Looking for a good book
12-28-2011 | 03:36 PM
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With The Resistance
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From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
Hemingway- For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Green Hills of Africa
Burgess- A Clockwork Orange
Orwell- 1984, Burmese Days
McCarthy- All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men
Melville-Moby Dick, The Confidence Man
Any of these:http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/
Burgess- A Clockwork Orange
Orwell- 1984, Burmese Days
McCarthy- All the Pretty Horses, Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men
Melville-Moby Dick, The Confidence Man
Any of these:http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/
12-28-2011 | 04:06 PM
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Seabiscuit is the best book I've read in a while. It is page-turning non-fiction. It is also easy to find a used copy. I bought mine at Goodwill for $1. Another book, Unbroken, which is by the same author, got excellent reviews, but I haven't picked that one up yet.
12-28-2011 | 04:33 PM
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Seabiscuit is the best book I've read in a while. It is page-turning non-fiction. It is also easy to find a used copy. I bought mine at Goodwill for $1. Another book, Unbroken, which is by the same author, got excellent reviews, but I haven't picked that one up yet.
12-28-2011 | 05:16 PM
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From: Devil's Advocate
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (The entire series is excellent)
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max (non-fiction... or so he says
)
Four Day Follies by Pilot X (4DayFollies)
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max (non-fiction... or so he says
)Four Day Follies by Pilot X (4DayFollies)
12-28-2011 | 05:25 PM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
What do you like?
Old school spy novels: Frederick Forsythe, John Lecarre, Robert Ludlum
Modern Spy: Daniel Silva, Vince Flynn, Frederick Forsythe
Adventure: Ken Follet
African adventure; Wilbur Smith
Detective/adventure: Lee Child
Detective/Britian: PD James
Detective/Russia: Tom Rob Smith
Special Operations: Andy McNabb (stick with his non-fiction)
Humorous Adventure: Donald Westlake, Carl Hiaasen
Sci Fi: Larry Niven, Fred Saberhagen
Old school spy novels: Frederick Forsythe, John Lecarre, Robert Ludlum
Modern Spy: Daniel Silva, Vince Flynn, Frederick Forsythe
Adventure: Ken Follet
African adventure; Wilbur Smith
Detective/adventure: Lee Child
Detective/Britian: PD James
Detective/Russia: Tom Rob Smith
Special Operations: Andy McNabb (stick with his non-fiction)
Humorous Adventure: Donald Westlake, Carl Hiaasen
Sci Fi: Larry Niven, Fred Saberhagen
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12-28-2011 | 05:25 PM
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From: Supine
I'm reading Horns by Joe Hill. Quite imaginative.
Amazon.com: Horns: A Novel (9780061147951): Joe Hill: Books
I got an ebook version from the library.
Amazon.com: Horns: A Novel (9780061147951): Joe Hill: Books
I got an ebook version from the library.
12-28-2011 | 05:27 PM
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From: B-737 Right Seat
Count of Monte Cristo: best revenge story ever. Ruthless!
Flyboys by James Bradley: Nonfiction but reads like fiction.
Atlas Shrugged: Regardless of your political affiliation, it's a good read and makes you think.
Flyboys by James Bradley: Nonfiction but reads like fiction.
Atlas Shrugged: Regardless of your political affiliation, it's a good read and makes you think.
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