What are You Guys Reading These Days? > General Discussion

Posted: 8/13/2004 5:41:04 AM EDT

I am currently working on "The First World War: A Complete History", by Martin Gilbert. Excellent so far. I just finished "Gunpowder" by Jack Kelly. What's everybody else working on?

Posted: 8/13/2004 5:42:53 AM EDT

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Sherlock Holmes, Louis Lamour, Clive Cussler. Soon it will be Dynamics, Engineering Math, Circiuts, MEL1...

Posted: 8/13/2004 5:47:21 AM EDT

[#2]

Brownells Catalog #56.

CHRIS

Posted: 8/13/2004 5:48:36 AM EDT

[#3]

The "Miranda Rights" as in "Read him his rights."

Kidding aside: I have read lots of children books lately for my kids.

Posted: 8/13/2004 5:50:13 AM EDT

[#4]

Lame threads!

Last book I read was Dennis Miller's. I used to hate him as a Lib. But he has started to grow on me now that he developed a conservative brain.

Posted: 8/13/2004 5:59:18 AM EDT

[#5]

Just finished:
"Hitler's Shadow War, Nazi Germany and the Holocaust"
"Hunting the Jackel, 50 years working for the CIA and Special Forces"
In progress:
"Harvest of Despair, Nazi Civil Adminstration of the Ukraine, 1941-44"
On deck:
"Deviant" The story of Ed Gein and the Plainfield Wisconsin murders, prototype for "Norman Bates", etc.

Nothing like a little "light" reading!

Posted: 8/13/2004 6:02:14 AM EDT

[#6]

Guns-and-Ammo's Book of the AR-15.

I don't have alot of free time where I can actually sit down and spend half an hour or so on a book.

Posted: 8/13/2004 6:03:30 AM EDT

[#7]

Wall Street Journal, all I have had time for lately.

Posted: 8/13/2004 6:04:25 AM EDT

[#8]

The One That Got Away. It was by the Bravo Two Zero team member that walked out to Syria. It was good, but I prefer Andy McNab in terms of writing style and details, and I suspect accuracy on some points too.

Posted: 8/13/2004 6:15:26 AM EDT

[#9]

Atlas Shrugged.
AB

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:09:07 AM EDT

[#10]

Vonnegut

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:10:08 AM EDT

[#11]

I am currently readind a Cisco book.

[sarcasm]JOY[/sarcasm]

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:16:50 AM EDT

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Posted: 8/13/2004 7:19:24 AM EDT

[#13]

The Anti-Chomsky Reader

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/189355497X/qid=1092410233/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/102-0223628-5145773?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:20:41 AM EDT

[#14]

"An American Soldier" by Tommy Franks

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:20:44 AM EDT

[#15]

Suitcase nukes for dumm- no wait.

That's not what I'm reading.

Let me see...oh here it is. Shotgun News.

Yeah, that's it.

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:25:04 AM EDT

[#16]

Just recently finished John Adams which I enjoyed and now reading John Stossel's Give Me a Break which is a lot easier to read. I recommend both though.

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:25:32 AM EDT

[#17]

Just finished "Kitchen Confidential"
Starting "Clear and Present Danger"

I try to squeeze in time to read the paper.

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:25:58 AM EDT

[#18]

I'm readin a rumor of war for lke the 20th time.

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:27:36 AM EDT

[#19]

Just finished "Quicksilver: The First Book of the Baroque Cycle" and "To Sail Beyond the Stars," Heinlein's last novel. He had some serious sexual issues.

Currently in the middle of:
The Confusion: The Second Book of the Baroque Cycle.
The 48 Laws of Power.
The Pilgrim's Path.
Brownells Catalog #56 (patiently waiting on #57)

And a couple of other tidbits.

Remeber the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Posted: 8/13/2004 7:40:10 AM EDT

[#20]

"In the Company of Heroes" by Michael Durrant. Great book so far.

Posted: 8/13/2004 8:22:45 AM EDT

[#21]

I just Finished Thunder Run and In the Company of Heroes. Right now I am half way through I Could Never Be So Lucky Again, James Doolittle.

Posted: 8/13/2004 8:24:36 AM EDT

[#22]

Currently reading Tommy Franks' biography "American Soldier."

Posted: 8/13/2004 8:24:50 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Just finished "Quicksilver: The First Book of the Baroque Cycle" and "To Sail Beyond the Stars," Heinlein's last novel. He had some serious sexual issues.

I beg to differ, he had no sexual issues at all, he was quite ahead of his time with his viewpoint on sexuality. He was lucky to find a woman (second time around) that shared his viewpoints.

Posted: 8/13/2004 8:25:59 AM EDT

[#24]

I try to read and I fall asleep. So I just look at the pictures. Oh yes, and the centerfold also.

Posted: 8/13/2004 8:53:16 AM EDT

[#25]

Secret Commandos : Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG......John Plaster

It was interesting and had enough action to keep my attention.

MT

Posted: 8/13/2004 8:58:33 AM EDT

[#26]

House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital

by Samual Shem

Posted: 8/13/2004 8:58:38 AM EDT

[#27]

For those that don't buy the government line that McVeigh and Nichols acted alone, this book will convince anyone, anyone with a brain that is.........

Mike

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:01:11 AM EDT

[#28]

"Michael Moor is a Fat White Man" name's something like that....

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:04:04 AM EDT

[#29]

Righteous Victims (Benny Morris) - an awesome academically documented book on the history of the state of Israel vs the Palestinian problem

The Reinneman Exchange (Robert Ludlum) - everyone needs a WWII spy thriller at least once in a while

And then a bunch of professional stuff that never ceases to pile up.

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:05:53 AM EDT

[#30]

R Zelazny Lord of Light
H. Beam Piper Space Viking
L. Neal Smith Pallas
Andre Norton Voorloper
Fred Saberhagen The 3rd book of Lost Swords, Stonecutters Story

That is what is left on my desk from this week
Anyone want last week?

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:06:56 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
"Michael Moor is a Fat White Man" name's something like that....

Michael Moore is a Big, Fat, Stupid White Man. I read it a few weeks ago. Very informative.

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:24:29 AM EDT

[#32]

Tactical 1911 : The Street Cop's And SWAT Operator's Guide To Employment And Maintenance
by Dave M. Lauck
ISBN: 0873649850
Publisher: Paladin Press; (July 1998)

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:35:36 AM EDT

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Quoted:
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House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital

by Samual Shem

If you have any interest/knowledge in mental health read the sequal "House of Misery" by the same author.

The most recent book I read was "Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy Seal" by Chuck Pfarrer

On page 7 he states that his equipment includes "a .40 caliber Glock model 17 pistol" a "Heckler & Koch MP-5 machine pistol" and "sixteen magazines for our MP-5's" which he described as "480 rounds of .40-caliber Teflon-coated hollowpoint ammunition".

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:48:33 AM EDT

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Quoted:
The most recent book I read was "Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy Seal" by Chuck Pfarrer

On page 7 he states that his equipment includes "a .40 caliber Glock model 17 pistol" a "Heckler & Koch MP-5 machine pistol" and "sixteen magazines for our MP-5's" which he described as "480 rounds of .40-caliber Teflon-coated hollowpoint ammunition".

More thrusts per squeeze!

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:54:46 AM EDT

[#35]

"Blackhawk Down". The UNC library had ONE copy.
An 8 story library, with ROTC units from ALL 4 branches at this University, and only 1 copy.
Was reading "Hammer's Slammers" by David Drake, but lent it to a friend.

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:56:29 AM EDT

[#36]

The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara

A Brief History of Time by Stephan Hawking

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:57:10 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
Quoted:
The most recent book I read was "Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy Seal" by Chuck Pfarrer

On page 7 he states that his equipment includes "a .40 caliber Glock model 17 pistol" a "Heckler & Koch MP-5 machine pistol" and "sixteen magazines for our MP-5's" which he described as "480 rounds of .40-caliber Teflon-coated hollowpoint ammunition".

More thrusts per squeeze!

I bought that book, read that passage and returned it to the book store for a refund the same day. What a crock of bull.

Posted: 8/13/2004 9:59:27 AM EDT

[#38]

ar15.com

Posted: 8/13/2004 10:02:44 AM EDT

[#39]

Recent reads:

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History, by Robert D. Kaplan
Generation Kill, by Evan Wright
Ranger School: No Excuse Leadership, by Brace E. Barber
Techniques in Countersurveillance, Paladin Press
Warrior: The Legend of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, by Peter Capstick

I've put together a chunky stack of books for an upcoming trip:

The Art of War, by Sun Tzu (again)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (abridged), by Edward Gibbon
The Gulag Archipelago, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Hell in a Very Small Place, by Bernard Fall
Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice, by Colonel C. E. Callwell OBE
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, by Samuel P. Huntington

Posted: 8/13/2004 10:03:06 AM EDT

[#40]

Just starting to read Flatland by Edwin Abbott, a novel about mathematics and dimension.

Posted: 8/13/2004 10:05:24 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
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For those that don't buy the government line that McVeigh and Nichols acted alone, this book will convince anyone, anyone with a brain that is.........

Mike

I just finished a book called "Everything you know is wrong" which had a long article on the OK bombing... and how there were more people involved than just McVeigh and Nichols. Fascinating.

I am reading David Tubb's "Highpower Rifle" right now and plan on reading that, naturally interleaved by whatever magazines I pick up and subscribe to. I am going to read "Quicksilver" by Stephenson next. I have been meaning to start it since it came out but never got around to it. He's already got "The Confusion" out and is working on the third book of the cycle. I loved Cryptonomicon so really look forward to this new one.

I have a ton of books in the queue right now. Just need time.

Posted: 8/13/2004 10:15:41 AM EDT

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Quoted:
Quoted:
www.jaynadavis.com/images/book.jpg

...I am going to read "Quicksilver" by Stephenson next. I have been meaning to start it since it came out but never got around to it. He's already got "The Confusion" out and is working on the third book of the cycle. I loved Cryptonomicon so really look forward to this new one.

If you liked Cryptonomicon, you should love Qucksilver... The Baroque Cycle has been most entertaining so far.

Posted: 8/13/2004 10:20:33 AM EDT

[#43]

Labels of processed foods

Posted: 8/13/2004 10:26:12 AM EDT

[#44]

Into the Storm by Tom Clancy and Fred Franks Jr.

Posted: 8/13/2004 10:38:39 AM EDT

[#45]

One Man's Wilderness

&

9/11 report

Posted: 8/13/2004 11:33:29 AM EDT

[#46]

The Battle of Mogadishu

A collection of firsthand accounts of the battle from Matt Eversman, Raleigh Cash, Mike Kurth, John Belman, Tim Wilkinson, and Dan Schilling.

Posted: 8/13/2004 11:34:25 AM EDT

[#47]

Crosshairs on the Kill Zone by Craig Roberts and Charles Sasser. The latest of the sniper books, this one covering military snipers from Viet Nam to current day, up to and including operations in Iraq.

Posted: 8/13/2004 11:50:00 AM EDT

[#48]

and

Posted: 8/13/2004 12:00:37 PM EDT

[#49]

revolt in 2010 by heinlein.

Posted: 8/13/2004 12:13:58 PM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
The Battle of Mogadishu

A collection of firsthand accounts of the battle from Matt Eversman, Raleigh Cash, Mike Kurth, John Belman, Tim Wilkinson, and Dan Schilling.

I just finished that one. Schilling's account was the most hair-raising, I thought.

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