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What book r u reading ..NON FICTION please.
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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.
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A thread about literature and you can't take the time to spell out "you are"?
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Cicero's biography. Some stunning parallels with todays USA.
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Modern Chess Openings
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The Audacity of Hope.
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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: *** Official "Recommend a Book/Author" Thread ***
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Kingdom of fear..........hunter s Thompson......for the 4th or 5th time.....
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Just this afternoon I finished Truman Capote's book entitled "In Cold Blood". Very well written and sad (based on a true events).
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"Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young - (Non Fiction)
"The Sigma Protocol" Robert Ludlum (Fiction)
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"Steve Jobs" by Issacson.
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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. |
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In all seriousness..
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. Men with balls the size of grapefruits.
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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. Last edited by MRM; 10-07-2012 at 07:12 PM.. |
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Reading now.........
Just finished "No Easy Day". Before that "The Battle of Cold Harbor" by Gordon Rhea.
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