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Vanity...Read Any Good Books Lately?
n/a ^ | 7/10/21 | Me

Posted on 07/10/2021 8:35:53 AM PDT by Don@VB

Sometimes it's hard to find interesting reading. Any recommendations you care to share? I have a suggested book about the air campaign during World War II: more below...

(Excerpt) Read more at amazon.com ...


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I like history and historical fiction along with biographies. One recent favorite is "A Higher Calling" by Adam Markl. It's a true story about a German fighter pilot, an American bomber pilot and an unusual air encounter. The E-book is available on Amazon and the Audio Book is available free on the library app, Hoopla. Finally, above for a source URL, I used Amazon only because a URL is required for posting.
1 posted on 07/10/2021 8:35:53 AM PDT by Don@VB
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To: Don@VB

Amazon is only listed as a source URL because a URL was required.


2 posted on 07/10/2021 8:38:36 AM PDT by Don@VB (Power Corrupts)
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First 100 Days of Hitler: Peter Fritzsche.

Extremely well researched and around 360 pages....covers the election period and how things fell into place.


3 posted on 07/10/2021 8:38:52 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Don@VB
Arrives on Tuesday:


4 posted on 07/10/2021 8:38:53 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Don@VB

Dreadnought by Robert Massie.
The Impending Crisis by David M. Potter

Both will keep you occupied for a while, both lay out in exquisite detail how things go to hell.


5 posted on 07/10/2021 8:40:14 AM PDT by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: pepsionice

Was it, by chance, similar to what we’ve just witnessed with our own *election*?


6 posted on 07/10/2021 8:40:35 AM PDT by Jane Long (S**** the CDC and their pronouncements; they have long since lost ALL credibility.~HA, FR VP)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

yes excellent suggestion.


7 posted on 07/10/2021 8:40:46 AM PDT by Don@VB (Power Corrupts)
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To: Don@VB

Republic of Texas 2020


8 posted on 07/10/2021 8:41:52 AM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: Don@VB

‘Apollo 8’ and ‘Grant’


9 posted on 07/10/2021 8:42:01 AM PDT by TomServo
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“The Frontiersman” by Alan Eckert. One of the greatest historical narratives ever written.


10 posted on 07/10/2021 8:42:25 AM PDT by circlecity
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Suggest you check these out by an author my mother knows. AW is fantastic.

Aphrodite’s Whisper: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43247052-aphrodite-s-whisper?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=QFqG0lBrQi&rank=1

Black Hearts White Bones: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Black+Hearts+white+bones&qid=mtJX24A0Fm


11 posted on 07/10/2021 8:42:40 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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Crash Dive: The Complete Series (Books 1-6)
Craig DiLouie. WW2 subs.


12 posted on 07/10/2021 8:45:10 AM PDT by The Louiswu ( No one is immune to the after-effects of girls, cocaine, and dry martinis.)
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To: TomServo

The Reporter Who Knew Too Much by Mark Shaw was an eye opener for me.


13 posted on 07/10/2021 8:45:21 AM PDT by Don@VB (Power Corrupts)
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I just finished an old classic, George Orwell’s Animal Farm


14 posted on 07/10/2021 8:46:23 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: circlecity

Yes, a favorite book!


15 posted on 07/10/2021 8:47:34 AM PDT by kalee
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To: Don@VB
Just started The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu. Intriguing so far.
16 posted on 07/10/2021 8:48:01 AM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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Book/author suggestions - vanity
Posted on 5/16/2021
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3959726/posts
17 posted on 07/10/2021 8:49:10 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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https://www.amazon.com/Last-Farmer-American-Memoir/dp/0803278152

Recommended to me by a Freeper saying it ws the best book he ever read. Bought it for my Dad for Father’s Day and he is reading it now and loving it.


18 posted on 07/10/2021 8:50:18 AM PDT by taterjay
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To: srmanuel

Yes. Orwell comes to mind every day when I read the news.


19 posted on 07/10/2021 8:51:19 AM PDT by Don@VB (Power Corrupts)
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To: circlecity

Just finished the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper.
Started The Bounty Trilogy Thursday.
Next up, a collection of seven novels by Robert Louis Stevenson.


20 posted on 07/10/2021 8:52:24 AM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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