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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/19/2008 5:22:30 PM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/19/2008 5:58:07 PM   
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First description I've ever read about the naval action at Casablanca

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/20/2008 3:53:46 AM   
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I've always loved his books.


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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/20/2008 7:02:22 AM   
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Additionally I just picked up Japanese Destroyer Captain by Tameichi Hara.

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/20/2008 8:32:05 AM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/20/2008 4:31:53 PM   
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Barry Lyndon by W.M. Thackery

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk

Regards John

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/20/2008 7:17:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Terje439, that is/was a great book.  I love the way Hart explains things.

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/21/2008 2:50:30 AM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/21/2008 4:49:06 AM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/21/2008 4:51:39 AM   
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
must read...
may I suggest also Benjiman Hoff: The Dao of Pooh and follow with the Tae of Piglet...
great reads both...

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/21/2008 5:33:07 PM   
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Terje439, that is/was a great book.  I love the way Hart explains things.


Yea, and I also like the fact that he got to interview german officers. Kinda makes me believe what he writes more than some kid born in the 80s

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/21/2008 6:01:32 PM   
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Just started On the Beach.

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/21/2008 6:15:50 PM   
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Just started On the Beach.


Just listened to BBC Radio Four poll for the best post apocalyptic book and On the Beach came 2nd. Great book, haunting, some of the scenes stay with you for a long time. Try playing Defcon to put you in the mood.

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/21/2008 6:22:50 PM   
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Just started On the Beach.


Just listened to BBC Radio Four poll for the best post apocalyptic book and On the Beach came 2nd. Great book, haunting, some of the scenes stay with you for a long time. Try playing Defcon to put you in the mood.


Yeah, I read this maybe 20 years ago and felt like a re-read. As for Defcon, I find it a little detached/sterile to get that creeped out.... maybe that sould bother me more....

Favourite book on the subject of nuclear war is Fail Safe.


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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/22/2008 12:30:32 AM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/22/2008 12:47:53 AM   
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Favourite book on the subject of nuclear war is Fail Safe.

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Great book.

Now reading "Shattered Sword"

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/22/2008 1:09:36 AM   
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This Terrible Sound (by Peter Cozzens; exceptional history of the Battle of Chickamauga:  reading now

Best work of history I've ever read:  We were Soldiers Once...And Young (and I'm not even a fan of Vietnam War history)

Best works of historical ficiton I've ever read:  Killer Angels (about Gettysburg) and Arundel (by Kenneth Roberts, about Benedict Arnold's seige of Quebec)

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/24/2008 2:59:28 PM   
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"Parties and Elections in America The Electoral Process 5th Edition"

Hey, gals find me attractive! Though the one that married me wondered, when Amazon turned up with this one the other week 

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/24/2008 3:19:49 PM   
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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Reading now: The Lttle Giants...U.S. Escort Carriers against Japan by William T. Y'Blood

Favorite last few years: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy of course...I have read it at least once a year for the past 35 years.....


Wow Hans,

That is what I call staunch.

Regards,

Grell

I know...I probably get 1 maybe two books read a year!!! Too many other things going on in my life!


I've been an incorridgible bookworm since my mother taught me to read at the age of 5 (yes I grew up in a time when mothers actually taught their own choldren to read BEFORE pawning them off on school teachers).

My house is literally overflowing with stacks of books in every room. Twice a day I take daily "constitutional" walks to get out of the office environment and allow my "head" to go somewhere else. I invariably spend these walks with my face buried in a book. The people who live in the neighborhood around my office regularly make comments about my multitasking skills with regard to walking and reading and I am well known as "that guy who reads while taking his walks".

On average I read about 4-6 books a month.

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/25/2008 5:18:30 AM   
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http://www.amazon.com/Rebels-Redcoats-American-Revolution-Paperback/dp/0306803070

Excellent read so far...


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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/25/2008 8:31:07 PM   
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Other serie I read right now, is Yoko Tsuno made by Roger Leloup. At first I was amused about belgian comic, where main character is japanese woman. But serie is one of the best I've read! First english translations are coming out right now, over 30 years after the first release in Belgium. For those who know other European languages, I recommend make visit to library's comic bookcase

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/26/2008 7:13:06 PM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/26/2008 7:17:07 PM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/27/2008 4:29:43 AM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/28/2008 5:31:50 PM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/28/2008 5:34:16 PM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/28/2008 10:11:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		There are some good books listed in this thread!! I especially like the Terry Pratchet ones 

I'm currently reading Midnight's Lair by Richard Laymon. A no brainer, formulaic horror. Next on my very long list is Das Boot by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim. The mini-series was exceptional, so I'm hoping the book will be better.


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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/29/2008 12:25:05 AM   
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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/29/2008 1:42:23 AM   
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Next on my very long list is Das Boot by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim. The mini-series was exceptional, so I'm hoping the book will be better.


The book is better than the film or the series, because it describes in a better way the eyeryday routine on board & how the crew get "trigger-happy" after waiting a long while to meet & engage an allied convoy etc.

at Judge enjoy the dvd, but i highly recommend to read the book.

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RE: Book you're reading now... - 4/29/2008 3:35:09 AM   
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