Jester Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Lincoln Van Doren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwgfghost Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Veil: the secret wars of the CIA..... I'm trying to read a bit into Ground Branch...lol bought the book for 2 euro at a local supermarket. I'm reading First In by Gary C. Schroen(About half-way through) and I'm probably gonna buy Jawbreaker as well in order to read into GB as well. And it was the only good book I saw at the book store in the mall. They don't have a good history section. Only cost me about 7 bux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrester Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Veil: the secret wars of the CIA..... I'm trying to read a bit into Ground Branch...lol bought the book for 2 euro at a local supermarket. I'm reading First In by Gary C. Schroen(About half-way through) and I'm probably gonna buy Jawbreaker as well in order to read into GB as well. And it was the only good book I saw at the book store in the mall. They don't have a good history section. Only cost me about 7 bux. I'm often in second hand book shops, they have books for 1 € bought rogue squadron red cell last month, not exactly my style of writing, but for that price a good holiday snack. (read at night when the kids sleep) I'm reading a book about a female terrorist hunter at the mo. dunno the author ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 I am currently reading Escape From the Deep, The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Crew by Alex Kershaw. It's about the USS Tang being sunk by her own torpedo on it's fifth patrol in the Formosa Straight. I am at the sinking right now. In the past 4 months, I have read: The Chase - Clive Cussler The Shell Game - Steve Alton The Eagle and the Rising Sun, The Japanese - American War 1941-1943 - Alan Schom The Airmen and the Headhunters, A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II - Judith M. Heimann First Team: Angels of Wrath - Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice Still to read and not neccessarily in this order: Battles Lost & Won: Great Campaigns of World War II - Hanson W. Baldwin (this book is from 1966) Shadow Command - Dale Brown All Hands Down, The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion - Kenneth Sewell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Just finished Moment of Truth in Iraq, by Michael Yon. Most amazing book I've read so far, by a reporter who knows what he's talking about, because he's logged the most time there. Can't say much else about it, just look at the reviews on Amazon..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I finished watching "21" last night, the movie of the book "Bringing Down the House" about 6 MIT students who took millions from casino's by card counting (true story). The film was intruiging so I bought the book today, apparantly it's one of those you just can't put down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Outcast Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Tom Clancy's mirror image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Currently reading Tales from a Tin Can, The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. Finished reading All Hands Down, The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion. Yet to read: Sea of Thunder, Four Great Commanders and The Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945 A Tale of Two Subs, An Untold Story of World War II, Two Sister Ships, and Extraordinary Heroism Blind Man's Bluff, The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage (I wonder if some of Saint's missions will be mentioned????) The U-Boat War, The German Submarine Service and the Battle of the Atlantic 1935-45 Flyboys, A True Story of Courage (written by the guy who wrote Flags of Our Fathers and is about a group of flyers in the Pacific Theater of Operations and includes George H. W. Bush being shot down and being held captive as a POW) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Finished reading Jawbreaker today. Good thread by the way, lots of good book recommendations on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimeyAK Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I'm not currently reading anything aside from boring textbooks for school. The last good book I read was Halo: Contact Harvest. If anyone is a fan (or not) of Halo, I recommend reading through all the novels. They all go much deeper into the story than any of the games do and they fill in the gaps between games as well. Contact Harvest tells the story of humanity's first contact with the Covenant, and the story revolves around Sgt. Johnson and, to a certain extent, Pvt. Jenkins. Jenkins you might remember from Halo: Combat Evolved. Though he wasn't a main character in the game, he did have an interesting supporting role at one point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I'm reading my first graphic novel, in advance of the big film release - WATCHMEN. So far it's a great read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Blind Man's Bluff, The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage (I wonder if some of Saint's missions will be mentioned????) I can neither confirm or deny... I will say that the USS San Juan is on the cover...and I know 2 of the 3 people up in the bridge. I'm reading one of the novels based off the TV show 24 called Trinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIN_Wolfsong Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Currently reading "Angels of Darkness" by Gav Thorpe Since mid April I've reed a few Warhammer 40k books (on the train commuting to/from work): "The Horus Heresy - Horus Rising" by Dan Abnett "The Horus Heresy - False Gods" by Graham McNeill "The Horus Heresy - Galaxy In Flames" by Ben Counter "The Horus Heresy - The Flight Of The Eisenstein" by James Swallow "The Horus Heresy - Fulgrim" by Graham McNeill "The Horus Heresy - Descent Of Angels" by Mitchel Scanlon "The Horus Heresy - Legion" by Dan Abnett "Deus Encarmine" by James Swallow "Blood Debt" by James Swallow "Deus Sanguinius" by James Swallow "Dawn Of War" by C S Goto "The Trials Of Isador" by C S Goto "Dawn Of War - Ascension" by C S Goto "Dawn Of War - Tempest" by C S Goto They vary from "ok" to "great", but at least I have something to get my mind of work for a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Blind Man's Bluff, The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage (I wonder if some of Saint's missions will be mentioned????) I can neither confirm or deny... I will say that the USS San Juan is on the cover...and I know 2 of the 3 people up in the bridge. I'm reading one of the novels based off the TV show 24 called Trinity. This book also reminds me why that The New York Times is full of those who practice yellow journalism. It's one thing to keep check on the government, but something else to blow secrets out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WytchDokta Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Currently reading "Angels of Darkness" by Gav Thorpe Since mid April I've reed a few Warhammer 40k books (on the train commuting to/from work): "The Horus Heresy - Horus Rising" by Dan Abnett "The Horus Heresy - False Gods" by Graham McNeill "The Horus Heresy - Galaxy In Flames" by Ben Counter "The Horus Heresy - The Flight Of The Eisenstein" by James Swallow "The Horus Heresy - Fulgrim" by Graham McNeill "The Horus Heresy - Descent Of Angels" by Mitchel Scanlon "The Horus Heresy - Legion" by Dan Abnett "Deus Encarmine" by James Swallow "Blood Debt" by James Swallow "Deus Sanguinius" by James Swallow "Dawn Of War" by C S Goto "The Trials Of Isador" by C S Goto "Dawn Of War - Ascension" by C S Goto "Dawn Of War - Tempest" by C S Goto They vary from "ok" to "great", but at least I have something to get my mind of work for a while... I'm reading.... Codex: Chaos Space Marines Codex: Dark Eldar Codex: Eldar Codex: Imperial Guard Codex: Necrons Codex: Orks Codex: Space Marines Codex: Tau Empire COdex: Witch Hunters .... As reference material for my ongoing DoW mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 What order would you guys recommend I read The Battle Of Mogadishu, In The Company Of Heroes and Black Hawk Down in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 What order would you guys recommend I read The Battle Of Mogadishu, In The Company Of Heroes and Black Hawk Down in? The order they were released? Just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsmith Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Have recently finished the "Tommorow when the war began" series again (7 books) by John Marsden. Seriously worth reading. Have begun rereading Larry Bond's "Red Pheonix" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 necro thread!!! for those who read Jawbreaker, there was a mention of SF soldier....who happens to have the same first name of a well known member of this community, is that him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remix79 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 HALO series, "The Fall of Reach". Moderately good read, good airplane reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZJJ Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 necro thread!!! for those who read Jawbreaker, there was a mention of SF soldier....who happens to have the same first name of a well known member of this community, is that him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 necro thread!!! for those who read Jawbreaker, there was a mention of SF soldier....who happens to have the same first name of a well known member of this community, is that him? okay! I got two books that's he's mentioned in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, for the second time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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