Since fuel prices are so high now and I will be staying home a lot more until they go down I thought about this new thread. I do a LOT of reading and thought about posting some good books that I have read. I hope you will do the same.

First things first… I know that Hoss will mention the Bible so I will go on and get that one out of the way right now.



Here are a few good books that I have read recently.


1. A Short History of Nearly Everything By Bill Bryson.


One of the best books I have read in a long time. If you want to know something about everything, this is your book.

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2. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them By Al Franken


It’s a little late now but it is still informative and humorous.

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3. Under the Banner of Heaven By Jon Krakauer


An in depth look at the Fundamentalist Mormon Religion. Phox? (note I said fundamentalist)

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4. The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, & Deception Point by Dan Brown

While some of you may not like the anti-religious references in his books, Dan Brown is a superb storyteller.

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5. The Devil in the White City By Erik Larson

An in depth look at the 1893 Chicago Worlds fair and Dr. H.H. Holmes use of the fair to lure scores of women to their death.

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These are just a few of the books that I have read recently. I would be interested in any others you might have read since I will have plenty of time on my hands.

Britt

 

The one book that got burned into my mind when I was a good bit younger was a book called "Where the Red Fern Grows". I believe it was a "kid's" book, but ****. Of Mice and Men come to mind also. All I read now are programming and electronics books

 

The Davinci code

and Mein Komph, hitlers biography, have a dictionary for the davinci code.... ur gonna need it..

Tx

 

"Of Mice and Men" is a great book. Haven't read it recently but I remember it well!

Britt

 

The DaVinci Code, Deception Point and Digital Fortress. Angels and Demons is next after reading a book by Dale Brown.

MikeyB

 

You will LOVE Angels and Demons. To me it was the best one of the series.

Britt

 

To Kill a Mockingbird, also read Grapes of Wrath, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and am starting on "Command of the Sea, British naval power 1660-I forget". Mockingbird is also a movie that holds very true to the book, not one of those movies you'll hate if you've read the book, or read the book and say "huh?" after watching the movie. Grapes of Wrath was ok, For Whom the Bell Tolls was excellent. Another vote for Mice and Men here, also an excellent book. Have Under the Banner of Heaven, and a raft of books I got for my birthday I haven't started on yet. Maybe we should start a DTR book club? Only bad thing about that is we would have to leave all of Faulkner's books off, due to Oprah endorsing them. Don't want to encourage her.

 

All of Richard Hermans books...All friekishly realistic war storys....3 games to history(patriots story about their 3 superbowls), any Tom Clancy...The Red Badge of Courage....The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger...lots more

 

O yeah...The outsiders, The giver, George Pattons biography...The Call of The Wild...

 

Just finished "Separation of Power" by Vince Flynn, before that also by him "The Third Option." I also like Daniel Silva, Tom Clancy. "Avenger" by Frederick Forsyth was enjoyable. I am half way through "History of the KGB" and started "Flow" which is a guide to the optimal experience, or in other words, is supposed to teach you how to make the best of everything. I'll let you know when I'm done.
I did like "Angels and Demons"

 

"In Harm's Way" by Doug Stanton.

The true story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and its survivors

The Indy delivered the parts for the H-bomb dropped on Hiroshima, then was sunk by a Japanese sub on her way back to port. She was forgotten about by all the commands in the area, so nobody knew she was missing. The 900 sailors that didn't go down with the ship (300 killed in initial torpedo hit/sinking) stayed in shark infested waters for 3 days before a plane spotted them (by accident). Only 321 men were rescued. A lot of the men who survived the sinking were eaten by sharks. The author interviews some survivors. Tough to hold back the tears when you listen to their stories. The Navy courtmartialed the skipper of the ship (many felt unjustly) and within the last few years, congress reversed the court martial. Unfortunately the skipper committed suicide in 1968.

~Rob

 

Linda Greenlaw, the captain of the Hannah Bowden (sister ship to Andrea Gail, the subject of The Perfect Storm) has written The Hungry Ocean, a book about her life as a swordboat captain.... very interesting read... highly recommended...


The Hungry Ocean - Linda Greenlaw


Just my $0.02

EatingfishandthinkingoceanTrey

 

Britt:

W.E.B Griffin wrote a series of novels about the Marines, another series about the Philadelphia police department, and another series about the early years of the CIA (can't remember what it's name was back then). In the series about the Marines the titles of the books are the Lieutenants, the Captains, the Colonels, the Majors, the Generals. If you can get your hands on the entire series of these books and start at the first book it is interesting reading. They start off during WWII (the really big one) and progress to the police action in Greece after WWII, to Korea, and through Viet Nam. The books generally trace the same characters through their careers. The series about the Philadelphia police department was also very good, but I only got to read a couple of them.

John (DH)

 

That is a good book .... hard core Navy.

I been getting into the westerns ... Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey stuff.

Iker42 .... you actually read them books ??? At your age, all I was interested in was the magazines under my brothers mattress.

PISTOL

 

How about;

"American Soldier" by General Franks

"Leadership" by Rudy Giuliani