looking for some new Books.

garth reckner said:
i really like anything by allan w. Eckert. He is a historian that covers early american history. Being from ohio alot of his stuff has to do with the settling of ohio. Really some amazing battles in ohio history.

Garth
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i will definitely second this one!
 
Here're some good reads, all on the war/survival non-fiction spectrum.

1. Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum. Thirty million people lived (and died) in the Soviet forced-labour camps while they existed.
2. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. A survivor of the Nazi camps, who is a psychiatrist, discusses how some people find the spirit and energy to keep going in horrible circumstances.
3. The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 by Dick Couch (a former SEAL) and Cliff Hollenbeck. Couch provides his perspective on the physical and mental rigours of the modern-day Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL course.
4. The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. In this memoir a child-soldier of mixed French-German parents recounts his harrowing experiences fighting and surviving with the Wehrmacht on the eastern front in world war two.
5. Anything about the Rwandan genocide. Two good ones are: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch and Shake Hands With The Devil: by Romeo Dallaire.

Peace.
 
I have read a number of Apocalypse scenario books this past year (to get into the mood so to speak)

Here they are

the Stand by Stephen King
Lucifer's Hammer by Pournelle, Jerry, Niven, Larry
One Second After by Forstchen, William R.
Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse by Rawles, James Wesley
The Road by Mccarthy, Cormac
I Am Legend by Matheson, Richard
Wool (Silo Serious 7 books) by Howey, Hugh
77 Days in September by Gorham, Ray

Then a few true survival stories
Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea by Callahan, Steven
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by King, Dean


and few survival manuals
Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills by John McPherson
Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival by Mors Kochanski

then I decided to take a brake from the gloomy stuff and read
The Game of Thrones all 5 books by Martin, George R.R (great fantasy)
 
Wow, so many great books....

Just a thought,...I haven't had much time to read since we started our family so I now listen to audio books, and can now get much more "reading" in.

Panzer Aces
Unrepentant Sinner
Anything by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Anything by Douglas Adams (hitchhikers guide to the galaxy)
Anything by Masaad Ayoob
Forever War (sci fi)
Stranger In A Strange Land (sci fi)
Nothing Like It In The World
Chickenhawk
We Were Soldiers Once and Young
Unthinkable
Red Star Rogue
What The Dog Saw
Freakonomics
Anything by Clifford Pickover... This guy always blows my mind....
Anything by Richard Feynman
 
EDawg said:
No, it is the first. I wrote them in exactly the wrong order in my hurry, sorry....All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain, but I guess you might have already known that.

If you are feeling it, then read Blood Meridian too....amazing! His books are hard to put down.

E
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No, I did not. Thanks!
 
gunfixrjoe said:
Unintended Consequences by John Ross. My all time favorite book.
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+1 :thumbup:

Great book, too bad it's been out of print for over 10 years. I paid $105 for a reader second edition and almost twice that for a first edition but it's one damn good book.

And just so people have a source without spending money,

http://www.shtfinfo.com/shtffiles/books_and_reading/Unintended_Consequences.pdf

resinguy said:
"One Second After" William Forstchen. Post-apocolytic fiction about an EMP attack on the USA, seen through the lens of a small town in North Carolina.
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I saved the name of that book and been meaning to read it ever since you talked about it at the last KC you were at, still yet to do it but look forward to it :o




I still like Stephen King, The Shining, Needful Things, Misery, etc. The Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris is pretty good too.
 
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri Bushwhacker (Civil War in the West)

His rifle was kill Devil.
And is my ancestor.

or

crow killer the saga of liver eating Johnson
 
One of my favorites is "To Dare & To Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations from Achilles to Al Queda", Derek Leebaert
The last five I've read:
"Enemies: A History of the FBI", Tim Weiner
"Manhunt", Peter Bergen
"the signal and the noise", Nate Silver
"Fobbit", David Abrams
"Spillover", David Quammen
Currently enjoying "The Rapture of the Nerds", Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross and next up is "The Twilight War", David Christ.
Enjoy,
Pete
 
Matterhorn by Carl Marlantes is a great read, it is fiction, but so accurate it reads like a first hand account.

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. Every man should read this at least twice.

With Winning In Mind by Lenny Basham. It's almost a self help kind of book, but I recommend it to everyone I talk to about books. Every elite athlete you talk to will tell you performance is 90% mental, this book addresses how to train for the mental aspect of performance. Great read even if you aren't training for a specific event.

And for fiction, the Dark Tower series by Steven King is mind blowing. It helps to have read a few of his other books, but it really shows what a genius King is. I read the first three books in one sitting...
 
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Pokey1 said:
This book is fiction but "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci. I just read it and it is amazing :thumbup: You can borrow it if you'd like!
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Everything I've read by Baldacci has been great, particularly the Camel Club series.

Jack London's John Barleycorn, as well as The Sea Wolf, White Fang, Call of The Wild if you haven't read them.

I think John Steinbeck Is my favorite; Tortilla Flat, Cannery Row are lighter. The Log From The Sea of Cortez and Travels With Charley In Search of America are true life stories of his own experience.
To a God Unknown and In Dubious Battle were great.
Grapes of Wrath is truly epic.
A Winter of Our Discontent is my favorite by him.
 
That Dark and Bloody River, by Allan W. Eckert ..... I'm just getting ready to start this one. Looks like it's going to be good. It's about the colonists' first major expansion westward into the Ohio River Valley. Reportedly shows the heroism and savagery on the parts of both the whites and natives.

The Sun Danced At Fatima, by Joseph A. Pelletier ... I did read this one, and it's my all time favorite book. Could barely put it down. It's a true account of the miracles at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, witnessed by tens of thousands of people.

JT
 
guitar1580 said:
That Dark and Bloody River, by Allan W. Eckert ..... I'm just getting ready to start this one. Looks like it's going to be good. It's about the colonists' first major expansion westward into the Ohio River Valley. Reportedly shows the heroism and savagery on the parts of both the whites and natives.

The Sun Danced At Fatima, by Joseph A. Pelletier ... I did read this one, and it's my all time favorite book. Could barely put it down. It's a true account of the miracles at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, witnessed by tens of thousands of people.

JT
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I have read Dark and Bloody River probably 4 or 5 times now. It is a great book. Amazing history with no prejuduces toward one side or the other. Tells it like it was . Tells about the good and the bad on both sides.

Garth
 
There are a lot of great books listed in here. I think I'm going to have to buy a bunch more off this list. :thumbup:
 
Wow, lots of great suggestions. Thanks to everyone. I have started a list that may actually break my bank. lol
For those who would like a suggestion or two.

Lone Survivor - Absolutely amazing
The Red Circle - Very good
No Easy Day- Awesome
Any Book written by Mitch Album- Amazing
Fearless by Eric Blehm- Very Good
Seal of God - Very good
Meeting God behind enemy lines - Good quick read

I have a lot more but I will have to wait till I get home to see the actual titles.
 
I have not read anything since 50 Shades of Gray. I do not recommend that for you reading, I don't think it would be your cup of tea.
 
RobStanley said:
Last book I read was Frank Herbert's DUNE. Simply awesome. I read it years ago and was blown away by it then, and was blown away by it again.
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Funny, I was just thinking about Frank. I grew up with one of his nephews. Frank's dad taught us kids how to butcher chickens and make apple cider. Met Frank, and what an interesting dude. Wish I had been more old enough to really appreciate it.
I agree on them being good books too.

I don't have much to offer in the way of fiction. Non-Fiction? That's another matter.
 
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