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A book about how John Basset fought to keep Chinese furniture makers at bay is another D good book.
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The most influential on my thought process: Atlas Shrugged.
John Galt's speech was about 100 pages too long.
Most enjoyable read: Jurassic Park. No you can't watch the movie.
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I was a voracious reader as a kid. Literally thousands of books have gone through my hands.
Hard to say "best" but there are 3 that I read over and over and over as a kid and still could as an adult.
1. Moby Dick - Herman Melville.
2. The Talisman - Stephen King.
3. Big Red - Jim Kjelgaard. Have you read "Stormy" by Kjelgaard as well? I found it in my school library in 7th grade. I decided then and there that whenever I was out on my own in life, the first dog that I would ever own by myself would be named after Stormy. She turned out to be a GSP and the greatest companion I ever had.
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Two years before the Mast- R.H. Dana Jr.
and recently-
Around the world by Slocumb
When people face the possibility of freezing or starving there is little chance they are going to listen to unfounded claims of climate doomsday from a bunch of ultra-rich yacht sailing private jet-setting carbon-spewing hypocrite elites
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I was a voracious reader as a kid. Literally thousands of books have gone through my hands.
Hard to say "best" but there are 3 that I read over and over and over as a kid and still could as an adult.
1. Moby Dick - Herman Melville.
2. The Talisman - Stephen King.
3. Big Red - Jim Kjelgaard. Have you read "Stormy" by Kjelgaard as well? I found it in my school library in 7th grade. I decided then and there that whenever I was out on my own in life, the first dog that I would ever own by myself would be named after Stormy. She turned out to be a GSP and the greatest companion I ever had. Yup, "Stormy" had a pretty big influence on me when I was about 12 years old. I just had one of my boys read it last year, but I don't think he was old enough to actually grasp the coming-of-age motifs.
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I'm another Michner fan. There are a couple of his that I didn't particularly like, though, like Mexico and Iberia. I've read many of the old classics that I really liked like Ivanhoe and Count of Monte Cristo (the recent movie was pathetic).
βIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.β
β George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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I was hospitalized recently for six weeks recently. Still never had the notion to pick up book and read it. Hate filling my mind with stories of other people's losses or fantasies.
That said, Harbor Freight catalog is a pretty good read.
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I'm another Michner fan. There are a couple of his that I didn't particularly like, though, like Mexico and Iberia. sucked too - imo, he is overrated. Great thread though!
Epstein didn't kill himself.
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Biden didn't win the election.
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Half of a book spent setting the stage is not going to hold my interest.
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Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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I'm also a big James Michener fan. Chesapeake was my favorite, followed by Texas and Space. A couple books I read as a kid that really kindled my interest in outdoor adventure were Two Against The North by Farley Mowat and The Lonesome Traveler by Weldon Hill. My favorite of all was The Cheechakoes, by Wayne Short. Wish I could have been there....
Deadlines and commitments, what to leave in, what to leave out...
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Out of Africa is poetry in book form.
So is West with the Night by Beryl Markham, a friend of Dineson's. I see that this was mentioned before but it's good enough to mention twice.
Last edited by toltecgriz; 08/17/16. Reason: update
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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One of the best I've read:
The Holy Earth, Liberty Hyde Bailey
Lots of good stuff like this in it:
"As a city is much more than a collection of houses, so is a forest much more than a collection of trees." p. 152
A few others that made an impression:
A Sand County Almanac, Leopold
A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity, Col Ethan Allen
The Journals of the Corps of Discovery, Lewis, Clark, et al.
1984, Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway
Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research, Steinbeck and Ricketts
The Boy Scout Handbook.
Many others too numerous to list.
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The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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I go long periods without watching tv where I sometimes read about three books a week. Hard to pick a favorite.
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The Fountainhead,,Ayn Rand
Point of Impact,, Hunter
The Agony and the extasy,, the bio of Michaelangelo
Lonesome Dove,, Larry M,,
All the Harry Bosch books,,,
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On a serious side, anything by the late great Gene Hill.
On a lighter side, anything by Patrick McManus. I just about break a rib reading McManus. The Night The Bear Ate Goombaw is just classic McManus.
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No true favorite, but I rave read a few multiple times:
The Fountainhead
Atlas Shrugged
Alas, Babylon
Undaunted Courage
Who is John Galt?
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Band of Brothers- Stephen Ambrose
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Deep Enough for Ivorybills by James Kilgo. The Fragrance of Grass by Guy de la Valdene.
The biggest problem our country has is not systemic racism, it's systemic stupidity.
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I really enjoyed "The Last Lecture". Lots of good stuff in there about life lessons in general.
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"To be glad of life because it gives you a chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. To be satisfied with your possessions but not content with yourself until you have made the best of them."
-Henry Van Dyke
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a bunch of you have been on the azzhole of the month page
bwahahahahaaa!!!!
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