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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: LePaul on October 05, 2007, 12:26:43 AM
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Finished of "Yeager" a few days ago as well as the "You: The Owners Manual". Both excellent reads.
Today I picked up two titles:
"My Grandfather's Son A Memoir" by Judge Clarence Thomas
"Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Step By Step"
The Clarence Thomas book is excellent, I'm already several chapters into it.
As for C#, well, I've never been very good with C++ and after hearing from a few programming friends about C#, thought I'd give it a try. (The Microsoft website gives away the Express versions of Visual C# 2005 on the website, as well as Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. It looks like they are aiming for the small/hobby programmer as the software isnt too severely crippled, based on my reading)
Whatcha reading this month?
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Hustler
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:lol
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Originally posted by FiLtH
Hustler
Lemme guess, the Braille edition? ;) :D
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Originally posted by FiLtH
Hustler
He only reads it for the editorials.......
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Originally posted by LePaul
Lemme guess, the Braille edition? ;) :D
Hehe no kiddin! At my age I can't tell if Im comin or goin. Seriously.
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I stopped reading this month. I have to have another eye exam ~ probably a new (stronger) prescription. My eyes are usually exhausted by the time I get home from work, so I don't read anything at night anymore.:(
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The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Whoosh Boom Splat - William Gurstelle
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond
The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki
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Sidewinder: Missile Development at China Lake - Ron Westrum
Hard to believe the AIM-9 has been around since 1955 and was built off the old 5" rocket. Great read, and very technical in some places. Laughed my head off after reading Hughes' attempt at taking the concept and "making it better." About halfway through.
Safari - Bartle Bull
Covers about 180 years of hunting in Africa from all sorts of perspectives. Not bad at all with plenty of very old photos to give you an idea of what it was like. Finished this one yesterday.
Prisoners of Japan - Gavan Davis
Nearly finished with this one. Brrrr, some parts gave me the shivers. Reading about the hellships is enough to make anyone put the book down for a breather. The Thai-Burma railway is worse.
The Few and The Proud - Larry Smith
USMC drill instructors in their own words. Chapters aren't very long from what little I've delved into it. Its still amazing hearing it from the proverbial "Gunny Hartman" perspective.
Just polished off a good stack from the library...
Bogies and Bandits - Robert Gandt
FA-18 training cycle that happened about twelve years ago when female fighter pilots were just being allowed into the fleet. Plenty of funny moments, serious-as-hell mistakes, and one nasty training accident. Read it four times and I still want to buy it.
Eye of the Viper - Peter Aleshire
F-16 training at Luke AFB. Not as colorful as Gandt's book but still a fairly good look at what goes into training a "single-engine, single seat fighter pilot." This one was probably edited by Air Force brass, as several parts are hideously dry.
To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth - Jeff Cooper
Cooper speaks on a variety of subjects from proper technique with both handgun and rifle to his experiences hunting in Africa. Damn fine book!
Out of Nowhere - Martin Pegler
Great history of the military sniper. Plenty of photos of original weapons, sights, and equipment. Some discussion of techniques, and a few quotes thrown in from actual snipers. Not a bad book for a person interested in the history of sniping.
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Flakbait [Delta6]
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Originally posted by texasmom
I stopped reading this month. I have to have another eye exam ~ probably a new (stronger) prescription. My eyes are usually exhausted by the time I get home from work, so I don't read anything at night anymore.:(
You mean you read Hustler too??
:p
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
You mean you read Hustler too??:p
No, of course not. :p That's NOT why I'm going blind.
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Originally posted by texasmom
No, of course not. :p That's NOT why I'm going blind.
I'm not touching that one...;)
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I keep meaning to finish this book beside me, Heretics of Dune but it doesn't really have the same writing style that captivated me for the first 3 books.
Other than that, I'm just doing a few textbooks for school.
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Fate Is the Hunter by Ernest Gann
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I have some good books on my list but I'm waiting for the long nights of winter.
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Originally posted by Halo
I have some good books on my list but I'm waiting for the long nights of winter.
Always been my favorite time of year.
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I started a thread of books in the Gen. Disc. forum.
I am getting ready to crack the cover of "The Battle for Italy" by Rick Atkinson. This book is around 1,000 pages and was delayed because he wrote a novel on the current Iraq War.
It's good having a brother who can hook you up with free Hardcovers.
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Visual Basic 6.0 (spew)
Im stumped at the moment for code in a label box, time for a break.
Ai Yori Aoshi volume 3 (Think that loosely translates into "True Blue Love")
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Right now I'm reading The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy.
Just got done readin Warpath Across the Pacific. Awsome book.
(http://www.pacificwrecks.com/reviews/covers/warpath.jpg)
The Illustrated History of the 345th Bombardment Group During World War II
This is the history of the 345th Bombardment Group, the "Air Apaches" WWII Pacific service. Others reviews have called this book 'the finest history of an air combat unit ever published' . This distinction was earned from twenty years of research by the author, and honed during four editions of updates since its first publication in 1984. The scope of the research and writing go beyond the pilots and missions of the group, to the larger history and details of individual experiences. The book is a beautiful, hardcover 8x10 table top volume with dust jacket. The art direction and design are equally amazing - providing hundreds of photographs, captions, maps, paintings and detailed appendixes.
A friend of mine let me borrow his copy so I could read it. His grandfather flew with the Air Apaches as a radio operator/tail gunner. Some of you may know him by his ingame ID...IrishRed.
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Having recently read 'Fiesta', I've bought 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' by Hemingway, so hopefully I'll read them over the next few weeks.
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Originally posted by texasmom
No, of course not. :p That's NOT why I'm going blind.
Why am I not beleiving you.
Your words say "no no no" but that Lucy dance says "yes yes yes"
LMAO
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I've ordered all 4 of the C'htoor Book by David Gerrold. Alien ecosystem kills most of the people and now they have to fight its higher life forms as the ecosystem takes over the planet. Gerrold has finished most of boosk 5 6 and some of 7. So catching up.
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whats a book? :huh
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I haven't done a Clancy book in a very long time, its about time to read one again. Let me know how you like that one. The last thing I read of his was 'Red October' and man, its a far cry from the movie (yet both are quite good)
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Well I finished the Clarence Thomas book in 3 evenings. It was really well written and pretty much ends with his confirmation into the court. I was hoping to read his insights into the more famous cases he's been a part of (2000 Election, etc).
I expected the Anita Hill to be a he-said-she-said affair. He maintains his view and I find it quite credible, based on how the media is eager to smear anyone appointed these days.
Overall an excellent read. The man overcame a lot and its something Id suggest to anyone who enjoys autobiographies.
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Originally posted by LePaul
I haven't done a Clancy book in a very long time, its about time to read one again. Let me know how you like that one. The last thing I read of his was 'Red October' and man, its a far cry from the movie (yet both are quite good)
While I've read a few since THFRO it's still been many years. I may pick up his latest.
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Reading the new Honor Harrington book. What if Horatio Hornblower had a spaceship... (psst, they did that, and called him Captain Kirk) Ok, uh, he has a spaceship and fires missiles and nukes. (Yeah, Battlestar Galactica). Ok, fine. Instead of a dude, it's a chick, and she kicks ass. (....ok, you got me)