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Been reading a lot of Jack Carr books the Dan Kilmer series by Matt Bracken are good but if you really want laugh out loud politically incorrect reading the Florida Man trilogy by Mike Baron will have you in stitches Gary Duba is a riot and you'll feel a bond with him and his cohorts
Since you seem to like Ayn Rand, you should pick up two of her shorter books, Anthem and We the Living. Frankly, both are better than the two you mention above. Anthem is short enough that it can be read in one or two sittings, and it is my personal favorite of hers.
I'm still reading through all the Elric books, it's a fantasy series where the central character is somewhat of an anti-Conan. They hold up pretty well vs the crap that passes for fantasy these days.
The Hawkmoon books are even better in the different department
Post apocalyptic europe with wizards and steam powered robots, the hero rides around on a giant flamingo and then a huge mutated goat
If you like helicopter stuff get a copy of this book:
Squadron Signal and the other Military Aerospace books were what I grew up on. I have a ton of them.
The books I showed above are more for AeroEs, written by AeroEs and test pilots, with each of the subsystem design and test engineer chiefs usually writing the separate chapters on airframe, propulsion, FLCS, sensors, weapons, NAV, avionics, E&E, etc.
The F-35 and RAH-66 ones are pretty sick. I almost feel like they should be controlled items, not OSINT.
I would strongly recommend anyone read the F-35 one before commenting or forming an opinion on it. It will blow your mind if you have a background in legacy 4th Gen fighter systems architecture. They did everything better just from an air-vehicle systems perspective, avionics, structures, propulsion, Man-Machine Interface, power management, cooling, you name it.
The books I showed above are more for AeroEs, written by AeroEs and test pilots, with each of the subsystem design and test engineer chiefs usually writing the separate chapters on airframe, propulsion, FLCS, sensors, weapons, NAV, avionics, E&E, etc.
The F-35 and RAH-66 ones are pretty sick. I almost feel like they should be controlled items, not OSINT.
I would strongly recommend anyone read the F-35 one before commenting or forming an opinion on it. It will blow your mind if you have a background in legacy 4th Gen fighter systems architecture. They did everything better just from an air-vehicle systems perspective, avionics, structures, propulsion, Man-Machine Interface, power management, cooling, you name it.
the Honor Harrington series. should be read in order. yes,the protagonist is a woman. so not for those who don't care for women in leading military roles.
If you've not read John Steinbeck, you've missed, one who IMHO the best author America has produced. Perhaps the best without qualification,
My first was The Grapes of Wrath. Whew, by the time I finished it I almost wished I hadn't read it. Recently finished East of Eden. Another whew!
Perhaps my favorite, though, was a shorty The Moon is Down. it's a good place to start, short, but like all Steinbeck, intense, and the end will make your chest swell with love and pride for the conviction of free men.
A short passage from East of Eden:
(just before this they were discussing Cain and Able)
“I think I can,” Lee answered Samuel. “I think this is the best-known story in the world because it is everybody’s story. I think it is the symbol story of the human soul. I’m feeling my way now—don’t jump on me if I’m not clear. The greatest terror a child can have is that he is not loved, and rejection is the hell he fears. I think everyone in the world to a large or small extent has felt rejection. And with rejection comes anger, and with anger some kind of crime in revenge for the rejection, and with the crime guilt—and there is the story of mankind. I think that if rejection could be amputated, the human would not be what he is. Maybe there would be fewer crazy people. I am sure in myself there would not be many jails. It is all there—the start, the beginning. One child, refused the love he craves, kicks the cat and hides his secret guilt; and another steals so that money will make him loved; and a third conquers the world—and always the guilt and revenge and more guilt. The human is the only guilty animal. Now wait! Therefore I think this old and terrible story is important because it is a chart of the soul—the secret, rejected, guilty soul. Mr. Trask,
My first was The Grapes of Wrath. Whew, by the time I finished it I almost wished I hadn't read it. Recently finished East of Eden. Another whew!
Perhaps my favorite, though, was a shorty The Moon is Down. it's a good place to start, short, but like all Steinbeck, intense, and the end will make your chest swell with love and pride for the conviction of free men.
A short passage from East of Eden:
(just before this they were discussing Cain and Able)
“I think I can,” Lee answered Samuel. “I think this is the best-known story in the world because it is everybody’s story. I think it is the symbol story of the human soul. I’m feeling my way now—don’t jump on me if I’m not clear. The greatest terror a child can have is that he is not loved, and rejection is the hell he fears. I think everyone in the world to a large or small extent has felt rejection. And with rejection comes anger, and with anger some kind of crime in revenge for the rejection, and with the crime guilt—and there is the story of mankind. I think that if rejection could be amputated, the human would not be what he is. Maybe there would be fewer crazy people. I am sure in myself there would not be many jails. It is all there—the start, the beginning. One child, refused the love he craves, kicks the cat and hides his secret guilt; and another steals so that money will make him loved; and a third conquers the world—and always the guilt and revenge and more guilt. The human is the only guilty animal. Now wait! Therefore I think this old and terrible story is important because it is a chart of the soul—the secret, rejected, guilty soul. Mr. Trask,
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Recently finished two good reads, one about the man who led the operation and one on Operation Frankton itself.
Blondie : A Life of Lieutenant-Colonel HG Hasler DSO,OBE, RM by Ewen Southby-Tailyour
and
A Brilliant Little Operation by Paddy Ashdown
Blondie : A Life of Lieutenant-Colonel HG Hasler DSO,OBE, RM by Ewen Southby-Tailyour
and
A Brilliant Little Operation by Paddy Ashdown
