Posted on 01/08/2008 7:59:25 AM PST by MplsSteve
Read Jean Shepherd’s book years ago. Still have it. He was great.
“Looming Tower” is fantastic. A “must read” for every American.
Rick Atkinson’s second volume of his WWII trilogy. Just started but it has been great thus far.
With the Old Breed, an autobiography by a WWII marine. Quick read, but interesting.
And I just finished up the last (volume 9 I think of) Jim Butcher’s Dresden File novels. Not up to the standard of some of the earlier books, but still plenty good and a very strong fantasy series.
If they make Mitch Rapp movies, I’m not sure who would play him, but I nominate Sela Ward as Irene Kennedy and Howie Long as Scott Coleman.
How many are out now? I read the first 2, thought they were pretty good, and I am going to need something to keep me busy until the next Dresden file book comes out.
Did you read The Transfer Agreement?
I’m reading “America, The Last Best Hope” Vol I by Bill Bennett. This is one of the best American history books I have ever read. And I’ve read alot. I’m going to move on to Vol II soon.
Also, “Spook” by Mary Roach. It’s about the “afterlife”. She also wrote “Stiff” which is about the “life” of corpses. Both books are delightful, funny and educational. I highly recommend them.
Wow, it sure is nice to talk about something other than politics for awhile. Thanks for the thread. :)
My all time favorite books are “Life of Pi” and “Cold Mountain”. “Kite Runner” is also a gem.
Night Stalker (Richard Ramirez Bio) - Phillip Carlo
Dark Journey, Deep Grace (Conversion of Jeffrey Dahmer to Christianity) - Roy Ratcliff
Tensions of Empire: Colonial Cultures in a Bourgeois World by Frederick Cooper.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.
Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia by James Cracraft.
I just read Brother Odd, the third in the series. The first was the best IMO.
You can’t go wrong with Wodehouse...bought the complete Wooster and Jeeves CD set this year; read his biography, and “Leave it to Jeeves” and “Carry on Jeeves”. One of my all-time favorite authors.
I've been paging through that one off and on for three years now. GREAT book.
Brian Kilmeade : It's How You Play The Game
Memoirs of US Grant
William Pitt Root’s first five books (collected into one book, cannot recall the name now)
Surrender is Not an Option, John Bolton
Legacy of Ashes
The Black Orchid, Rex Stout
How do you like it?
I ask because I had read the two volumes of Manchester's excellent "The Last Lion." I was anxiously awaiting the third volume when I saw "A World Lit Only By Fire" in the bookstore and saw that it was written when he was supposedly completing the "Last Lion" trilogy. I was a little perturbed at that. But, it looked pretty good.
Alas, Mr. Manchester died without writing the third installment of one of the finest biographies ever written.
I read that last year. It's quite good. The next volume should be released before too long. I hope.
Now & Forever: Somewhere a Band is Playing & Leviathan '99 by Ray Bradbury. New Bradbury! Wa-Hoo! This is two novellas in one volume. Classic Bradbury, nicely done. (I can't put it down!)
Sister Wendy on Prayer by Sister Wendy Beckett - Because I can always use help in that area, and sister Wendy always cracks me up.
Turnaround: How to Turn Your Business into a Debt-Free Money Machine by Arnold S. Goldstein, PH.D. Just as the title states; ways to wring more CASH out of our small business ventures.
Finally! Someone caught me reading things that make me look smart, LOL!
I’m reading ARTHUR & GEORGE, a recent bestseller, & fictional account of Arthur Conan Doyle.
It’s OK, but a bit PC ironic. It’s like the author is basically saying, “Boo on the Victorians.”
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