AggieDave 6 #26 August 19, 2011 Quote Any novel by Marcinko Any of his novels before Green Team. If you like that sort of thing, try Force Recon Diaries, 1969. There is also a sequel (1970) and they're non-fiction. Great reads the both of them!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 18 #27 August 19, 2011 Hi Scoob, "The old man and the boy," by Robert Ruark, also the sequal.SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #28 August 30, 2011 Quote Snap!! Haha! (I posted before seeing what everyone else had posted) http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_mcdougall_are_we_born_to_run.html (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 143 #29 August 30, 2011 I agree with Seal Team Six. Blink is a good book as well. QuoteBorn to Run Any of the first seven Mitch Rapp books by Vince Flynn Marcinko's Seal Team Six book. (not the fiction sequels) Marine Sniper (about Carlos Hathcock) Starship Troopers Freakonomics Gang Leader for a Day Wingnuts Idiot America Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity The Ten Things You Can't Say in America (haven't read but have heard good things and they're on my amazon list) Free Lunch Perfectly LegalExperienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #30 August 30, 2011 Just got back from vacation, and ending up reading the Senate's report on the financial crisis: http://fcic-static.law.stanford.edu/cdn_media/fcic-reports/fcic_final_report_full.pdf For a government report, I thought it was well done. Interesting read. I'll endeavor to work my way through the many excellent suggestions contributed in this thread.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #31 August 30, 2011 wow and there was I thinking that you wanted a bit of light reading to while away a few dull hours between martinis (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #32 August 30, 2011 Quote wow and there was I thinking that you wanted a bit of light reading to while away a few dull hours between martinis The main storyline is actually quite interesting, and thorough. The conclusions drawn by the Democratic majority reflect a pretty shallow analysis of what happened, IMO. The dissenting opinions did a very good job on their analysis.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #33 August 31, 2011 The Alienist by Caleb Carr Fantastic historical fiction. Serial killer based in late 1800s NYC at the time Theodore Roosevelt was president of the police board. I read it a couple times a year, and reading it foe the first time about 12 years ago got me very interested in the time period and especially in Theodore Roosevelt. The sequel Angel of Darkness is good as well, but not as grea. As th first one.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #34 September 1, 2011 Into social essay/commentary - then anything by Joan Didion. My faves are The White Album, Salvador, and The Year Of Magical Thinking. For the cynical/humorous slant - anything by P.J. O'Rourke. Also, Lost In The Cosmos by Percy, Age Of Missing Information by McKibben. Into science/physics/cosmology - slightly outdated, but still one of my faves - The God Particle by Lederman. Also, Alice In Quantumland by Gilmore, Fear Of Physics by Krauss. I could go on forever, . . . and I will, another time." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,121 #35 September 1, 2011 Three of my recent (recently read not necessarily recently written) favourites: Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (Titled: "Someone Knows My Name" in the US) The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #36 September 2, 2011 Quote wow and there was I thinking that you wanted a bit of light reading to while away a few dull hours between martinis When you're drinking martinis, do you actually have a few hours between? No wonder they're dull. lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJohnson 0 #37 September 2, 2011 Travels with Charlie A stone for Danny Fischer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #38 September 2, 2011 Quote Quote wow and there was I thinking that you wanted a bit of light reading to while away a few dull hours between martinis When you're drinking martinis, do you actually have a few hours between? No wonder they're dull. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tharv17 0 #39 September 2, 2011 The Long Ships by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson. Vikings Vikings Vikings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #40 September 2, 2011 QuoteAlso, Alice In Quantumland by Gilmore I haven't read that one, but I have read his "The Wizard of Quarks: A Fantasy of Particle Physics" and found it an interesting read. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #41 September 9, 2011 I'm also about to go on holiday and have just loaded my Kindle up with a bunch of Free Books from Amazon - some a classics (Tom Sawyer for example and some could turn out to be shite ... but they'll kill a few hours on the plane and sitting on the hill waiting for the thermals to kick in :-) (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
