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Offline oakranger

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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #45 on: December 16, 2019, 06:10:19 PM »
Anybody read "The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War" by Jonathan Dimbleby?

I am jut about done with "The Third Reich is Listening: Inside German codebreaking 1939–45" by Christian Jennings.  WOW!  Amazen what the germans did with codebraking and listing in on everybody. 
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #46 on: December 28, 2019, 12:05:05 PM »
Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan.    It's about Rome when it was a Republic.  He did The History of Rome  Podcast
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #47 on: December 29, 2019, 05:16:53 PM »
Just finished God is an Atheist: A novella for those who have run out of time by N. Nosirrah

It was OK.  Lots of meandering around the place; a few funny/noteworthy comments/observations here and there - but overall I was glad that it didn't go too far beyond 100 pages.

Started re-reading Fahrenheit 451


I am thankful to see this post below.  I had meant to read last year - just forgot - it is back on my list - thanks for post!  :cheers:

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Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan.    It's about Rome when it was a Republic.  He did The History of Rome  Podcast
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #48 on: February 17, 2020, 09:31:01 PM »
Here is a new book that will be out in May.  Much looking forward reading this.

https://ospreypublishing.com/to-defeat-the-few-hb
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #49 on: February 18, 2020, 07:49:39 AM »
Just completed reading (for the 3rd or fourth time) "A Childs Garden of Grass" by Jack S Margolis...
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #50 on: February 18, 2020, 08:40:31 AM »
The Bible.  A little each day.  Also The Cavalry at Gettysburg by Edward G. Longacre.
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #51 on: February 18, 2020, 09:05:40 AM »
Quote from: TheBug on November 08, 2019, 02:55:46 PM
Currently reading the first book in Rick Atkinson's The Liberation Trilogy.  It's called "An Army At Dawn:The War in North Africa 1942-1943".  It covers Operation Torch and then the battle for Tunisia.  So far I'm liking it.  :aok
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Ive read all 3 and IMO the best thats out there
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #52 on: February 18, 2020, 09:08:13 AM »
Im reading Underground in Berlin" a story about a young Jewish womans struggle to hide from Gestapo during the war. By Marie Simon
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #53 on: February 18, 2020, 10:01:38 AM »
Reach for the Sky - the Douglas Bader story

Great book so far

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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #54 on: February 28, 2020, 02:25:13 PM »
Got off of reading War History for awhile

Been reading the Charlie Parker Series from John Connelly  And The Virgil Flowers Series from John Sandford

Mostly in the bathroom .. lol

I have reached the time in my life that if I sit in the lazy boy to read a book,, I will read the same page over and over again daily :)

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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #55 on: March 03, 2020, 06:34:28 PM »
Reading and doing strat missions is a great time.

I'm reading a memoir of a shot down and Kia bomber pilot and later fighter pilot named "serenade to the big bird"

The guy wrote it in a few months/weeks after flying 35 bomber missions and during pilot training to fly ponies. He died a few months later with the memoir in a mostly or entirely unfinished state
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #56 on: March 04, 2020, 09:56:45 AM »
Now reading autographed copy of Wing Commander by James "Johnnie" Johnston

Good book so far

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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #57 on: April 19, 2020, 05:49:04 AM »
Time for re-read:

The Decameron
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a31540805/decameron-sudden-popularity-coronavirus/

and
An Enemy of the People
https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-People-Penguin-Plays/dp/0140481400

BTW: while searching for a link I saw this: (I didn't know that there was a Steve McQueen movie made on it)



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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #58 on: April 19, 2020, 06:03:03 AM »
Hiroshima and Nagasaki  by Paul Ham
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Re: What book are you reading?
« Reply #59 on: April 19, 2020, 08:51:44 AM »
"Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East," by David Stahel.  Who knew Australians could do good research?

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