What are you reading right now?

DeepSix · 07-05-06, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

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American Steam Locomotives

Which book (who's the author)? I'm interested in that - post back or pm me if it's good.

07-05-06, 04:20 PM

I am now reading It Is A Good Day To Die, a recounting of the Battle of the Little Big Horn by Indians (excuse me, Native Americans) who were there.

bradclark1 · 07-05-06, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DeepSix

Which book (who's the author)? I'm interested in that - post back or pm me if it's good.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076...lance&n=283155
I like it. I would give it five stars. The used price can't be beat.

DeepSix · 07-05-06, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

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Originally Posted by DeepSix

Which book (who's the author)? I'm interested in that - post back or pm me if it's good.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076...lance&n=283155
I like it. I would give it five stars. The used price can't be beat.

Oh good, thanks. I have one of Solomon's books on passenger stations and it's worth getting for the photographs alone.... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156...lance&n=283155

gdogghenrikson · 07-29-06, 04:07 AM

Right Now I am reading "The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler" by Robert Payne.

Sonarman · 08-01-06, 02:50 PM

I'm currently reading "The Sand Pebbles" by Richard McKenna, telling the tale of Jake Holman a machinists mate on board the USS San Pablo a gunboat in the backwaters of China in the 1920's.

It's a great book and the movie based on the book starring Steve McQueen, Richard Crenna and Candice Bergen is a very good adaptation of the novel.

There's also a great website about the movie here

Lil Kaleun · 08-10-06, 02:11 AM

I've just finished "HMS Ulysses" for the second time. I'm waiting for the original version of that and "U-boat War" by Buchheim.
It will take some time before I get them so currently I'm reading anything written by Alistair MacLean that I can find at home (at the moment it's "Puppet on a chain" (in English), hopefully after I finish posting this I'll dig out "Ice station Zebra" and "48 hours" - these are my favourites), so I have lots of books for the next few weeks.

And one opinion: After reading "Puppet on a chain" I can say that originals are way better than translations. Gotta learn German as well.

Subnuts · 08-18-06, 03:37 PM

Silent Steel - The Mysterious Death of the Nuclear Attack Sub USS Scorpion. I'm only 42 pages in and I've already learned a whole bunch of stuff I didn't know. A sure sign of a good book!

blue3golf · 08-18-06, 08:35 PM

Just started "Panzers on the Eastern Front" by Generaloberst Erhard Raus, commander of 6th Panzer Div. and eventually commanded the Third Panzer Army. It is edited by Peter G. Tsouras who compiled the work from different Department of the Army pamphlets he ran across while stationed in Germany. Most of the works were completed in the 50's by Raus for the U.S. so we could learn some lessons from the Germans instead of learning them the hard way in case the Cold War turned into a "Hot War." Pretty interesting so far, I'm only on the first chapter but its mostly small unit tactics in unusual situations, which is what one of the pamphlets was named.

GrayFox · 08-19-06, 01:59 AM

I am startiing "Vertical Dive" by Michael Dimecurio- www.ussdevilfish.com

07-29-06, 04:07 AM	#5
gdogghenrikson Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 978 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Right Now I am reading "The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler" by Robert Payne. __________________ And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.

08-01-06, 02:50 PM	#6
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	I'm currently reading "The Sand Pebbles" by Richard McKenna, telling the tale of Jake Holman a machinists mate on board the USS San Pablo a gunboat in the backwaters of China in the 1920's. It's a great book and the movie based on the book starring Steve McQueen, Richard Crenna and Candice Bergen is a very good adaptation of the novel. There's also a great website about the movie here Last edited by Sonarman; 08-01-06 at 02:52 PM.

08-10-06, 02:11 AM	#7
Lil Kaleun Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've just finished "HMS Ulysses" for the second time. I'm waiting for the original version of that and "U-boat War" by Buchheim. It will take some time before I get them so currently I'm reading anything written by Alistair MacLean that I can find at home (at the moment it's "Puppet on a chain" (in English), hopefully after I finish posting this I'll dig out "Ice station Zebra" and "48 hours" - these are my favourites), so I have lots of books for the next few weeks. And one opinion: After reading "Puppet on a chain" I can say that originals are way better than translations. Gotta learn German as well. __________________ "If you survive the extraordinary things, it will often be the little things that will kill you."

08-18-06, 03:37 PM	#8
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Silent Steel - The Mysterious Death of the Nuclear Attack Sub USS Scorpion. I'm only 42 pages in and I've already learned a whole bunch of stuff I didn't know. A sure sign of a good book! __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

08-19-06, 01:59 AM	#10
GrayFox Mate Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 52 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am startiing "Vertical Dive" by Michael Dimecurio- www.ussdevilfish.com __________________ Typhoon Flotilla #6 Captain First Rank CO TK-210 "Ghost"

07-05-06, 04:20 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I am now reading It Is A Good Day To Die, a recounting of the Battle of the Little Big Horn by Indians (excuse me, Native Americans) who were there.

08-18-06, 08:35 PM	#9
blue3golf Weps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Traverse City, MI Posts: 352 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Just started "Panzers on the Eastern Front" by Generaloberst Erhard Raus, commander of 6th Panzer Div. and eventually commanded the Third Panzer Army. It is edited by Peter G. Tsouras who compiled the work from different Department of the Army pamphlets he ran across while stationed in Germany. Most of the works were completed in the 50's by Raus for the U.S. so we could learn some lessons from the Germans instead of learning them the hard way in case the Cold War turned into a "Hot War." Pretty interesting so far, I'm only on the first chapter but its mostly small unit tactics in unusual situations, which is what one of the pamphlets was named.

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