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Old 03-19-2020, 05:00 AM
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- American Patriot by Coram (Col Bud Day may be one of the finest Americans ever).

- One Square Mile of Hell by Wukovitz

- My Secret War by Drury​​​​​​

- Mitch Rapp series

- Malcom Gladwell books

- Boys in the Boat
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Old 03-19-2020, 05:44 AM
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A Higher Call - book about WW2 bomber pilot and German fighter pilot
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Old 03-19-2020, 06:06 AM
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Boy (auto bio on the english school system)
Going Solo (auto bio on his aviation career in Africa WWII)
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Old 03-19-2020, 06:29 AM
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Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission
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Old 03-19-2020, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by LeineLodge View Post
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet
All the Ken Follet books are great.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
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Old 03-19-2020, 07:29 AM
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Run the mile you are in.
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Old 03-19-2020, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by waldo135 View Post
A Higher Call - book about WW2 bomber pilot and German fighter pilot
Second this. Great book. Also Boys in the Boat was excellent!

Great thread. Keep the positivity coming!
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Old 03-19-2020, 07:46 AM
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Economics In One Lesson - Short easy read and probably the single best book on economics ever written.

Fiat Money Inflation in France - Written around a century ago covering events and policy prior to that. Reads like a current WSJ article. Free download available on mises.org I think. Suprisingly easy read too.

One Second After - A military historian takes the federal DoD/Congressional EMP commission report (hardly a "conspiracy theory" when its 100% government recognized and validated) and writes a novel about his small town going through the government report as a blueprint for what the US government has already modeled.

Charlie Wilson't War - the movie was insulting to the bredth and depth of the book. I know its fashionable to say that about everything, but for this book its especially true.

World War Z - someone above mentioned that and they are right about the movie; its irrelevant and not even related to the book. Cool thing about the book is that its a compillation of numerous shorter stories from multipile perspectives of the same event. Also keep in mind that the author has been invited numerous times to speak at military war colleges etc. Generals and admirals sit down and actually listen to him.
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Rocketmen about Apollo 8 was also a very good read.
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