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09-03-12, 09:35 PM | #991 |
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So I've heard.
I'm saving it for last. I'm not counting SSN. Apparently it isnt very good.
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09-04-12, 08:31 AM | #992 |
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Tom Clancy
Ya good read although I find all Clancy's book interesting.
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09-04-12, 12:02 PM | #993 |
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I used to be a big fan of the author Douglas Reeman too
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09-12-12, 06:39 PM | #994 |
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Angels of Vengeance (2012), by John Birmingham
The third book in a trilogy about what would've happened everybody in North America mysteriously disappeared on March 14th, 2003. The third book follows a Mexican refugee, a duo of a British aristocrat/retired USCG CPO, the new U.S. President, and a secret agent. I like the refugee and U.S. President, but I for the life of me, can't stand the secret agent. Last edited by Kaye T. Bai; 09-29-12 at 11:05 PM. |
09-29-12, 09:14 PM | #995 |
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I'm about 200 pages into Norman Friedman's U.S. Small Combatants. So far it's a lot easier to read than his book on American submarines through 1945, which was so oddly edited I had to read it three times just to understand it.
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09-30-12, 03:49 AM | #996 |
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Q-Ships versus U-Boats, K.M.Beyer
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09-30-12, 06:22 AM | #997 |
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Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine Vol 1, Heavy Warships by Ulrich Elfrath
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10-01-12, 02:23 PM | #998 |
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What I' reading now
Recovering from total knee replacement has given me some time to dedicate a bit more time to reading than usual. So I'm taking advantage of it currently I'm into Clay Blair's "Hitler's U-Boat War the Hunters". I have only three chapters left in Craig L. Simonds "Lincoln and his Admirals" and I'm almost thru "Hornblower and the Hotspur". Blair's book is excellent detailed with out dragging I read "Silent Victory" many years ago and find this a good companion to that. Simonds book is a refreshing change for me I live in Gettysburg and like many of the Gettysburg transplants came there for the battlefield and Civil War studies. There is a massive amount of material on Lincoln and the Army but not nearly as much on his relationship with the Navy and its leaders. This book fills that gap. I'm opening my self to criticism on this but the Hornblower series are good reads but I'm spoiled after reading Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. I found that I became more involved in the lives of Lucky Jack and his temperamental Doctor friend they became realer and I found myself caring more about the world they lived in. Hornblower is more reserved and not so open. Still they are good sea stories and I recommend them to my land locked friends.
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10-01-12, 03:45 PM | #999 |
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The second book from Clay Blair 'The Hunted' is also a 'must read'.
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10-03-12, 01:15 PM | #1000 | |
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I got lucky a couple of years ago and got a used copy on e-bay for $35.
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10-03-12, 05:04 PM | #1001 |
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Granted, the second volume is usually more expensive but I believe it is still worth the additional cost.
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10-04-12, 11:52 AM | #1002 | |
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Life-Times.../dp/0750921099 Since I much prefer history to adventure stories (funny, since I love Edgar Rice Burroughs) I prefer Hornblower. For a different opinion ask Onkel Neal.
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10-05-12, 10:10 AM | #1003 |
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Now G.T.M. Kelshall´s "The U-Boat War in the Caribbean". Love this book!
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10-05-12, 12:35 PM | #1004 |
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My copy of British Battleships: Warrior (1860) to Vanguard (1950), by Oscar Parkes arrived yesterday. Seven hundred pages, huge amounts of detail with a wealth of photos and drawings. It's an old battered copy and set me back $120, but it was worth it. A 'like new' copy costs over a thousand. It's mostly for reference, but I keep pulling it back out and looking through it just for fun.
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10-05-12, 02:05 PM | #1005 | |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Batt.../dp/1557500754 http://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-searc...rkes/sortby/3/ £135 here: http://www.puddletownbookshop.co.uk/...oduct_id=18176
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