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OK all, what book(s) are you reading now or have you read in the last 6 months?
19 May 2015 | US Navy Vet

Posted on 05/19/2015 6:48:49 AM PDT by US Navy Vet

OK I'll Start; I am now reading this, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451684304/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and this is next "On-Deck", http://www.amazon.com/Never-Turn-Your-Back-Angus/dp/1592408974/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432043421&sr=8-1&keywords=dr+pol+book


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To: Cliff Dweller

Oh yeah forgot... Krauthammer, Things that Matter; The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Jefferson Davis; and muddling through the Quran.... when I am at a loss of what to read next.

Still Pending:
No Higher Honor, Condoleeza Rice
Reading Law, Antonin Scalia
Gray Ghosts, Joseph Sackett


101 posted on 05/19/2015 9:57:30 AM PDT by Cliff Dweller (No such thing as a threat... just targets)
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To: US Navy Vet
Voyages of the Pyramid Builders. Pretty good book.

Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee. Another pretty good book.

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. Also good.

The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants. Very good. In fact, one of the best.

Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness. Meh. Might have been because I already knew so much of the stuff or it might have been the way it was written.

The Cat Sitter's Cradle: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery. Rarely has a book so turned me off in the first chapter.

The Silence of the Library (Cat in the Stacks Mystery) Fun read. Especially if you read any of the series mysteries as a child.

War Maid's Choice. Not bad but predictable.

The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose. Pretty good except for the liberalism that creeps in occasionally.

Empire Rising. Not as good as his first book but better then most prehistory stuff.

102 posted on 05/19/2015 10:15:12 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Sam Gamgee

Operation Paperclip, by Annie Jacobsen.

From the first word it is no-nonsense. I wished she’d have footnoted as she went along. The work done here is amazing, and new. In the first three chapters, you get a look at how the V1 and V2 rocket programs were run. Chilling stuff, and it puts Von Braun in a whole new light.


103 posted on 05/19/2015 10:35:15 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: US Navy Vet

Not out yet but I can’t wait:

http://www.amazon.com/Adios-America-Ann-Coulter/dp/1621572676/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432057724&sr=1-1&keywords=adios+america


104 posted on 05/19/2015 10:48:54 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Hi Lurkina! Thanks for the plug! I really appreciate it.


105 posted on 05/19/2015 10:51:25 AM PDT by lafroste
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To: DoodleDawg

I read old-fashioned books. I got a Kindle for Christmas two years ago and promptly forgot my password. I don’t know how to fix that, so it’s an expensive paper weight at this point.


106 posted on 05/19/2015 10:52:08 AM PDT by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: left that other site

I love your system. I think I’ll try it, too!

((Hugs)) for the inspiration ;-)


107 posted on 05/19/2015 11:03:32 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: left that other site

What a great idea.


108 posted on 05/19/2015 11:05:18 AM PDT by tioga
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To: married21

Call amazon kindle and request they take off your password or reset it. Worth it. If you read the classics, they are often free.


109 posted on 05/19/2015 11:06:53 AM PDT by tioga
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To: US Navy Vet; Publius
Been doing lots of reading so far this year. The good ones:

The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815 (The Penguin History of Europe). European history from the end of the Thirty Years' War to Waterloo. Great stuff.

Don John of Austria - the life of one of the most romantic European heroes that nobody's ever heard of. Victor of the Battle of Lepanto, Philip II of Spain's beloved illegitimate little brother, ridiculous swashbuckling. Unbelievable historical connections to practically everyone important in the 16th century.

Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax. One-half hour before the end of WWI, a French General ordered an offensive. The men (who knew about the armistice) had to go anyway, including a detachment of Americans under his command. Imagine surviving four years in the mud and gas and rats of the trenches and having to make a useless attack into the machine guns thirty minutes before the peace. This one will make your blood boil.

Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America - research for a book Publius and I are finishing about the Federalist Papers. This one's about how the war redirected the lives of the men and women involved.

110 posted on 05/19/2015 11:25:21 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: US Navy Vet
Henry Charlton Beck-The Roads of Home.
111 posted on 05/19/2015 11:26:42 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (No tagline today.)
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To: 762X51
If you haven't read it yet I recommend "African Game Trails" by Theodore Roosevelt. From 1909-1910 TR spent 11 months on a East African safari. Great stuff.
112 posted on 05/19/2015 11:34:26 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (No tagline today.)
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To: US Navy Vet

I finished CLINTON CASH and recommend it. Also recently read two books both titled 13 HOURS, both interesting. One is about Benghazi by those who were there, the other is an award winning thriller by Dion Meyer.


113 posted on 05/19/2015 11:37:01 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: US Navy Vet
I just finished Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler. Years ago I saw it on a list of books that conservatives should read, and I finally got around to reading it.

It was fascinating to see how the machine of tyranny grinds people up and then spits them out. The protagonist went from being a hero of the revolution to an enemy of the state. He was denounced just as he had denounced others in the past. A very sobering read. I recommend it.

114 posted on 05/19/2015 11:48:58 AM PDT by Rainbow Rising ("If America was a house, the left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: US Navy Vet
I am on my 2nd Kindle as the first one sort of locked up on me 3 years ago. I must have come dropped it 50 times, but the problem began because of a spill I think.

I have about 300 items on my Kindle with likely half of those being free samples. I find the sample usage to be very cool, and I have gotten a lot out of them. The longest sample that I have read so far was Rick Atkinson's ‘An Army at Dawn’ which had to be well over 100 pages. I intend to read the entire trilogy on my next vacation. I have not had a real one of those in years.

I do mix between paperback and hardcover as well though. Once you adjust to the E Books, that tactile experience of holding an actual book seems to me to diminish some, though for some reason, certain books fit the Kindle easier. The WEB Griffin books are great on Kindle as I whiz through those in just a two days or so typically.

This week, I am reading the Clinton Cash book which most of it really is unsurprising, but I love the details which are footnoted.

I carry my Kindle everywhere, but mostly now I use the IPAD or cellphone to actually read my books. My Kindle is my back up following the initial download.

The free books on Kindle are abundant and I have a lot of those. Occasionally there are discounts where you can get a relatively new book for very short dough or even free.

I would say that currently, I have about 15 books started not including the samples. Some I likely will never finish, but most I expect to complete. I have been reading several books at a time for most of my adult life.

115 posted on 05/19/2015 11:56:35 AM PDT by Radix ("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
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To: GreyFriar
Book I am currently reading is:

"Jesus on Every Page" by David Murray.

The son trudges uphill, bearing wood for his own sacrifice; his father has decided to give him up to death. What biblical event does this bring to mind? Is it Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22, or Christ’s passion in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? The kinship between these two stories is deeper than mere coincidence. Christ is present in the story of Abraham and Isaac. In fact, he is present on every page of the Old Testament. Christians seem to have forgotten that the Old Testament has everything to do with Jesus Christ. In Jesus on Every Page, David Murray guides the reader down his own Road to Emmaus, describing how the Scriptures were opened to him, revealing Jesus from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. Dr. Murray’s ten simple ways to seek and find Christ in the Old Testament unveil the face of Christ in the creation, the law, the psalms, the prophets, and the proverbs. Recognizing Jesus in the full breadth of Scripture is important for every Christian. Whether you are preaching Jesus through Old Testament readings or just beginning to discover the reality of Christ in the Old Testament, Jesus on Every Page provides an accessible guide to the increasingly popular subject of Jesus in the Old Testament books. Have your own Road to Emmaus experience and know the Old Testament for what it truly is: full of Jesus.

116 posted on 05/19/2015 12:00:13 PM PDT by redleghunter (1 Peter 1:3-5)
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To: US Navy Vet

here`s one

https://sites.google.com/site/wmolivadoti/book


117 posted on 05/19/2015 12:00:28 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))
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To: bunkerhill7

Doesn’t Hillary have a new children’s book called “Green Eggs and Sham”?


118 posted on 05/19/2015 12:03:20 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: US Navy Vet
Kindle for classics I'll want to read again. Used paperback or hard back for one-time reads. Also like Audible for listening while driving.

Catholics in the Movies by Colleen McDannell

Altered Genes, Twisted Truth by Stephen Druker

Hope by Gina deJesus, et al.

Finding Me by Michelle Knight

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Day of Wrath by Wm. Fortschen

119 posted on 05/19/2015 12:10:32 PM PDT by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: US Navy Vet
I love to read mysteries. Lately I've noticed an odd trend in the new ones. Most those I happened to pick up include "the great gay guy" in it even though it usually was irrelevant to the blot. A coincidence?

One of them is Harlan Coben's "Miss You." Close to the end he has this speech about how terrific gay love is. It wasn't relevant to the plot. Others have also commented on this.Maybe he is gay and got carried away with his one fantasies. Somebody wondered if there is a requirement to include a gay person in mysteries.

120 posted on 05/19/2015 12:30:46 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Boycott Mexico)
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