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"Sharpe's Battle" of the Richard Sharpe series. Good stuff!
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mymindisamob
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A friend convinced me to try out "Wild at heart" by John Eldredge. Interesting read for what it is.
I loved Blood Meridian, and need to reread it this summer. How about that scene where they make gun powder? Did you know that there is a movie of it in the works, in addition to the long delayed film version of The Road? I wonder who would play the role of Judge Holden.
Currently I am reading George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, which is his memoir of his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War (I had not known that he had done that). While I am not into his politics, it is an interesting account.
Professionally I am reading Vergil's Aeneid (in Latin) with the 11th graders. There's always something new to find and appreciate in there.
Currently I am reading George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, which is his memoir of his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War (I had not known that he had done that). While I am not into his politics, it is an interesting account.
Professionally I am reading Vergil's Aeneid (in Latin) with the 11th graders. There's always something new to find and appreciate in there.
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That is a fantastic book! :thumbup:
I picked up a copy of his later book, "Collapse," but haven't got to it yet.
I think by reading "Darwins Ghost" by Steve Jones and "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond, you can learn the condensed version of how life on earth works.
Those are two of my all-time favorite pieces of non-fiction.
Stay sharp,
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I have serious doubts as to how either of those works (especially "The Road") will hold up to movie conversion. There are some things you can describe in print that you just can't put on film....
And to be honest, I haven't been to see a movie in many years. I refuse to support the hypocritical anti-gun/anti-2nd Amendment movie industry that glorifies gun violence for profit.
Stay sharp,
desmobob
I don't go to the movies much either (crappy movies + excessive $$$ + small child keeps me away). Good point about Hollywood hypocricy. The other McArthy books made into films held up pretty well, so I'll give these a chance; there's no substitute for a good book, though.
Give this a try.... Start reading Walden again from the beginning, but this time with the realization that Thoreau has one of the driest, most subtle, most hilarious senses of humor that have been seen at that time period! It is soooo dry that 99% of the people reading Walden never see the humor that is all through the book! It's dry. It's often sarcastic, but Thoreau is really witty!
I used to teach a university weekend workshop on Thoreau. We would go off into the Adirondacks of NY state, camping for the weekend beside Hart Lake, and spend the two days just discussing the book, reading parts aloud while sitting beside the pond. Every time I read that book I find something else that I never realized before! Right now, almost every other sentence is underlined, and it's one of the only books that I've bothered to annotate. A fantastic read!
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Just got "one Mans wilderness" off of a coworker..started it today..good so far. I also have going..."The Brief wonderous life of Oscar Wao" , " The first Five pages" , "Handbook of Knots" and " Ultra Marathon Man"..which is really a motivating book..if you like sporty kinda books.
The man Dick Prenicke is a really cool kinda sage, his thoughts in the Afterwords are pretty deep.
The man Dick Prenicke is a really cool kinda sage, his thoughts in the Afterwords are pretty deep.
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I work part-time in English-language library here and read lots of books. Currently Lords of the Bow, which is about Genghis Khan, and Heart of Darkness for the second time. I also enjoyed A Walk in the Woods.
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well iam still in school iam reading a lot of books
the one im reading for schools is (the outsiders)
outdoors books iam reading are (bushcraft),les stroud's(surive)
the one im reading for schools is (the outsiders)
outdoors books iam reading are (bushcraft),les stroud's(surive)
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I am currently reading One Second After By: William R. Forstchen. For those who don't know, it is a book about an attack on America by an EMP which knocks out all electronics. Just started it and got to the second chapter where the EMP just hit and everything went black and all modern autos stopped running. The main character already has the feeling that things are going to get bad.
John
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Way Out: A True Story of Ruin and Survival
Craig Childs is one of my favorite current outdoor authors....
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-True-...=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240983438&sr=1-6
Craig Childs is one of my favorite current outdoor authors....
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-True-...=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240983438&sr=1-6
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Going to be starting this sometime soon :thumbup: Looking forward to it.
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Pony Boy was like an emo greaser.
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http://www.amazon.com/last-Japanese...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241000020&sr=8-1
Japanese WWII Soldier Who Hid for Decades Dies
Tuesday September 23, 1997 By Jon Herskovitz
TOKYO (Reuter) - A Japanese soldier who stayed in the jungles of Guam for 26 years after the end of World War II in adherence to the Imperial Army's code of never surrender has died of a heart attack, hospital officials said Tuesday.
Shoichi Yokoi, 82, became a national hero on his return to Japan in 1972 for his dramatic tale of survival.
His first words upon arriving in Tokyo -- "It is with much embarrassment that I return" -- were broadcast nationally and instantly became a popular saying.
He died Monday at a hospital in the central city of Nagoya, in his native Aichi prefecture.
Yokoi's exploits in the jungle fascinated the nation. The Japanese, in the throes of the post-war industrial boom, were intrigued by his bare diet of nuts, berries, frogs, snails and rats, and how he wove materials from tree bark.
His return triggered a search for other Japanese soldiers left from the war, and turned up another straggler in 1974, this time in the Philippines.
Unlike Yokoi, whose rifle had rusted and become useless, former Lt. Hiroo Onoda had kept a working firearm and killed several villagers before he was discovered in the Philippine jungle.
Yokoi, a former sergeant, was drafted into the army in 1941 and sent to northeastern China, and later to Guam. Japan occupied Guam during the war and most of its 22,000 troops were killed when U.S. troops recaptured the island in 1944.
Two local hunters discovered him in January 1972 in a remote Guam jungle wearing a pair of burlap pants and a shirt which he said he had made from the bark of a tree.
He was repatriated to Japan a month later where he started life over in a country and a world he hardly knew.
Japan had then become a nation without an army, just beginning to emerge as an industrialized power. Upon his return, Yokoi, who had been reported as killed in action, was dumbfounded by the changes that had occurred since he left on a military transport more than a quarter century ago.
At the first news conference since his homecoming, Yokoi, surrounded by reporters and photographers after nearly three decades in complete jungle isolation, appeared bewildered and was unable to answer questions posed to him.
He contracted an arranged marriage in November 1972, and traded his solitary cave in Guam for a home in Aichi Prefecture with his new wife Mihoko.
He became a regular commentator on television programs, where he discussed survival skills. He wrote a best-selling book on his experience in Guam and in 1974 ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Japan's upper house of parliament.
On Tuesday, friends and neighbors visited Yokoi's home in Nagoya to pay tribute to Japan's man who "never surrendered," Kyodo news agency reported.
Yokoi's wife Mihoko, 69, told reporters she felt she had lost "a treasure from my heart," Kyodo reported.
We have had 25 years of happy life, and I told my husband 'Thank you'," Kyodo quoted her as saying.
In 1991, Yokoi had an audience with Emperor Akihito during a reception at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Yokoi, who had said upon his return that he regretted having failed to serve the Imperial Japanese Army well, was overcome with emotion when he met the emperor, media reports said.
Japanese WWII Soldier Who Hid for Decades Dies
Tuesday September 23, 1997 By Jon Herskovitz
TOKYO (Reuter) - A Japanese soldier who stayed in the jungles of Guam for 26 years after the end of World War II in adherence to the Imperial Army's code of never surrender has died of a heart attack, hospital officials said Tuesday.
Shoichi Yokoi, 82, became a national hero on his return to Japan in 1972 for his dramatic tale of survival.
His first words upon arriving in Tokyo -- "It is with much embarrassment that I return" -- were broadcast nationally and instantly became a popular saying.
He died Monday at a hospital in the central city of Nagoya, in his native Aichi prefecture.
Yokoi's exploits in the jungle fascinated the nation. The Japanese, in the throes of the post-war industrial boom, were intrigued by his bare diet of nuts, berries, frogs, snails and rats, and how he wove materials from tree bark.
His return triggered a search for other Japanese soldiers left from the war, and turned up another straggler in 1974, this time in the Philippines.
Unlike Yokoi, whose rifle had rusted and become useless, former Lt. Hiroo Onoda had kept a working firearm and killed several villagers before he was discovered in the Philippine jungle.
Yokoi, a former sergeant, was drafted into the army in 1941 and sent to northeastern China, and later to Guam. Japan occupied Guam during the war and most of its 22,000 troops were killed when U.S. troops recaptured the island in 1944.
Two local hunters discovered him in January 1972 in a remote Guam jungle wearing a pair of burlap pants and a shirt which he said he had made from the bark of a tree.
He was repatriated to Japan a month later where he started life over in a country and a world he hardly knew.
Japan had then become a nation without an army, just beginning to emerge as an industrialized power. Upon his return, Yokoi, who had been reported as killed in action, was dumbfounded by the changes that had occurred since he left on a military transport more than a quarter century ago.
At the first news conference since his homecoming, Yokoi, surrounded by reporters and photographers after nearly three decades in complete jungle isolation, appeared bewildered and was unable to answer questions posed to him.
He contracted an arranged marriage in November 1972, and traded his solitary cave in Guam for a home in Aichi Prefecture with his new wife Mihoko.
He became a regular commentator on television programs, where he discussed survival skills. He wrote a best-selling book on his experience in Guam and in 1974 ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Japan's upper house of parliament.
On Tuesday, friends and neighbors visited Yokoi's home in Nagoya to pay tribute to Japan's man who "never surrendered," Kyodo news agency reported.
Yokoi's wife Mihoko, 69, told reporters she felt she had lost "a treasure from my heart," Kyodo reported.
We have had 25 years of happy life, and I told my husband 'Thank you'," Kyodo quoted her as saying.
In 1991, Yokoi had an audience with Emperor Akihito during a reception at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Yokoi, who had said upon his return that he regretted having failed to serve the Imperial Japanese Army well, was overcome with emotion when he met the emperor, media reports said.
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