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Everybody talking about books on here these days.
It's like I stumbled onto the Evelyn Wood forum.
But anyway,...what are some good books?
I prefer non fiction.
Most fiction books these days seem to fall into two categories,....unrealistic fantasy scribed by imbeciles,..or a collection of words intended to make middle aged women ovulate.
I prefer well constructed accounts of reality.
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B, I can probably come up with a myriad of titles that are non-fiction and I thought compelling, that I could recommend. I'll try to get some together and post tomorrow. It's past my bed time. And I'm not kidding. 
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Any think Robert Ruark wrote, "Horn of the hunter" is a good starting point, "The old man and the boy" another great read.
Or Hemingway, "For whom the bell tolls" those will get you started.
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B, I can probably come up with a myriad of titles that are non-fiction and I thought compelling, that I could recommend.
I'll check back in when you do.
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An this is a hard one to put down, really an incredible account of a life I would have loved living. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/380913432603?lpid=82
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Any think Robert Ruark wrote, "Horn of the hunter" is a good starting point, "The old man and the boy" another great read.
Or Hemingway, "For whom the bell tolls" those will get you started. I've tried to read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms has been sittin' on the toilet tank for a year or more. It just don't grab me.
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read My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I know your eyes are wide-open, but this short story will help them open even wider.
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read My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I know your eyes are wide-open, but this short story will help them open even wider. well,....I looked into it. ,...seems that it's about a girl who communicates telepathically with a goe-rilla. I keep a fairly open mind,...but at first glance it don't appear to be non fiction.
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"I prefer well constructed accounts of reality".http://nathanielphilbrick.com/books/in-the-heart-of-the-sea/Like most good non-fiction authors that do their due diligence on the research end of things... he, puts you there.
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I have several I have enjoyed.. The Avenging Fury of the Plains.. is a history of Liver Eating Johnson.. Also The Tiger of the Wild Bunch.. a biography of Harvey Logan..
Just read Wild Bill Hickok : Gunfighter.. I have also quite a collection on Tom Horn, and Doc. Holliday.. All interesting folks.. Maybe not the best folks, but darn sure interesting..
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Everybody talking about books on here these days.
It's like I stumbled onto the Evelyn Wood forum.
But anyway,...what are some good books?
I prefer non fiction.
Most fiction books these days seem to fall into two categories,....unrealistic fantasy scribed by imbeciles,..or a collection of words intended to make middle aged women ovulate.
I prefer well constructed accounts of reality. by Gibbon.
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read My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I know your eyes are wide-open, but this short story will help them open even wider. well,....I looked into it. ,...seems that it's about a woman who communicates telepathically with a goe-rilla. I keep a fairly open mind,...but at first glance it don't appear to be non fiction. ok. then try Ishmael by Mr. Quinn. same story but from a young males perspective rather than the feminine. Ishmael was published first. it might appear to be fictional, but it's (both of'em) cult classics. but I accept they're not for everyone.
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Now we're getting somewhere.
I'll check to see if there's Kindle versions of the books that you and add suggested.
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"Flags of Our Fathers" or "Flyboys", the first about the squad that raised the flag on Iwo Jima and the second about pilots shot down over Chichi Jima, an island about 100 miles away, and what happened to them.
Any Stephen Ambrose history - "D-Day", "Citizen Soldiers" (especially recommended for a look at parts of the war most others gloss over), "The Wild Blue" about flying B-24's over Europe and of course "Band of Brothers".
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking, just light enough to understand but deep enough to make you put it down every few pages and think "what did I just read?"
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"Flags of Our Fathers" or "Flyboys", the first about the squad that raised the flag on Iwo Jima and the second about pilots shot down over Chichi Jima, an island about 100 miles away, and what happened to them.
Any Stephen Ambrose history - "D-Day", "Citizen Soldiers" (especially recommended for a look at parts of the war most others gloss over), "The Wild Blue" about flying B-24's over Europe and of course "Band of Brothers".
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking, just light enough to understand but deep enough to make you put it down every few pages and think "what did I just read?"
Yeah,...those are good. I've read all of them except "Flyboys". I've been through A Brief History of Time a couple of times,...but even dumbed down, Steven Hawkins' stuff is difficult to decipher.
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I highly recommend Cougar Dave, Mountain Man of Idaho by Pat Cary Peek.
Eat Fish, Wear Grundens, Drink Alaskan.
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Thanks,...it sounds like a good winter book to read by the fireplace.
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Bristoe, Try a Ken Follett book. I got a review copy of "The Man From St. Petersburg" back in the early '80s and I've read quite a few more since then. He also wrote a book based on the rescue of two of Ross Perot's employees in Iran called "On Wings of Eagles" that I found very interesting. Check him out at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett
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Empire of the Summer Moon - about Quanah Parker and the Comanche wars in Texas.
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The Big Sky and The Way West. Both by A.B.Guthrie Jr.
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