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a backlog of AAAS Science magazines.0
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AN ABDUCTION AFFAIR by Daniel Chamberlain
this is definitely different than Dan's other two books that are westerns.
LONG SHOOTERS and BATTLE OF FORTUNE WELLS, are both period correct for facts and guns utilized.
Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-51 -
Piers Anthony Xanth series and Apprentice Adept series.
Robert Aspirin books.
Anne Mcaffrey Dragon series.
Stephen King Gunslinger series.
I still like those types of books.In Fumo Pax
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.Wylaff said:Atmospheric pressure and crap.4 -
My autographed copy of "Deplorables".1
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I'm reading poetry done during WWI which is very poignant about expectations vs reality.2
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Real Food Fake Food by Larry Olmsted.
Why you don't know what you're eating & what you can do about it.
Real Kobe beef is only available at 2 places in the US, and lots of other great info on faked or imitation foods.Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.4 -
Bryan Cranston's biography1
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Bishop's War. Really good action thriller if you are into the Mitch Rapp / Jack Reacher type books. The kindle version is free if you have Prime0
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High Profile by Robert B. Parker.
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Last Words by Michael Koryta. Well written, nicely paced. Got three more by Koryta at the library to pick up.0
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Attacks by Field Marshall Erwin Rommel aka "The Desert Fox." Great book written by the General himself after WWI, explaining his early years as a commander and how he revolutionized modern warfare.“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns2
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Markwell said:Attacks by Field Marshall Erwin Rommel aka "The Desert Fox." Great book written by the General himself after WWI, explaining his early years as a commander and how he revolutionized modern warfare.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain1 -
I'm listening to "Ender's Game Alive". It's very well done, and it's free if you have amazon prime."Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...0 -
Amos_Umwhat said:
Does he give any of the credit to Guderian? Heinz Guderian wrote Panzer Leader.“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns2 -
Hart's War by John Katzenbach. The book is different than the movie but a pretty good read.1
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Markwell said:Amos_Umwhat said:
Does he give any of the credit to Guderian? Heinz Guderian wrote Panzer Leader.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain1 -
Bum of the Week thread!6
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Martel said:
I've decided to try again and read through the Aubrey-Maturin series of Napoleonic naval stories by Patrick O'Brian. Tried a few of them before, but out of order. This time I'm being systematic. I finished the first two and am now reading the third, H.M.S. Surprise.
Pretty sure I can hook you u-p with the whole series in paperback.
BTW, @Martel, I'm coming your way en route to FX Smith's Sons tomorrow. Want to make a vid of the murdersickle ride from Glen Rock thru Codorus. Then taking a whole crapload of product pics, gars on the machinery that made it. Hope to return with some of his CT Shade leaf, which is the best wrapper I have found.
I'll PM you my cell. Maybe we can herf in Glen Rock again.“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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webmost said:Martel said:
I've decided to try again and read through the Aubrey-Maturin series of Napoleonic naval stories by Patrick O'Brian. Tried a few of them before, but out of order. This time I'm being systematic. I finished the first two and am now reading the third, H.M.S. Surprise.
Pretty sure I can hook you u-p with the whole series in paperback.
BTW, @Martel, I'm coming your way en route to FX Smith's Sons tomorrow. Want to make a vid of the murdersickle ride from Glen Rock thru Codorus. Then taking a whole crapload of product pics, gars on the machinery that made it. Hope to return with some of his CT Shade leaf, which is the best wrapper I have found.
I'll PM you my cell. Maybe we can herf in Glen Rock again.
I've also picked-up some books from Eric Flint's 1632/Ring of Fire series. Made it through 32, 33 and a couple of the 1634 books as well as a couple of the anthologies. Several of these can be found for free. I feel like I'm at a good stopping point right now and don't need to read more if I don't want to. Still, they're kind of interesting. The premise is a WV coal mining town gets transported from c. 1999-2000 to the seventeenth century and has to fight for its life in the middle of the thirty years war.
I sent you a PM about the visit. Easter Sunday will be busy, but if it's later we can figure out something. Wait, it's only Friday, today. I'm confused. Okay, we can probably do something. I've got an early meeting but should be free a good chunk of the day.
Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.0 -
The Whistler by John Grisham. Nice with coffee and a evening cigar.0
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Finished Valley of the Dolls last week, currently reading Langston Hughes. Scriptures always at the ready.
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado! -General Zapata1 -
Insidious by Catherine Coulter. It's an FBI series, an occupational hazard.
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Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad (from which Apocalypse Now was adapted).¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado! -General Zapata0
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The online news. Make the world go away.0
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jd50ae said:The online news. Make the world go away.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain1 -
I just reread an incredible book by our own @First_Warrior
If you haven't read it,you should.
My continuous audio book choice is The Dark Tower by Stephen King.....start with book 1-7 and start again......because Ka is a wheelLong days and pleasant nights,
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Rolanddeschain said:I just reread an incredible book by our own @First_Warrior
If you haven't read it,you should.
My continuous audio book choice is The Dark Tower by Stephen King.....start with book 1-7 and start again......because Ka is a wheelhttps://youtu.be/ZcoweoZ6jpM
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado! -General Zapata1