good books,….non fiction. The kind that grab ya on the first page and keep you up reading until 3AM.

I need a couple of them to get me through the snowstorm.

They need to be available on Kindle.

If not,…I'll be on here aggrevatin' the piss outta people.

So what ya got?

For me the answer is almost anything written by Tom Clancy or Frederick Forsyth.

I don't know that it is available on Kindle, but check to see if they have "Bridges at Toko-Ri".

I found it in a pile of loaners at a hotel in Cancun last year and couldn't put it down till I finished it.

Not a long book, but it killed a couple of days.

Thanks,….y'all keep 'em comin'.

"The Girl On The Train"

"The Onion Field" by Joseph Wambaugh...

Two in the Far North....Margaret Murie

Empire of the summer moon....S.C Gwynne

Alaskas wolf man .....Rearden

****Walking home, The last Shot, Blue Bear....Lynn Schooler

*The Curve of Time....Blanchet

Last of the Great Brown Bear Men....Clark

+1^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Good By To A River.....John Graves

Mad Trapper Of Rat River.....Dick North

Old Jules....Marie Sandoz

Hell West And Crooked....Tom Cole


Not sure about Kendle though.....that's your problem.....

I really enjoyed "Empire of the Summer Moon". It's about Quannah Parker and the Comanches. And it's available on Kindle or iBooks. I enjoyed it so much I read it 3 times.

For an inventive tool and die guy like yourself:

John M Browning - American Gunmaker

I read Tom Cole's books while traveling through the red center of Australia - those were great books.

With the Old Breed- E B Sledge.

"Donner Party Recipes" by Anon.

"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. Makes you stop and think a bit to understand it but doesn't flabbergast one with higher math.

Interesting that you like non-fiction, I do, too. Just can't really get into made up characters any more, whether in literature or on TV.

Going Rogue by Perky

Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose.

The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan.

My Share of the Task, Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

Both will lock down your brain for hours at a time. Great way to enjoy a storm.


mike r

Can't say if it's a good read as I pre-ordered it on paper (available on kindle), but 88 Days to Kandahar looks like an interesting read.

Bet that was cool.....perfect timing....

Crazy Horse, Third Edition: The Strange Man of the Oglalas,
Third Edition Kindle Edition
by Mari Sandoz

born a soldier , m. cleverly

Dirty White Boys

Stephan Hunter

Horse soldiers. Spec Ops in Afghanistan after 9-11.

Snowman - the 80 dollar horse. About a horse rescued from becoming alpo that went on the become a champion show jumper.

No need to be a horseman to enjoy either.

Also, American Sniper; Chris Kyle

if you haven't read it yet.

I have a copy thanks to a couple of great Campfire members. It is a great read.

One of my all time faves! (Can't speak to the specific edition, though.)

Two recommendations for you.
"The Blood of Heroes". A very good read on the siege of the Alamo.
"A Terrible Glory" Custer and the Little Bighorn. Covers the battle & the courtmartials that followed.
Both by James Donovan.
7mm

This should keep you busy.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0404/adventure_books.html

List

if you like modern military,

Lions of Kandahar
Sniper One


any of Brandon Webb's books.


all available on Kindle, i pack one hunting with me.

The Martian - Andy Weir
Book is much better than the movie, but the movie was excellent.

Spandau Phoenix or Black Cross by Greg Ilis - You won't be able to put either of those down.

The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

I dug up this old thread looking for last minute Christmas gift ideas. There are some really good ideas here, but the list from 280shooter takes the cake!

ahem...


Mine.

Get the ebooks and you could be reading them tonight.

Jim Corbett and John Henry Patterson

The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump

Just received my two copies today Rocky. Looking forward to reading them. Fast shipping from lulu too.

i love louis lamour books. sacketts, etc.

STALIN

Blood & Thunder by Hampton Sides

Essentially the biography of Kit Carson. He was involved in one way or another with a lot of other famous people and parts of their stories are interwoven throughout the book. A narrative on the eighteenth century western U.S.

I like Dirty White Boys

Great read! Shows that Trump has not changed one iota in 30 years. You get what you see with Trump. No hidden agendas.