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15 September 2014, 17:58 #16New Member
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Just finished Target American, the newest Sniper Elite by Scott McEwen and just started On Scope by Jack Coughlin. Neither one is a bad time waster.
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15 September 2014, 18:12 #17
Preordered my copy of "The Reaper" today.
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15 September 2014, 19:45 #18LEO / MIL
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15 September 2014, 20:22 #20New Member
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Just finished "America's secret MiG squadron" by Col. Peck. I work with a guy who used to be a crew chief in the programs early days. Its pretty interesting to hear some of his stories about how the Russians built their aircraft.
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17 September 2014, 16:54 #21New Member
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I generally go through a few books a week so I am always looking for something new to read. I would avoid American guns though, it wasn't near as good as American Sniper and honestly just this side of wiping paper. YMMV though. I love anything by Ernest Hemingway and have been slowly been collecting leather bound editions. Laura Hildebraund is another all time favorite as del as anything by Steven Hunter. Vince Flynn also had some seriously good stuff, it truly sucked when he died of heart failure in his early forties. Tom CLancy is also a great read. Currently though I am re-reading History by Plutarch, one of the greatest literary minds of all time. I was turned on too him when i was going through a Louis L'amore kick in middle school and noticed Plutarch was mentioned in pretty much every one of his novels.
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17 September 2014, 19:55 #22
Ha..ha..great! You picked up on that... I wondered if anyone would get it, albeit a sick situation that involved horrible deaths of innocent people.. Even worse, though is that the Beatles did the song and Guns 'N Roses covered it. GNR must have really been short on material.
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17 September 2014, 20:07 #23
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18 September 2014, 04:22 #24
Reading 13 Hours the accounts of what happened on the ground in Benghazi
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18 September 2014, 10:50 #25
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18 September 2014, 10:54 #26
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18 September 2014, 11:01 #27
You're right, GNR didn't cover it, but about 35 other bands did, most notably Aerosmith and U2, U2 just opened with the song live, but didn't record it. Check out Wikipedia. I had no I idea how many people covered that song, indluding, as you said, Crue. GNR did cover a Charles Manson song, called "look at your game girl", on the Spaghetti Incident, which all of the band members fought with Rose over. So, nothing related to that book.
Still, good call on the book.
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18 September 2014, 14:49 #28
For some reason I am fascinated by Age of Sail novels. Especially those that detail the techniques of sailing and sea warfare. The Patrick O'Brian series is the best by far. Also great are C.S.Forester, Dewey Lambdin and Julian Stockwin. Currently reading the first in new series by S. Thomas Russell- Under Enemy Colors.
The Sharpe's Rifles series is decent compliment for a basic understanding of land warfare in the same era.
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18 September 2014, 14:56 #29
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18 September 2014, 17:29 #30
I'm reading Wevo and some WEVO oh and did I mention Wevo? I cannot find a book that can keep my interest right now 😣
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