What are you reading right now? - Page 48

01-06-11, 10:25 AM

V.E. Tarrant can be relied on to write something worth reading, particularly when he tackles naval subjects and The Last Year of the Kriegsmarine: May 1944 - May 1945 is no exception. Make no mistake, this is a book about disaster following disaster: the sinking of Tirpitz, the loss of the Atlantic ports, the inability to get the Type XXI into combat service, the desperate secret (and essentially suicidal) mini-submarine projects all feature in the last 12-months of the war.

Of interest to SH fans are the account of the final U-Boat offensives, the Inshore Campaign, starting in August 1944 against the UK with snorkel-equipped Type VII's and the new Type XXIII Electro-Boats. Also the surface actions of the S-Boat flotiillas along the Channel coast recieve treatment, perhaps for the first time in English. The Last Year of the Kriegsmarine is worth a look by anybody interested in how a modern navy dies.

seaniam81 · 01-06-11, 04:28 PM

Just got the first three books of the Aubrey–Maturin series for christmas. About half way threw the first book, and am loving it.

Sailor Steve · 01-06-11, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by seaniam81

About half way threw the first book...

Out the window?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Gerald · 01-06-11, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Out the window?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

BTW Steve, in your signature from which album is this song comes?, I think I had it on vinyl, really cool..

seaniam81 · 01-07-11, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Out the window?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

oops... oh well it's the public education system at work

ReallyDedPoet · 01-07-11, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

BTW Steve, in your signature from which album is this song comes?, I think I had it on vinyl, really cool..

Full Moon Fever

Sailor Steve · 01-07-11, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

BTW Steve, in your signature from which album is this song comes?, I think I had it on vinyl, really cool..

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Full Moon Fever

Which song are we talking about? Everything on our website is our own stuff.

Oh. After listening to clips from that album I got to "Won't Back Down" and realized you were talking about the quote.

Gerald · 01-07-11, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Full Moon Fever

Thanks,

ReallyDedPoet · 01-07-11, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Thanks,

@ Sailor Steve...duh

j\k

Sailor Steve · 01-07-11, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

@ Sailor Steve...duh

j\k

Why you tell me that? I are not drain-bamaged.

Tripitaka · 01-09-11, 11:03 PM

Not necessarily reading at the mo, but available on the bookshelf in my toilet are, in no particular order:

Londons Lost Riverscape
Tintin vol 7 - Herge
Men of Dunwich - Rowland Parker
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
Classic Haiku
Japanese Homes - Edward S Morse
Men of Steel - Michael Reynolds
Dilbert: Still Pumped from using the Mouse
Mouseguard: Winter 1152
The Freak Brothers omnibus

And I do thoroughly recommend a toilet bookshelf . . . .

frau kaleun · 01-09-11, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tripitaka

Not necessarily reading at the mo, but available on the bookshelf in my toilet are, in no particular order:

Londons Lost Riverscape
Tintin vol 7 - Herge
Men of Dunwich - Rowland Parker
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
Classic Haiku
Japanese Homes - Edward S Morse
Men of Steel - Michael Reynolds
Dilbert: Still Pumped from using the Mouse
Mouseguard: Winter 1152
The Freak Brothers omnibus

And I do thoroughly recommend a toilet bookshelf . . . .

I'm jealous. My powder room is barely big enough to powder in... if a major transaction is going to take place I have to carry my book of choice in there and bring it out again when I'm done.

Kongo Otto · 01-10-11, 10:52 AM

First Book i am reading right now is:
"Fackeln über dem Atlantik: Lebensbericht eines U-Boot-Kommandanten" (English Release Title: The Odyssey of a U-boat Commander)
by Erich Topp

The next one, i will read is:
"Nach Kompaß: Die Erinnerungen des Kommandanten von U-68"
byKarl-Friedrich Merten
Translation: By compass: The autobiography from the CO of U-68

Herr-Berbunch · 01-10-11, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Kongo Otto

First Book i am reading right now is:
"Fackeln über dem Atlantik: Lebensbericht eines U-Boot-Kommandanten" (English Release Title: The Odyssey of a U-boat Commander)
by Erich Topp

If you'd care to translate this for us, it would be very much appreciated - I can't afford €80 - €100

Kongo Otto · 01-10-11, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

If you'd care to translate this for us, it would be very much appreciated - I can't afford €80 - €100

Ok would be no Problem, but i can start with the Translation not before february because i have to go thru some seroius medical treatments for the rest of january.
So i would translate it and put it for download at my Rapidshare account.
Would that be ok for you?

01-06-11, 04:28 PM	#707
seaniam81 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 624 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	Just got the first three books of the Aubrey–Maturin series for christmas. About half way threw the first book, and am loving it. __________________ Ultima ratio regum. (The final argument of kings) - Inscription on french cannons, on order of Louis XIV

01-06-11, 10:25 AM	#706
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	V.E. Tarrant can be relied on to write something worth reading, particularly when he tackles naval subjects and The Last Year of the Kriegsmarine: May 1944 - May 1945 is no exception. Make no mistake, this is a book about disaster following disaster: the sinking of Tirpitz, the loss of the Atlantic ports, the inability to get the Type XXI into combat service, the desperate secret (and essentially suicidal) mini-submarine projects all feature in the last 12-months of the war. Of interest to SH fans are the account of the final U-Boat offensives, the Inshore Campaign, starting in August 1944 against the UK with snorkel-equipped Type VII's and the new Type XXIII Electro-Boats. Also the surface actions of the S-Boat flotiillas along the Channel coast recieve treatment, perhaps for the first time in English. The Last Year of the Kriegsmarine is worth a look by anybody interested in how a modern navy dies.

01-09-11, 11:03 PM	#716
Tripitaka Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 11 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Not necessarily reading at the mo, but available on the bookshelf in my toilet are, in no particular order: Londons Lost Riverscape Tintin vol 7 - Herge Men of Dunwich - Rowland Parker Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima Classic Haiku Japanese Homes - Edward S Morse Men of Steel - Michael Reynolds Dilbert: Still Pumped from using the Mouse Mouseguard: Winter 1152 The Freak Brothers omnibus And I do thoroughly recommend a toilet bookshelf . . . .

01-10-11, 10:52 AM	#718
Kongo Otto Commodore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Augsburg / Germany Posts: 631 Downloads: 203 Uploads: 0	First Book i am reading right now is: "Fackeln über dem Atlantik: Lebensbericht eines U-Boot-Kommandanten" (English Release Title: The Odyssey of a U-boat Commander) by Erich Topp The next one, i will read is: "Nach Kompaß: Die Erinnerungen des Kommandanten von U-68" byKarl-Friedrich Merten Translation: By compass: The autobiography from the CO of U-68