What are you reading right now?

[Jimbuna]

In Russian but good for silhouettes:

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[Sepp von Ch.]

Yes, I agree Jimbuna, I bought now three publications from this series (Italian submarines and two parts about US WWII subs).

[Jimbuna]

Yes, I agree Jimbuna, I bought now three publications from this series (Italian submarines and two parts about US WWII subs).

Rgr that...the first one is about the Kriegsmarine and the second the U-boats mainly.

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[Subnuts]

Just finished reading Kaigun yesterday. Really great book that goes a long way to explaining why the IJN faired so poorly against the USN after the first year of the Pacific War, and why the entire "decisive battle" strategy was ridiculous. Trying to decide if I want to buy a copy of Edward Miller's War Plan Orange, or re-read Norman Friedman's US Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History.

[Sailor Steve]

US Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History.
I have his US Cruisers and US Destroyers, as well as a couple of his new books on British ships. I use them more as reference than straight reading, though I have done a little of that.

[Subnuts]

Friedman's books are fascinating, but not for the faint of heart. I was looking at my copy of US Battleships earlier today, and it still has a "cheat sheet" I created tucked inside listing the name, hull number, and class of every American battleship. His US Submarine Since 1945 is a lot worse in that regard. I had to read it three times, because it's so suffocatingly dense with tables, diagrams, technical details, and jittery caffeinated writing it gave me a headache when I tried to read it at my "normal rate!"

[Jimbuna]

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[Red October1984]

Finished the Winter's Bone book...it was just as great as the movie, if a bit darker and more intense.

I've started to read Rites of War by C.A. Mobely

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According to the Goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2570572-rites-of-war) page on it, it's the first book in a trilogy. I like it so far.

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On Monday I'm planning to take a bunch of my old books I used to read and take them to a used book place so I can get credit and get other books from there.

I'm hoping for Run Silent, Run Deep and Das Boot along with a few others...

Anything to recommend guys? :06:

[Jimbuna]

Hitler's U-Boat War (both volumes) by Clay Blair.

[Red October1984]

Hitler's U-Boat War (both volumes) by Clay Blair.

Put into a sticky note on my phone. :salute:

Anything else? :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Better not say in case either of your folks read the response :)

[Red October1984]

Better not say in case either of your folks read the response :)

You are talking about a book aren't you? :O:

Now you got me curious. They don't read anything on here anyway.

[Jimbuna]

Too young to expand/explain :)

[Red October1984]

Too young to expand/explain :)

Ah...okay then. Suit yourself.

I'll say this though, I go to public school. I had it all figured out by the end of 2nd Grade. :up:

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Took a bunch of my old books to that used book place. I got like 55$ in credit.

I looked for RSRD and U-Boat War and any other submarine books. I didn't see those but I picked up a couple books and I'm going back on Monday to take a better look around since I didn't have much time today.

I got:

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell - About Operation Redwing and the last surviving Navy SEAL from the failed operation written by the SEAL himself.

With The Old Breed by E.B. Sledge - Anybody who's seen The Pacific knows who E.B. Sledge is. A US Marine who served in the 1st Marine Div, 3rd Bn, 5th Marines in World War 2. This one helped create the story for the show along with a couple others that I'm wanting to get.

Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside A Nuclear Warship by Tom Clancy - Nonfiction book about none other than....the Submarine by my favorite author.

Generation Kill by Evan Wright - I've been wanting to see the miniseries for months now so I bought the book. I hear it's really good so I'll check it out.


Pretty good haul for just a skim through the military section. :arrgh!:

[Sepp von Ch.]

Reading now my new books:
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[Jimbuna]

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[u crank]

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Great so far. I love this stuff.

[Packlife]

I ordered a couple of books from the library got'em a couple days ago. The first 1 is WOLF PACK The story of the U-Boat in WW2, an so far its been great it breaks down the different U-Boats an their specs like length surface/submerged speed etc, the bunkers at each base, clothing, medals pretty much everything you could want to know about the U-Boats but I'm still reading it so more to learn ha. The second book is U-Boat Warfare the evolution of the wolf pack its pretty much a detailed study about the strategy an tactics of the U-Boats. Explains the hows an whys BDU planned attacks an how they set up the wolf packs. Also talks about what the British did to counter everything the Germans did. I've pretty much bounced back an forth between the two I'd suggest them to everybody

[Jimbuna]

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[Herr-Berbunch]

I read a book about the raids (think it was the Greatest Raid of All), very impressive bravery and balls.

[Jimbuna]

Just started this Ebook but it does look promising.

The other I've just grabbed is Submarines of the IJN 1940-45 and that looks even better.

[fred8615]

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I'm about to start the ebook edition of Storming St. Nazaire by James G. Dorrian.

[Jimbuna]

I don't have that but if you don't have my version we could always do a swap (for evaluation purposes).

[fred8615]

I don't have that but if you don't have my version we could always do a swap (for evaluation purposes).
Not sure how we could swap. My ebook is from Amazon, and they tend to frown upon such things. :D

[Jimbuna]

Not sure how we could swap. My ebook is from Amazon, and they tend to frown upon such things. :D

Ah, of course.

[Crécy]

Now reading Antony Beevor's The Second World War and Kari Kallonen's Sinivihreät Baretit (Bluegreen Berets)

I was shocked to realize the amount of atrocities conducted especially against civilian girls and women. I knew rapes happened a lot but the magnitude of them took me off guard. For example Red Army's Berlin operation alone, estimated by Berlin's main hospitals, led to 95 000-130 000 raped women and most of them had experienced violence multiple times. All in all it is estimated that around two million girl and women were raped on Germany's soil during the Red Army's advance. And the rapes of course didn't stop when the war did.

A quote from Beevor's book:
Natalya Gesse, a close friend of the scientist Andrei Sakharov, had observed the Red Army in action in 1945 as a Soviet war correspondent. "The Russian soldiers were raping every German female from eight to eighty," she recounted later. "It was an army of rapists."

Japan forced hundreds of thousands of girls from Korea, China and other places under Japan's occupation to 'comfort corps'. Not forgetting the countless of rapes during assaults. Nanjing for example.

Probably doesn't even have to mention the horrendous actions of the Germans. Rapes occurred on the allied side as well naturally, but certainly not in this scale.

Kallonen's book is about Finnish men who served in Korea and Vietnam. Very interesting read. For example I didn't have any idea how closely Finnish immigrants were involved with the American history (which he explains in the opening chapter). For example when voting whether North America should declare independence, the vote went even and the decisive vote was given by a man of Finnish heritage named John Morton who came in late due to being sick. Another interesting point was that the United States' first President (of congress), John Hanson, has also Finnish heritage. And naturally there's a story of the legendary Larry Thorne.

[Sailor Steve]

Nice mini-review. It's good when people talk about the books they're reading. :sunny:

[kranz]

Just received my order:
I. Kershaw - The End. The Defiance and Deconstruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
Ch. Bishop - Hitler's Foreign Divisions
Hart - Weapons and Fighting Tactics of the Waffen-SS
:rock:

[Subnuts]

Reading Friedman's US Battleships : An Illustrated Design History at the moment. I've been re-reading his books recently, because I tend to miss a lot of little things the first time through.

Ever notice how most turn-of-the-century battleships had their secondary batteries bunched in the middle of the ship, usually one deck below the main deck? The casemate armor had the "bonus" role of bursting armor-piercing shells, the thin protective plating on the boiler uptakes preventing any shell splinters from piercing the uptakes.

I'd hate to be the naval architect who had to explain to the gun crews that they were basically bullet sponges who were there to keep smoke coming up through the funnels. :huh:

[Jimbuna]

Second time of reading...the IJN fascinates me atm.

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[fastbikkel]

Fire In The Sky: The Air War In The South Pacific

Eric M Bergerud (http://www.amazon.com/Eric-M-Bergerud/e/B000AP9AEM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1) (Author)

Great book about the air war in the pacific. But not just the fighting, but a lot of details about planning, infrastructure. The mistakes the japanese made about consolidating their newly conquered islands, defense lacking.
Their lack of good maintenance, which resulted in fewer aircraft ready to fight the allies.
But also how they underestimated the allies and especially the "eager for revenge" americans.
This book goes further than just focussing on the actual airbattle.

[STEED]

The Nuremberg SS-Einsatzgruppen Trial, 1945-1958
Atrocity, Law, And History
By Hillary Earl

Just finished reading this one, apart from one long winded chapter a very good read. I was amazed on the last chapters what happen after the NMT handed out the sentences and how most got off with light recommendations, even the cold war had a effect on the out come!


Start reading tonight..

THE SS ON TRIAL
Evidence from Nuremberg

Illustrated Edition, Edited and Introduced by Bob Carruthers

This one is more of Q&A book of the trail, see how it goes.

[Armistead]

If you like Civil War era history as I do

"The Hairstons - The American Family in Black and White"

The Hairstons were probably the richest family in the US during the civil war. They owned dozens of plantations and possibly 14,000 slaves. Many of the plantations and old ruins are near me and I've spent hours finding the old ruins. Many of the slaves took on the Hairston name. The book explores both black and white families to this date, talking about slavery, and issues since. Also deals with the issue of mixed race, when masters slept with the slaves and the offspring since.

One of the famous black Hairton's was Jester Hairton. starred in Amo's and Andy and was Jim Bowie's slave in the John Wayne Alamo movie.

The family had many relatives by marriage in the CW, such as JeB Stuart.

The book covers the plantation age, slavery and many issues since slavery to this today, including some rift that exist between the black and white Hairstons to this day.

I've met several Hairston, just make sure when addressing white Hairstons, you pronounce it Harston, the blacks, say it like it sounds.

[Crécy]

Almost have read another Antony Beevor's book, Crete: The Battle and The Resistance

As the name suggests it covers the invasion of Crete and the resistance (as well as the political atmosphere) after the occupation. It explains quite well what were the key ingredients which led to allied defeat. In the very first day Germans suffered massive casualties and didn't reach any of the given objectives for the first day. The battle could have been a phenomenal allied victory but misunderstandings, leaders' hesitation and bad communications in the end denied the victory.

The resistance portion feels a bit unorganized. I seem to be unable to grasp a good chronological picture of the key aspects of the resistance. Well, underground resistance usually is a puzzle of many pieces and perhaps it can't be explained like some carefully orchestrated offensives. But at least for me it didn't answer all the questions I had. What was the true purpose of the British officers sent to the island? What was their plan? What were they supposed to do there? Answers to these questions are rather given in fragmented stories of their (British officers') adventures. In my opinion Beevor doesn't explain in detail the job of the British officers sent there.

But the book is a good read and certainly gives you a clear picture of the invasion of Crete.

Having read three (well almost) of Antony Beevor's books: The Second World War, D-Day: The Battle for Normandy and this Crete book, I would recommend his books. They are well written and most importantly he keeps you interested. On the same subject Aabad writer can bore you while a good writer can prevent you from putting the book down. Antony Beevor certainly leans to the latter. He has written at least two more books than mentioned: Stalingrad and Berlin: The Downfall 1945 which I'll definitely read at some point.

Now, if I only would find a way to actually remember something I've read...

[Jimbuna]

Almost have read another Antony Beevor's book, Crete: The Battle and The Resistance

As the name suggests it covers the invasion of Crete and the resistance (as well as the political atmosphere) after the occupation. It explains quite well what were the key ingredients which led to allied defeat. In the very first day Germans suffered massive casualties and didn't reach any of the given objectives for the first day. The battle could have been a phenomenal allied victory but misunderstandings, leaders' hesitation and bad communications in the end denied the victory.

The resistance portion feels a bit unorganized. I seem to be unable to grasp a good chronological picture of the key aspects of the resistance. Well, underground resistance usually is a puzzle of many pieces and perhaps it can't be explained like some carefully orchestrated offensives. But at least for me it didn't answer all the questions I had. What was the true purpose of the British officers sent to the island? What was their plan? What were they supposed to do there? Answers to these questions are rather given in fragmented stories of their adventures. In my opinion Beevor doesn't explain in detail the job of the British officers sent there.

But the book is a good read and certainly gives you a clear picture of the invasion of Crete.



Must read that book one day.

[Crécy]

Must read that book one day.

If you have any interest on the subject I'd say you can't go wrong with this book. For example I have never had much interest on the the invasion of Greece (or knowledge for that matter which might be the reason) but this book was fascinating.

One bothering thing I forgot to say about Beevor's style is that when he writes foreign language (for example when quoting someone) he doesn't translate it, just presumes reader speaks German or French or whatever he's writing. At least I'd like to know what those sentences mean.

[Jimbuna]

Another I'm about to read again.

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[Sepp von Ch.]

Reading my newest book Kai Winkler´s Die Gästebücher der 4. U-Flotille


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Splendid and "different" book about german WWII submarines!

And the newest monograph from Kagero about U-Boat type II

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[Red October1984]

Going to start Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell.

Highly respect the man...Hear the book is great...and I hope the movie is going to be good too. :up:

[mako88sb]

I just found out about the Apollo mission reports that are available from Apogee books. Started off with the two volumes that cover Apollo 12. Lots of great info such as anomaly reports and how they were resolved. They both come with cd's full of pictures and broadcasts:

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[Jimbuna]

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[Lionclaw]

Started reading the fourth book in the Conqueror series: Empire of Silver by Conn Iggulden.

Finished the third book, "Bones of the Hills" a couple of days ago.

[Sepp von Ch.]

I received today the new book: U 526 - Die Geschichte eines Bootes (author- U. Stachelhaus, his father was one of the U-526 crew). Outstanding reading:up:

[Crécy]

Started reading the fourth book in the Conqueror series: Empire of Silver by Conn Iggulden.

Finished the third book, "Bones of the Hills" a couple of days ago.

Have you read Iggulden's Caesar series? It's quite good.

[Cybermat47]

I'm getting an English translation of Manfred von Richthofen's autobiography soon :woot:

[Aktungbby]

'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' by T.E Lawrence-ie "Lawrence of Arabia". Just finished off Churchill's multi-volume history of WWII :The Gathering Storm et al-nothing like the view from the top from the winner circle of the Big Three: the other two, Uncle Joe and FDR never completed their memoirs.... Both Churchill and FDR were secretaries of the Navy ( First Sealord or assistant secretary) enroute to the top of their careers. No wonder the Atlantic iss an English speaking lake...Damn those lend lease four stack destroyers! :arrgh!:

[Sepp von Ch.]

My new arrivals:


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[Herr-Berbunch]

'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' by T.E Lawrence-ie "Lawrence of Arabia".

That is one of the few books I've read multiple times, I also have a 1955 print of The Mint by 352087 A/C Ross - also Lawrence, about his joining the RAF in 1922. :up:

[Jimbuna]

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[Aktungbby]

Odd that the Austrian corporal who circumvented the Maginot Line should have relied on a similar defence within five years-the false premise of a static line defense, or as with Frederick der Grosse:" He who defends everything defends nothing!" One of the difficulties of historic non- repetition of mistakes is picking which mistake not to repeat... the great wall of China didn't work either. :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Well it certainly worked as far as The Channel Islands were concerned.

[Aktungbby]

SHHH! my offshore account is there. Where is your thread on the sinking of the Arizona, cannot relocate it.:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Arizona?

[Aktungbby]

Found it :you responded 8/11/13 midgit sub attack on Pearl Harbor. Just posted a few facts there of some interest...perhaps.:arrgh!:

[Aktungbby]

That is one of the few books I've read multiple times, I also have a 1955 print of The Mint by 352087 A/C Ross - also Lawrence, about his joining the RAF in 1922. :up:
Using his mother's maiden name; I briefly attended the same college and my only off-spring is prohibited from motorcycles. We have horseback riding, SCUBA and Cessnas. Her aunt conveniently shattered a leg on her Harley to drive home the point; ie. daddy is'nt always wrong!. Incidentley, reading Von Clausewitz ON WAR is mandatory in the Ubootwaffe with a fine reisling or gevutztraminer to aid in digestion. However since the gent died in 1839 of a cholera epidemic he only finished book one. His widow, needing the income (much like Libbie Custer with M.Twain's help), gathered his notes and published the entire 8 books. Right up there with Mahan on sea power and Douhet on air power, Germany threw in a von Schiefflin Plan and proceeded to warp the course of history which of course Arminius had already started in 9AD. Just book one is necessary. Since the Kaiser was only playing catch up to cousin George and Nicky( Tushima Strait), and der Fuhrer was an admitted "coward at sea" it gives pause why we are here shivering behind our periscope lenses.

[Jimbuna]

Found it :you responded 8/11/13 midgit sub attack on Pearl Harbor. Just posted a few facts there of some interest...perhaps.:arrgh!:

Linky linky.

[Red October1984]

Just started With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge.

Being a fan of The Pacific miniseries and The Pacific War in general...I couldn't pass it up. :)

[Jimbuna]

Next up will be this:

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[Sailor Steve]

I haven't listed any books in a long while. When I was homeless I was reading two or three books per week. Now I spend my time doing other things. I have been reading a lot of references though. The last week I've been going over and over several books and sources on the Fokker and Pfalz eindekkers. I know a lot more now than I did just a few days ago.

So I am reading, just not a particular book. :sunny:

[biosthetique]

"Compiled from combat experience and periodically updated by U-boat captains, this handbook was a guide at the side of every operational commander. Much more than a mere guide, it was a bible. A bible giving exact counsel for every situation, every maneuver. From night surface attack to defensive measures necessary to ward off enemy aircraft - nothing is left unanswered."

It is an interesting manual. Having played SHIII for 6 years, I already knew most of it, not all. Some interesting perspective were still news to me.

Now for those that pretends that Thermoclides were unknown by the Germans, is false. The manual treats about the different temperature layers and water density, salt density influencing the sounds transmission when treating how to evade British ASDIC. They even describe places where it is more likely to occur and when. So, another myth through the port hole!...

A couple of other myths are also through the port hole...

The fact that I knew most (not all) of what was described in that book is a tribute to the "Grey-Wolf" mod as it seems to me -now more than ever-, close to the tactical operation of what a U-boat operation might have been during WWII.

A must read for all SHIII fans!

ISBN 0-939631-21-0 from Thomas Publications

Purchased on Amazon

[biosthetique]

Looks great! Did E-boats actually see much action?

The 3/22/13, Close to Boulogne sur mer, where was an important WWII S-Boat base, 2 large Torpedoes were found close to a S-Boat wreck. Underwater demolition divers from the Marine National retrieved the fishes and detonated them far from the wreck and at greater depth.

Contrary to what I was informed first, they actually did not touch the wreck.

I put the shortcut to the article in "The Voix Du nord". The article is in French, but the pictures are international!...

http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/deminage-de-deux-enormes-torpilles-au-large-de-boulogne-ia31b49030n1117950

For the European History buff willing to dive on a S-Boat wreck in the French Channel, just get in touch with the paper.

A lot of WWI, WWII history in that part of France, i.e The Atlantic Wall, Dunkirk, the Wreck of the only WWI Submarine sank by a blimp during WWI in Le Touquet vicinity. The Blimp was British as the Submarine they sank....oops!

[Sailor Steve]

"Now for those that pretends that Thermoclides were unknown by the Germans, is false. The manual treats about the different temperature layers and water density, salt density influencing the sounds transmission when treating how to evade British ASDIC. They even describe places where it is more likely to occur and when. So, another myth through the port hole!...
Does the manual explain the equipment used to determine where a layer was?

I guess one of the best U-boat commanders they had never read the manual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3SnaDZomws

[Jimbuna]

Does the manual explain the equipment used to determine where a layer was?

I guess one of the best U-boat commanders they had never read the manual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3SnaDZomws

Rgr that:


The instrumentation for detecting the thermocline was much more primitive on German U-boats than US subs. Instead of a direct strip chart readout of an outside thermocouple, U-boats had to draw external water and measure it with a thermometer - a much slower and less accurate process. This probably reflected the lack of extensive tactical use of the themrocline in the U-boat service.


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[biosthetique]

Does the manual explain the equipment used to determine where a layer was?

I guess one of the best U-boat commanders they had never read the manual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3SnaDZomws

You are right, don't take my words for it!....READ the manual!...But then again may be it could be fake manual.

If you would ask without the sarcasm, I would tell you that I would more likely believe something written 70 years ago, than a fallible human memory.

You have by the way, clues in that interview pertaining to your best U-Boat commander not being on the top of his skills 40 years later than when he was in command. And that is realistic and human!...

DA's always prefer circumstantial facts on which they can convict, than witness, because human memory is not 100% accurate.

"All that's required to be happy, is to accept what's unacceptable to you!"

[Sailor Steve]

If you would ask without the sarcasm, I would tell you that I would more likely believe something written 70 years ago, than a fallible human memory.
The sarcasm was there because you proudly stated "Another myth through the port hole". That was a challenge. That said, you didn't answer my question. Does the manual explain the equipment used to determine where a layer was? The Americans had a bathythermograph that recorded the water temperature and gave an index of the changes, making it easy to find thermoclines. Did the Germans have anything comparable?

You have by the way, clues in that interview pertaining to your best U-Boat commander not being on the top of his skills 40 years later than when he was in command. And that is realistic and human!...
And it is backed up to a degree by Jimbuna's references.

DA's always prefer circumstantial facts on which they can convict, than witness, because human memory is not 100% accurate.
Historians, on the other hand, like to see verifiable facts.

"All that's required to be happy, is to accept what's unacceptable to you!"
So for me to be happy I need to take your word for everything?

[biosthetique]

I am smiling, you just need to be happy and experience peace!

Then, do your own recon!

End of transmission.

Over and out!

[Red October1984]

End of transmission.

Over and out!

Incorrect radio procedure.

This man is obviously a spy. :03:

[STEED]

Iron Curtain
The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56
By Anne Applebaum

About a third of the way in now, flow of the book is bit on the poor side which is a shame as it was well researched.

[Jimbuna]

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[Herr-Berbunch]

Just finished reading The Secrets Of The Conqueror. :up:

[Jimbuna]

Just finished reading The Secrets Of The Conqueror. :up:

Did you get the urge like me to go to the West Indies with a view to hiring a yacht from an ex squid? :)

[Sepp von Ch.]

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[Aktungbby]

Just finished reading the Great Cartographers- a history of mapmaking and map makers some of who included Captain Cook and George Washington!:arrgh!:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Did you get the urge like me to go to the West Indies with a view to hiring a yacht from an ex squid? :)

Yep, he's still on St Vincent as far as I know. A bit out my price range though, if he can do a pedalo then it may be a viable option.

[Jimbuna]

Yep, he's still on St Vincent as far as I know. A bit out my price range though, if he can do a pedalo then it may be a viable option.

LOL...I'd love to meet him though, he must have a fair few stories to tell, not least of all the court room experiences.

[Herr-Berbunch]

LOL...I'd love to meet him though, he must have a fair few stories to tell, not least of all the court room experiences.

I'm also betting he's had enough of people asking him stuff. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

I'm also betting he's had enough of people asking him stuff. :yep:

The impression I've got is more than willing to talk after a few G&T's :03:

[Herr-Berbunch]

The impression I've got is more than willing to talk after a few G&T's :03:

Or at least write it down in his diary. :haha:

[d4n1066]

I've just started reading Moby Dick by Herman Melville. He couldn't have made it more difficult to read.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I've just started reading Moby Dick by Herman Melville. He couldn't have made it more difficult to read.

***SPOILER ALERT***

Boy joins ship, ship tries to catch whale, whale sinks ship, boy survives. Done. :yeah:

If you want it in more detail then it's -

Ishmael joins the ship, Pequod, Ahab is its captain. "Surprise, this is no normal whaling trip but a hunt for Moby Dick" said Ahab (paraphrasing slightly). Moby Dick crippled Ahab on a previous voyage (you think he'd learn!) and he's out for revenge. They find whale, they chase whale, whale sinks them all (doing Jim proud :D ) leaving just Ishmael alive.

Then end.

[Sailor Steve]

Get the movie. The '50s version with Gregory Peck is great. So is the '90s version with Patrick Stewart.

[d4n1066]

Right, I knew it was something along those lines! Just amazes me how someone could tell what seems to be such a simple story in no less than 600 pages.:doh:
And I'm not really a fast reader either.

[Sepp von Ch.]

Bis zur letzten Stunde by Georg Ernst.


http://uboat.net/books/item/608

[Jimbuna]

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/391/bvrb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/bvrb.jpg/)

[Subnuts]

My advice for Moby-Dick: Read the first 100 pages, spend a day at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, read the last 100 pages.

[Subnuts]

People say I have a book hoarding problem.

I don't know why.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/9905107383_b1c5b5fb40_b.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Brilliant bookshelf :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Nice collection...I have perhaps 1/3 of yours up in the loft in storage :cool:

[Subnuts]

Nice collection...I have perhaps 1/3 of yours up in the loft in storage :cool:

Unfortunately for my wallet, most of the books in the series are pretty nice. I don't plan on holding onto the Typhoon (mostly propaganda), 747 (really detailed, but really dry) or Lotus 72 (not really my cup of tea) books, but the rest will stay in my collection for the time being. None of the books are really proper "workshop manuals," but they consistently impress me with the depth of technical material contained within and the number of nice photographs, detailed technical diagrams, and behind-the-scenes stuff.

Now I see they're coming out with books on the Death Star, Heathrow Airport, De Havilland Mosquito, Apollo 13, Queen Mary 2, the Flying Scotsman, F-16, and the Panavia Tornado. Guess I'll have to buy a new bookshelf! :D

[Jimbuna]

Unfortunately for my wallet, most of the books in the series are pretty nice. I don't plan on holding onto the Typhoon (mostly propaganda), 747 (really detailed, but really dry) or Lotus 72 (not really my cup of tea) books, but the rest will stay in my collection for the time being. None of the books are really proper "workshop manuals," but they consistently impress me with the depth of technical material contained within and the number of nice photographs, detailed technical diagrams, and behind-the-scenes stuff.

Now I see they're coming out with books on the Death Star, Heathrow Airport, De Havilland Mosquito, Apollo 13, Queen Mary 2, the Flying Scotsman, F-16, and the Panavia Tornado. Guess I'll have to buy a new bookshelf! :D

More than likely :)

[kranz]

Zodiac by Robert Graysmith.

A friend of mine told me that he couldn't sleep after reading that book.
Gotta check if he wasn't lying.:)

[Cybermat47]

Tonmorrow I'm going to start reading A Higher Call, the extraordinary true story of how a crippled USAAF B17 was escorted back to England by a Luftwaffe pilot.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Tomorrow I'm going to start reading A Higher Call, the extraordinary true story of how a crippled USAAF B17 was escorted back to England by a Luftwaffe pilot.

I don't know if it's the same one but I remember* a stricken aircraft getting lost and then escorted to the coast, but not back to England.

*I say I remember, I remember reading an article or two on it. I'm not that old.

[Jimbuna]

I don't know if it's the same one but I remember* a stricken aircraft getting lost and then escorted to the coast, but not back to England.

*I say I remember, I remember reading an article or two on it. I'm not that old.

Correct...to the German North Sea coastline only:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2370933/A-Higher-Call-A-stricken-Allied-bomber-German-ace-sent-shoot-truly-awe-inspiring-story-wartime-chivalry.html

[Jimbuna]

Tonmorrow I'm going to start reading A Higher Call, the extraordinary true story of how a crippled USAAF B17 was escorted back to England by a Luftwaffe pilot.

Sorry, forgot to mention....it is a good read :up:

[Aktungbby]

Just polished off 'the Shadow Factory' and 'Intelligence in Warfare" (part of which deals with Enigma vs B-Dienst) by John Keegan; Am currently into Shattered Sword (in case I load SHIV) and have sampled 'Black May: the Atlantic War' on my kindle ie Churchill's fears were all hype and Doenitz never could have won the battle; Enigma actually enabled the Krouts to PROLONG the Atlantic Battle and the 1.2 million monthly ton sink-target rate was always unattainable and unrealistic to the U-bootwaffe all very eye opening...and distressing! :k_confused:

[Jimbuna]

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6430/h6y1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/h6y1.jpg/)

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I'm reading this at the moment. Book #7 of 20 of the Master and Commander series otherwise know as the Aubrey/Maturin Novels. All of which are great reads on naval warfare during the Napoleonic Wars and includes the War of 1812 which is about the time this book is set at.
http://imageshack.us/a/img585/5382/prju.jpg

[Aktungbby]

My wife and I listen to them on long trips and I own the movie. Cant find the weather gauge on a type VIIC though...:hmm2:

[Sepp von Ch.]

Squadron Signal´s new release: http://s21.postimg.org/6330mk8vn/Zinnfigur_com_SS14035.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/6330mk8vn/)

[Subnuts]

Haven't started reading them yet, but I just bought Michael Gannon's Black May and Operation Drumbeat for my Kindle for $0.99 each. I hear Operation Drumbeat's Kindle conversion wasn't very well done, but for the price of a Salvation Army paperback.

I just recently finished Thomas Anderson's new book on the Tiger tank, which finally convinced me to buy a Kindle Fire HD today. The small screen, average screen resolution, and frequently poor photo/map reproduction of the Kindle 3 was starting to grate on my nerves. Tiger contained a number of organizational charts that the Kindle 3 just choked on, and the photos looked like garbage compared to the ones in the hardcover copy i saw at Barnes and Noble.

Actually, I've been getting interested in tanks lately and rediscovering my love of aviation of space. Not that I've given up on naval and maritime - I just need a bit of variety from time to time! :)

[Jimbuna]

Haven't started reading them yet, but I just bought Michael Gannon's Black May and Operation Drumbeat for my Kindle for $0.99 each. I hear Operation Drumbeat's Kindle conversion wasn't very well done, but for the price of a Salvation Army paperback.

I just recently finished Thomas Anderson's new book on the Tiger tank, which finally convinced me to buy a Kindle Fire HD today. The small screen, average screen resolution, and frequently poor photo/map reproduction of the Kindle 3 was starting to grate on my nerves. Tiger contained a number of organizational charts that the Kindle 3 just choked on, and the photos looked like garbage compared to the ones in the hardcover copy i saw at Barnes and Noble.

Actually, I've been getting interested in tanks lately and rediscovering my love of aviation of space. Not that I've given up on naval and maritime - I just need a bit of variety from time to time! :)

Most of what I post on this thread are from my Ebook library which affords me the luxury of viewing them on my 22" monitor but I must admit I was considering purchasing a Kindle for the 'mobility' it allows.

Your post now has me reconsidering what I should do :hmm2:

[STEED]

Next few days I shall be starting my next book..

Operation Barbarossa
The German Invasion of Soviet Russia
By Robert Kirchubel



Another Barbarossa book to my Barbarossa collection. ;) :DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

STEED - have you read Barbarossa by Alan Clark? It's sitting on my bookshelf in the 'still to read' section, I expect to start it by November, maybe I'll finish it by xmas*.



*2014

[STEED]

STEED - have you read Barbarossa by Alan Clark? It's sitting on my bookshelf in the 'still to read' section, I expect to start it by November, maybe I'll finish it by xmas*.



*2014

Good book for its time and yes I do have it, Alan Clark made no changes to his book and once said it will stand or fall on its own merits. His book as you probably seen in the index is the whole war conflict but the largest chapter was on Barbarossa. Took me a couple of weeks to read it as I recall, not too heavy and easy to read.

[Jimbuna]

Next up will be this:

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3922/h4bm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23/h4bm.jpg/)

[Subnuts]

Now I can add Gene Kranz to my signature collection! :up:

http://i43.tinypic.com/28vylpf.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/24341t4.jpg

(It was only $2.99 at the local thrift store.)

[fred8615]

I hear Operation Drumbeat's Kindle conversion wasn't very well done, but for the price of a Salvation Army paperback.
There are some scanning issues, but nothing too major I thought.

[Sepp von Ch.]

NOTES OF A RUSSIAN SNIPER by Vasilij G. Zajcev

Very interesting book!:yep:

[Subnuts]

I'm about halfway through Black May right now. It's enjoyable, but not anywhere near as much as Operation Drumbeat. That book really took the reader inside the world of codebreaking, naval intelligence, submarine warfare, planning, sort of like a WWII techno-thriller. Black May is more of a detailed naval history.

If anything, it's hammering home the idea, that I'm starting to hold myself, that the U-boats were incredibly over-rated as weapons of war, and the Germans lost the Battle of the Atlantic by being perpetually two steps behind the technical and tactical curve after mid-1941. The account of the battle of OSN-5 includes so many accounts of U-boats being surprised in the fog at spitball range by radar and HF/DF-equipped escorts, and either getting run over, hedge-hogged, or depth charged, I seriously came close to slapping my forehead. :/\\!! C'mon guys, the Allies have been fighting you for four years, have broken into your codes, are vigorously training their escort commanders, building more ships than you can sink, and equipping their destroyers and frigates with the latest sub-hunting and killing toys. Why are you swamping the ocean with obsolete submarines manned by inexperienced crews on their first patrol?

Yeesh. I'm starting to think that Karl Donitz should have a statue alongside Nelson in Trafalgar Square. He saved the British a lot of trouble sending so many of his men to stupid deaths.

[Lionclaw]

It has been a couple of years since I read Tom Clancy's books.

So I started reading Red Storm Rising. :up:

[Sailor Steve]

Aces High, by Alan Clark. Originally published in 1973. I have the 1999 Barnes & Noble reprint. It's a good overview of the first air war, but a bit one-sided. Manfred von Richtofen was a heartless, cold-blooded killer, while Mick Mannock, who shot down an instructor and five students, was a jolly good fellow. All that said, and with a few historical innacuracies in both text and pictures, it's a quick, fun read, with lots of pictures, many of which I had not seen before.
http://www.amazon.com/Aces-High-Alan-Clark/dp/0760716765

[Crécy]

How good are the books by Osprey Publishing in general? They seem to have a lot of books on subjects which interest me and which I have not found anywhere else.

[Jimbuna]

Ebook library is nearing its end (naval wise).

I regularly go back to this little beauty...it reminds me of one of the contributions my father took part in during the war:

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3695/sg0w.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/sg0w.jpg/)

[Sailor Steve]

How good are the books by Osprey Publishing in general? They seem to have a lot of books on subjects which interest me and which I have not found anywhere else.
Usually they are very good overviews on the subject of the book. Don't expect a wealth of detail, though. If you want to know about X battle or Y piece of equipment they'll let you know what happened in general. Basically a good place to start if you know nothing of the subject at all, very good for the gamers they were designed for.

[Crécy]

Usually they are very good overviews on the subject of the book. Don't expect a wealth of detail, though. If you want to know about X battle or Y piece of equipment they'll let you know what happened in general. Basically a good place to start if you know nothing of the subject at all, very good for the gamers they were designed for.

Alright, thank you very much! I have to check them out then. :up:

[STEED]

Now reading David Stahel's second book in his trillogy, his first one was very good so this one should be as well.

KIEV 1941
Hitler's Battle for Supemacy in the East.

[Jimbuna]

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6113/v9fz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/v9fz.jpg/)

[STEED]

Good books those Essential Histories, got a few of them in. Good books to start reading up on without going to deep.

[Jimbuna]

Good books those Essential Histories, got a few of them in. Good books to start reading up on without going to deep.

Agreed...not sure how many there are but I've got five.

[STEED]

Agreed...not sure how many there are but I've got five.

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/essential_histories/

The Specials group together all in one like the one your reading jim in one large book.

[Jimbuna]

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/essential_histories/

The Specials group together all in one like the one your reading jim in one large book.

Never realised there were so many :o

I've got The Pacific, Europe, War at Sea, The Mediterranean, Eastern Front and Northwest Europe.

My mistook, I have six.

[Sailor Steve]

I mentioned quite some time ago that I had started reading The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Human Thought, by Thomas S Kuhn. I never mentioned it again because somewhere along the line I put it down and didn't pick it back up. Now I have. A few days ago I found it sitting under a reference book and got interested again. What's great about it is that it's not just about astronomy, astrology and cosmology, it's about the history of those concepts. Professor Kuhn put the book together in 1957 from a series of lectures he had given on the subject(s).

He starts off describing the ancient concept of the two-sphere universe, and how easy it was for the people of that time to embrace what was to them obvious, that the Earth was the center of everything and everything revolved around it. What makes it entertaining is that he doesn't just describe these beliefs, he provides plenty of quotes from the material written at the time. He cites Plato, Vitruvius and Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinus and Dante. He nicely points out that at that time Astronomy and Astrology were pretty much the same thing, and it was easier to believe in the latter when all the heavens were contained in a supergiant sphere. He then goes on to show how concepts changed, and how they had to adapt to the observation that while the stars were constant, the five "Wanderers" (planets) sometimes stopped and moved backwards. New explanations created new spheres.

I said "at that time", because during the Roman era the research stopped, to be revived by the Muslims and then handed back to the Europeans, and in the late middle ages all the learning was consigned to "ancient wisdom" and hundreds of years of developing ideas were all considered to be one philosophy. I'm just getting to Copernicus and his contemporaries, so I can't relate any more fun stuff, but I'm now finding this book to be highly entertaining.

I'm not really that interested in astronomy, but I am interested in history and to me this is history at its best.

[Henry Wood]

Last night I finished "Grey Wolf - A Novel In History" by David Huffman. It seems as if it may be the start of a series from comments by the author.

At first I did not care for it, but I think that was because I was comparing it to Buchheim's "The Boat" and I doubt if anything will match that book. However, "Grey Wolf" did grow on me and I was sorry when it ended. The action takes place at the very beginning of WWII and it flows at a good pace with plenty of U-boat detail.

I obtained it free from the Amazon UK Kindle lending library and I enjoyed it so much I would definitely buy any follow-up.

[Subnuts]

About 2/3rds of the way through Max Hastings' Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945. Brutal and depressing, and kind of long, but certainly doesn't mince any words. Hastings doesn't hold back his opinions, and seems especially rough on Winston Churchill in particular. Of course, once you strip away the oratory and leadership skills of a lot of great politicians and military leaders, you start to seem them for what they really are.

[Jimbuna]

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[Sarah]

Hey Guys. I started a new thread with this info, but then thought it might be more applicable here:

Steel Boat, Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505 (http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Boat-Iron-Hearts-Crewmans-ebook/dp/B004E9UB5M/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1384880140) by Hans Goebler with John Vanzo is available for download on your Kindle (or with any device that has a Kindle app) for just $3.99 through the month of November! Download here now: http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Boat-Iro...pr_product_top

Please feel free to share the info with others you know who would be interested. Amazon has selected this book for digital promotion three times now. It's great because each time it happens, we've created some more sub fans!

Read more: http://archive.constantcontact.com/f...505913307.html

[Herr-Berbunch]

Still showing as 8.96 USD for me. Has done since you first posted the other day.

I've finally started reading Stallingrad by Alan Clark, it's a biggun!

[Sarah]

Ahh, sorry Herr-Berbunch. I should have included this info: Unfortunately, the $3.99 Kindle price only appears if you are in the US.

We'll be sure to work with Amazon on non-USA promotions in the future, but this one is just applicable if you have a USA Amazon account. Apologies for the misleading info.

Enjoy the Clark book!

[Jimbuna]

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[Aktungbby]

Just got finished with an electronic book: The Battle of First Manassas by Aaron Killian on my Ipad but works with Mac or iTunes on computer. Fabulous interactive details and live narrative with appropriate era tunes...https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-battle-of-1st-manassas/id726655330?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

[Jimbuna]

The next one from my Ebook collection.

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6416/rmln.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/rmln.jpg/)

[fred8615]

Killing Hitler by Roger Moorhouse. Kindle e-book version, about the various attempts to off Hitler before and during the war.

[fred8615]

And now I'm reading The Great War At Sea: 1914-1918 by Richard Hough. E-book version.

[Jimbuna]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4339/mwwi.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/mwwi.jpg/)

[TorpX]

I finished UNDERSEA WARRIOR, by Don Keith recently. It's about Mush Morton and the Wahoo. Eventhough, I have already read about Morton, O'Kane and their sub, I still found it very enjoyable.


Am just finishing up THIS KIND OF WAR, by T. R. Fehrenbach. This one is about the Korean War. I would recommend this one highly for anyone interested in the subject. The author commanded troops in Korea at platoon, company and battalion levels, and provides many insights about both the military and political events that occurred. In particular, he goes into good detail about the chaos in the first days, the ill-fated Task Force Smith, the army's struggle to rebuild it's forces after the post WWII hibernation, and the long, drawn-out truce talks.

As a side note for Uncle Neal, T. R. Fehrenbach was a resident of Texas and had written about Texas history.

I'm also reading SPADEFISH, Stephen L. Moore. About Spadefish, a top-scoring USN sub, it is also quite good.

[Red October1984]

I'm going to read Blind Man's Bluff here soon.

It's about American Submarine Operations during the Cold War. Sounds like a good read. My submariner friend from this summer who served on the USS Woodrow Wilson recommended it to me. :rock:

[Sailor Steve]

Conway's The History Of The Ship: From Boats To Ships. Covers all the prehistoric and early ship remains that have been found, as well as cave drawings and other surviving pictures, up through about AD 1000. Each article was written by the leading expert in that field, edited by Robert Gardiner.

[Jimbuna]

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screenshot pc (http://postimage.org/app.php)

[Sepp von Ch.]

Walters "The History of the British U Class Submarine".

http://www.amazon.com/History-British-U-Class-Submarine-ebook/dp/B00DN5VA7Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387665787&sr=8-1&keywords=The+History+of+the+British+U+Class+Submar ine

Very interesting reading. I recommend this book for all WDAD+med. campaign (mods for SH4) players:salute:

Merry Christmas to all subsim captains!

[Aktungbby]

Wellington: the Path to Victory Rory Muir; just out: supposedly definitive on his military campaigns and politics! Scipio to Napoleon's Hannibal if ever! from Assaye in India under his brilliant brother thru the Spanish 'ulcer' campaign to Waterloo (old Nosey met Old Boney...who met his Waterloo!). He's not the Iron Duke for nothing!

[Jimbuna]

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[Sepp von Ch.]

My Christmas gift:
Dieter Hartwig´s "Großadmiral Karl Dönitz"
http://s27.postimg.org/rzk7gror3/41_ZET6e_Fb_L_SY344_BO1_204_203_200.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/rzk7gror3/)

[Jimbuna]

^ Not a bad read at all :cool:

[Red October1984]

Decided to put Blind Man's Bluff on hold to read my Christmas books...

Starting with...

China Marine: An Infantryman's Life After WW2 by E.B. Sledge

[Jimbuna]

http://s28.postimg.org/77zs0tw6l/Untitled.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[STEED]

Start reading tonight Jonathon Trigg's new book..

Death on the Don:
The Destruction of Germany's Allies on the Eastern Front 1941-44

[Jimbuna]

http://s11.postimg.org/xkj7gp3ar/1_001.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[kranz]

Bought Berlin at War by Moorhouse today.
However, I cannot start reading it because I must finish Penthouse and Gay Times.

oh wait...wrong list :)

[Aktungbby]

http://s11.postimg.org/xkj7gp3ar/1_001.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

Autographed too I'll bet!:hmmm: Loved the 'big can'(foto) between the 'jumbos' shot: takes an officer to handle real Scheißen at times!

[Jimbuna]

Autographed too I'll bet!:hmmm: Loved the 'big can'(foto) between the 'jumbos' shot: takes an officer to handle real Scheißen at times!

Yes autographed...wasn't yours :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

Yup "regards Aktung";Interesting stuff on the increased number of 'Nazi' party members in the crew as the war progressed. That, in regard to whether the boat found off Indonesia was a Nazi boat-(Prior thread); in point of fact...it was or you stood a chance of joining 30,000 executed German military persons. The implication is: being a party member, if not exactly an 'enthusiast', made life simpler in der Kreigsmarine und der Dönitz run kingdom of der U-Bootwaffe! No using pages of Mein Kampf when the TP ran out, sittn' on the obviously big can 'twixt der 'jumbos' on that boot. Poor Peltz must have worn a clothes pin on his nose-all day long!

[Admiral Halsey]

Currently reading "At Dawn We Slept." It's my favorite book on Pearl Harbor and I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about the events leading up to it and the attack itself.

[Sailor Steve]

The Genius Of The System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era, by Thomas Schatz. Henry Holt, 1988.

One of the very many books I picked up back when I worked for the book distributorship, just because I thought I might want to read them someday, and of course because they were free. We'll see how badly I still want to read it after the first chapter.

[mapuc]

Since I got problems with my eyes(glaukom and some things wich I can't remember the name) I'm more into hearing books(audiobooks) Mostly I hear fiction.

Right now I'm searching for factsbook on audio.

Looking for audiobooks about the American civil war.

Markus

[Sailor Steve]

Sorry to hear that. If I may ask, how do you get on with the computer screen, Subsim and all that?

I found a bunch if ACW audio books listed on Amazon. I don't know if that helps at all, but I'm sure there are others.

[Jimbuna]

http://s27.postimg.org/j2xcen8vn/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[mapuc]

Sorry to hear that. If I may ask, how do you get on with the computer screen, Subsim and all that?

I found a bunch if ACW audio books listed on Amazon. I don't know if that helps at all, but I'm sure there are others.

I use reading glasses, but somehow I have started to love audio books. I can read, but I don't want to stress my eyes to much.

I have my basement filled with parcels that are filled up with danish and Swedish books about WWII

Markus

[Jimbuna]

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[ReallyDedPoet]

Lots of stuff on the Ipad. A Bruce Springsteen bio and lots of Rolling Stone magazines.

[Subnuts]

I'm almost done with Norman Friedman's British Cruisers of the Victorian Era, and I have to say, I'm kind of disappointed. Substantial, fascinating text, beautiful line drawings, and nice photos, but the layout and arrangement is an absolute mess. Photos spread across two pages, with details falling into the binding, paragraphs-long captions in 4-point text, ship specifications and class breakdowns segregated to the appendix, typos on every page... I've read five of Friedman's "Illustrated Design Histories" on American warships, and while they all suffered from the same problems to a minor extent, this is easily the sloppiest-edited book I've read of his. I was kind of looking forward to his upcoming book on anti-aircraft guns and gunnery, but I'm kind of undecided right now.

[Sailor Steve]

I have the book, and value it as a reference, but I can't argue with your complaints. Dr Friedman is a great naval historian, but all of his books suffer in that department. His first British Destroyers book is just as good, and just as bad.

[Subnuts]

I have the book, and value it as a reference, but I can't argue with your complaints. Dr Friedman is a great naval historian, but all of his books suffer in that department. His first British Destroyers book is just as good, and just as bad.

I actually used a "cheat sheet" when I'm reading his U.S. Battleships which lists all the ship's names, their class, and hull number. BCOTVE covers such a wide spread of naval history, and so many different types of ships, it should have included a fold-out chronological "family tree" of British cruiser designs between 1850 and 1905. Maybe I'm just losing my reader comprehension mojo, but it kind of bugs me that classic naval references from the 70s like The Fleet Submarine In The U.S. Navy and British Battleships of World War Two were a lot easier to read. Granted, the production values weren't as nice as newer books, but you don't feel like you need the Cliff Notes books to follow along!

[Sailor Steve]

I have the luxury of being able to cross-reference with Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships series. Easier to follow but less specific informaton. I also have the advantage that I've been compiling this same information for my unfinished naval game for the last two decades, so while any particular book can give me information I need and I learn a lot from each one, I already have the ships organized by date in my own information collection, so logical flow isn't as important to me as it once was.

If I dismissed the first Destroyers book a little casually, I should restate that it is very well worth the money. I learned a lot of things that don't go into my game. In that book Friedman talks about Jackie Fisher's input when he was commander of the Mediterranean destroyer group, and while I've always read that the 'River' class were welcomed as being far superior than the preceeding 'TBD' classes, no one ever said why. Friedman gives examples, including captains' reports on why everyone wanted to command a 'River'.

Overall I found the Cruiser book to be just as informative, but I mostly only use them as a reference, so I haven't read it straight through, even though I've had it for months.

[Jimbuna]

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[Te Kaha]

Currently reading The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Richmond Kelly Turner - Volume II by George C. Dyer.

Very interesting read - currently reading chapter 23 about Iwo Jima. Both volumes are more than a simple biography of one man, as one can also learn a lot about how amphibian operations in the Pacific were planned and conducted by the US Navy.

If one doesn't like huge paperbacks, it's available for free to read online;

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ACTC/index.html

[smolfri]

I jist finished the Hornblower Series by C.S Foster. For thoughs who have not read them i would highly recommend it.

Now im back re-reading Attack Of The Sea Wolf, by Michael DiMercurio. An oldy but definitely a goodie. Lol

[Kapitan_Phillips]

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Does anybody know if Rommel published anything?

[Subnuts]

Indulged a little bit today, and bought copies of The Battleship Builders: Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships and U.S. Naval Air Superiority: Development of Shipborne Jet Fighters - 1943-1962. Will probably give away my copy of British Cruisers of the Victorian Era to the consignment shop down the street, and grab a copy of David Hobbs' new book on British aircraft carriers if I can find one for under $50. Which reminds me, I haven't written a full-length review in an awfully long time...:hmm2:

[fred8615]

Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys Of World War II by Michael G. Walling. Ebook version.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I just finished reading the Master and Commander series, and lord what an amazing insight into the world of the Royal Navy of the 1800's. Patrick O' Brian was an amazing author who sadly past on before he could complete the twenty first book of the series. If I could rate the series as a whole I would give it a 9.9/10 (9.9 because the second book is a massive anti-climax after having read the first book.), overall the series is well worth the read:yeah:. As for the movie Master and Commander Far Side of the World while doing no discredit to O' Brian's work is greatly different from the book of the same title, I guess a fictional movie is more fiction then a work of fiction.

I'm now reading Patrick O' Brian's Navy The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World, which as many interesting facts and figures of the wooden world in which Jack Aubrey lived, including the 35 Articles of War, out of 35 articles the punishment for 20 was death.

[Jimbuna]

The last in the series of four.

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[Sepp von Ch.]

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[Terragon]

Red Storm Rising, Tom Clancy

A hypothetical situation in where the Soviet Union utilized mechanized infantry to invade Western Europe, told from several different viewpoints. I've read it several times, still enjoy reading it after all these years.

[STEED]

Finished reading from the osprey "Vs" series U-Boats VS Destroyer Escorts - The Battle of the Atlantic. Can't help thinking a lot of this info was cobbled together from other osprey series and the cost!...Well I did not pay full rate got it reduced but no way would I shell out £12.99 for 80 pages.

Or so from another osprey series "Raid" which was passed on to me coming to the end of this one. Kill Hitler Operation Valkyrie 1944, not bad for a brief summery.

[Red October1984]

Red Storm Rising, Tom Clancy

A hypothetical situation in where the Soviet Union utilized mechanized infantry to invade Western Europe, told from several different viewpoints. I've read it several times, still enjoy reading it after all these years.

I love that book. I'm glad they haven't ruined it with a movie adaptation yet.

*knocks on wood*

I am around 3/4 of the way through Helmet For My Pillow by Robert Leckie. I recommend it...but I still think With The Old Breed/China Marine is better.

[mapuc]

I love that book. I'm glad they haven't ruined it with a movie adaptation yet.

*knocks on wood*

I am around 3/4 of the way through Helmet For My Pillow by Robert Leckie. I recommend it...but I still think With The Old Breed/China Marine is better.

I also have read this book a few times, but I however, are wishing they would make a good movie based on the book.

Markus

[Terragon]

I also have read this book a few times, but I however, are wishing they would make a good movie based on the book.

Markus


They haven't made a good Tom Clancy movie yet. Sum Of All Fears was not good, Hunt For Red October was close to being good. Clear And Present Danger was OK, Patriot Games was OK.

There is WAY too much material in Red Storm to properly fit into one movie, in my opinion.

[Red October1984]

They haven't made a good Tom Clancy movie yet. Sum Of All Fears was not good, Hunt For Red October was close to being good. Clear And Present Danger was OK, Patriot Games was OK.

There is WAY too much material in Red Storm to properly fit into one movie, in my opinion.

Precisely. They have yet to prove to me they can make a good Tom Clancy movie.

This new Jack Ryan abomination....i'm boycotting it.

[STEED]

Now reading...

The Soviet General Staff at War 1941-45

By S. M. Shtemenko

[Jimbuna]

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[fred8615]

Black May: The Epic Story of the Allies' Defeat of the German U-boats in May 1943, by Michael Gannon. Ebook.

[Sepp von Ch.]

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[Subnuts]

About three-fifths of the way through this one right now:

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Rather fascinating book, but it kind of appeals to a small audience, so if 20th century shipbuilding interests you, you might want to buy a copy now before it sells for $300 on the black...err, used book market. It's worth the price just for the detailed layout maps of shipyards and armaments factories, and rare photographs of ships and equipment being built.

[Jimbuna]

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[STEED]

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Not bad that one jim, got that one myself along with a few others from the fortress series.

[Jimbuna]

Not bad that one jim, got that one myself along with a few others from the fortress series.

Yeah, I love those Osprey books...not super detailed but sufficient to maintain interest whilst also being informative.

[kranz]

Operation Valkyria by Kniebe and
Berlin...by Moorhouse.

Planning to buy Beevor's D-Day

[Subnuts]

Just finished The Battleship Builders. Really interesting book, really well put together. I was a bit nervous about getting another Seaforth book right after British Cruisers of the Victorian Era, but this one was a more coherent work as a whole.

Was really happy to see a picture of Inflexible in drydock showing her stern torpedo tube on page 268. I've seen plenty of shots of battleship broadside torpedo tubes, but this was the first time I've seen a stern tube. Although I'm still not sure why the ships had stern tubes in the first place...:06:

[Subnuts]

I'm about halfway through the new revised edition of R.A Burt's British Battleships 1889-1904. A nice reference book with lots of obscure facts (steam trial results, weight breakdowns, armor layouts, metacentric heights, and so on) but what really gets me is the superb quality of the photographs. I'm not sure what the 1988 edition was like, but it looks like many of the pictures for the 2013 edition were scanned directly from the original glass negatives. Some are so crystal-clear you can see every detail of the scroll-work on the early pre-dreadnoughts, the wrinkles in the canvas awnings, individual steps on the ladders, every link of the anchor chains...you get the idea. There's a picture of Renown as a royal yacht in 1905 that was so beautiful my jaw practically hit the table. Can't wait to get my copy of British Battleships 1919-1945 tomorrow.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm not sure what the 1988 edition was like...
Different format and layout, smaller but thicker. Less paintings and drawings in the old one, and the photos are generally smaller. The basic information is unchanged. The old version has bolder print. I like the original layout a little better, but that's probably because years ago I spent many hours taking notes from the copy at the University of Utah library, and it's an old familiar friend. On the other hand I only bought a copy of the original because the new version wasn't released at the time, and I already planned on getting the second and third volumes.

If I could only have one I would take the new one, partly because it means I have a matched set and partly because to be fair it is bigger, with larger photos and that great artwork in the inside covers.

[Jimbuna]

U-Boat Movements - At almost 2500 pages this is a real treasure trove.

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[kranz]

got Beevor's D-Day today.
The pocket edition unfortunately since the classic edition is no more available.

[Sepp von Ch.]

I read now this:

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[hunter301]

Let's see:
Run Silent, Run Deep (ebook)
Final Harbor (Old bantam warbook paperback)
Submarine by Edward Beach (Ebook)
Deep Sound Channel Joe Buff (Ebook)
H.M.S. Unseen Patrick Robinson (Ebook)
The Silent Service: Seawolf class (ebook)
Pride Runs Deep (ebook)
Sea of Shadows (ebook) (Formerly Torpedo)
Blind man's Bluff (ebook)
Hunt for Red October (Ebook)

I do a lot of jumping around when I read.
Plus it's a memory exercise. I can pretty much jump from book to book and remember were I was previously.

[Subnuts]

Books I'm currently waiting to arrive from Amazon:
Building the Wooden Fighting Ship by James Dodds
Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting by John Campbell
The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships by Erminio Bagnasco and Augusto De Toro

I actually bought all three used, and got really good prices on them. I was really excited to find the Jutland book for under $5. I bought a copy years ago, decided it was too heavy for me, and gave it away. I think I'm ready for it now.

[Jimbuna]

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[Sailor Steve]

The second volume of Conway's The History Of The Ship series - The Age of the Galley.
The earliest evidence for seafaring in the Mediterranean region are flakes of obsidian from the Aegean island of Melos found in the upper paleolithic and neolithic levels (eleventh-fourth millennia BC) of Francthi Cave in the southern Argolid. As Melos was never connected to the mainland, the obsidian could only have reached Francthi by means of water transport.
From there the book explores all known references, stories, fables and depictions (paintings, pottery etc) of the development of the oared ship in the Mediterranean, from Phonecian to Mycenaean to Roman to Byzantine to Islamic galleys, the ways they were built, manned and sailed, and the way oared naval fleets interacted and fought. Different tactics and onboard weapons are discussed. One whole chapter is devoted to naval architecture of the time, including stability charts for different galley types. Another covers nothing but how oar power worked in ancient galleys. Fighting tactics cover everything from the most ancient writings through the cannon-armed galleas of the fifteenth century.

Again each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field, and each expert openly discusses not only the merits of his own findings and opinions but also those of his opponents in the question of how things were done. At the center of the discussion is the trireme Olympias, built 1985-87, the subject of much controversy over the construction methods used, but considered vital by both proponents and opponents of the ship in showing what an oared warship might actually be capable of accomplishing.

I've only started in-depth reading, but already I'm finding this volume just as interesting, educational and entertaining as the first one.

[Buddahaid]

Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen.
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[Buddahaid]

Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen.
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[Aktungbby]

^How do you spell 'lucky' in '40's Texas?
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[Buddahaid]

No kidding. I'm still washing myself to get the smell of corpses off.

[Subnuts]

Started working my way through Erminio Bagnasco's book on the Littorio-class battleships. It's one serious piece of work - 356 pages, large format, fold-out plans, detailed operational history, 100 pages devoted to the design and technical details of the ship, a breakdown of all the damage the three ships received during the war, modeler's notes...and that's just from a quick once-over! Also really cool to see a bunch of perspective cut-away views of the ships in "Anatomy of the ship" style. Here's two to give a taste.

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[Jimbuna]

Second time of reading, this book is so good.

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[TG626]

Sorry if I missed it, but has anyone read this?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Silent-Service-World-War/dp/1612001254/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394505921&sr=8-1&keywords=the+silent+service+in+world+war+ii

If so, thoughts? Spotted it for kindle and I considered getting it.

[Sockeye]

Clausewitz via Graham: On War.

[Aktungbby]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xOGHqZBZL.jpg This caught my attention: the story of an American, John C Robinson, who headed the Ethiopian Airforce against the Italians under Mussolini..."Across black America during the Golden Age of Aviation, John C. Robinson was widely acclaimed as the long-awaited “black Lindbergh.” Robinson’s fame, which rivaled that of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens, came primarily from his wartime role as the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force after Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935. As the only African American who served during the war’s entirety, the Mississippi-born Robinson garnered widespread recognition, sparking an interest in aviation for young black men and women.

Known as the “Brown Condor of Ethiopia,” he provided a symbolic moral example to an entire generation of African Americans. While white America remained isolationist, Robinson fought on his own initiative against the march of fascism to protect Africa’s only independent black nation. Robinson’s wartime role in Ethiopia made him America’s foremost black aviator.

Robinson made other important contributions that predated the Italo-Ethiopian War. After graduating from Tuskegee Institute, Robinson led the way in breaking racial barriers in Chicago, becoming the first black student and teacher at one of the most prestigious aeronautical schools in the United States, the Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical School. In May 1934, Robinson first planted the seed for the establishment of an aviation school at Tuskegee Institute. While Robinson’s involvement with Tuskegee was only a small part of his overall contribution to opening the door for blacks in aviation, the success of the Tuskegee Airmen—the first African American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces—is one of the most recognized achievements in twentieth-century African American history." Slightly ahead of the Lincoln Brigade and the Flying Tigers you might say...what a surprise!:salute:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Looking forward to getting this:

819

[musashi]

Hi

Subs are always big interest for me (models , sim etc...) since 688 subattack on Megadrive

I 'm 1/700 french model builder too :salute: (OKB Grigorov , Polar Bear,Ralph Ratcliff etc etc)

This is my book this week :yeah:

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best regards

[ReallyDedPoet]

Welcome to SUBSIM musashi :up:

[Jimbuna]

I'd love to see an English version of that book.

Welcome to Subsim musacshi :sunny:

[Aktungbby]

musashi!:salute:

[Sepp von Ch.]

For this week:03:

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[Jimbuna]

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[STEED]

The Birth of the Nazis - How the Freikorps blazed a trail for Hitler

Nigel Jones

[Sepp von Ch.]

I read now my 2 new books:

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and

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[Jimbuna]

The Birth of the Nazis - How the Freikorps blazed a trail for Hitler

Nigel Jones

That is one book I couldn't come to grips with :hmmm:

[Friscobay]

Mixed Bag, all nautical.

These include, in no order,


''Attack and Sink:The Battle of the Atlantic Summer 1941'' Bernard Edwards. Brick Tower Press. ( great slim volume on the epic fight between SC42 and the MARKGRAF Wolfpack of 9 Sept, 1941 ).

''Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama''. Stephen Fox, Vintage Press ( The merging -point between sail, steam, wood and iron, and the submarine during the American Civil War, and the first naval battles between the US and the Japanese Empire nearly 75 years before Pearl Harbor ).

''Sea of Gray: The Around The World Odyssey Of The Confederate Raider Shenandoah'' Tom Chaffin, Farrar, Straus , and Giroux. The last to surrender, a global odyssey.

''In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy Of the Whaleship ESSEX'': Nathan Philbrick, Penguin Books. ( The source of Melvilles ''Moby Dick'', the sinking of the ESSEX by a whale east of Easter Island in 1819 remains one of the great tales of survival, cannibalism , and the Nantucket whaling industry ).

''Sea of Glory:Four Chaplains and the USS Dorchester'', Ken Wales, David Poling. ( The sinking of USS Dorchester, an American troop ship, by U-223 on the morning of February 03,1943 and the personal sacrifice of the chaplains who went down with their ship ).

[Jimbuna]

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[STEED]

That is one book I couldn't come to grips with :hmmm:

Why is that jim?

I'm on chapter five now and so far plodding but not boring.

[Jimbuna]

It's just not of that much interest to me, unlike the actual war years.

[STEED]

It's just not of that much interest to me, unlike the actual war years.

Very interesting time in Germany with all these factors playing there part seeing the rise of Hitler.

[nikimcbee]

I just finished the audio book version of "Japanese Destroyer Commander" unabridged.

Wow!:salute: very interesting to hear about these big battles from the Japanese point of view, especially the battles in the Solomons. The book was great because it is critical of the Japanese leaders and strategy.

[Akula]

Finishing off Hunt for the Red October....very enjoyable read...

[Gunsilnger]

Just picked up a extremely descriptive day-to-day almanac of WW2. It's fun to go through and read about the real life battles, ship losses and movements, and troop landings as they come through my radio in SH5, OH2.

[Jimbuna]

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[Sepp von Ch.]

My new book:

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[Jimbuna]

Starting this short book (51 pages) tomorrow.

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[STEED]

It's just not of that much interest to me, unlike the actual war years.

Very interesting time in Germany with all these factors playing there part seeing the rise of Hitler.

70 odd pages left now and this book is one heck of a read.

[Jimbuna]

As long as your enjoying it is all that matters :cool:

[Paulebaer1979]

Finishing off Hunt for the Red October....very enjoyable read...

One of my favourite books. I can open it on any page, read a couple of words and know what happens next.

Nice story about a sub of class 206 (http://www.globaldefence.net/artikel-analysen/20628-david-gegen-goliath-eine-geschichte-aus-der-tiefe-des-kalten-krieges.html) - found via wiki.

[fred8615]

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. Ebook version I just bought this afternoon.

[mapuc]

Have recently heard "Midwinter Darkness" by Lars Wilderäng

Markus

[TorpX]

I've finished:

U.S. SUBMARINES THROUGH 1945, by Norman Friedman.

It was very worthwhile. I got it because I needed a good sub reference, but it was very interesting beyond that.

Almost finished:

WE WERE PIRATES, by Robert Schultz and James Shell.

This is also interesting, though rather short. Either the subject forgot a lot by the time pen was put to paper, or much was edited out.

I'm also reading something outside the nautical dept.:

THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, by Susan Wise Bauer.

I am enjoying this one a great deal. It covers ancient civilizations from Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and up to the fall of Rome.
It is ~800 pages, but the chapters are very short, so it is an easy read.

[Jimbuna]

This is written in German but well worth a viewing for the large number of detailed pictures and plans.

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[Paulebaer1979]

Eberhard Rössler is one of the engineers who made the blueprints for the classes 205 and 206 for the german navy. And he wrote a lot of similar books about nearly all german subs of WWII. Just try out his name at amazon search.

[Jimbuna]

Rgr that, I have over a dozen ebooks iirc written by him.

[Paulebaer1979]

Rgr that, I have over a dozen ebooks iirc written by him.

Well done.:up: And perhaps you can copy out some blueprints for the 3D-modders of new subs for SH3-5?

[Jimbuna]

I believe there is already a thread out somewhere with that information but it was a few years ago.

[STEED]

Picked up for £1 each brand new in a book sale couple of osprey raid series books.

RUN THE GAUNTLET - The Channel Dash 1942

ISRAEL'S LIGHTNING STRIKE - The Raid on Entebbe 1976

[Paulebaer1979]

Unterseeboote und Tiefseefahrzeuge (http://www.amazon.de/Unterseeboote-Tiefseefahrzeuge-Dieselelektrische-Atom-U-Boote-Tiefseeforschung/dp/370439016X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397923322&sr=8-1&keywords=370439016X)
Nice book about submarines and research & development subs.

[nikimcbee]

Just finished "Thunder Below" by Lucky Fluckey.

Great movie material.

[Jimbuna]

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[STEED]

On the back of James Rickards "Currency Wars" great read I'm reading his new one...

The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System.


Got your copy yet Skybird? :)

[Jimbuna]

Oooh!! :o

[Aktungbby]

On the back of James Rickards "Currency Wars" great read I'm reading his new one...

The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System.


Got your copy yet Skybird? :)

Oooh!! :o

Indeed! in some quarters currency is pure lunacy! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//attachment.php?attachmentid=926&d=1398346420or worse yet but now worth $25.00 on Ebay??:doh:http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDU4WDY1Ng==/z/-wsAAOxy7nNTWPpS/$_35.JPG

[Lionclaw]

Reading "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin.

I think I'll catch up to the events that happened in season 3 with the books before season 4 of Game of Thrones is aired on a channel I can watch it on.

Question is, if to continue reading after the first part of the third book (Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow) or wait until I've watched season 4? :hmmm:

[Akula]

Currently reading Red Storm Rising

[Jimbuna]

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[Schöneboom]

"Miracle at Midway" by Gordon W. Prange. A classic.