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Posted: 6/5/2001 12:36:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2001 1:09:45 PM EDT
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Over the past month, I've read two good books and I'm working on a third. I just read "The French Connection," by Robin Moore. Makes the movie look like crap. After that, I tore into "Ghost Soldiers, " by Hampton Sides. Really a good book, about Army Rangers who went thirty miles behind Japanese lines in the Phillipines in 1945 to liberate 500 allied P.O.W.s. What's impressive is that these guys had a force of about 300 (121 Rangers and about 180 Filipino guerrillas) and managed to wipe out around 1,000 Jap troops and only lost two men of their own (one to friendly fire). It's one of the most spectacular stories of WWII that wound up getting overshadowed by later events like Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the dropping of the A-bombs, as well as the German surrender in Europe. Really a well-written book and hard to put down. Right now I'm reading "A Texas Cowboy," by Charles Siringo.
Sorry, I read too much of Hobbes, Locke, Marx, and Mills in college to find that stuff interesting. Damn near turned my brain to mush. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 1:13:33 PM EDT
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What about The Prince?
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Posted: 6/5/2001 1:29:03 PM EDT
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Actually I have a copy of Machiavelli's The Prince right beside me. I don't know why I didn't add it. I've got a list of about 50 books that I want to try and read this year. Mostly books that make you think about daily life and where it is heading/where it has been. I just finished 1984 (for the second time) and am currently reading Brave New World. Others include Catch-22, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Grapes of Wrath, Fahrenheit 451, Slaughterhouse Five, More Guns Less Crime, Leaves of Grass, Moby-Dick, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Old Man and the Sea, The Call of the Wild, etc, etc... I just figured that since most of you people are more interested in political strife and how it relates to persoal freedom, I'd only include related books in my original list.
Keep'em coming. I need more reviews or suggestions. Hopefully this summer I can get into reading, excersise and nature enough to throw away my television. Or at least only turn it on occasionally. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 4:11:36 PM EDT
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Hey Muad_Dib:
While I'm sure someone as well read as you has already read Orwell (I see 1984 on your list), but I recently reread "Animal Farm". Always a good read. If you happen to like Science Fiction, try "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein, "Pallas" and "The Probability Broach" by L. Neil Smith. I usually alternate between fiction and non-fiction. I like your list. I keep a reading wish list in my Palm Pilot. Some of your choices will be entered! Thanks and regards, SOL |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 4:26:43 PM EDT
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I'll tell you, I am no book reader by any means, but my Dad is a SERIOUS book reader. He has only recommended one book to me (he knows I don't read anything other than Playboy and SAR) but "GUNS UP" is absolutely riveting. Its about a front line M60 Machine Gunner in Nam. I read the whole thing cover to cover in one sitting......you won't want to put it down!
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Posted: 6/5/2001 4:33:15 PM EDT
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Muad_Dib,
I guess you've read "Dune"? Give me spice. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 4:50:39 PM EDT
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Freedom in Chains by James Bovard.
Send in the Waco Killers by Vin Suprynowicz. Good luck getting through the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers! [|)] I can only read the Federalist Papers a little at a time, but I'm getting through it. Probably will have to do the same with the Anti-Federalist Papers too. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 4:57:34 PM EDT
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Try "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
One of the scariest, most plausible books I've read. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 6:06:43 PM EDT
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
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Posted: 6/5/2001 6:13:28 PM EDT
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Keep it coming guys. Science fiction is not out of the question (as my handle would indicate).
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Posted: 6/5/2001 6:22:09 PM EDT
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I am going through Turtledove's altenate histories right now. Good way to re-examine the history.
Orson Scott Card's series on "Ender" are pretty good and he has pretty good politics. Stephen Donaldson does a series on psychological space colonization/warfare that is top notch. [smoke] It is nice to know there are some people who still read. [rolleyes] Duh, you have to be literate to use this sight. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 6:35:22 PM EDT
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Two books that are a MUST READ - Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer (a french kid drafted into the Wermacht in 1942, Eastern Front} and About Face by David Hackworth. If you have time, add Campaign in Russia by Leon Degrelle and sun Tzu's Art of War.[{:}]
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Posted: 6/5/2001 6:39:13 PM EDT
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Current reading a book about the history of the Thompson submachine gun titled, "The Gun That Made the 20s Roar"
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Posted: 6/5/2001 6:47:18 PM EDT
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I'm actually trying to "blend" in with society so I can be the wolf in sheeps clothings. First Step, learning to be PC. So right now I'm reading "Dick and James", "The Vegetarian Cat in the Hat" "Organic Green Eggs and Cruelty-Free Ham". Great reading.
[):)] NSF |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 7:23:58 PM EDT
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Yeah, historian Stephen E. Ambrose's book on the Lewis & Clark Expedition - [i]Undaunted Courage[/i](1996).
When you get right down to it, as Appollo 11 took off to the Moon for Man's First Landing, NASA and the crew pretty much knew where they were going. The Moon had been mapped and studied for centuries. When Lewis and Clark took off on their cross-continental jaunt, they had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA about what they might find or encounter. None. Amazing story by the guy who brought you the inspiration for 'Saving Private Ryan'-[i]Citizen Soldiers[/i]. Eric The Hun[>]:)] |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 7:34:31 PM EDT
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Well, at work the other day I found an abandoned copy of "Silence of the Lambs". I'm already on chapter 3. I'm not trying to hard because I'm about 3/4's the way through "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea".
Next will be a book I ordered a couple of weeks ago "World War ll Heroes". About MOH recipients, natch. In the last 3 months I read all four of the daughter's "Harry Potter" books. And now [b]I[/b] can't wait for the next. They are easy, entertaining and fun. [:D] |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 8:00:12 PM EDT
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I read a lot of sci-fi, and I've got about 700 of my favorites taking up too much space at my place. I'm re-reading the Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time (gotta get ready for the first movie!) and that seems like a must on any list.
Other than that there are a host of really good sci-fi writers out there. Stephen Donaldson's sci-fi series (I think it's five books) is really awesome - but dark and creepy. If you're into fantasy, his stuff is really good as well, but he's one of the few fantasy writers who writes better sci-fi than most sci-fi writes. I've also come to really like David Brin's stuff recently - most of the books in the Uplift series are really neat. Easily the best book I have ever read is "The Longs Ships" by Frans Bengtson. It is very hard to find, but worth looking for. It was written a while ago by a swedish historian who studied the Vikings and translated a lot of Viking sagas. It is a fictional story that takes place in a historically accurate context and is a fantastic read. I would offer to loan out my english copy, but you'd have to come to my house and read it, because it is never leaving my sight. I would also recommend natural philosophers like Hume (An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is really neat) and of course classics like Aristotle and Plato. And for a romping good adventure in the classical world you cannot beat Thycidides' "History of the Peloponesian Wars" or Julis Caesar's "The Conquest of Gaul" - nothing like reading history told by the people who experienced it. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 8:15:32 PM EDT
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The Principles of Communism - Engels
The Communist Manifesto - Marx / Engels Socialism: the Utopian and Scientific - (don't remember which one) ...and The Competitive AR15 - Glen Zedicker [i]**shameless plug**[/i] Jewbroni~ |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 8:22:20 PM EDT
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Sun tzu - The Art of War
Battlefield Earth, the movie sucked, the book was fun to read. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 8:24:30 PM EDT
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Just finished Enemy at the Gates and started on Band of Brothers.
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Posted: 6/5/2001 8:32:00 PM EDT
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I'm reading "Gates of Fire", a fictional narrative set against the Persian war. It's not that good.
I was going to get "Tides of War" because it featured Alcibiades, my hero. But they didn't have it at the store, so I just got this one. |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 8:32:49 PM EDT
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God, Guns and Rock & Roll by none other than the Nuge. I thought it was an awesome book. The first book of a nontechnical nature that I read in a long time. I am not big into reading books all the time (magazines and technical manuals and informative books are constant) however; I read the book cover to cover in three days. Combination of having a few free hours on consecutive days and the fact that I could not put the book down. I highly recommend it. If you are both a shooter and a hunter, as I, I guarantee you will love it.
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Posted: 6/5/2001 8:37:54 PM EDT
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God's Children. Good story.
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Posted: 6/5/2001 9:05:38 PM EDT
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Black Hawk Down
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Posted: 6/5/2001 9:45:33 PM EDT
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The O'Reilly Factor-Bill O'Reilly
10 Things you Cant Say in America-Larry Elder God, Guns and Rock-n-Roll-Ted Nugent and now... ...Napalm and Silly Putty-George Carlin!!! |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 10:08:19 PM EDT
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[u]Bimbos of the Death Sun[/u] by Sharyn McCrumb.
[img]http://www.individualsoftwaredesign.com/skins/animeskin.gif[/img] (not related to the book; I just thought she was cute[:D]) |
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Posted: 6/5/2001 10:09:40 PM EDT
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It's probably already been mentioned but...
"Unintended Consequences" is a good fiction book I'm STILL reading after a year! it is thick...but good! :) |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 5:45:15 AM EDT
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The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
Atlas Shruged, Ayn Rand The Vision of the Anointed, Thomas Sowell Is Reality Optional and Other Essays, Thomas Sowell Animal Farm, George Orwell Radical Son, David Horowitz |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 5:53:31 AM EDT
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Patriots: Surviving The Comming Collapse
Fiction but a great read and LOTS of good info! |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 6:06:33 AM EDT
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McBride's "A Rifleman Goes to WAR"
Ernst Junger, "Storm of Steel" (if you can find it) Joseph Conrad, "Lord Jim" |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 6:12:35 AM EDT
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Pretty much anything by Piers Anthony.. I grew up on the Split Infinity and the Incarnations of Immortality series.
Finished Wally Lamb's "I Know This Much Is True" not too long ago. It's fiction about twin brothers, one of whom has schizophrenia. I loved it. Reread "Light in August"... Faulkner is my nemesis. Still didn't like it, although I did like "As I Lay Dying." Oh.. and read "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Hemingway. Reading a book now called "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius." Good so far.. let you know. |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 6:37:15 AM EDT
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don't forget "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy!
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Posted: 6/6/2001 7:07:23 AM EDT
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"Unintended Consequences"....a good read, and makes you think
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Posted: 6/6/2001 7:55:03 AM EDT
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I don't read.
hukd on fonics werkd fa me! |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 8:06:13 AM EDT
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I'm currently reading
[img]images.amazon.com/images/P/0345384687.01.MZZZZZZZ.gif[/img] |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 11:51:18 AM EDT
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Almost any book by W.E.B. Griffin is a great read. The Badge of Honor series is about Philadelphia police. The Corps series is about WWII Marines. Just really terrific reading.
Ken |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 12:48:50 PM EDT
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Anyone read a book about the M4 Carbine??? Not the M4 mentioned in a M16 book - only the groovy M4 with cool pics??
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Posted: 6/6/2001 12:53:23 PM EDT
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Absolute Power by ? Limbaugh. (forgot his first name, he is Rush Limbaugh's brother)
Its about all the abuses of power during the Clinton Administration. Well maybe not all, that would be a huge publication. |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 3:18:53 PM EDT
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1. "God, Guns, And Rock 'N' Roll" by Ted Nugent
2. "A Brief History Of Time" by Stephen Hawking 3. "The New World Order" by Pat Robertson 4. "Planet Earth-2000 A.D." by Hal Lindsey 5. "Be Your Own Undertaker-How To Dispose Of A Dead Body" by A.R. Bowman 6. "21 Techniques Of Silent Killing" by Master Hei Long 7. "Guge Gongji-Seven Primary Targets To Take Anyone Out Of A Fight" by Master Hei Long |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 4:37:17 PM EDT
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I know this does not fit in the area of books you all are mentioning...but Stephen King's new book "Dreamcatcher" is excellent.
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Posted: 6/6/2001 4:37:27 PM EDT
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Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Anarchists Cookbook (because someone doesn't want you to read it) |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 5:48:57 PM EDT
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Anything written by Boston T. Party (aka Kenneth Royce). In particular, Boston's Gun Bible and Surviving Y2K (which, depsite the title, is VERY relevant).
And another vote for Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse by James Wesley Rawles. Everything by Neal Stephenson, Steven Ambrose, Orwell, and Richard Marcinko. -Troy |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 6:01:29 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 71-Hour Achmed: [img]http://www.individualsoftwaredesign.com/skins/animeskin.gif[/img] (not related to the book; I just thought she was cute[:D]) heh rei ayanime fron neon genesis evangelion damn im good |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 7:01:56 PM EDT
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If you're reading 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea (hgihly recommended), you must make sure you get the US Naval Institute Press edition. They did a new translation that is MUCH more complete and accurate than the older standard. If you have trouble finding USNI or your bookstore has trouble getting a copy, let me know. I'll either hook you up or order it for you (at the member discounted price).
Other books: When you want something easy (a briefcase book) Any Heinline or Louis L'Amour My next book is God, Guns & Rock by Ted Nugent. |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 7:02:44 PM EDT
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If you're reading 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea (hgihly recommended), you must make sure you get the US Naval Institute Press edition. They did a new translation that is MUCH more complete and accurate than the older standard. If you have trouble finding USNI or your bookstore has trouble getting a copy, let me know. I'll either hook you up or order it for you (at the member discounted price).
Other books: When you want something easy (a briefcase book) Any Heinline or Louis L'Amour My next book is God, Guns & Rock by Ted Nugent. |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 7:15:09 PM EDT
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Recently finished "Cross of Iron" by Willi Heinrich.
Another classic book you folks should try reading is "The Peloponesian War" by Thucidides. GunLvr |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 8:02:57 PM EDT
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"That Dark and Bloody River" by Allan W Eckert. its a narative history of the Ohio river valley and the beginings of the Northwest Territory from the first exploration to about 1800.
"Left Behind" series by Tim LaHey and Jerry Jenkins. "The Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel(former atheist) -working on this one now if I could get myself off of this computer once in a while [:D] - bricklayer |
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Posted: 6/6/2001 8:14:31 PM EDT
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To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the truth by Col. Jeff Cooper, Hell I Was There, by Elmer Keith, and pretty much anything by Clive Cussler.
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Posted: 6/6/2001 8:27:50 PM EDT
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"God, Guns, and Rock and Roll"-Ted Nugent
"Enemy at the Gates" "Dune:House Atredies" "Dune:House Harkonnen" "The Creature from Jekel Island, a Second Look at the Federal Reserve" "Lucifer's Hammer"- Larry Niven "Contact"- Carl Sagan "The Factor- Bill O'Reilley |
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