What's Your Carry Book?

[nrshida]

Presently I'm reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius as it's slim and easy to carry as EDC. It is rather old but a lot of it is surprisingly applicable to modern life. Real peace of mind as you walk around.

For the Winter I have a copy of The Origins of the Second World War by  A. J. P. Taylor I plan to review. Was required training in school so I'm very speedy and accurate with it and it's got ample stopping power for your average troll. Bit thicker but with Winter clothes I can also carry a copy of Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson in my sock for backup. Was a gift from a former AH player and still friend who recently coresponded with the author who was explaining it is based on actual accounts instead of the propaganda struggling to find the nobility in the First World War what with all the mud, lice and mustard gas.

[Bizman]

At first I couldn't think of a book I would read more than once. But then I remembered one in my book shelf that I've read at least three times so far: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Guess I should read it again, it's way over a decade since I last read it - loud as bedtime stories for my kids!

[Arlo]

All good material. I seldom carry a book around but should. Reading has been a little harder now with my vision though I've experienced a bit of an uptick with my latest eye injections. I'll go through my library to select some and get back to this thread. 

[GasTeddy]

Frederick A. Johnsen "Captured Eagles".

[Oldman731]

My go-to carry books undoubtedly are Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels and Ronald Glasser's 365 Days.  I have them on all of my iPads.  If I'm on the train home and I finish the book-of-the-moment, it's always back to one of those until I download something new.  I never tire of either book.

- oldman

[Elfie]

I read the book, "The Body Language of Liars" by Dr Lillian Glass so many times I lost count, then I lost count again.

[bj229r]

My go-to carry books undoubtedly are Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels and Ronald Glasser's 365 Days.  I have them on all of my iPads.  If I'm on the train home and I finish the book-of-the-moment, it's always back to one of those until I download something new.  I never tire of either book.

- oldman

Michael Shaara has some great stuff

I suppose a book...or SERIES of books, that I could read over and over would be the Camulod Chronicles by Jack Whyte. It covers Britain in the span of time where Rome is in decline, birth of King Arthur, etc. The guy is meticulous

[Maverick]

I do not have a specific book I carry. Since the Wife and I converted to electronic readers while RVing we have very few "real" books in the house. Both my phone and tablet have kindle of course. I take the tablet almost everywhere and the phone is always on me when heading away from the house. I love Sci Fi and history, mostly based on military activity. The wife loves murder mysteries. Both of us go through multiple books a week.

[bj229r]

True enough, I can't remember that last actual "book" I read. I've gotten used to reading them on my phone with white text and black background

[morfiend]

Was fortunate enough to recover all my pdf books recently,somewhere close to 100 gigs of airplane stuff.


My cc book is encyclopedia of Britannia,vols A to Z.

[alkali]

In my suitcase at the moment:



Best,
Marc

[fuzeman]

I’ve been going over a ‘book’ I bought with the intention to not read it all but re-read certain sections of it over and over. My vehicle Haynes service manual with occasional checking of factory service manual on cd.
Before that was ‘A Bright And Blinding Sun’. a WW II story of survival, love, and redemption.  Got that title from a WW2TV YT video.  Great book!!

[-gg-]

Not an everyday carry, but several years ago I bought a three volume set that was published in the early 1900s on how to hand grind lenses and build your own telescope.

I even started buying the things needed. Never actually started.

I forget the name of the book. It was interesting though because it was illustrated with drawings and the whole process of grinding a lens by hand to produce a highly accurate lens is just amazing.

[Toad]

The only one you really need as a guide is the Bible.

[-gg-]

I agree. The Holy Bible.