Posted on 10/18/2020 11:23:18 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Currently reading Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky. Not exactly as advertised as it is not a world history but not bad for history lite.
Also Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett. Elves are not nice!
Awesome! It was a lengthy serial as I recall.
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris.
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris.
Hitler had originally wanted to call the thing “My Four Year Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice''. He had been dictating it to Rudolph Hess, his dim witted deputy and cell mate who suggested he just shorten it to "Mein Kampf''. I sure the publishers would be happy about that. Makes you wonder though who was the smarter of the two.
“Shattered Sword” by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully. The untold story of the Battle of Midway. When the story of the Battle of the Presidential Election of 2020 is written I believe the sudden appearance of Hunter Biden’s Laptop will be likened to the bomb Captain Dickie Best dropped on that Japanese Carrier .. .
“It was a lengthy serial as I recall. “
there’s been multiple attempts at movies and mini-series, but none have REALLY captured the full richness of Dumas’ story ...
“I love this book. I read it when I was in junior high and last year I reread it.”
well, in that case, the unabridged Robin Buss translation is a must read if you’ve never read it, as ALL the prior abridged translations leave out half the story ... in fact, there were always gaps that puzzled me in the abridged translations that were made clear in the unabridged translation ...
I just reread Dracula and Frankenstein over and over.
Michael Norten’s The Feasts Of Israel
Andy is a wonderful Pastor/Teacher. No less than Arnold Fruchtenbaum has changed his belief regarding 2 hess 2:3 because of Andy's thorough teaching.
The Logbook of the Captain’s Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas.
A sailor reminisces about his time on the USS Saratoga during the Perry Expedition to Japan in 1858. Eye witness accounts of battles in the Taiping Rebellion in China, Pirates and Perry’s forceful intrusion into Japan.
Bought it for a buck at a used bookstore.
https://www.amazon.com/Logbook-Captains-Clerk-Adventures-Chine/dp/B0060YOKHY
The Goldfinch
P G Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories.
Great sympathetic short stories of human foible.
This reminds me of the title of one of my favorite mysteries, "And then there were None" by Agatha Christie that went through several title changes. The first title used a word FR doesn't allow ("Ten Little N.....s" because it was set on N..... Island). The island's name was changed to Indian Island, and at least some editions changed the title to "Ten Little Indians. Then that was changed. Anyway, that's what I read.
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