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Currently reading "Walking up and Down in the World: Memoirs of a Mountain Rambler" by Smoke Blanchard.
I just bought that book yesterday at the suggestion of a lady that I was sitting next to on a flight to Houston and I'm already half way though. Excellent book! It's definitely one of those that you hope they turn in to a movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by erial
Awesome book 5 stars for sure!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bbennett
Unwarranted Influence: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex
Favorite Ike quote so far
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed . This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter plane with half a million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8000 people....under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.
Just downloaded the book. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Card
I just finished Caleb's Crossing: A Novel. Before that I read Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. Both books are by Geraldine Brooks.
I got the titles as a recommendation from GoodReads. Clearly I like historical fiction as I enjoyed both books!
I'm off to read my new acquisition. .
Reading a rock climbing book (partially so I can get all the flippin' lingo down), as well as Out of Africa.
Anyone have some suggestions for me? I'm trying to find something along the lines of Krakauer. I've read most of his stuff and haven't found another author like him that keeps my interest and isn't too heavy on the technical jargon.
John Vaillant author of The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed and The Tiger. Similar style as Krakauer imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penelope
He does dive a little too deep into the topic. After reading Golden Spruce I am dang near an expert on the history of logging in the US/Canadian Northwest.
Thanks, Matt! Will check him out.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattandersao
Some Scott Kelby books.
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"Just Kids" an autobiography by Patti Smith, about her life with Robert Mapplethorpe.
Still working on The Coming Plague (long) but also picked up The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
About the first human cells grown in culture, where they came from, how they have been used and shaped medicine.
Have you read any of Ed Viesturs' books? I like Krakauer's books, but I really liked Viesturs' style and his idea of "getting up is optional, getting down is mandatory."Quote:
Originally Posted by Penelope
Anatoli Boukreev's "The Climb" is a different take on the Krakauer book. It is an interesting read, especially after "into thin air"Quote:
Originally Posted by Penelope
Just finished "The Virginian" by Owen Wister.
Recommended to: readers of Edward Abbey & lovers of Western books. I recommend it.
I'm 54% of the way through "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. She has an incredibly positive attitude that allowed her to survive.
As a guest of my friend Joelle, I had an opportunity to hear the two officers speak about discovering/freeing Jaycee. The officers were being honored for their roll in Jaycee's freedom.
Back to reading...
I was just looking at that book last night Felicia. Think it will be the next one I read.
I finished the book yesterday afternoon. She is a true survivor. :2thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by blueeyes
Scott - this book was great! I think that if I were ever to join a book club, this book would spark a great discussion - letter by letter. Thanks for the recommendation. :2thumbs::2thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Card
Rage by Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Just finished Over the Edge of the World. It's about Magellans circumnavigation of the globe. A pretty intense read. Very interesting to read about all of these first encounters with indigenous islanders. Bergreen also does a good job of showing how the chinese had been all over with their navy prior to the europeans. Highly recommend.
Next book is Connely's Lincoln Lawyer for some light summer reading before diving into Bush's Decision Points book.
Reading Think & Grow Rich by Napolean Hill.
Ive gotta say, this is the third time I have attempted to finish this book. I am not even half way yet. Its a fantastic book but I just can't stay focused on it. I keep switching to other books and have to come back to this one.
I just barely wrapped up:
The Heart and the Fist.
http://books.google.com/books?id=U1z...1&zoom=1&l=220
And I'm about to re-read:Quote:
By Eric Greitens - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2011) - Hardback - 320 pages - ISBN 054742485X
THE HEART AND THE FIST shares one man's story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a humanitarian and a warrior. In a life lived at the raw edges of the human experience, Greitens has seen what can be accomplished when compassion and courage come together in meaningful service. As a Rhodes Scholar and Navy SEAL, Greitens worked alongside volunteers who taught art to street children in Bolivia and led US Marines who hunted terrorists in Iraq. He's learned from nuns who fed the destitute in one of Mother Teresa's homes for the dying in India, from aid workers who healed orphaned children in Rwanda, and from Navy SEALs who fought in Afghanistan. He excelled at the hardest military training in the world, and today he works with severely wounded and disabled veterans who are rebuilding their lives as community leaders at home. Greitens offers each of us a new way of thinking about living a meaningful life. We learn that to win any war, even those we wage against ourselves; to create and obtain lasting peace; to save a life; and even, simply to live with purpose requires usevery one of usto be both good and strong
Not a Good Day to Die
http://books.google.com/books?id=Clq...1&zoom=1&l=220
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By Sean Naylor - Berkley Books (2006) - Paperback - 425 pages - ISBN 0425207870
In this New York Times bestseller, award-winning combat reporter Sean Naylor reveals how close American forces came to disaster in Afghanistan against Al Qaida-after easily defeating the ragtag Taliban that had sheltered the terrorist organization behind the 9/11 attacks. At dawn on March 2, 2002, over 200 soldiers of the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions flew into the mouth of a buzz saw in the Shahikot Valley. Believing the war all but over, U.S. military leaders refused to commit the troops and materiel required to fight the war's biggest battle-a missed opportunity to crush hundreds of Al Qaida's fighters and some of its most senior leaders. Eyewitness Naylor vividly portrays the heroism of the young, untested soldiers unprepared for the ferocious enemy they fought; the mistakes that led to a hellish mountaintop firefight; and how thirteen American commandos embodied "Patton's three principles of war"-audacity, audacity and audacity-by creeping unseen over frozen mountains into the heart of an enemy stronghold to prevent a U.S. military catastrophe
Has anybody else started reading "Ready Player One", by Ernest Cline? A new release that is getting a ton of buzz. I'm about halfway through and all I can say is- I CAN'T PUT IT DOWN! Very cool premise and, although not new, takes it to an all new level. I understand the author sold the movie rights to Warner before the book was even released this week.
http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-O...4125784&sr=1-1
Mine and Bo's .... it's so much better than I anticipated! I am so glad we did not go with Falcon Press, even though they were my favorite publisher. I like ours better. I am jazzed to do book 2 now! I was bored, but I can do this again.
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Link?Quote:
Originally Posted by tanya
I think I may enjoy more light hearted books than many of you, but I just finished reading the FableHaven series and I loved it.
Presently reading Mountaineering First Aid. Almost done, then it's onto the big green WFR "manual" :)
There is no link to the pdf. Bo was talking about a private email between the publishers and us.
Again - Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert... I really love this book for it is so inspiring and such a help moving on, realizing that one has to have dreams and has to take risks in order to achieve anything in life. If you want to grow as a person and if one wants to develop his / her character this book will definitely help aiming high. :)
I Just picked up Contact by Carl Sagan, and The Princess Bride by William Goldman.
I need a good wilderness book, something regarding some lost people or a Krakauer type book? Any suggestions?
The last season. It's fantastic. It's about a ranger in the sierras who goes missing. Really good book about trying to figure out what happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by live2ride
Finished "Ready Player One" a few days ago. Loved it! If you lived through the 80's (although the book is set in the near future, it is loaded with 80's pop-culture references), like science fiction, fantasy, video games, intrigue and fast-paced fiction, you should like it, too.
World War Z (about the future zombie apocalypse) and Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World.
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Originally Posted by nelsonccc
Currently reading a cookbook...:facepalm1:.. I told my wife I would cook dinner tonight.
Switching back and forth between "Cooking for Two" and a family recipe book that doesn't have a name that we got at our wedding..... HMMMM
The Trout Diaries (A year of fly-fishing in New Zealand) by Derek Grzelewski. Great book, fun read. My ex even read it before me and enjoyed it, and she hates fishing.
I'm rereading the Fellowship of the Ring for the first time since I was 9. Turns out it's much more enjoyable when you know what all the words mean and can actually appreciate the writing style