Just finished "Stand: Putting on the Full Armour of God" … Warren Wiersbe
Excellent and very encouraging!
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Just finished "Stand: Putting on the Full Armour of God" … Warren Wiersbe
Excellent and very encouraging!
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Originally Posted by Vic Tory
I love Louis L'Amour stories! Quite a life that fellow lived. I have a big collection of his books and should re read some of them.
Today I finished Full Force and Effect by Tom Clancy. It's a Jack Ryan novel. Excellent! The descriptions of life and the murderous totalitarian state in North Korea are frightening.
I listened to the unabridged version on CDs. 19.5 hours on 15 CDs. Recommended.
When I was on board a Destroyer in the 60's we traded Louis L'Amour books around the ship and with others in the squadron at every port.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vic Tory
He seemed to set the tone for a good read and great escape from the daily routine.
A lot of his books were made into movies at the time.
Another author I like was Donald Hamilton and the Matt Helm series.
Those movies were pretty goofy after Dean Martin starred in them.
And, of course, John D. McDonald and the Travis McGee series.
I am really dating myself.
Just finished George Orwell's 1984 a couple of weeks ago, now I'm reading J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.
These are two books I should've read many years ago (classics) but never got around to it.
Just 2/3 of the way through Catcher and I'm still waiting for a plot to emerge. Particularly odd story so far.
ETA: Finished The Catcher In The Rye. The plot emerged in the last 2 pages of the book but looking back, it was vaguely hinted at early on.
Not really my cup of tea for reading material but I'm trying to expand into classics I've never read.
George Orwell's 1984, and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World along with Ayn Rand's books, very much have influenced my life.
The one I haven't read, is Animal House, skipped that day in school, it would seem. :)
-John
er, Animal Farm
I did see Animal House... kind of lived it. ;)
"Death, Daring and Disaster" by Charles R 'Butch' Farabee Jr. A history of Search and Rescue in the National Parks.
Great reading, covers the years 1870 to 2004. Many stories I had never heard of, like the guy who parachuted to the top of Devils Tower (865') in 1941! He had no clue on how to get down but had 1000' of rope bundled in the plane. The pilot circled around and dropped the rope package which bounced and fell off the tower, landing on a ledge below. Officials considered using a blimp to get him down! They had to go up and rescue his ass.
I graduated from an Eastern college, where the English Lit. profs revered Salinger. Watching rust would be more interesting than reading his work, IMO. I never understood their fascination with a lot of the so-called "classic" writers: Salinger, Doctorow, Steinbeck, O'Connor, etc. (I think hell must have mandatory reading of Steinbeck's garbage.)Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
mutineers moon by david webber - classic scifi space opera 'ish
this has to be about the 5th re-read of the series.
For less enjoyment, Fedex how to file a claim....it is nice that they attached a photo of the package at the wrong house...
[added]
I got lucky; looks like the package was delivered near my house and was returned; or was that delivered just now.
"The Man From The Future", a biography of John von Neumann.
If you are in a technical field, you've probably heard of him. He was quite possibly the most intelligent person in the 20th century.
Excellent read.
Highly recommend the ?Terminal List? series of books by Jack Carr. They are all amazing
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+1 for Terminal List series recommendation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunner
If you're unarmed, you are a victim.
Check out Tony Hillerman. Follows the Louis L'Amour theme. Real places, trails...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
Want a scare about what could happen?
Day of Wrath by Forstchen, William R.
https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1242625
Short read at 171 pages.
One second after,one year after and 5 years after by the same author were amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mb504
Just stared ?Going Home? by A. American so far I?m really enjoying it.
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Code name Dynamite. By Dr Thompson. First hand MACSOGV accounts and lessons learned.
After 20 years and more than 500 post apocalyptic novels/books read, the Going Home series is in my top three.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunner
If you're unarmed, you are a victim.
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Originally Posted by Duman
Turing's Cathedral
In the last several months:
The Crusades by Ambridge (I wanted to know more after watching Kingdom of Heaven). Very interesting stuff.
Gulag Archipelago (Should be required reading in this country)
Ordinary Men (Also should be required reading)
Alone and Unafraid (A lot of basic info. I disagree with a few of the items in it but still great info)
Warning Signs (Peter Langman)
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more ? we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.
I thought the entire time how could have it gotten so bad. How did they get there. I just can't even fathom. I don't know why but I found it annoying when called them organs. I get why, but it just would catch me off guard every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe_K
It got me hooked I?m about halfway done with book 3 currently. I really think this book series needs to be a TV show.Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
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Because of your post and because I'm a fan of William Forstchen's writing style and the insightfullness of his writing, I ordered a used copy of this from Amazon. It got here a few days ago & I finished it last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by mb504
Dear heavenly father this was a dark story. I found it particularly interesting that this book was published in 2014 yet news reports in the past year seem to accurately reflect the illegal border crossings of known terrorists that Forstchen depicts in this story. In the past year, Border Patrol has caught quite a few known terrorists crossing our borders (I'd say for every known terrorist caught crossing there have been at least 25 more that crossed successfully). This adds a lot of plausibility to the possibility of this story coming to pass which unsettles me greatly.
Now, based off of Gunner's and Lobo's recommendation I'll be ordering the A. American Going Home series.
Can?t wait to hear what you think about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
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Among discussion groups about likely terrorist attacks/apocalypse scenarios Forstchen's scenario in Day of Wrath is discussed as very likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
Often in conjunction with targeted physical infrastructure attacks on electrical grid components(large transformer farms, generation stations, hydro generation/dams), water treatment facilities, petroleum transportation(pipelines) and refining and large public events(sports stadiums, concerts, political rallies).
If you're unarmed, you are a victim.
I listened to the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz recently. Read by Scott Brick, a top notch narrator. I recommend them.
https://www.amazon.com/Orphan-X-Nove.../dp/1250097207