What book r u reading ..NON FICTION please.

[mikeesik]

Originally Posted by recycled sixtie

Because I have not had to go to war unlike my father and grandfather(WW1 and WW2) I find war books fascinating knowing that you may not come back alive. Reading "Lancaster-the story of a famous bomber". Lest we forget. Oh yes Mike don't worry about about your internet writing, it is a good question.

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.

[mikeesik]

Originally Posted by matthew-s

Oooh. I'm always looking for a good book.

At this moment I'm reading Puppetmaster: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover. It's "ok". I was interested in the person, and this seemed to be the best bet as I was not sure I wanted to invest in the other 800+ page bios.

Others that immediately come to mind, all worth a read:

The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe
American Caesar - William Manchester
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot who Changed the Art of War - Robert Coram
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - Jung Chang
Lindberg - A. Scott Berg
Looming Tower: Al Queda and the Road to 9/11 - Lawrence Wright

If you like the subject: Life by Keith Richards (et. al.) is great when its great, but there are slow parts.

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

[intakexhaust]

^^^ 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.

[matthew-s]

Originally Posted by mikeesik

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

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

[aap1966]

Antony Beevor "The Second World War"

A good read, less eurocentric than most such books.

[p911dad]

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.

[emcon5]

Originally Posted by matthew-s

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

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

[sammyg2]

Re-reading the following:

[intakexhaust]

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

[not sharp]

"Eating Animals" Johnathan Safran Foer

read it fwiw.

[chicago_82sc]

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

In preparation for the upcoming Lincoln movie.

[cmccuist]

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.

[weseeeee]

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

[slakjaw]

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

[Seahawk]

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.

[yetibone]

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.

[Skytrooper]

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.

[Embraer]

ASM Handbook of Composites

[LakeCleElum]

IPhone 5 for Dummies and Seniors

[greglepore]

"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.