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[quote=Mattyk;713199]I'm reading "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" by EB Sledge. Started reading it when The Pacific was on but I've gotten away from it. The show kinda wore me out.[/quote]The exact same thing happened to me! I got through the first 3/4 of the book very quickly but struggled through the last quarter.

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I was just given "Before the Dawn" by Nichols Wade. Fascinating read on development of modern humans (homo sapien as distinct from homo erectus, neaderthal, etc.) from the dawn of time.

Examines what we can tell from the DNA/genetic samples. The main point is that all non-sub-saharan African (modern) humans descended from a group of ~150 such humans who left East Africa approximately 50,000 years ago. At that time, the entire modern human population in Africa was approximately 5,000 people.

Fascinating study and excellently written.

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Before the Dawn sounds really interesting. I'm currently reading The Publisher (about Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated founder Henry Luce)

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I'm listening to the audio book of The Story of Civilization: The Age of Reason Begins by Will Durant.

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I just finished a quick read called "The Art of the Handwritten Note: A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication," by Margaret Shepherd. Having just gotten married, my wife and I received so many nice gifts, all of which of course required a thank you note. My mom gave me the book.

It was a nice reminder of how much more meaningful a handwritten letter is when compared to today's e-mail/electronic lifestyle.

I'm about to re-read "God's Debris: A Thought Experiment." By Scott Adams, creator of the [I]Dilbert [/I]comic strip. Such a brilliant little book.

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The Silmarrillion. Great book, although for a fantasy novel, it kind of reads like a history book.

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The Secret Team. It's about how the CIA actually runs the government and cajoles others into doing it's bidding.

[url=http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/ST/ST.html]"The Secret Team, The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World"[/url]

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I've been pretty good about getting through my summer reading list this year. I just finished "The Last Season" by Eric Blehm and "The Creation" by E.O. Wilson. Both great books--Blehm's book about Randy Mortgenson, a veteran Sierra Mountain ranger who disappeared in 1996, was both an exceptional potrayal of a unique personality and, given the mystery surrounding his disappearance, a page-turner to boot. I'm working through "Bottled and Sold" right now on the bottled water industry. Good read--it's basically a primer (weighing in at less than 200 pages) that doesn't read like a textbook.

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Currently reading "Blind Man's Bluff, The true untold story of American Submarine Espionage" by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew. I'm 2/3d's through and its pretty interesting and cool to read about what was happening, especially during the time I grew up.

My dad was a sonar tech on subs and he had told me about a lot of these things that he had done. I'm reading it now thinking my dad told me all about these under sea games with the Russians years ago. lol.

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Just finished the secret team. I also read:

The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Spontaneous-Healing-Belief-Shattering-Paradigm/dp/1401916899]Amazon.com: The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (9781401916893): Gregg Braden: Books[/ame]

I've gone through a few others too but I can't recall right now. Oh yeah . . .

No Angel. This about an undercover ATF agent in the Hells Angels

[url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/No-Angel/Jay-Dobyns/e/9780307405852]No Angel, Jay Dobyns, Book - Barnes & Noble[/url]

Right now I'm finishing up.

Angels Don't Play This HAARP.

[url=http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/angels_dont_play_this_haarp.htm]ANGELS DON'T PLAY THIS HAARP![/url]

Up next, America Empire Before the Fall.

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/American-Empire-Before-Fall-Bruce/dp/1452829535/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279723955&sr=8-1]Amazon.com: American Empire Before the Fall (9781452829531): Bruce…[/ame]

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No Angels was a great book

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[quote=SmootSmack;713358]No Angels was a great book[/quote]

I thought so too.

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[quote=SmootSmack;713358]No Angels was a great book[/quote]

I thought so too. Jay Doybns AKA "Bird" was interviewed on Coast to Coast a few months back.

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[quote=SmootSmack;713358]No Angels was a great book[/quote]

This is great to hear. I picked up several books a couple of months ago and this was one of them I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

I'm usually more of a Science Fiction/ Fantasy book reader. I sometimes have 2 or 3 books I will read at the same time like I started "The Ghost King" by R.A. Salvatore in order to finish out the series, but I started the submarine book. I have "No Angle" to read and a second part to a zombie series I read The morningstar strain "Thunder and Ashes" by Z.A. Recht.

I've read a couple of other books of undercover agents who infiltrated the biker gangs and I love reading them.

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"Under and Alone, The true story of an undercover agent who infiltrated America's most violent outlaw motorcycle gang" by William Queen is awsome also.

Perhaps this was the only other. I thought there was another but I may be wrong. This one was awsome though.

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Just started "The Girl With Dragon Tatoo". One of a three part series written by Stieg Larsson who is now deceased.

I'll give a recap when I'm done.

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[quote=12thMan;713605]Just started "The Girl With Dragon Tatoo". One of a three part series written by Stieg Larsson who is now deceased.

I'll give a recap when I'm done.[/quote]


Read and saw the movie both are excellent. Movie is probably one of the best adaptions I have ever seen it was near flawless.

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[quote=mredskins;713617]Read and saw the movie both are excellent. Movie is probably one of the best adaptions I have ever seen it was near flawless.[/quote]

That's what I hear. I nearly saw it before I picked up the book. I hear "The Girl That Played With Fire" is now out in theaters.

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[quote=12thMan;713618]That's what I hear. I nearly saw it before I picked up the book. I hear "The Girl That Played With Fire" is now out in theaters.[/quote]


If I dear say depending on your level of reading or speed of reading if you will; watch the movie it will save you the time of reading the book and you will have lost nothing in the story.

I can't think off the top of my head any other movie/book combo that I have ever said that for.

Oh and the movie is sub-title so you are kind of reading it! Unless of course you speak Swedish fluently.

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Currently reading "Nathan Bedford Forrest - A Biography." Great book about a troubled overachieving warrior. He rose from Private to 4 star general, the highest ascention in all of American History. And was a tactical cavalry genius.

Very interesting read for you history (civil war and military) buffs.

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I just read, "The Great Depression Ahead" by Harry Dent, Jr. Very dry stuff, but great info. It goes into great detail about forecasting economic trends in the U.S. and globally. If you aren't into financials, trends, stats, etc. (Schneed will love this if he hasn't already read it) there are summaries at the end of each chapter. I would suggest reading all of Chapters 8 & 9 though.

I definitely recommend for young folks just getting into the workforce and young families thinking about homebuying or relocating.

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[quote=Slingin Sammy 33;715048]I just read, "The Great Depression Ahead" by Harry Dent, Jr. Very dry stuff, but great info. It goes into great detail about forecasting economic trends in the U.S. and globally. If you aren't into financials, trends, stats, etc. (Schneed will love this if he hasn't already read it) there are summaries at the end of each chapter. I would suggest reading all of Chapters 8 & 9 though.

I definitely recommend for young folks just getting into the workforce and young families thinking about homebuying or relocating.[/quote]

Nice. I'm definitely gonna check it out. My closest friend is a CFP, and he recommended it as well.

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[quote=Mechanix544;713621]Currently reading "Nathan Bedford Forrest - A Biography." Great book about a troubled overachieving warrior. He rose from Private to 4 star general, the highest ascention in all of American History. And was a tactical cavalry genius.

Very interesting read for you history (civil war and military) buffs.[/quote]

Great military career, but wasn't he the founder of the KKK, or some kind of higher up? And if I'm not mistaken, I think he also got in trouble for mass execution during the Civil War?

Either way, he was definitely troubled, but I'm not sure I'd call his net "accomplishments" overachieving.

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Im a firm believer that any good book will be made into a movie but.....[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I "read" (book on tape) The Big Short. Ive only read 3 or so books in my life, but this was the best yet (overtakes Where the Red Fern Grows). Its about the financial break down but chronicles the 3 or 4 people/groups that made money off of it.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black]Basically there are a bunch of people who said they called the real estate blow up and ensuing financial collapse. Then there are the people who actually did. Then there are just a few people who actually put their money where their mouth is. This is their story. [/COLOR][/FONT]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Its not a how to make money book at all, its a wow how did these people do it, and how where people and agency so blind/stupid/ignorant that this was this ever allowed to happen type book. Its absolutely fascinating and is written so well and that you dont have to be interested in finance or anything to enjoy it. Ive heard great things about Michael Lewis, but this guy is a absolutely fantastic writer. Highly recommended.[/FONT][/COLOR]


[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Short-Inside-Doomsday-Machine/dp/0393072231"]Amazon.com: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (9780393072235): Michael Lewis: Books[/ame]

I got the Acent of Money on tape and will "read" that next. I watch the documentry a while back, but ive heard so many good things about the book and how the documentry doesnt do it justic that i was presuaded into "reading" it.

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[quote=Slingin Sammy 33;715048]I just read, "The Great Depression Ahead" by Harry Dent, Jr. Very dry stuff, but great info. It goes into great detail about forecasting economic trends in the U.S. and globally. If you aren't into financials, trends, stats, etc. (Schneed will love this if he hasn't already read it) there are summaries at the end of each chapter. I would suggest reading all of Chapters 8 & 9 though.

I definitely recommend for young folks just getting into the workforce and young families thinking about homebuying or relocating.[/quote]

I would not recommend this book or any book by Mr. Dent. People aught to know that this is the same guy that predicted the DOW would hit 40,000 by the end of 2008 in his "The Roaring 2000" book and the NASDAQ to hit 20,000 by the end of 2009 as recent as 2006.

No one can predict the market or booms and busts...you can't do it, don't ****ing try. Then again if your goal is to sell book, go for it.

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I got the new Kindle for my birthday. It's really a nice device....It does one thing and it does it really well. Two thumbs up...and if you decide to get one be sure to spend the extra $ for the free 3G one.

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I have been reading the The Hunger Game trilogy, easy read (intend for teens-preteens) but really good story line. Pick it up if you like Sci Fi / Harry Potter type stuff.

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[quote=saden1;738022]I would not recommend this book or any book by Mr. Dent. People aught to know that this is the same guy that predicted the DOW would hit 40,000 by the end of 2008 in his "The Roaring 2000" book and the NASDAQ to hit 20,000 by the end of 2009 as recent as 2006.

No one can predict the market or booms and busts...you can't do it, don't ****ing try. Then again if your goal is to sell book, go for it.[/quote]

Yep, Dent made a pretty penny off "The Roaring 2000s". Everyone in the industry was swearing by it at the time, advising clients, changing investment schemes, etc. Turned out to be just another book by another talking head.

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I'm reading Sean Payton's book 'Home Team', good read! Some fun stories and good behind the scenes insight.

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[quote=12thMan;738148]Yep, Dent made a pretty penny off "The Roaring 2000s". Everyone in the industry was swearing by it at the time, advising clients, changing investment schemes, etc. Turned out to be just another book by another talking head.[/quote]

He's worse than a talking head, he's a shyster in the same mold as televangelists healers.

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Anybody with something new to read? I am kind of in a reading funk, I need some motivation.

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I'm reading [I]Autobiography of a Yogi[/I] by Paramahamsa Yogananda, an important 20th century Hindu master. It's a classic. Great read if you are into this sort of thing.

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[I]Unbroken[/I], by Laura Hillenbrand. Just started it, but it's supposed to be fantastic. I love books about WWII.

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[quote=GMScud;793669][I]Unbroken[/I], by Laura Hillenbrand. Just started it, but it's supposed to be fantastic. I love books about WWII.[/quote]


I think Peter King recommended that one as well.

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Just finished reading Lions of Kandahar, it's a book written by Major Rusty Bradley, who was a Commander of US Special Forces in Kandahar during Operation Medusa. Absolutely thrilling tale of how about 30 Special Forces soldiers and 50 Afghan Army soldiers stopped almost 1000 Taliban fighters to secure a major hill (Sperwan Ghar) in southern Afghanistan. I'll let the Amazon overview put it in better detail:

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One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before. Lions of Kandahar is an inside account from the unique perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces commander, an unparalled warrior with multiple deployments to the theater who has only recently returned from combat there.

Southern Afghanistan was slipping away. That was clear to then-Captain Rusty Bradley as he began his third tour of duty there in 2006. The Taliban and their allies were infiltrating everywhere, poised to reclaim Kandahar Province, their strategically vital onetime capital. To stop them, the NATO coalition launched Operation Medusa, the largest offensive in its history. The battlefield was the Panjwayi Valley, a densely packed warren of walled compounds that doubled neatly as enemy bunkers, lush orchards, and towering marijuana stands, all laced with treacherous irrigation ditches. A mass exodus of civilians heralded the carnage to come.

Dispatched as a diversionary force in support of the main coalition attack, Bradley’s Special Forces A-team and two others, along with their longtime Afghan Army allies, watched from across the valley as the NATO force was quickly engulfed in a vicious counterattack. Key to relieving it and calling in effective air strikes was possession of a modest patch of high ground called Sperwan Ghar. Bradley’s small detachment assaulted the hill and, in the midst of a savage and unforgettable firefight, soon learned they were facing nearly a thousand seasoned fighters—from whom they seized an impossible victory.

Now Bradley recounts the whole remarkable story as it actually happened. The blistering trek across Afghanistan’s infamous Red Desert. The eerie traces of the elusive Taliban. The close relations with the Afghan people and army, a primary mission focus. Sperwan Ghar itself: unremitting waves of fire from machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades; a targeted truck turned into an inferno; the death trap of a cut-off compound. Most important: the men, Americans and Afghans alike—the “shaky” medic with nerves of steel and a surgeon’s hands in battle; the tireless sergeant who seems to be everywhere at once; the soft-spoken intelligence officer with laser-sharp insight; the diminutive Afghan commander with a Goliath-sized heart; the cool maverick who risks all to rescue a grievously wounded comrade—each unique, all indelible in their everyday exercise of extraordinary heroism.
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I think this book has been adequately covered by the press since it came out, but I definitely recommend it anyways.

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Yes, officially I'm a thirteen-year-old girl, but I got so into the Hunger Games, I read all the books in a week. I haven't been so obsessed over reading something (ANYTHING) in a long ass time. I don't care about your gender, age, whatever. This is something I think that everyone would truly enjoy.

Shut up Daseal, I know what you're thinking...

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[URL="http://www.amazon.com/SEAL-Team-Six-Memoirs-ebook/dp/B004OA63JE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334028427&sr=8-1"]SEAL Team Six - Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper [/URL]

I've just gotten past the selection process. Crazy stuff.

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[quote=itvnetop;907718][URL="http://www.amazon.com/SEAL-Team-Six-Memoirs-ebook/dp/B004OA63JE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334028427&sr=8-1"]SEAL Team Six - Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper [/URL]

I've just gotten past the selection process. Crazy stuff.[/quote]

I've heard about that book, that's definitely on my reading list.

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[quote=mooby;907740]I've heard about that book, that's definitely on my reading list.[/quote]

I preferred 'Jawbreaker', but this had a raw quality interspersed with his wife's comments really underscored how tough it life is for SF types.

7/10.

Now reading '[I]Dance with Dragons[/I]' by George RR Martin, VMware Vsphere V5 manuals and Powershell 2.0.

There's certainly more sexiness in the George RR Martin book.

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Almost done with The Walking Dead: Compendium One.