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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DiabloTX on June 20, 2006, 09:04:25 PM
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Just finished reading a book and need a recommendation for my next one.
The last 3 books I've read:
A Man On The Moon - A. Chaikin
Lightning Strike - D. A. Davis
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors - J. D. Hornfischer
I prefer WWII fiction or non-fiction.
Or anything having to do with Naval history from sail to WWII.
Also, any good western novels as well.
Any recommendations?
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Dumb but Lucky
A very different view on combat in Europe by a P-51 pilot.
The Fly Boys
What really happened to those guys shot down and didn't return in the same area George Bush got shot down in.
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The First Team - Pacific Naval Air Combat Pearl Harbor - Midway
The First Team - Guadalcanal Campaign
John B. Lundstrom
'cept you probably already read those.
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If you want to feel like a kid again:
"Big Red"
"Where the red furn grows"
Probably just cause I read them as a young kid, but I like the cheesy dog/kid books.
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So far some interesting recommendations. Except for you Nuke, go back to your room!
I've already read Fly Boys. Fire In The Sky was a great read too.
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you never read them, did yah?
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Let's just say I preferred The Red Badge of Courage.
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Originally posted by APDrone
The First Team - Pacific Naval Air Combat Pearl Harbor - Midway
The First Team - Guadalcanal Campaign
John B. Lundstrom
'cept you probably already read those.
Actually, I haven't. Will look for them next time I am at the bookstore.
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reading is bad for you, it lets other people get into your brain and take over.
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"And Quiet Flows the Don"
and exelent WWI tale from the Russian front. about soldiers who go off to war and get swept up in the Russian Revolution.
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Originally posted by Mr Big
If you want to feel like a kid again:
"Big Red"
Hmmm DiabloTX,feel like a kid again, and "Big Red".
Getting a bad picture here.
:D :D
Bronk
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Digital Fortress....its from the same author of The Da Vinci Code(Dan Brown). Its a fictional story about the NSA and cryptographers. You'll find yourself unable to put it down once you start reading it. It has a crapload of plot twists, various info on the NSA and captivating literary descriptive writing.
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There is a little know novel that I read in high school by an English author (can't remember his name) called "Six Point Buck."
It's the life story of a roe deer in England...with the author laying out a well defined view of the realities of life in the wild.
Heckuva better read than that sentimental tripe entitled "Bambi."
Regards, Shuckins
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Just finished reading a book and need a recommendation for my next one.
The last 3 books I've read:
A Man On The Moon - A. Chaikin
Lightning Strike - D. A. Davis
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors - J. D. Hornfischer
I prefer WWII fiction or non-fiction.
Or anything having to do with Naval history from sail to WWII.
Also, any good western novels as well.
Any recommendations?
Just got done reading
"Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Maj. Dick Winters"
Good book. Covers alot of areas that BOB didnt
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For a good naval book Sail to WWII, check out "To Rule The Waves" by Arthur Herman.
Just type that sucker in for Amazon, it'll pop right up with hardcover, paperback, etc.
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war in a stringbag
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Just got done reading
"Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Maj. Dick Winters"
Good book. Covers alot of areas that BOB didnt
I saw that book when I bought Lightning Strike and The Last Stand...
I think I may get that one next. Thanks!
I've read Band of Brothers twice.
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Actually, I just remembered another fascinating book you might find interesting.
Pacific War Diary.
Basically a sailor's journal on a cruiser. Very enlightening to the daily life of the crew of a WW2 warship.
I found it a refreshingly different view of the war, and how miserable they must have been, compared to our cushy existance we take for granted today.
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Given up for Dead - Bill Sloan
The Longest Winter : The Epic Story of World War Ii's Most Decorated Platoon - Alex Kershaw
Secret Soldiers - Philip Gerard
The first one is the best WWII related book that I have read so far.
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"Gates of Fire"
(nothing to do with Micro$oft)
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"Stalingrad" by Anthony Beevor.
Amazing book.
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It`s not WWII, but Vietnam instead, but one of the best books I have ever read, bar none, is "The 13th Valley".
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In case you missed it, Enemy coast ahead by Guy Gibson.
The Aubrey serie by Patrick O'Brian (Royal Navy vs Napoleon's fleet). Excellent historical fiction. I dare say capital, upon my word!
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Originally posted by deSelys
The Aubrey serie by Patrick O'Brian (Royal Navy vs Napoleon's fleet). Excellent historical fiction. I dare say capital, upon my word!
I must also heartily endorse this series. I read the entire Hornblower series by CS Forester and thought nothing could get better but I was wrong. O'Brian is pure genius.