What are you reading right now? - Page 65

Oberon · 07-26-12, 03:09 AM

Sailor Steve · 08-03-12, 01:21 PM

I'm still reading Frank and Jesse James. My problem is that I only sit and read when I'm riding on the bus. When I was homeless I had nothing else to do and would read one or two books every week. Now I spend most of my reading time online.

On the other hand my freshly-ordered copy of Peter Padfield's Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the World, 1788-1851 came today. I won't be starting it for awhile since it is volume two of a trilogy. I also ordered the first of two prequels to the series, Tide of Empires: Decisive Naval Campaigns in the Rise of the West, Volume 1: 1481-1654. I'll start with it after it arrives.

Crécy · 08-03-12, 04:42 PM

Herbert A. Werner's Iron Coffins. I'm about halfway through it (he's still the first officer on U-230) and I'm already completely amazed that he managed to survive the war.

Harald_Lange · 08-03-12, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Crécy

Herbert A. Werner's Iron Coffins. I'm about halfway through it (he's still the first officer on U-230) and I'm already completely amazed that he managed to survive the war.

Same

Halfway through this book

Sailor Steve · 08-07-12, 02:21 PM

My second Padfield book arrived yesterday; Maritime Dominion: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the World, 1852 to the Present. I now have volumes 2 and 3 of that trilogy. I'm still waiting on the first books of that the other series.

Herr-Berbunch · 08-07-12, 03:45 PM

SOE 1940 - 1946 by M.R.D. Foot who sadly passed earlier this year.

Sailor Steve · 08-11-12, 10:41 PM

Volume 1 of the Padfield trilogy came today - Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind: 1588-1787 - came today. I now have all three volumes. I'm still waiting on part 1 of the two-volume prequel.

Sailor Steve · 08-14-12, 10:10 PM

My copy of Tide of Empires: Decisive Naval Campaigns in the Rise of the West - 1481-1654 came yesterday. It was apparently meant to be the first of four volumes, but only two were published before Padfield started on his later series. I'm not sure if the two tie together or not.

One interesting note is the paper I found in the front of the book. I'm not sure, but it seems to imply that this is a first U.S. printing of the book, intended for submission to a reviewer. If so, I got a pretty good bargain for $13.99.

Sepp von Ch. · 08-17-12, 02:04 PM

U-108 at war (Pen and Swords, 2012)-photographic book, No ordinary War and U-79.

STEED · 08-17-12, 03:22 PM

Kharkov 1942: Anatomy of a Military Disaster Through Soviet Eyes

David M. Glantz

Jimbuna · 08-17-12, 03:42 PM

Allied Coastal Forces OF WWII - John Lambert and Al Ross (E-Book version).

Herr-Berbunch · 08-17-12, 05:27 PM

I've put S.O.E on hold as I've got a few library books to plough through, the current one being 'Dunkirk to the Rhineland - Dairies and Sketches of Sergeant C. S. Murrell, Welsh Guards'.

Halfway through and it is a cracking read as it's all 'as was' diary entries. Who needs fiction when there are so many real stories out there to be read?

Jimbuna · 08-18-12, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I've put S.O.E on hold as I've got a few library books to plough through, the current one being 'Dunkirk to the Rhineland - Dairies and Sketches of Sergeant C. S. Murrell, Welsh Guards'.

Halfway through and it is a cracking read as it's all 'as was' diary entries. Who needs fiction when there are so many real stories out there to be read?

Must have milked a few cows on his travels then?

castorp345 · 08-22-12, 09:52 AM

'guess what's been occupying my non-subsimming time lately...

Herr-Berbunch · 08-22-12, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Must have milked a few cows on his travels then?

It's a fair cop, guv!

08-03-12, 01:21 PM	#962
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm still reading Frank and Jesse James. My problem is that I only sit and read when I'm riding on the bus. When I was homeless I had nothing else to do and would read one or two books every week. Now I spend most of my reading time online. On the other hand my freshly-ordered copy of Peter Padfield's Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the World, 1788-1851 came today. I won't be starting it for awhile since it is volume two of a trilogy. I also ordered the first of two prequels to the series, Tide of Empires: Decisive Naval Campaigns in the Rise of the West, Volume 1: 1481-1654. I'll start with it after it arrives. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-03-12, 04:42 PM	#963
Crécy Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dark forest Posts: 793 Downloads: 316 Uploads: 0	Herbert A. Werner's Iron Coffins. I'm about halfway through it (he's still the first officer on U-230) and I'm already completely amazed that he managed to survive the war. __________________ “Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” -Henry David Thoreau

08-07-12, 02:21 PM	#965
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	My second Padfield book arrived yesterday; Maritime Dominion: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the World, 1852 to the Present. I now have volumes 2 and 3 of that trilogy. I'm still waiting on the first books of that the other series. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 08-07-12 at 03:47 PM.

08-07-12, 03:45 PM	#966
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	SOE 1940 - 1946 by M.R.D. Foot who sadly passed earlier this year. __________________

08-11-12, 10:41 PM	#967
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Volume 1 of the Padfield trilogy came today - Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind: 1588-1787 - came today. I now have all three volumes. I'm still waiting on part 1 of the two-volume prequel. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-26-12, 03:09 AM	#961
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20

08-14-12, 10:10 PM	#968
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	My copy of Tide of Empires: Decisive Naval Campaigns in the Rise of the West - 1481-1654 came yesterday. It was apparently meant to be the first of four volumes, but only two were published before Padfield started on his later series. I'm not sure if the two tie together or not. One interesting note is the paper I found in the front of the book. I'm not sure, but it seems to imply that this is a first U.S. printing of the book, intended for submission to a reviewer. If so, I got a pretty good bargain for $13.99. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-17-12, 02:04 PM	#969
Sepp von Ch. Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: In my U-552 and Tiger Posts: 1,732 Downloads: 788 Uploads: 0	U-108 at war (Pen and Swords, 2012)-photographic book, No ordinary War and U-79. __________________ *U-552* *Tiger* *IDF*

08-17-12, 03:22 PM	#970
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Kharkov 1942: Anatomy of a Military Disaster Through Soviet Eyes David M. Glantz __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-17-12, 03:42 PM	#971
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,325 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Allied Coastal Forces OF WWII - John Lambert and Al Ross (E-Book version). __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-17-12, 05:27 PM	#972
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I've put S.O.E on hold as I've got a few library books to plough through, the current one being 'Dunkirk to the Rhineland - Dairies and Sketches of Sergeant C. S. Murrell, Welsh Guards'. Halfway through and it is a cracking read as it's all 'as was' diary entries. Who needs fiction when there are so many real stories out there to be read? __________________

08-22-12, 09:52 AM	#974
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