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12-28-2013, 02:29 PM

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Also, "stick & rudder" by Wolfgang langeweishe. Good book for those looking to do some tailwheel flying

01-02-2014, 07:41 AM

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[QUOTE=atpwannabe;844826]"The Shack" by William P. Young.

Powerful!

I know this was posted in 2010 but this book was a good read!

01-05-2014, 08:32 AM

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[QUOTE=Fly Girl;1551004][QUOTE=atpwannabe;844826]"The Shack" by William P. Young.

Powerful!

Along those same line, an excellent book titled Thirty seconds in Heaven. Can't recall the author.

01-05-2014, 09:01 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Fly Girl

"The Shack" by William P. Young.

Powerful!

I know this was posted in 2010 but this book was a good read!

If you read that, be sure to read "Burning Down the Shack" by James De Young.

01-05-2014, 11:06 AM

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I really liked two recent books I read:

Fiction: The Hit, by David Baldacci

Non fiction: Bunker Hill - A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

01-05-2014, 02:07 PM

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"The Art of Racing in the Rain" - Garth Stein
"Flying the Line" - George Hopkins
"1Q84" - Haruki Murakami
"Out of the Dark" - David Webber

Some of the recents I've finished and enjoyed.

01-05-2014, 08:43 PM

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I quite enjoy David Sedaris books. Infinite Jest, The Boy Detective Fails, and Stephan King's Full Dark, No Stars are good ones I've read recently.

01-06-2014, 12:11 PM

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My personal favorite is 'Flight of Passage' by Rinker Buck. True story of two teenagers that fly a rebuilt cub from coast to coast.

01-06-2014, 01:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jungle

A couple of Cormac McCarthy titles:

Blood Meridian-In the top 50 of all time. Set in the old west and I don't like westerns but this book is more of a philosophical statement. The writing is fantastic and has been compared to Melville, but this isn't for the squeamish and it may not please those with romantic notions about life.

No Country for Old Men-Set in the new west, a lot of reflection on the current human condition. Good and evil, and how we make our way despite the challenges. As much philosophy and the study of human qualities as it is a story. Not for the for those upset by blood or moral dilemma.

I agree, "Blood Meridian" is a must read. Judge Holden has to be one of the greatest literary characters of all time. Much of the the novel is based on actual events.

V., Gravity's Rainbow, and Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon. Probably the best American author for the last half of the 20th century. Hard reads though.