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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/20/2014 7:45:17 AM

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Naming Jack The Ripper. Not sure on whether this really gives the answer, but its good to read up on this intriguing case and reacquainting myself with the facts for the first time in about 30-years.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/20/2014 8:32:22 AM

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Naming Jack The Ripper. Not sure on whether this really gives the answer, but its good to read up on this intriguing case and reacquainting myself with the facts for the first time in about 30-years.

Let me know what you think of it when you are done. Because if you like it all I will put it on my buy list.

Does it have good descriptions of the area where all this happened?

Might be time to read up on this again. The nightmares from the last time are almost gone.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/25/2014 1:26:52 PM

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/25/2014 2:39:14 PM

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'Arthur Rex' by Thomas Berger and 'Pillars of the Earth' by Ken Follett. Doing a bit of rereading my all time favorites from my younger days.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/27/2014 5:23:02 AM

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Will finish off the last few pages of Naming Jack the Ripper today and then it's on to "The Book Thief". Not my usual read but my elder cruiser asked me to give it a go. On the basis that she had just agreed to read Beevor's The Second World War, I could not really say no

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/27/2014 5:32:44 AM

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Will finish off the last few pages of Naming Jack the Ripper today and then it's on to "The Book Thief". Not my usual read but my elder cruiser asked me to give it a go. On the basis that she had just agreed to read Beevor's The Second World War, I could not really say no

I need a report on both those books in due time. Should they go onto my list or not? The world needs to know.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/27/2014 5:33:34 AM

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"The Tiger's Revenge"-----by Claude Balls

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/27/2014 5:36:06 AM

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"The Tiger's Revenge"-----by Claude Balls

The title has me intrigued but it does not say much what the book is about. Would you recommend it for me to read?

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/27/2014 5:52:47 AM

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"The Tiger's Revenge"-----by Claude Balls

The title has me intrigued but it does not say much what the book is about. Would you recommend it for me to read?

Only if you want to suffer clawed balls from a tiger's paw.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/27/2014 6:21:25 AM

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Reading:

Edge of Eternity: The Century Trilogy, Book 3, Ken Follett

Listening to audiobook:

Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture, and Escape in World War II, Ray Ellis

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 9/27/2014 3:23:48 PM

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"Vulcan 607", a wonderful story which I had never heard of until I read about it on this forum. Reading this story of the grit of real military operations is a wonderful supplement to the ease of moving a counter across a map.

Before "Vulcan 607" I finished four fine books by Alastair Reynolds. "The Prefect", "Revelation Space", "Redemption Ark", and Absolution Gap". All are set in the same SF Universe, with "The Prefect" being an excellent stand alone story, and the other three interconnected in a 2,100 page series. Reynolds is a inactive scientist, an astronomer, now dedicated to science fiction. He writes hard SF space operas, without FTL, a tricky thing to do. I really like his work, and there are more I will be reading.

All five of the books are excellent reading, and then some.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/1/2014 7:59:10 PM

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The Book Thief is a very strange book

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/2/2014 6:58:40 PM

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Just finished "The Hot Zone" timely and seriously concerning.

'Bout 2/3rds the way through "The Outpost" turning out the way I expected...sadly.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/4/2014 1:09:08 PM

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The Book Thief is a very strange book

How so?

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/4/2014 1:17:32 PM

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The Book Thief is a very strange book

How so?

warspite1

Its difficult to describe to be honest. It is narrated by Death but that is the not the strange thing - its more the writing style that death uses, peppering the book with clues as to what is coming next. It's interesting though - one I will continue reading.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/4/2014 1:18:58 PM

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The Book Thief is a very strange book

How so?

warspite1

Its difficult to describe to be honest. It is narrated by Death but that is the not the strange thing - its more the writing style that death uses, peppering the book with clues as to what is coming next. It's interesting though - one I will continue reading.

Cool. Another book about Mort.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/4/2014 1:27:18 PM

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The Book Thief is a very strange book

How so?

warspite1

Its difficult to describe to be honest. It is narrated by Death but that is the not the strange thing - its more the writing style that death uses, peppering the book with clues as to what is coming next. It's interesting though - one I will continue reading.

Cool. Another book about Mort.

warspite1

From the back cover:

Here is a small fact

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

1939 Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath.
Death has never been busier

Liesel, a nine year old girl is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parent have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

Some important information

THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH

it's a small story, about:

a girl
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an accordianist
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some fanatical Germans
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a Jewish fist fighter
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and quite a lot of thievery

Another thing you should know

DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/4/2014 3:24:54 PM

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Just finished "Lost Victories" by Erich Von Manstein. A fascinating read allowing you a glimpse into the mind of a military genius. Few people throughout history have had the tactical, operational, and strategic mind as Manstein. A pleasurable read.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/4/2014 3:28:48 PM

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Just finished "Lost Victories" by Erich Von Manstein. A fascinating read allowing you a glimpse into the mind of a military genius. Few people throughout history have had the tactical, operational, and strategic mind as Manstein. A pleasurable read.

warspite1

Many years since I read that - but yes, a quality read

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/9/2014 4:56:13 AM

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I just started reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/9/2014 8:16:51 PM

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Now I read an interesting short story Andy McNab - Today Everything Changes

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/14/2014 9:01:42 PM

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Ordered this today:

A Warrior Dynasty: The Rise and Decline of Sweden as a Military Superpower.

About time I learned something about Sweden

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/16/2014 6:23:30 PM

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Ordered this today:

A Warrior Dynasty: The Rise and Decline of Sweden as a Military Superpower.

About time I learned something about Sweden

warspite1

This arrived today - hussah! I will start it as soon as I'v finished reading My Secret Falklands War (Sidney Edwards).

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/16/2014 6:41:53 PM

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I want to spend my vacation in your library, warspite1.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/16/2014 6:44:45 PM

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I want to spend my vacation in your library, warspite1.

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I should have asked if you'd read it and if it was any good...

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/16/2014 6:45:43 PM

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I want to spend my vacation in your library, warspite1.

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I should have asked if you'd read it and if it was any good...

No, I have not read it. I might if you like it.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/16/2014 6:47:33 PM

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I want to spend my vacation in your library, warspite1.

warspite1

I should have asked if you'd read it and if it was any good...

No, I have not read it. I might if you like it.

warspite1

I'll let you know, anyway, haven't you got some hapless Poles to conquer?

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/16/2014 6:49:29 PM

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I want to spend my vacation in your library, warspite1.

warspite1

I should have asked if you'd read it and if it was any good...

No, I have not read it. I might if you like it.

warspite1

I'll let you know, anyway, haven't you got some hapless Poles to conquer?

Nah. History has proven that they can not be conquered.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/16/2014 6:51:40 PM

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I want to spend my vacation in your library, warspite1.

warspite1

I should have asked if you'd read it and if it was any good...

No, I have not read it. I might if you like it.

warspite1

I'll let you know, anyway, haven't you got some hapless Poles to conquer?

Nah. History has proven that they can not be conquered.

warspite1

I hope you are right!

- but the odds are not great

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? - 10/17/2014 1:31:13 AM

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Black Hawk Down - for some reason it doesn't have any maps. Which makes it a rather confusing read.
A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages: Volume Two.

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