I started reading The Road and put it back down relatively quickly
Reminded me of Gilligan's Island: lots of aimless wandering about
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Reminded me of Gilligan's Island: lots of aimless wandering about
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I was able to get all the way through Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" but wasn't liking the style and punctuation. Seemed it was done just to be odd and didn't really add anything of value. Maybe that's just me.
I am only about 3 chapters into this and it is being quite the hard read. Not because it is poorly written or anything it just pisses me off so much, my blood pressure keeps getting so high I can't focus on the words and need to set it down.
This is fair warning this shit will piss you off to no end.
This is fair warning this shit will piss you off to no end.
Just finished this one from Kurt Schlichter. It is fiction, but it is based on some current and very recent real events. It does get a little far fetched in a couple of spots, but for the most part is a believable portrayal of possible events. Not a bad read.
About to finish it as well. Spot on review but I'll add, I think if an Qct 7th style event happened here, a few different twists would play out as well.
I’ve read or listened to most of Mark Goodwin’s books. They are prep for end of the world with some fairly well thought out Revelations, rapture and tribulation explanations woven in. Looking for something similar by another author.
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Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Books by Christian Author Mark Goodwin
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I did not read this, but listened to it going to and from work. I got audible a little bit ago and had not really used it. This one was a free book, they have LOTS of free stuff, most of the "classics" are free.
Listening has some advantages over reading, for example I had no idea how to say his name. It is pronounced See moe for the first name, and High Ha for the last name. The guy reading it did a very good job with the names of the Finnish cities and areas so I think he is a speaker of the language, but there was no accent, if anything there was a tiny bit of a british accent, but not much.
A pretty good book, learned some things, one being I knew he was shot in the face, but I did not know it was an exploding bullet. How that did not kill him I have no idea. It sounds like he was a very private man, and did not like to talk of his war time experience, common with people that really did something. I have noticed the more quiet you are about it the more of a bad ass you are.
I would suggest this book to another, it was pretty good, and it seemed pretty short.
I think I might like this audible thing, as reading is starting to really bother my eyes. I can't sit and read like I once could, my eyes start to hurt.
I have done quite a bit of reading this year waiting for a bionic hip and now in recovery. I thought back to a Jim Corbrtt book I read in high school titled "Man Eaters of Kumaon" and decided to see if Amazon has it which they did for the princley sum of 2 bucks. This lead to more of his books and then to Kenneth Anderson that came after him killing man eating tigers and panthers in India. Anderson make a point that a leopard was called a panther in India but Corbett used each name. Corbett started in the very late 1800's where travel was mostly by walking with some limited train travel available. By Anderson's time roads were more numerous and he drove a Studebaker car to many of his hunting sites and then feet came into play. 25 miles hikes were a regular thing to each and sometimes they would do it again the nest day. I walked a lot in my younger years but never close to 25 miles in one day. I have been impressed with the skill, daring, knowledge, and stamina of these two men. Elephants, bears, and snakes are dealt with also plus detailed descriptions of the terrain and their methods used to lure their quarry. Neither was a braggard and admitted to how frightened they were at times. Good stories if you are interested in highly skilled hunters persuing more skilled animals than they were and living to tell the tales. All that separated them was the hunter's abilities to out think the man eaters.
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I got this as an e-book and am now into Part II. Good read - though names and some words are difficult for this English-only reader to get. Glad I got the e-book - it has photos of Simo and maps pertinent to the text. I was surprised how small he was - I'd guess no more than 5'-4" or so, but large on toughness.
Good recommendation,@fpgt72 !
I have a 1946 copy of that Corbett book on my shelves, paid a whole $10 for it over 30 years ago.
I read in the early '50's as my high school library had it. It was like reading it for the first this time. Corbett was a tough son-of-a-gun with nerves of steel. It hard to imagine someone doing the things he did and managing to remain alive. Anderson was the same except travel was somewhat easier in his era.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Beautifully written and covers everything from family to war to love all while never really leaving one house.
ANY THING written by Elmer Kelton. He wrote fiction based on Texas history and athough having had a session in grade school and in high school I learned things I did not get in the school courses. Lots of people consider Louie L'amour to be the best in the western genre but IMO Kelton surpasses him. I consider "Stand Proud" to be his best of the 1800's events and " The Man Who Rode Midnight" for a modern day novel.
I've been reading the Hawkmoon books by Moorcock. They're pretty wild and he writes well, not like the gibberish writing in a lot of newer sci fi or fantasy novels.
Ill update my list as Im always reading new ones
CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys by Patrick Nolan
This is hands down the best book I've ever read, the amount of research and knowledge that was poured into this book was insane. I'm gonna go with Oswald and Sirhan Sirhan we're definitely Patsys, they got fuck by the good ol CIA.
Sandworm by Andy Greenberg
Tracers In The Dark by Andy Greenberg
A Burgulars Guide To The City by Geoff Manaugh
New Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins, this is in a round about way connected to the CIA Rogues book I mentioned above, EXTREMELY eye opening.
Reports From Hell by Chas Smith, awesome book and the story telling style is fantastic.
Relentless Strike by Sean Naylor.
CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys by Patrick Nolan
This is hands down the best book I've ever read, the amount of research and knowledge that was poured into this book was insane. I'm gonna go with Oswald and Sirhan Sirhan we're definitely Patsys, they got fuck by the good ol CIA.
Sandworm by Andy Greenberg
Tracers In The Dark by Andy Greenberg
A Burgulars Guide To The City by Geoff Manaugh
New Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins, this is in a round about way connected to the CIA Rogues book I mentioned above, EXTREMELY eye opening.
Reports From Hell by Chas Smith, awesome book and the story telling style is fantastic.
Relentless Strike by Sean Naylor.
I bought a bunch of books from Hastings when they closed shop. I still have a few unread ones and am currently reading "the Battle at the Moons of Hell, Book 1 by Graham Sharp Paul, a sci-fi writer that I have never read before. I am half way through and it's good enough I am going to scour Amazon to see if I can find more books in the series. I have always been a sci-fi nut.
The Survivalist Series by: A. American.
Post EMP attack a man finds himself stranded outside of Tallahassee, FL. He must get home to Eustis.
I admit I listened to the audio books. However the guy tells a good story while maintaining balance between technical and fantasy. Does that make sense?
Post EMP attack a man finds himself stranded outside of Tallahassee, FL. He must get home to Eustis.
I admit I listened to the audio books. However the guy tells a good story while maintaining balance between technical and fantasy. Does that make sense?
Just finished this one;
Tells the story of Ernest Shackleton’s doomed attempt to be first explorer to the North Pole aboard the Endurance, which sunk after being crushed by ice-pack. Some amazingly thorough research went into this book, with extensive reference and quotes from the crew’s notes and diary’s. I was surprised at how much I took from the book from a leadership perspective. Adverse conditions can bring out the worst in some people, but Shackleton’s decisions managed to keep the crew intact, saving every one of his men, 128 days after leaving the majority of them, voyaging with a skeleton crew in a small boat to seek help through grueling weather conditions. Tough men in tough times.
Tells the story of Ernest Shackleton’s doomed attempt to be first explorer to the North Pole aboard the Endurance, which sunk after being crushed by ice-pack. Some amazingly thorough research went into this book, with extensive reference and quotes from the crew’s notes and diary’s. I was surprised at how much I took from the book from a leadership perspective. Adverse conditions can bring out the worst in some people, but Shackleton’s decisions managed to keep the crew intact, saving every one of his men, 128 days after leaving the majority of them, voyaging with a skeleton crew in a small boat to seek help through grueling weather conditions. Tough men in tough times.
I'm just 80 pages into this one and it's good. Got it as an Apple Ebook and it's got maps of the voyages and lots of details about the sailor/pirate life of the 1740's.
I read killers of the flower moon ,by David Grann, hadn't seen the movie so no spoiler there. I enjoyed it , it was about the murders of the Osage Indains back in the 1920's very interesting read , I picked it up in the Austin Airport before a 10 hr flight to Anchorage for something to read on the long ass flt.
I’m getting started with Killers of The Flower Moon, as an E book. It is good. Just finished The Wager, also a David Grann book. I’m impressed with amount detail and research he must have done on both of these books. I like his style of writing and will likely look for more of his books.
I found an old copy of Buck Rogers at a goodwill so I've been reading it (Armaggeddon 2400?). It's pretty fun considering it was first written during the 1920s. Oddly enough his actual name is Anthony but they changed it twice, to Bill Anthony and then Buck for marketing reasons.
A few to get you started -
Ryan schow - population zero series, sunset on America series, dark days of the after series.
Terry Hayes - I am pilgrim
Brad Thor - Scott Harvath series
Vince Flynn - Term Limits
Jack Carr - terminal list series
Sal Mayweather - the American experiment
Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus - Flashpoint
Angery American - Coming Home series and Charlie’s requiem series
William R Forstchen - One second after. (Excluding 5 years after)
Frank Herbert - Dune series
Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary
Michael Malice - The Anarchist Handbook
Andrzej Sapkowski - Witcher series
Murray Rothbard - anatomy of the state
Lysander Spooner - No Treason
Smedley Butler - War is a Racket
Franky Schaeffer - Addicted to mediocrity
George Orwell - 1984
Aldous Huxley - brave new world
Frank Viola - Pagan Christianity
John Lovell - The Warrior Poet way
Francis Schaeffer - A Christian manifesto
God - NASB 1995 Bible
Ryan schow - population zero series, sunset on America series, dark days of the after series.
Terry Hayes - I am pilgrim
Brad Thor - Scott Harvath series
Vince Flynn - Term Limits
Jack Carr - terminal list series
Sal Mayweather - the American experiment
Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus - Flashpoint
Angery American - Coming Home series and Charlie’s requiem series
William R Forstchen - One second after. (Excluding 5 years after)
Frank Herbert - Dune series
Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary
Michael Malice - The Anarchist Handbook
Andrzej Sapkowski - Witcher series
Murray Rothbard - anatomy of the state
Lysander Spooner - No Treason
Smedley Butler - War is a Racket
Franky Schaeffer - Addicted to mediocrity
George Orwell - 1984
Aldous Huxley - brave new world
Frank Viola - Pagan Christianity
John Lovell - The Warrior Poet way
Francis Schaeffer - A Christian manifesto
God - NASB 1995 Bible
“A Time For Trumpets”, Charles B. McDonald. Totally researched examination from someone who was a companycommande in The Battle of the Bulge. Interviewed hundreds including German POw’s and Officers, scoured field notes and messages of both sides. Large appendix, and notations.
As a 101 vet of a different war, it was an amazing read.
Also suggest “Nuts” by Vinnie Speranza, known to many, even if you’ve just seen his videos jumping in Normandy and Holland in later years.
As a 101 vet of a different war, it was an amazing read.
Also suggest “Nuts” by Vinnie Speranza, known to many, even if you’ve just seen his videos jumping in Normandy and Holland in later years.
A random pickup a the local library I've just finished and recommend.
Timely "Orwellian/F451" thriller that'll remind you why it's not a good idea to wear a "smart watch" amongst others.
The Warehouse - Rob Hart
Timely "Orwellian/F451" thriller that'll remind you why it's not a good idea to wear a "smart watch" amongst others.
The Warehouse - Rob Hart
The entire Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien (Master and Commander, etc..right?)
I'm about a third way through "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick. This is a good read and view into the 1820's world that used whale oil as main commodity in daily life. Detailing how the whales were hunted, killed, and oil 'harvested'.
The main crux of the book will be the survival of the crew after the sinking of the Essex - I'm just getting there now.
I guess this was made into a film ~ 2015. The book is better with maps and details of the voyage. I got this as an Ebook....a whole $1.99.
UPDATE: finished and this is a good detailed account of survival, death, and cannibalism. The epilogue gives a closure to events and crew afterwards and is worth reading.
The main crux of the book will be the survival of the crew after the sinking of the Essex - I'm just getting there now.
I guess this was made into a film ~ 2015. The book is better with maps and details of the voyage. I got this as an Ebook....a whole $1.99.
UPDATE: finished and this is a good detailed account of survival, death, and cannibalism. The epilogue gives a closure to events and crew afterwards and is worth reading.
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I've been reading this one I picked up at a flea market booth. It's about a downed Air Force navigator in Vietnam.
I'm about halfway through it and it's pretty good. It turns out this was made into a movie in 1988 with Gene Hackman. I'll have to see if I can find it on Netflix or Tubi.
There is a follow-up book, or maybe you would call it a companion, called "The Rescue of BAT-21" which is really excellent. It goes deeper into the entire rescue operation and all the units that were involved. Well worth the read.
Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
Media Control, Second Edition: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Media Control, Second Edition: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
9-11: Was There an Alternative?
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism
The Grand Chessboard
The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World
Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World
Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Atrocity Fabrication and Its Consequences: How Fake News Shapes World Order
Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations
The Other Side of the Story: A Secret War in Hong Kong
Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning
Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations
The Other Side of the Story: A Secret War in Hong Kong
Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning
The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror
If you like that...read By Honor Bound which is the actual history of the Navy SEAL who got the aviator out of the jungle.
GREAT book
I'll the vote for "By Honor Bound" as a great read, too. After the rescue of two pilots, it goes on to detail the events that lead to the awarding of Medal Of Honor to both Tom Norris and Mike Thornton. This is a powerful book, IMO.
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Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine
The Finest Hours by Michael J Tougias.
Excellent book about a ship wreck and subsequent rescue in 1952. Setting is New England.
Excellent book about a ship wreck and subsequent rescue in 1952. Setting is New England.
I like books
I like books, To Brenda’s consternation, I have quite a library, almost all non-fiction. The library is made up mostly of History, more history, cycling and shooting, but many other subjects. Have trouble keeping up with the number of volumes but I do know that I do not have enough book shelves.
Point: The only real local bookstore left in our area is Books-A-Million. So, i get regular ads from them. Until November 5th, the ads frequently featured books with prominent covers showing michelle obama, hillary clinton, barack obama, and more hillary clinton and more hillary clinton. (GOD knows I hate seeing that pictures of that most despicable woman.). So, much was shown in ads with books with those people on the cover that I quit looking at their ads. Atrocious is the word.
However, this morning, I looked at one of their ads for the first time in years. Guess what, NOT one book in the ads featuring any left leaning author. Not ONE! and there was lots of books.
Going with the flow?
I like books, To Brenda’s consternation, I have quite a library, almost all non-fiction. The library is made up mostly of History, more history, cycling and shooting, but many other subjects. Have trouble keeping up with the number of volumes but I do know that I do not have enough book shelves.
Point: The only real local bookstore left in our area is Books-A-Million. So, i get regular ads from them. Until November 5th, the ads frequently featured books with prominent covers showing michelle obama, hillary clinton, barack obama, and more hillary clinton and more hillary clinton. (GOD knows I hate seeing that pictures of that most despicable woman.). So, much was shown in ads with books with those people on the cover that I quit looking at their ads. Atrocious is the word.
However, this morning, I looked at one of their ads for the first time in years. Guess what, NOT one book in the ads featuring any left leaning author. Not ONE! and there was lots of books.
Going with the flow?
Reading the “Mighty MOO” by Nathan Canestarg. About the USS Cowpens.
One hears a lot about the early fleet carriers, the Essex carriers and the escort carriers but little about the light carriers. Seeing some of the disadvantages of converting cruiser hulls to aircraft carriers and how they over came these to help win the war.
One hears a lot about the early fleet carriers, the Essex carriers and the escort carriers but little about the light carriers. Seeing some of the disadvantages of converting cruiser hulls to aircraft carriers and how they over came these to help win the war.
Just finished "The War on Warriors" by Pete Hegseth. A good read - but not enjoyable reading about our military's current state. Hegseth would be a good match as Secretary of Defense, IMO.
+1 on this book. I could not put it down. On a side note; the Finns are easily criticized for being in a loose alliance with Germany during WWII.
A timeline below will help to understand this.
8/23/1939: Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Non-Aggression Pact.
9/1/1939: Germany invades Poland.
9/3/1939: Britain issues an ultimatum to Germany which is ignored. Britain and France then declare war on Germany.
9/17/1939: There were clashes between Japan and the USSR which stopped on this date when both countries signed a cease-fire. The Soviet Union then invaded Poland.
10/6/1939: Hitler demanded that Britain and France acknowledge that Poland's destiny be determined by Germany and the USSR. That was rejected and Germany invaded France. This was also the same day that all of Poland's military had surrendered.
11/30/1939: Stalin kept his eye on England, France and Germany. He figured that England and France would be too occupied with Germany and be unable to help Finland. His calculation was correct. So after a false-flag operation the USSR invaded Finland. England and France did not and could not help Finland.
3/13/1940: The Soviet Union suffered from serious losses but the Finns were weakened as well. The Finnish commander Carl Mannerheim urged the government to negotiate a peace treaty with the USSR. The treaty was signed on this date with the Finns ceding small slivers of land to the Soviets.
3/11/1941: The US Lend-Lease act was signed into law, providing material help to England.
6/22/1941: Germany invades the Soviet Union. Keep in mind that the USSR had between 320,000 to 380,000 casualties during the preceding winter war with Finland. Hitler probably though that the Soviets were in a severely weakened position and might mean an easy victory for Germany. They almost got it but "almost" doesn't count.
6/25/1941: Now that Germany and the Soviet Union became belligerents, Finland attacks the USSR and begins the continuation war. Simo Häyhä did not fight in this war.
7/12/1941: England signed an agreement of Joint Action with the Soviet Union. This helped to set the stage of belligerency with Finland.
7/30/1941: England attacks Finnish and German ships in Norway and Petsamo, Finland.
8/1/1941: Finland severs relations with England.
8/2/1941: England blockades all trade with Finland.
9/?/1941: The Soviet Union starts receiving help from the US with the Lend-Lease program.
11/28/1941: In the previous two months England transfers some aircraft to the Soviet Union. On this date, England demands that Finland cease military operations.
12/6/1941: England declares war on Finland, with Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand later following.
12/7/1941: Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese.
12/8/1941: The United States declares war on the Japanese.
12/11/1941: Hitler declares war on the United States. He was hoping then that the Japanese would attack the Soviet Union to take pressure off him on the Eastern Front. That didn't happen.
9/2/1944: After over three years of fighting, the Finns were compelled to make peace. A secret meeting of the Finnish Parliament took place in which they agreed to expel all German troops, cede back territory to the Soviets and end diplomatic relations with Germany.
9/18-19/1944: Armistice accepted by the Soviets and Finns on this date. The Finns suffered about 225,000 casualties. The Germans suffered about 84,000 casualties in that theater. The Soviets seem to be used to gaining pyrrhic victories with an estimated casualty list of 890,000 to 944,000 in that theater.
5/8/1945: V-E day. All German forces surrendered.
8/15/1945: V-J day. Armistice is signed after two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.
9/2/1945: Formal surrender of Japan.
There are probably a lot more dates that I could have included in this timeline but this, hopefully, helps to paint a picture of the tough spot the Finns were placed in.
It should be noted that of all the countries allied with Germany during WWII, Finland did not lose its independence.
Simo Häyhä is the Finnish version of Alvin York, Audie Murphy, Carlos Hathcock and Chuck Mawhinney rolled up into one.
