Have you checked out the Lancaster at the Aviation museum ?:)

That place is a bit of a hang-out for me and I have seen it evolve to a beaut.
Nice people to talk to there.

Boyd Book...This is about General Albert Boyd ?
Can you remember when it was written? Good book you say.
I am very interested-Thanks.

^^^ If you like that type of read, Aces High is excellent. Top fighter pilots of WW2 - Dick Bong and Tommy McGuire. No, make that way beyond excellence. 4 stars

Not in Oprahs book club.

Its about John Boyd. He never made General (pissed too many people off).

It's a fascinating story about how a single person was able to change the entire direction of the US Air Force, and arguably, the entire US Armed Forces, from below (or at least from the middle).

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War: Robert Coram: 9780316796880: Amazon.com: Books

Antony Beevor "The Second World War"

A good read, less eurocentric than most such books.

Three of my favorite reads are:
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York, by Robert Caro. A great (long) book about how much of NY and Long Island evolved from the i930's forward, and how power concentrated in one man can really change the landscape, and how the system corrected itself (Nelson Rockefeller crushed the guy in a classic boss-subordinate transaction). I am currently re-reading this one.

Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose. The story of the Lewis and Clark expedition, how Thomas Jefferson directed it and the opening of the west. One of my all-time favorites.

Nothing Like it in the World The men who build the transcontinental railroad 1863 - 1867 by Stephen Ambrose. One of those can't put it down books. It is has some details reviewers have stated that are just plain in error, but a great read anyway.

Yep. Pretty simple, yet innovative idea.
OODA loop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have been on a WW2 history kick lately.

Anything by Cornelius Ryan
Anything by Stephen E. Ambrose
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Anything by James Hornfischer
The Rommel Papers
Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943 by Anthony Beever (He wrote a lot of books, going to see what else I can find from him)
A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945 Vasily Grossman

Re-reading the following:

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New release titled BOMB by Steve Sheinkin. Couldn't put it down and last night read cover to cover. Nicely done as the author tied in three story's of the a-bomb. The development, the race to build it and the stealing of it. Documentary that used FBI archival and terrific sources to piece the story together. Excellent read if you like WW2 and spy stories. 4 stars

"Eating Animals" Johnathan Safran Foer

read it fwiw.

The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution by Richard Slotkin

In preparation for the upcoming Lincoln movie.

Just finished Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros by Tom Coyne. Good book about just how hard it is to become a pro golfer.

Recently finished American Sniper and now I'm going to read Lone Survivor.

In The Blink Of An Eye by Walter Murch. It's an interesting read. Dude was a genius

I read, "Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China" - Jung Chang, based on this thread.

Highly recommend.

I have recommended this book, "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S. C. Gwynne’s a few times here. I'll do it again.

So many more.

I'm currently reading The Tale Of Scrotie McBoogerballs. It's an enthralling story, but I wouldn't read it if you have a weak stomach.

This week I am reading "The Gestapo; A History of Horror" by Jacqques Delarue. I typically read about four books a month, mostly non-fiction.

ASM Handbook of Composites

IPhone 5 for Dummies and Seniors

"The Emerald Mile"- an adventure epic of running the Colorado at record high water in the '80's, with a history of the canyon and its dams thrown in. Extremely well done.

"Outliers" by Malcom Gladwell just picked it up yesterday

Just read Outliers last month, outstanding!

Currently reading Banana: the fate of the fruit that changed the world. I would recommend it, not 5 stars, but good.

Emperor of All Maladies
International Harvester Light Duty Trucks, A Photographic History (I finished writing it in December, but still need a few pictures)

"Satan is Real"

( The story of the Louvin Brothers.)

The Bully Pulpit

ummm 1^∞ = 1 SmileWavy

Working on our fourth year of marriage, this is a really good book if you don't mind the Christian content.

A Lasting Promise: A Christian Guide to Fighting for Your Marriage

1491
Charles Mann

The Americas before Colombus

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"Develping the leaders around you"
Maxwell

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Help Win WWII

http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Atomic-City-Untold-Helped-ebook/dp/B008J4GTU4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389818602&sr=8-1&keywords=the+women+of+atomic+city

Did you know the city of Oak Ridge, TN was created as a community to process the materials for the Manhattan Project? Neither did I.

The Author of this book interviewed women who moved there without knowing where "there" was on the chance that they could help with the war and make some good money. With a mix of what life was like and the science behind "The Project," this book tells an interesting side of things.

Highly suggest this book. It covers History, science and human interest.

Anything by Malcom Gladwell and this:

The Story of Art: E.H. Gombrich: 9780714832470: Amazon.com: Books

I hate non-fiction, but read it because it's "Good For Me (tm)." A friend recommended This Kind of War, and I have to say it's excellent. Detailed, accurate, personable, and well-written history of the Korean War, from the whole debacle about how we picked the 38th parallel to ... well, I haven't finished yet, but I'm assuming until the "end," wherever that is.

This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition: T.R. Fehrenbach: 9781574883343: Amazon.com: Books

The Last Lion, Volume III

"Zulu with some guts behind it." About the making of the movie "Zulu".

The Bible.

The Unfair Advantage

Skunk Works - Ben R. Rich

The Boys in the Boat - about the formation of the 1936 Olympic rowing team

I REALLY liked that book. I'd love to hear what you thought of it.

Hey David

I found it to be a very interesting & enjoyable read also - & as you seem to me to be like-minded, I would recommend (if you can find a copy - 1985 publ. date) of Spitfire - A Test Pilot's Story by Jeffrey Quill.

Cheers
JB