carlyon. Explores the outset, commanders, and ultimately What a terrible waste of men's lives it turned out to be.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk166/Merlin851526/51NZY7G83DL_SS500_.jpg

khalifah

06-15-2009, 11:22 PM

I finished The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson
Its a good history book. BUT its not a quick read, and it kinda dragged on through the Sicilian up until the Sarlerno landing. The LONG battle of Monte Cassino was an especially brutal struggle. Lastly but not least, I really began to not like Gen. Clark much, "Marcus Wayneous Clarkus" suits him well.

Right now im a little over halfway through Halo "Contact Harvest".
Its a good sci fi i guess. But there are lots of really boring parts, whats good is few and far between.

http://www.victorypoint.info/images/darack-victory-point-cover-400.jpg

Only read the prologue, looks good though.

I've seen this at Hasting, let me know how it goes.:)

RECON DOC

06-15-2009, 11:38 PM

Re-reading.
http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/azzo9o/prophet.jpg

Johnny_H02

06-18-2009, 03:08 PM

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9453/303k6lz.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/303k6lz.jpg/)

khalifah

06-18-2009, 11:47 PM

Finished Halo:Contact Harvest, meh...its a nice scifi. kinda slow here and there. But id recommend it for anyone interested in the series.

Now Im reading, With The Old Breed:Marines on Peleliu and Okinawa
by E.B. Sledge (RIP)

Toddy1

06-19-2009, 12:32 AM

One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer - Nathaniel Fick

8/10

juliet.alphA

06-22-2009, 02:04 AM

I just finished Ender's Game

9/10 I couldn't put it down.

khalifah

06-22-2009, 10:47 AM

^
what did you think of the ending?
i thought the last battle was kind of a put down, idk anti-climatic i guess

juliet.alphA

06-22-2009, 12:07 PM

^
what did you think of the ending?
i thought the last battle was kind of a put down, idk anti-climatic i guess

Now that you say it I can see how it was anti-climactic.. But they do a good job of explaining why it had to be like that.

Johnny_H02

06-22-2009, 01:31 PM

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8995/starlessnight.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/i/starlessnight.jpg/)

Fisker

06-22-2009, 04:49 PM

Efraim Karsh - The Iran-Iraq War

FrankBooth

06-22-2009, 04:52 PM

http://covers.fwis.com/images/items/839.jpg

Borrowed it from a friend, gonna start tonight.

Mordoror

06-22-2009, 06:13 PM

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8995/starlessnight.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/i/starlessnight.jpg/)

you are very fan of Salvatore isnt' it ??

not too bad stuf but slow rythm and poor writting (in fact too simple writing) put it low on the good fantay author scale
try Gemmell Waylander and Druss series ....far better IMHO

Johnny_H02

06-22-2009, 06:45 PM

^^ I like his stuff, the last one Legacy I thought was written quite well. The Icewindale trilogy books are a bit weak however. I read Fantasy to take a break from constantly reading history so I don't look for heavy lore filled fantasy. I dont want Tolkien-esq 100 page descriptions of trees having a meeting and talking followed by another 10 pgs of halflings singing.

The R.A. Salvatore is brain candy, nothing more nothing less.

I want to read that Artie Lang book, I've always liked Artie.

PeterRJG

06-22-2009, 08:44 PM

Flashman at the Match - George MacDonald Fraser. The last Flashy book - Flash goes off to Ethiopia in this one. As good as the rest of them; they're all brilliant.

Curtis E. Bear

06-23-2009, 12:47 AM

Confessions of a yakuza - Junichi Saga.

It's also known as "The gambler's tale".

shiftypowpow

06-23-2009, 02:19 AM

they're all brilliant.

Couldn't agree more. I ended up buying the complete Flashman set from a used book store for cheap about a month ago. Now all I need is some time to enjoy them

gaijinsamurai

06-23-2009, 02:30 AM

Flashman at the Match - George MacDonald Fraser. The last Flashy book - Flash goes off to Ethiopia in this one. As good as the rest of them; they're all brilliant.

Fvck yeah!!!!!

gaijinsamurai

06-23-2009, 02:32 AM

Now Im reading, With The Old Breed:Marines on Peleliu and Okinawa
by E.B. Sledge (RIP)

Great book. A classic.

Also, you might want to try Robert Leckie's "Helmet for my Pillow."

khalifah

06-23-2009, 03:01 AM

Great book. A classic.

Also, you might want to try Robert Leckie's "Helmet for my Pillow."

yes, soo far it is.

Its very.....moving...for lack of a better word. Horrifying, yes but also very understanding.

Right now, im in the middle of the Five Sisters assult.

hell

06-23-2009, 03:55 PM

Recently finished:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sZvVJNDGL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Great book, I'd highly recommend it.

About 300~ pages into:

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8561/anneapplebaumgulag.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/i/anneapplebaumgulag.jpg/)

And it's quite good as well.

gaijinsamurai

06-23-2009, 09:01 PM

^ Both of those are great books, Hell.

When you have time, I recommend Vasily Grossman's "Life and Fate", plus the biography of Grossman by Anthony Beevor.

Octavian

06-23-2009, 09:34 PM

Working on:

*** Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery (Kara)

Ranger Handbook (whee, work...)

A Savage War of Peace (Horne. This one is sort of my "it will take me a year" book)

Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills (reference)

Ordered:

The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the 21st Century

Rural Development: Putting the Last First

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What can be done about it.

FrankBooth

06-23-2009, 09:38 PM

I want to read that Artie Lang book, I've always liked Artie.

People give the guy a hard time but he is a funny dude. The book is most definitely worth checking out, from what I've read so far.

Johnny_H02

06-23-2009, 09:42 PM

Your avatar also rawks, Arseface for the win!

FrankBooth

06-23-2009, 09:47 PM

Thank You Sir, may change to Cassidy at some point.

Proudgrandson

06-23-2009, 09:50 PM

The label on an empty bottle of Jim Beam

Laconian

06-24-2009, 11:19 AM

Currently reading
33 Questions About American History You're Not supposed to Ask by Thomas Woods. Interesting reading, definitely a Libertarian view.

WolverineBlue

06-24-2009, 12:44 PM

Horse Soldiers Doug Stanton

Just finished In Harm's Way: the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Doug Stanton

These books aren't bad. Crazy personal experiences in both of them.

PeterRJG

06-24-2009, 07:34 PM

Robert G. Barrett - The Real Thing. Australian author/larrikin. Definitely non-PC and he keeps things real with stories of the seedier side of Australian life.

Bombtrack

06-24-2009, 07:39 PM

http://www.randomhouse.com/images/dyn/cover/?source=9781400019519&height=300&maxwidth=170

Going in August...

digrar

06-25-2009, 05:23 AM

Robert G. Barrett - The Real Thing. Australian author/larrikin. Definitely non-PC and he keeps things real with stories of the seedier side of Australian life.

Is that the collection of his people mag columns?

PeterRJG

06-25-2009, 05:32 AM

Is that the collection of his people mag columns?

No, that's So What Do You Reckon

Proudgrandson

06-25-2009, 05:38 AM

Crisis on the Frontier. The Third Afghan War and the Campaign in Waziristan 1919-1920. By Brian Robson

tulsa

06-26-2009, 12:57 AM

just finished: house to house and long rifle

currently stabbing my way through the rise and fall of the third reich.

Derbedeu

06-26-2009, 01:37 AM

Rereading The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester. Definitely a must read for history buffs!

Bro Jangles

06-26-2009, 02:20 AM

started Miracle At Midway. so far it is AMAZING. great insight. mostly talks of the Japanese planing, or lack of. tons of period references, and the authors do a great job of getting into the minds of the admirals.i haven't finished it yet, but i recommend it. i got it for fairly cheap on amazon.

gaijinsamurai

06-26-2009, 04:09 AM

Rereading The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester. Definitely a must read for history buffs!

I bought that book about fifteen years ago, and still have yet to read it! It sat on the bookshelf, on my "list of books I'm gonna read soon", and then my War Room became my son's bedroom, and it got packed away somewhere. Figures, now that I have time to read it, I can't find it!
I'd go out and buy another copy, but I'm too cheap/broke!

Manchester was a great writer/historian. RIP.

lag

06-26-2009, 04:27 AM

Terry Pratchett - Nation

It's pretty good so far :)

Hispeed1

06-26-2009, 11:38 AM

Horse Soldiers-almost finished. (Great insight on what went on in A-stan at the beginning of the war there.)

Pidyon Shevuyim

06-26-2009, 02:11 PM

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Derbedeu

06-26-2009, 03:13 PM

I bought that book about fifteen years ago, and still have yet to read it! It sat on the bookshelf, on my "list of books I'm gonna read soon", and then my War Room became my son's bedroom, and it got packed away somewhere. Figures, now that I have time to read it, I can't find it!
I'd go out and buy another copy, but I'm too cheap/broke!

Manchester was a great writer/historian. RIP.

There's always the local library my friend ;)

Kingswat

06-26-2009, 04:46 PM

Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell

Skutatos

06-26-2009, 04:48 PM

Taking a break from my regular non-fiction reading for a while:

World War Z: good book so far.

Next up: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

robot55

06-26-2009, 05:44 PM

I'm reading "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman. It describes what would happen to human made structures if mankind would vanish from one day to the next..... how buildings collapse, how nature reclaims its space.

So far im only mildy thrilled by it. He spends most of the pages elaborating environmental issues/theories of the past of the earth, before he gets to the point. But these explanations are a bit too erratic and shallow to be really interesting, so the read drags along.

Of course it's just "popular science" and the idea is pretty cool, so I'd say 2.5/5 stars

Pidyon Shevuyim

06-26-2009, 05:49 PM

robot55

06-26-2009, 05:58 PM

They have a show on the History channel called Life after humans (IIRC) that they air alot, that is exactly like you have explained.
I don't get History Channel, but thanks for the hint!

NcDeuce

06-27-2009, 06:29 PM

Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq

by Linda Robinson

Johnny_H02

06-27-2009, 06:38 PM

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4451/9780786948697.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/9780786948697.jpg/)

jetsetter

06-28-2009, 01:13 AM

Just finished "Flood" by Stephen Baxter. A great read and the sequel "Ark" should be coming out in about two months.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/203/04514627185111508.jpg

Flood is the work of hard science fiction author Stephen Baxter. It describes a near future world where deep submarine seismic activity leads to seabed fragmentation, and the opening of deep subterranean reservoirs of water, estimated to equal the current mass of the Arctic Ocean in bulk. Human civilisation is destroyed by the rising inundation, which even covers Mount Everest in 2052, submerging all landmasses on Earth, although the human species has survived.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_(Baxter_novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_%28Baxter_novel))http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8307/n2520005140014.jpg

Ark is an upcoming hard science fiction novel by UK author Stephen Baxter. It comes as the sequel to Baxter's acclaimed 2008 novel Flood. Ark will deal with the journey of Ark 2, which Baxter has revealed to be a long-range spaceship, and the continuing human struggle for survival on Earth after the catastrophic events of Flood. It will be published August 20, 2009 by Gollancz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_(Baxter_novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_%28Baxter_novel))

Found a related story titled "Earth II" set in the same universe by Baxter published in "Asimov's Science Fiction". It is a story set 400 years after those on the space ark reached a new planet to settle.
Link: http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0907/earthII.shtml

PeterRJG

06-28-2009, 02:15 AM

^^^

I read his Time Ships a little while ago, sequel to Wells' The Time Machine. Thought it was pretty good. Been meaning to try out his other stuff.

ronnieraygun

06-28-2009, 02:32 AM

There's always the local library my friend ;)

:-( Is there? I've had a hard time finding The Glory and the Dream in any library, but yet I can't throw a rock without finding Howard Zinn's US history book. I could probably buy a beat up copy off the internet from some poser, anyway. A lot of his better stuff has not been reprinted lately AFAIK and libraries get rid of the older stuff and shelve the latest crap just like everyone else. Not to nitpick, but the study of history goes through trends like everything else. You can find some Manchester reprints at the local chain bookstore but you would be unable to find a lot of older, better historians nowadays. I own about 500-600 books and some of them are actually pretty rare - I don't have much good to say about most libraries, but they do serve a purpose for a lot of people. Someone's gotta do it, but my point is libraries are not as useful as they used to be.

Reading La Legion! It's a book from the 70s or so about the LEF.

jetsetter

06-28-2009, 03:05 AM

^^^

I read his Time Ships a little while ago, sequel to Wells' The Time Machine. Thought it was pretty good. Been meaning to try out his other stuff.

Indeed, he is quite the author. Some have criticized him for grand scale and not always focusing on the individual but I like his style. You always feel as it you are reading something substantial when you pick up a work of his. The stories span huge amounts time, space, universes, etc. As for the short story I mentioned above the whole of it can be found in the July 09 issue of "Asimov's Science Fiction". I bought an electronic copy here (http://secure.ereader.com/ebooks/b87999/Asimovs-Science-Fiction-July-2009/Dell-Magazine-Authors/?si=59) for four dollars. Fairly long and quite interesting!!!

(I just ordered Time Ships also. I've always wanted to read it but never bought it for some reason. I suggest checking out some of his novels from the Manifold Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold_Trilogy). They are quite interesting and span huge amounts of time and space.)

Derbedeu

06-28-2009, 07:34 AM

:-( Is there? I've had a hard time finding The Glory and the Dream in any library, but yet I can't throw a rock without finding Howard Zinn's US history book. I could probably buy a beat up copy off the internet from some poser, anyway. A lot of his better stuff has not been reprinted lately AFAIK and libraries get rid of the older stuff and shelve the latest crap just like everyone else. Not to nitpick, but the study of history goes through trends like everything else. You can find some Manchester reprints at the local chain bookstore but you would be unable to find a lot of older, better historians nowadays. I own about 500-600 books and some of them are actually pretty rare - I don't have much good to say about most libraries, but they do serve a purpose for a lot of people. Someone's gotta do it, but my point is libraries are not as useful as they used to be.

Reading La Legion! It's a book from the 70s or so about the LEF.

If you happen to live near a University or College you could always try one of their libraries. They usually let locals check out books, and their collections are much more extensive. Most local libraries also have an inter-loan system where you could ask them to bring in a book from another participating library. Takes awhile, but it's worth the effort if lack of funds is your problem or the book is out of reprint on B&N and such. Though I agree with you that all too often history books get discarded which is a shame, since even if they are replaced by more extensively researched books, they still provide a great insight into the zeitgeist of the time in which they were written. :-(

khalifah

06-28-2009, 11:58 AM

right now im about 5 pages from finishing With The Old Breed by E.B.Sledge(RIP)

AFter that i have been itching to read Dune, which ive been holding for the past month.

khalifah

06-28-2009, 12:25 PM

Now iv'e just finished the book, i like how Sledge ended it.

Until the millenium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one's responsibilities and to be willing to make sacrifices for one's country-as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, "If the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for." With privilege goes responsibility.

LordKitchener

06-28-2009, 03:57 PM

http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/%7BF17CCD38-3CC3-428D-ABCF-01056A4D431C%7DImg100.jpg

Just started this - very interesting.

IDF_TANKER

06-28-2009, 04:13 PM

Poland being "new great power"..? I'm intrigued, I must say.

LordKitchener

06-28-2009, 04:20 PM

Poland being "new great power"..? I'm intrigued, I must say.

A lot of his claims seems strange at first. Maybe he is just thinking outside of the box to sell his book, I guess. But I will hold fire until I have read what he has to say on the topic.

SpeedyHedgehog

06-28-2009, 10:58 PM

Just finished...
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The story of double agent Eddie Chapman in WWII.

Now reading...
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The first book length treatment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse during the American Revolution.