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Perturabo -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/4/2016 4:33:34 AM)

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ORIGINAL: gryffindor1

Any recommendations for scifi/fantasy?

http://www.thehumanreach.net/

http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=85&products_id=328



warspite1 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/8/2016 9:47:18 AM)

Coming to the end of The Soviets as Naval Opponents 1941-45. You know when a book is just so damn enjoyable you just don't want it to end? Well this is one such. Loki if you have any more naval recommendations then I want to hear about them!!



Jafele -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/8/2016 11:52:59 AM)

HISTORIA MILITAR DE ESPAŅA. EDAD MODERNA.II. ESCENARIO EUROPEO

The best encyclopedia I´ve never read.



Kuokkanen -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/8/2016 6:23:40 PM)

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ORIGINAL: gryffindor1

Any recommendations for scifi/fantasy?

Elliott Kay writes both. I've been told Poor man's fight and Rich man's war are good scifi, and I've enjoyed his fantasy novels (everything else). Antares Dawn & sequels are space opera written by NASA engineer, and it shows. The complete Hammer's Slammers is scifi warfare with huge tanks that can shoot down satellites and artillery shells, written by veteran of Vietman War, David Drake.



mikkey -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/8/2016 9:06:53 PM)

Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy



nelmsm1 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/9/2016 12:22:17 AM)

The Nameless War Trilogy

About 40% through the last one. These have all been a good read.



warspite1 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/11/2016 8:48:50 PM)

And now for something completely different....

The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy (of LA Confidential fame)



demyansk -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/11/2016 9:34:39 PM)

Just finished The Death of the Leaping Horseman, now I will read a book on Walter Model for the second time



nelmsm1 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/11/2016 11:48:00 PM)

Finished up the Nameless War trilogy and have moved on to some military history. Liked his book on the Eastern Fron in 1914 and caught the 1915 one on sale so had to get it.

Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front in 1915



Ostwindflak -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/12/2016 12:45:29 PM)

Just finishing up Obedient Unto Death by Werner Kindler.



Zorch -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/20/2016 12:18:38 AM)

'The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy' by Peter Wilson



Orm -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/20/2016 3:34:25 AM)


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ORIGINAL: warspite1

And now for something completely different....

The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy (of LA Confidential fame)

So what did you think?



Orm -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/20/2016 3:37:11 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

'The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy' by Peter Wilson

Is it a interesting read? Fun? Or educational?



Zorch -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/20/2016 12:45:39 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

'The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy' by Peter Wilson

Is it a interesting read? Fun? Or educational?

Interesting and educational.



Orm -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/20/2016 8:25:40 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Zorch


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ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

'The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy' by Peter Wilson

Is it a interesting read? Fun? Or educational?

Interesting and educational.

Added it to my to buy list. In the meantime I begun reading a Swedish book about the Thirty Years War.



Zorch -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/20/2016 8:53:10 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Orm


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ORIGINAL: Zorch


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ORIGINAL: Orm

quote:

ORIGINAL: Zorch

'The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy' by Peter Wilson

Is it a interesting read? Fun? Or educational?

Interesting and educational.

Added it to my to buy list. In the meantime I begun reading a Swedish book about the Thirty Years War.

It's very readable despite it's length.



parusski -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/21/2016 1:13:15 AM)


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ORIGINAL: gryffindor1

Any recommendations for scifi/fantasy?


I just finished A Cavern of Black Ice, by J.V. Jones. I read the book back in the late 90's and I enjoyed it more the second time round.

A Cavern of Black Ice



warspite1 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/23/2016 6:49:58 AM)

Whilst waiting for a new book on Jutland to arrive I am taking the opportunity to re-read Barcelona to Bedlam. I read this back in the late 90's and have forgotten most of it.

Essentially it is about the rift between businessman Alan Sugar (of The Apprentice) and football manager Terry Venables and their disastrous attempt to co-own Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in the early 90's.

The book is interesting in that the author starts out very much in Venables camp but quickly realises that the "bad guy" Sugar, may not have been so bad after all......



Aurelian -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/23/2016 7:06:01 AM)

Oil & Honor: The Texaco-Pennzoil Wars; Inside the $11 Billion Battle for Getty Oil.

Comeback: The Fall & Rise of the American Automobile Industry.



Ostwindflak -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/28/2016 7:03:38 PM)

Started reading The Rise And Fall Of The British Empire by Lawrence James. I am 6 chapters in and really enjoying it. I find it to be an easy and pleasurable read and also easy to digest the information.




warspite1 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/28/2016 7:13:14 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Ostwindflak

Started reading The Rise And Fall Of The British Empire by Lawrence James. I am 6 chapters in and really enjoying it. I find it to be an easy and pleasurable read and also easy to digest the information.


warspite1

Excellent Book!



warspite1 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/30/2016 5:17:45 PM)

Jutland: The Unfinished Battle turned up today [:)] Not only has it got a good review by Massie, but I see its published by Seaforth [&o].

This book should by all accounts be well worth reading.... let's hope I'm not disappointed.



ntrlpr -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/31/2016 7:44:08 AM)

I found this gem in my local secondhand bookshop: Order of Battle: German Panzers in World War II by Chris Bishop. Full of maps, organisational charts and tables. Looks right up my alley!



parusski -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (3/31/2016 8:00:05 AM)


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ORIGINAL: ntrlpr

I found this gem in my local secondhand bookshop: Order of Battle: German Panzers in World War II by Chris Bishop. Full of maps, organisational charts and tables. Looks right up my alley!


ntrlpr I have that book and several others from bishop. If you go to Amazon, paste Order of Battle: German Panzers in World War II in the Amazon search bar you will see some awesome books by Bishop and Pier Paolo Battistelli. I own several of the books on the page that you are directed to. There are several excellent Stakpole Military History Series. My favorite book by Chris Bishop is he Encyclopedia of Weapons of WWII: The Comprehensive Guide to over 1,500 Weapons Systems, Including Tanks, Small Arms, Warplanes, Artillery, Ships, and Submarines which covers practically every piece of equipment from WW2 such as tanks, artillery, warplanes, ships....You can get that for about 19.00(used).

Anyway Order of Battle: German Panzers in World War II is a great book.



jack54 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (4/1/2016 3:05:59 AM)

'Empire Rising' by Rick Campbell.

His second novel (the first was 'Trident Deception').
Both are Modern military thrillers that might appeal to fans of 'Red Storm Rising' or 'Hunt for Red October'.



JEB Davis -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (4/2/2016 2:05:11 AM)

The Positronic Man Isaac Asimov



mogami -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (4/2/2016 7:04:21 AM)

Hi, Donald Kagan , The Peloponnesian War



Tbilisi -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (4/2/2016 6:17:59 PM)

Guadalcanal: Decision at Sea, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13-15, 1942 by Eric Hammel. A very detailed but thoroughly readable work on the series of naval engagements that occurred during a most critical period of the Solomons campaign.



parusski -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (4/2/2016 9:00:36 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Mogami

Hi, Donald Kagan , The Peloponnesian War


I own the book and an audio-book version of the book. Outstanding to read or listen to.



warspite1 -> RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment? (4/4/2016 7:30:11 AM)

Well having just watched a couple of BBC documentaries on the Easter Rising 1916, I thought as a follow up, for my next read, I will try Making Sense of the Troubles (McKittrick and McVea) a history of the Northern Ireland conflict.

That is the next cab off the rank as soon as Jutland is finished.



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