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Post by fkaJimmySee on Aug 29, 2020 7:00:56 GMT -5
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Post by fkaJimmySee on Aug 29, 2020 7:03:21 GMT -5
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Post by Bopper on Aug 29, 2020 9:08:38 GMT -5
Along the lines of The Admirals, Ian Toll's third and final volume on the Pacific in World War II, Twilight of the Gods, War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945, will be published September 1. It looks very good, and at 900+ pages should occupy more than a couple long evenings.
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Post by Leftee on Aug 29, 2020 9:10:50 GMT -5
Great thread! Pinning this one. 😎
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Post by gato on Aug 29, 2020 9:12:30 GMT -5
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Post by Taildragger on Aug 29, 2020 11:37:34 GMT -5
"The Sleepwalkers", "The Act of Creation" and "The Ghost in the Machine", a trilogy by Arthur Koestler. Thought provoking musings on pioneers of astronomy, the nature of human creativity and the flaws and foibles of human psychology.
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Post by fkaJimmySee on Aug 29, 2020 15:08:47 GMT -5
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Post by fkaJimmySee on Aug 29, 2020 15:12:29 GMT -5
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Post by guildx700 on Aug 30, 2020 1:21:15 GMT -5
The Pump House Gang by Tom Wolf 1968.
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Post by fkaJimmySee on Aug 30, 2020 2:34:50 GMT -5
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Post by Ayns on Aug 30, 2020 7:03:43 GMT -5
I’ve just finished reading “Fatherland” by Robert Harris, which has had great reviews for years. I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting, but it turned out to be a fairly standard crime thriller, set in Berlin 1963 in Hitler’s Germany after they won the war. Quite thought provoking.
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Post by Bronx on Aug 30, 2020 14:10:49 GMT -5
A book I read because of his connection to Jack Kerouac is William S. Burrough's "Junkie". I enjoyed it so much I then read his follow-up "Queer".
A couple classics I've read in the past year are "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe and "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky. I only downloaded them onto my Kindle because they are public domain and I got them for free, but really enjoyed both books.
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Post by Ragtop on Aug 30, 2020 18:35:14 GMT -5
I'm of the opinion that Pat Conroy's "Prince of Tides" is the Great American Novel. But I just read his "Beach Music," and it is every bit as good.
Couldn't put it down.
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Post by Taildragger on Aug 30, 2020 21:34:37 GMT -5
"Indeh: An Apache Odyssey" by Eve Ball. The tale (non-fiction) of Ace Daklugie (1869(?)-1955) a Apache who started live as a free-roaming Native American, was captured and sent to "Indian" school in Pennsylvania and later returned to reservation life in New Mexico, were he became a tribal leader and successful cattleman. Very interesting in as much as he experienced so many different cultural frames of reference in a single lifetime. Many anecdotes told by or about other Apaches as well.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Aug 31, 2020 8:18:48 GMT -5
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Post by rdr on Aug 31, 2020 11:55:09 GMT -5
Anything by Peter Capstick. Great adventure stories of his own experiences as a professional hunter, and of historical adventurers/hunters.
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Post by Taildragger on Aug 31, 2020 20:49:23 GMT -5
Non-Fiction:
"The Character of Cats: the Origins, Intelligence, Behavior and Stratagems of Felis silvestris catus"-by Stephen Budiansky
Lots of interesting information. May help to shed light on which characteristics of this animal which have helped shape its reputation for aloofness and indifference to humans and may have helped determine whether you are a "dog person" or a "cat person".
For instance:
•In terms of both genetics and behavior, domesticated cats have diverged to a far lesser degree from their closest, wild relatives than have domesticated dogs (or for that matter, any other, non-cat, domesticated animal). In fact, domesticated cats are almost indistinguishable from their nearest, small, wild relatives both genetically and appearance-wise.
•With the exception of two large wild cats (lions and, to a lesser degree, cheetahs) cats live a mostly solitary life (other than while immature or mating) while domesticated dogs (as well as their close, wild relatives, the wolves) are social animals which live in groups throughout their entire lives.
These two differences alone go a long way towards determining why our relationships with these two, domesticated animals tends to be so different.
Other issues discussed include:
•the history of Man's interaction of cats
•why many cats react to catnip
•"problem" cat behaviors
and more.
The author has also written a book about dogs, entitled, "The Truth About Dogs" which examines that animal in a similar manner.
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Post by Ragpicker on Sept 1, 2020 18:46:55 GMT -5
Just finished Daniel Silva's newest , The Defector , latest in the Gabrial Allon series. I think his best in a long time. Almost done with , Catcher In The Rye , again. Always a hoot.
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Post by Ragtop on Sept 2, 2020 18:40:59 GMT -5
Ragpicker, I'm a big Gabriel Allon fan. And I agree that this new one was really good.
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Post by theprofessor on Sept 4, 2020 18:17:32 GMT -5
I try to re-read John Coleman’s “Blue Collar Journal” annually. It has a lot to offer.
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Post by Laker on Sept 6, 2020 8:11:01 GMT -5
A book I’ve enjoyed was James Clavell’s Shogun.
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Post by Ragic on Sept 9, 2020 21:05:32 GMT -5
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Post by saltyseadog on Sept 10, 2020 15:14:27 GMT -5
At 70 my wife and I have been more or less self isolating since March apart from visits by family a couple of times a week. I read a lot and even more for that reason. I just finished the latest book in the Charlie Parker series by John Connelly a sort of detective with occult type themes which is an excellent series. I also like sci-fi and both World Engines - Destroyer and World Engines - Creator by Stephen Baxter are a good read. But the best yarn I have read this year is the Daevabad Trilogy, "City of Brass - Kingdom of Copper - Empire of Gold", by asian writer S.A.Chakraborty. One of those stories with such a fantastic scope that could easily rival the Game of Thrones series if it was turned into a tv show.
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Post by rdr on Sept 13, 2020 11:23:45 GMT -5
If you're interested in WW2, Donald R. Burgett's series of books are great. From Normandy, Market Garden, Bulge, and on to Berlin, this guy was there for all of it.
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Post by Taildragger on Sept 13, 2020 13:35:02 GMT -5
I'm about to start "The Teutonic Knights: a Military History" by William Urban.
Will let you know what I think of it.
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Post by jdawg on Sept 13, 2020 21:32:35 GMT -5
It's science fiction and very adult. A series of books that should be a mini series on HBO. The Gap series by Stephen R Donaldson, Best science fiction writing ever.
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Post by tahitijack on Sept 16, 2020 13:09:36 GMT -5
Dog lovers and pet lovers in general will enjoy the Chet and Bernie series. There are about seven books, all fun and interesting. I just finished the latest by Spencer Quinn..."Of Muts and Men". They are written by Chet, the jet, Bernie's dog and partner of the Little Detective Agency. If you want a detective thriller with a sense of humor along the way. I highly recommend all these books.
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Post by Stratluvr on Sept 16, 2020 17:39:52 GMT -5
I have been reading biographies on mobsters for the last several months.
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Post by RedStrat05 on Sept 17, 2020 11:37:38 GMT -5
It's science fiction and very adult. A series of books that should be a mini series on HBO. The Gap series by Stephen R Donaldson, Best science fiction writing ever. Interesting. I never heard of it and must read it. Yet I HOPE you also read his Thomas Covenant series. |
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Post by jdawg on Sept 17, 2020 12:16:19 GMT -5
Hi RedStrat05, yes I started on the Covenant series back in 1977 and have read all the books. Donaldson is one of my favorite authors along with Terry Pratchett. Amazing how well Pratchett made his books current and relevant while writing about a fictional setting.
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