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I'm currently exploring Michael Scheuer 's Imperial hubris : why
the west is losing the war on terror. Not political, but a strategic
option by the author. I have the original 2004 edition published under
"anonymous".
Next will be Erik Hildenger's swords against the senate : the rise of the
Roman army and the fall of the republic about the latter days of the Roman republic.
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T.E. Lawrence
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides.
Pretty good so far, Sides as a historian is actually pretty readable.
also
a Marvel Graphic Novel: Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk
I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar.
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Linus Torvalds: Just for the fun Intereseting book on and by the Linux leader.
JD
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Godfried Bomans (famous Dutch writer)
Nieuwe buitelingen
Unless your Dutch you can't read the title
Translated it means 'new salto's' or something like that,
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Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition
Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Remarkable Revealed...
and many others
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton (American novelist and short-story writer, 1862-1937)
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House of Rain by Craig Childs (travels and info on the Anasazi culture).
No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy
It's better to have knife and not need it than to need a knife and not have it.
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The Spyderco Story, of course!
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The First Harry Potter with my kid... Good Stuff.
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I'm finishing The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy.
It's not the greatest book ever written, but there are some interesting thoughts...
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." Sam Levenson
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Toland's Adolf Hitler.
Those who give up their freedom for safety will soon find that they have neither.
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Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum
Cool as Ice... Clear like Water...
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Black order by James Rollins.
-John
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The Death of a Murderer by Rupert Thomson.
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takin a break now, last book was
Gates of Fire which made the movie 300 seem silly garbage.
I guess I'm always reading The Book of Peace though...
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"The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid" by Bill Bryson.
Bryson tells about his own childhood in the 50s in Des Moines, Iowa, complete with a humorous and sometimes critical description of the US mindset of that era.
It's also wonderful, good-natured reminiscing, complete with atomic toilets, the rise of TV, being a paperboy, "duck and cover" and many other quirks of the time.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. -George Bernard Shaw
Go is a pursuit of such value that one can devote a lifetime to it and have nothing to regret. Why not, then, challenge the limit of your powers. -Toshiro Kageyama 7-Dan
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It was silly garbage no matter what.
Originally Posted by dete
Those who give up their freedom for safety will soon find that they have neither.
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More of what does not work will not work. Robin Cooper, Rokudan; Aikikai.
There is great power in the profound observation of the obvious. John Stone, Rokudan; Aikikai
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F 15 Eagle Engaged , by Steve Davies, and Doug Didley.
"A Mastiff is to a dog what a Lion is to a housecat. He stands alone and all others sink before him. His courage does not exceed temper and generosity, and in attachment he equals the kindest of his race" Cynographia Britannic 1800
"Unless you're the lead dog the view is pretty much gonna stay the same!"
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"The Physiology Coloring Book" for uni. Yes, it's a colouring book. Just a stack of other stuff in it as well.
Will
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Man, read that one a while back. Pretty crazy stuff. If you like it, you should check out McCarthy's other stuff. Blood Meridian is pretty good, but super violent. The Road is really good. Suttree is good, but very different from his other stuff I have read. It is actually pretty funny at times, not just horrifying all the time like the books listed above. I was on quite the Cormac McCarthy kick a while back.
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