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02-23-15, 08:56 PM | #1591 |
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I actually just finished reading this one today.
Genuinely surprised about this one. Haynes' books have been a mixed bag recently, and I get the impression they didn't really care about them anymore. This one is actually a pretty well-rounded look at the Merlin, very informative and nicely illustrated. I wrote a brief review of it for Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3CR3PW...55&store=books |
02-27-15, 07:34 PM | #1592 |
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I'm not going to ask why the seller only wanted $12 for a book that retails for £50, but I got a hell of a steal on this book this week on Amazon. A quick flip through was promising, and the maps look very clear and nicely detailed. I'm always bitching about the lack of, or poor quality of, maps in most WWII naval histories, and this book looks to be a godsend. |
02-28-15, 08:06 AM | #1593 |
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You got a real steal there
I'm holding back on ordering that book because the sister book is due for release at the end of March and I intend ordering them both together. http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Great-Wa...bsnr_772016_22
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02-28-15, 08:17 AM | #1594 |
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great book so far.
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03-02-15, 06:55 PM | #1595 |
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Had more of a chance to flip through War At Sea today. This is definitely the book I've wanted for years. The maps are clear, detailed, easy to read, cleanly rendered, and all are in full color. It doesn't just cover the "major" battles, either. I'm seeing plenty of maps showing minor amphibious operations, German auxiliary cruiser voyages, action in the Black Sea and Baltic, etc.
Can't wait for the WWI atlas, but Amazon is asking $50 for the Naval Institute Press edition, and $36 for the Seaforth edition. Amazon US always has the Seaforth editions available for pre-order before they're published, and never gets them in stock when they're released. Sigh... |
03-02-15, 07:10 PM | #1596 |
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Right now I'm listerning to Mike Duncan's History of Rome(thank to Dowly)
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05-18-15, 06:27 AM | #1597 |
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Having just finished reading Larry Niven's Ringworld which I must say is a very good read and am looking forward for the sequels and pre-quels .
but first I sink my teeth into this
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05-18-15, 07:05 AM | #1598 |
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I have pretty much everything Niven wrote in the '70s and '80s. Most of it is short-story collections, and all of it is good. So good I find it hard to recommend one group over another.
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05-22-15, 07:53 AM | #1599 | |
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Just finished a second listening of Das Boot audiobook which I found as gut-wrenching, riveting, and claustrophobic as the film. The reader, with his lightly German-accented-English makes you forget he is reciting as he draws you in as the newspaperman on board, reporting the "true facts" of life on a U-boot during WW2. Like the best of its ilk, it includes all we saw in the movie (sound effects, music, etc.), and much much more, yet without detracting from the over-all impression garnered from seeing it played out on celluloid, which is not often the case, sadly, with many a book transferred to the screen. Right off the bat, describing the opening scene with the skipper, the chief, and the newsman, it is readily apparent why Wolfgang Petersen choose to present this on film; the book reads with such vivid images that you can almost touch, every description, every scene, even the technical aspects of operating a sub underday in war time with all that entails, your stomach turns, tightens as bulbs pops, and pipes burst during a particularly nasty depth charge... Even if you're not particularly into the book thing, bound or on tape, I think it would well be worth the effort to give it a shot. Again, let me say, as a lover of all things submarine, this is truly one of the most satisfying, rewarding experiences I've had as a sub-buff.
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05-22-15, 09:27 PM | #1600 |
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05-23-15, 09:09 PM | #1601 |
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"Tin Can Man" by E.J. Jernigan. A very insightful look at the life of US Navy sailors and what it was like to serve on a Destroyer in the Pacific during WW2. |
06-16-15, 10:14 AM | #1603 |
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World Mythology, edited by Doctor Roy Willis, with sections by 18 different professors. I seem to be in the habit of reading reference books straight through, which takes months since I only read one chapter per night. This one is pretty entertaining so far, and covers pretty much every belief system there is.
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06-17-15, 12:41 PM | #1604 |
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It pretty much delves quite into the internal turmoil within the empire between the anti and pro war sides. It really and ofcourse thanks to hindsight made me question the decision the British Empire took during the war on it's own population and voices who where especially against the war. How it was looked at by some notable figures and how some of the notable changed or held on to their believes. A subject I never really sought after but am really glad to have red on it as I stumbled upon this book.
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