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A few on the rotation list currently... Immer, Zlaz The War Diaries of Andre Dennison Shadows in the Sand Koevoet! Tracking - Signs of Man, Signs of Hope |
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A few on the rotation list currently... Immer, Zlaz The War Diaries of Andre Dennison Tracking - Signs of Man, Signs of Hope The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Vol. 2, Power & Light |
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Sniper: The Techniques and Equipment of the Deadly Marksman Mark Spicer has a number of great books about sniping. This one is from 2001 and the price was a steal. In this book Spicer explains the British methods, which are based upon lessons learn in WW1. Lots of interesting detail and photos. He delves a little into urban, but the bias towards rural ops and Northern Europe is strong. Not that there is anything wrong with the info, but in hotter climates the hot and heavy ghillie suit has its limits. The book was written before the current long range advancements, as at the time of publishing they recommended only taking shots beyond 600m if there was a strong need for it. But a very interesting look at classic sniper stuff and what the British were doing at that time. |
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I haven't been able to read many books lately, but I enjoyed this podcast about No Country For Old Men quite a bit, and they have other good discussions too. the book and movie are added back to my queue. No Country For Old Men (with Ben Avery) |
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Originally Posted By larkinmusic: The Wide Wide Sea. It's about Captain Cooke's third voyage. I've been on a kick reading and listening to books about sailing adventures and explorers. I listened to a book about Columbus last week and another book about the Essex. Next on my list is a book about Maggellan. It's fiction but I was surprised to find Jack London had done a couple books about sailing around the Pacific islands. They were entertaining and not suited for "modern audiences". |
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After reading Mark Spicer's other books I scored a copy of Sniping: An Illustrated History The book starts strong: It has been said that in WW2 there were something like 25,000 rounds fired by Allied troops for every enemy killed. In the Vietnam War that figure had risen to around 200,000 shots fired by American troops for every North Vietnamese combatant killed. A modern sniper can expect to fire an average of about 1.3 rounds for each "kill." The sniper has always been-and will probably remain-one of the most effective and economic of all military resources. The authors credit America and the "War of Independence" for originating sniping. These men were hunters who applied their personal equipment, skill, and tactics to warfare and changed it forever. It was found over the subsequent decades it was too dangerous for commanders to lead from the front. During the Battle of New Orleans a force of 4,000 Americans (half riflemen) not only devastated the 7,000 combat hardened British force but decimated the British leadership as well. There is some discussion about how Admiral Horatio Nelson was one of the most famous victims of a sniper (in that case French a marine) It is very interesting to see how this all evolved. |
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Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence By Bryan Burrough |
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...we are at jailing political enemies, looting the treasury and inviting in the barbarians in phase of the Republic.
...we are at jailing political enemies, looting the treasury and inviting in the barbarians in phase of the Republic.
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Started Path of the Assassin - Brad Thor Just finished Operation Paperclip, was kinda difficult to get into. I didn’t know the depth of the program and the history of it so I’m glad I read it, it just wasn’t a book I looked forward to getting back to. I do like her other books though. |
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Originally Posted By OSU_ERIC: I'm in the middle of 9 right now.... 1. Nagelhout J., Plaus, K. (2010). Nurse Anesthesia. 4th edition. St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier. 2. Miller, R. (2010). Miller’s Anesthesia. 7th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill-Livingstone. 3. Morgan, G., Mikhail, M., Murray, M. (2006). Clinical Anesthesiology. 4th edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. 4. Hines, R., Marschall, K. (2008). Stoelting’s Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease. 4th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill-Livingstone. 5. Levine, W. (2010). Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital. 8th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 6. Barash, P., Cullen, B., Stoelting, R., Cahalan, M., Stock, M. (2009). Clinical Anesthesia. 6th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 7. Ouellette, R., Joyce, J. (2011) Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthesiology. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning. 8. Urman, R., Ehrenfeld, J. (2009). Pocket Anesthesia. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 9. Brown, D. (2006). Atlas of Regional Anesthesia. 3rd edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders. .....my life sucks Hobbyists anesthesiologist? 
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Only Human Book #3 in the Themis Files Series by Sylvain Neuvel Fantastic read. GIANT alien robot parts found scattered across the globe then assembled. As you can imagine, trouble starts on earth as well as with the alien race that sent it to earth |
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I've been working through the Bernard Cromwell series about the grail (Harlequin, Vagabond, Heretic) on audiobook, it's decent both as a book and as an audio presentation. I recently did Neal Stephenson's Seveneves on audiobook. It's one of my favorite books, but I don't think I've done the audiobook before. I was interested to find myself liking or finding special insight in different areas of the text from the audiobook. I definitely got a lot more out of the future section. A weird recommendation for me, I actually read a modern YA book!!?!? But it's by John Ringo?? "Oh no, John Ringo, no", that John Ringo, wrote a YA book?? What is happening??? Turns out I guess the idea was John Ringo and most or all of the writing was Lydia Sherrer. It was the first book of a series, that has a really neat idea and that I am looking forward to finding out more about. The YA elements were certainly there, the young lady learns lessons about life, but it is handled really well. No woke stuff at all! The lessons learned are done organically, not preaching. Highly recommended for teens and other sci-fi or gaming fans. |
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Originally Posted By strider98: A Desert Called Peace by Tom Kratman Now reading Carnifex |
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Originally Posted By GrayMan66: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. Some stupid gun stuff right at the beginning was a turn-off. Pressed on. Climate change is the undercurrent. TBD whether it goes woke or not.  Not remembering much bad gun stuff at the beginning (especially considering who is the POV character) or anywhere.No large woke themes but there are a few moments with woke characters being their natural selves. Much, much less than in Fall, More than overbalanced by tons of realistic Texas rednecks, cajuns, and the m'fing CEO of Buc-ee's arbitrarily starting a meaningful geoengineering effort. Happy to dicuss more later. |
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Originally Posted By mPisi: Not remembering much bad gun stuff at the beginning (especially considering who is the POV character) or anywhere.No large woke themes but there are a few moments with woke characters being their natural selves. Much, much less than in Fall, More than overbalanced by tons of realistic Texas rednecks, cajuns, and the m'fing CEO of Buc-ee's arbitrarily starting a meaningful geoengineering effort. Happy to dicuss more later. Page 11 of hardback edition: "But just as she was getting to the door, gunfire sounded from outside. The queen, as part of her royal duties, had spent enough time around weapons to know this was not a pistol. It had the shockingly impressive punch of a rifle and the shots came rapidly enough to indicate that it was semi-automatic. So, an assault rifle." Next page the guy has an "AK-47." Grating. On page 133 and my reading time is limited, so might be a while. I've enjoyed most Stephenson books (Fall was not good, IMO, despite having potentially interesting subject matter). |
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Originally Posted By GrayMan66: Page 11 of hardback edition: "But just as she was getting to the door, gunfire sounded from outside. The queen, as part of her royal duties, had spent enough time around weapons to know this was not a pistol. It had the shockingly impressive punch of a rifle and the shots came rapidly enough to indicate that it was semi-automatic. So, an assault rifle." Next page the guy has an "AK-47." Grating. On page 133 and my reading time is limited, so might be a while. I've enjoyed most Stephenson books (Fall was not good, IMO, despite having potentially interesting subject matter). Eh, European, so gun opinions disregarded  . Probably an error by Stephenson, a European would have called it a Kalashnikov I think. Fall kept bringing up interesting things and leaving them behind, really so disappointing. Moab is such an amazing prediction of the diametrically opposed viewpoints on issues like Covid, BLM riots, and Jan 6. People on Reddit get mad when I point out that in 2020 it really would have been nice to have technical escorts in some blue areas. But really I disliked Fall since it was catty and one-sided in its criticisms of conservatives. All the bad stuff in conservative thinking, and no equal consequences in the liberal areas (like their cities are unchanged from pre-2020 conditions). Cheap jokes like saying the religious folks print signs in Comic Sans. Stephenson had not been that blinkered before in my experience. Example in Cryptonomicon, Randy visiting his co-worker's house, realizing they are churchgoers, and finding the children oddly well-behaved. Things like that. There are lots of guns in Termination Shock, and criticism of bad gun owners, but it comes from another gun user who has demonstrated his competence, so it is appropriate. |
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All this said, what I'm reading now is Stephenson's Fall on audiobook. Seeing if I can get more out of it by audiobook. I did re-read REAMDE last year and found it a little more interesting too. I finished Bernard Cornwell's 4th archer book 1356. He chickens out on all the killing of major characters off screen. Then I spent about the same amount of time rambling through the wikipedia section on Pointiers and the 100 Years War in general. |
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"On the bright side, the money we saved by not going to Mars in the 1970s, we spent on welfare and public schools." - @MorlockP