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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: LePaul on January 06, 2008, 12:21:25 AM
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Another month, another monthly "What's everyone reading" for books
I am still limping thru the John Bolton "Surrender is not an Option". He states so many names, titles and the sort, you are rather overwhelmed with information. Its good, just tough to get through at times.
I did get "You: Staying Young" by Dr Mehmet Oz and Dr Michael Roizen. Just finished it up, its another excellent read if you are into healthy living/fitness. (An excellent hypochondriac read :) )
How about the rest of you guys and gals?
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royal assassin by robin hobb.
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I got the greatest book as a gift from my son. I skimmed through, then read the first few chapters, then lost the book. It's driving me bonkers that I can't find it. I can't even remember the name of it. It's about a British gal who was running an intelligence organization during WWII. Once the war was over, it talked about her trips through Europe searching around the last known locations of her agents (most of whom had been prisoners).
Seeing your post though, made me go find one of my books called "When Surrender Was Not an Option" by George Crawford (his account of WWII, including POW Camp). I'm going to read that.
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Capital budgeting decisions. And another dozen readings on corporate finance.
Part of my MBA coursework. Bah. I hate school.
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Originally posted by eagl
Capital budgeting decisions. And another dozen readings on corporate finance.
Part of my MBA coursework. Bah. I hate school.
Yuck ~ I need an aspirin just seeing your post. Sounds tedious. Good job sticking to that!
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On the iPhone: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - RAH (re-read, it's been ages)
Book: Off Armaggedon Reef - David Weber
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"Beyond the Wild Blue" Walter J. Boyne. St. Martin's Press. New York. 2007. Amazon (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&threadid=223398)
"Private Pilot Manual" Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
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"Against the Day" by Thomas Pynchon
I am also re-reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" as I have just finished a biography of Hunter S Thompson that I was given for Xmas.
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Eagl, Chair, Wolf and other real life pilots...
I'm hunting around for a book on getting back up to speed on flying. I haven't logged any time since 2002 and am hoping to get back into a C-172 again in a few weeks.
Anything come to mind? I've been browsing through my old Jeppersen ground school books, but wondered if there was something newer that dealt with the airspace changes, etc etc. Just a good, overall primer for those of us who have been out of the groove for a few years. I thought about the huge AIM the FAA puts out, but that's pretty dry reading
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"Hannibal" by Thomas Harris.
Its not quite the page turner that "The Silence of the Lambs" was.
Also reading "Managing small woodlands for wildlife".
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World War Z. Plowed through half of it today, but I probably won't have time to read more this weekend.
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Originally posted by LePaul
I'm hunting around for a book on getting back up to speed on flying. I haven't logged any time since 2002 and am hoping to get back into a C-172 again in a few weeks.
Go to the library and get a copy of each of the FAR/AIMs since then, there's a section in each describing only what's changed from year to year.
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Still reading The Helmsman and trying to memorize the 11 general orders to long term memory.
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I'm sure you finished and reread "How To Manipulate The Masses" by Faux News. Can you give us a review?
Originally posted by LePaul
Just finished it up, its another excellent read.
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Lol, now thats funny.
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1918: No Man's Land by John Toland.
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The Ghost Mountain Boys by James Campbell.
short, pretty good read about the New Guinea capaign
Joker
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The Day of Battle - Rick Atkinson
I'm into it 130 pages. Only 450 pages to go..lol
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Originally posted by Pei
I am also re-reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" as I have just finished a biography of Hunter S Thompson that I was given for Xmas.
Hehe. Hunter had the luck of the Irish........................ .......until it ran out. :D
Been sick most of the week and haven`t felt like getting into any heay type reading.
I have been going through some of my old MC mags....Outlaw Biker, Supercycle and Easyriders. Some dating back to the 70s.
Been pretty interesting to see how some things change, but stay the same. ;)
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Originally posted by rpm
I'm sure you finished and reread "How To Manipulate The Masses" by Faux News. Can you give us a review?
Wow, you should read "How to be a BBS Tard for Beginners" Clearly you are quite advanced.
Maybe you should step away from the computer, develop a life and, gasp, realize there is more to a BBS discussion than your hard on for politics.
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Originally posted by LePaul
Wow, you should read "How to be a BBS Tard for Beginners" Clearly you are quite advanced.
Maybe you should step away from the computer, develop a life and, gasp, realize there is more to a BBS discussion than your hard on for politics.
Ignore the Liberals In Denial (LID) like rpm.:aok
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Originally posted by LePaul
Eagl, Chair, Wolf and other real life pilots...
I'm hunting around for a book on getting back up to speed on flying. I haven't logged any time since 2002 and am hoping to get back into a C-172 again in a few weeks.
Anything come to mind? I've been browsing through my old Jeppersen ground school books, but wondered if there was something newer that dealt with the airspace changes, etc etc. Just a good, overall primer for those of us who have been out of the groove for a few years. I thought about the huge AIM the FAA puts out, but that's pretty dry reading
My plan when I get back into private flying is to head to the local FBO or this aviation goodies shop right outside the gate at Montgomery Field (San Diego) and see what books they've got in their display case.
Or even easier, check out the sportys catalot online. They probably have a hundred little cheat guides and little refresher booklets, courses, etc. I don't think I'll go so far as to buy a video PPL ground school course, but I'll definately need to see what's changed in the VFR world since I stopped flying privately about 12 years ago. Sportys has a bunch of laminated fold-out cheat cards designed to be stuffed into your flight bag for the casual flier. I don't personally think it's all that great of an idea to have to rely on those things (who wants to go digging through your flight bag the first time you realize you're trapped above a cloud deck or have to fly into unfamiliar airspace) but they're good quick reference reminders if you just want to refresh your memory.
Either that, or find a ground school instructor and get a 1-day refresher lesson. Although you'll pay up to $50/hr, it could really be worth it in terms of how much info you could get, discuss, and really understand in just a short amount of time.
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Roughneck Nine-One
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HkIuvDYzL._SS500_.jpg)
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"the everything Labrador retriever book"
a complete guide to raising, training, and caring for your lab.
i have two females from the same litter, about 8 months old. A tan and a black.
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Originally posted by Chairboy
On the iPhone: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - RAH (re-read, it's been ages)
Book: Off Armaggedon Reef - David Weber
That's funny, Chair-I'm into R.A.H.'s Expanded Universe; While not really any actual fiction, mainly his view's and predictions' he had made up until the book's publishing (1980). Plus, some of his stories' about his time in the Navy, and his other travels'.