What book r u reading ..NON FICTION please.
 

Hello.
I am asking you for a good read.
I am reading - Norman Mailer....MOON FIRE.
Big hard cover book that focuses on the first moon landing and families involved and the culture of the time.
$50 bucks and worth it.
What have you read recently and NOW that you can recommend ??
NO NOVELS AND NO FICTION.. Thank you.

A thread about literature and you can't take the time to spell out "you are"?

+1^∞

Cicero's biography. Some stunning parallels with todays USA.

Modern Chess Openings
14th edition in Algebraic Notation
by Nick de Firmian

The Audacity of Hope.

Not.

About 1/3 of the way thru: "NO EASY DAY" by: Mark Owen a former member of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group, commonly known as SEAL Team Six.

I'm sure it will get better, but would only rate a 6 or 7 out of 10 at this point.......

Fellow Pelicans have made good suggestions here: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/660994-official-recommend-book-author-thread.html

Travel book

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star - Paul Theroux

By train from England to Siberia. Well written with brilliant observations and wit

Kingdom of fear..........hunter s Thompson......for the 4th or 5th time.....

Just this afternoon I finished Truman Capote's book entitled "In Cold Blood". Very well written and sad (based on a true events).

"Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young - (Non Fiction)

"The Sigma Protocol" Robert Ludlum (Fiction)

"Steve Jobs" by Issacson.

I know I know, Im late to the party...

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.

In all seriousness..

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing.

Men with balls the size of grapefruits.

Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg. A biography of Washington called Sacred Fire. 1493. I'm thinking of going back and reading The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. I'm in that kind of mood.

Scott Berg's biography of Samuel Goldwyn was excellent. But for page turning historical prose, nothing can beat Robert Caro's multi volume set on Lyndon Johnson. The most recent volume on the first years of his presidency just came out. If you haven't read it yet, I'd highly recommend starting with Caro.

it was a bit of a pun. Thanks for noticing.

I was going to add that one to my list. I read it earlier this year on a recommendation from a friend. He let me borrow it, so I do not have it around to grab the title.

I agree with you - I really don't believe a "randomly selected" set of self-described adventures living today could survive that ordeal. Different times . . .

Reading now.........
 

Just finished "No Easy Day". Before that "The Battle of Cold Harbor" by Gordon Rhea.

"Love & Respect"

Love and Respect Ministries

Randy

here's one that you'll love!!

hahhaha..couldnt help myself.

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re-browsing "Animal Physiology" by Knut Schidt-Knielsen before giving it to a friend

Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly. Excellent.

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.

+1 and about to download killing kennedy.. good stuff

The Admirals (Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy & King) by Walter Borneman
Jim

The Disappearing Spoon and The Violinist Thumb both written by Sam Kean

The Two Lives of Charlemagne

The Enterprising Americans by John Chamberlain

If you liked the series you'll love the book Band of Brothers.

Lone Survivor

SHILOH 1862 by winston groom

the same guy wrote forest gump

Headed off on a biz trip. In my bag: "River Town" by Peter Hessler, a China travel narrative, and a fat issue of "Velo", French bicycle magazine.

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Two books, one could qualify as a picture book :).
Horatio's Drive - first auto crossing the US in 1903. 4 stars
Red Ink by David Wessel - new release, inside the Fed. budget. Mentioned somewhere in PARF but sobering, fascinating, history, insane American scary toilet reading. 4 stars

"The Blood Sugar Solution" by Mark Hyman, MD. Just finishing Chapter 6. Hope the rest is not as effin' scary. Required reading for every parent. Come to think about it ... everybody.

Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

Mornings on Horseback

TR's early years by McCullough.

Really enjoying it. Although Alexander Hamilton by Chrenow was even more fun.

The Middle East - Bernard Lewis

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I just finished The Red Circle by Brandon Webb. It was interesting, but not the groundbreaking revelation I had hoped it would be. It was short on details where I wanted to know more and long on details where I didn't care much.

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the

John Grann

Just started reading this