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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2016, 01:49:45 AM »
Quote from: USCH on July 12, 2016, 09:40:14 PM
Boyd...  And chickenhawk...... come back to me when your done.

Boyd was indeed interesting.

I was just looking at Chickenhawk the other day.  I remember seeing it first about 25 years ago in a college book store and made a mental note to read it.  I will probably finally do so in the next several months.
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2016, 02:01:06 AM »
Battlefields & Blessings (all of them). You can get many of them for just $0.01 on Amazon.
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2016, 02:45:07 AM »
Get you some Plato and Aristotle texts to read.
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2016, 04:50:28 AM »
Everything written by Cormac McCarthy. I would love to have his writing skills!

"The Road" was impossible to put down for me, I read it in one sitting.
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2016, 04:56:59 AM »
"The alternative Hypothesis", by french novelist Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

I'm not a big fan of this other works, but I found this one pretty clever:

"On the 8th October 1909, Adolf Hitler was refused entry to the Fine Art Academy in Vienna. What would have happened if the jury had decided otherwise and accepted him? That decision would have changed the course of a life, the life of a timid, empassioned youth, the life of Adolf Hitler. But it would also have changed the course of the world."
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2016, 07:56:27 AM »
Many classic works are available for free from Amazon and organizations like http://www.gutenberg.org/
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2016, 08:52:26 AM »
David Baldacci has some pretty cool characters that I found interesting...he does a lot of government cover up conspiracy type plots. The Whole Truth is the only book I ever sat down and read straight through start to stop...it was just that good.

I just started reading the Game of Thrones books....got to keep myself busy or I'll end up playing Pokemon Go like the rest of the animals in the world :aok
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #22 on: July 13, 2016, 09:51:00 AM »
I recently read Empire of the summer Moon; Quanah Parker Rise and Fall of the Comanches
I'm not really into old west books but this non-fictional book was probably the best I've ever read~!
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #23 on: July 13, 2016, 10:04:02 AM »
I'm actually working my way through the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. I came across a hard copy twentieth printing in a thrift store for $5.  It's pretty interesting, but definitely takes some time.  I had to take a break from it, but there's some very interesting footnotes.  My personal favorite so far was speaking of Goering jumping on the table and extolling the fuhrer upon news of the unopposed annexation of Czechoslovakia with a little * next to it.  The footnote said that Goering vehemently denied ever jumping on the table at the Nuremberg trial.

If you're looking for some good entertaining zero educational value reading I recently reread The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.  So far two books in the series, but pretty quick reads and overall fun books.
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2016, 11:43:26 AM »
"To kill a Mockingbird" - Harper Lee
"In Cold Blood" - Truman Capote
The whole Aubrey & Mathurin serie (20 novels) - Patrick O'Brian
The Accursed Kings (just skip the terrible 7th and last novel) - Maurice Druon (This serie about the french dynasty was the inspiration for GoT according to George RR Martin) 

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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #25 on: July 13, 2016, 11:45:43 AM »
Various companies used to sell a "The Classics" set of books. I remember back in the day when encyclopedias were a thing we had a couple of these sets. Often times they came as part of the encyclopedia deal. You can probably find them pretty cheap nowadays.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-Literature-Collection-13-Volumes-/152138920657
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #26 on: July 13, 2016, 05:16:06 PM »
Fantastic assortment of recommendations gents! Looks like I've got my work cut out for me!
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #27 on: July 13, 2016, 05:33:34 PM »
 Dont forget the classic,  Dick and Jane!

 The opening paragraph will grab you and there's no turning back!

   See dick run,run dick run.......



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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2016, 05:33:49 PM »
Just hit the Notify button, not a reader but want to be, great lists guys,

GHI how long did it take you to compile that list with links, hats off and <S>
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Re: Need a book recommendation
« Reply #29 on: July 14, 2016, 08:45:25 AM »
So there I was, trying to remember what non-history book(s) I read over and over again.  And the only one that came to mind was Rudyard Kipling's "Captains Courageous."  I read it once a year, same as "Twelve O'Clock High."

...makes me feel a little bit like a dunce....

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