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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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I too could not name just a few... read all the time and my list of favorites is ever changing.
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went"
Will Rogers
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The Stand, and Shawshank Redemption - Stephen King. Las, check these two out, may change your perspective on Steve
Without Remorse - Clancy I said he wasn't 't my favorite (and yes, I've read those) author, not that he wasn't good. Anyone that can scare me into not finishing the book is a damned good writer!  "Favorite author" and "best book" are entirely subjective to the reader. Like .....opinions! My wife and I were living in a bush village in the 70's, when we got a call late one night (about 2 a.m IIRC) from her sister in Montana. She was scared..... reading "The Shining" under the covers with a flashlight, and her kitty clutched in her arms.....
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No favourite book exactly, but these are my favourite Authors;
Eric Van Lustbader
Tom Clancy
David Baldacci
& where my love of reading started;
Wilbur Smith smith is a great story teller. Read all of books
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The Revenent. Much better than the movie.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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Unintended Consequences by John Ross. The Hunting Shack by Gunnard Landers was good too. Somebody should make movies of both.
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Spotshooter;
Good afternoon sir, I hope the day in eastern Kansas is giving you decent weather and you're well.
That's a tough one for me as I read a fair bit and as others have said, it sorta changes with time.
"Meditations on Hunting" by Jose Ortega y Gasset is likely the one I drag out to re-read every couple years. It makes me think.
If I'm being honest, I find the Bible tough reading on a lot of levels, but since others have asked, I prefer New American Standard with notes. I didn't mind Peterson's "The Message" version for flowing nicely as you read it.
"Lonesome Dove" is a pretty good story for sure and I've read it 3 times now which admittedly is likely more than any other fiction I've read. Nothing wrong with fiction, it's all my better half reads, but somehow I just don't that much for the past 20 years.
Canadian author Farley Mowat who did a few fun books like "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be" also authored "And No Birds Sang" which is a pretty good soundbite of the Canadian Army through Sicily and the Italian campaign in 1943. He was a leftist snob as a person later on in life so there is that too.
As a history student I'd say that "Blood and Daring - How Canada fought the American Civil War and forged a Nation" by John Boyko and "Bear Child - the life and times of Jerry Potts" by Rodger Touchie should be required reading for all Canadians....
I'll stop now, but thanks much for making me think a wee bit this afternoon.
Best to you all.
Dwayne
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Much of this thread has restored some of my faith in its/our members.
It is amazing how many of the books mentioned I have read. I have also now created a list of those in this thread I haven't read but will.
My favorite novel of all time is The Count of Monte Cristo. My second place novel is The Big Sky (go figure).
My favorite non-fiction is tough to narrow down; however, pretty much anything written by Thomas Sowell would be at or near the top. I'm guessing on any given day my answers may differ.
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“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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What, Dwayne? - "Never Cry Wolf" isn't a classic??? At some point, and for reasons I don't know, old Farley was declared persona non gratis (is that the term?) in the US, and denied entry.
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Hard to pick one:
Top Three
Something of Value
Alaskan Yukon Trophies Won and Lost
All Quiet on the Western Front (Re-Reading it right now)
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The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Tom Clancy book that Jack Ryan becomes President.
Undaunted Courage
The works of Jack London.
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"... book(s) ..."
Anything by Peter Hathaway Capstick, Gene Hill or Lewis Grizzard.
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Death in the long grass. By Peter Hathaway Capstick
Ron
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Orwell
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Last of the Breed by Louis Lamour In the top ten of mine. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/ZqS2hZjq/thumbsup.png)
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Shogun - Clavell
The Source - Michener
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One author I have not seen mentioned so far.
Leon Uris..
Best page turners ever
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What, Dwayne? - "Never Cry Wolf" isn't a classic??? At some point, and for reasons I don't know, old Farley was declared persona non gratis (is that the term?) in the US, and denied entry. las; Afternoon sir, I hope you're well. Honestly "Never Cry Wolf" led me to question the veracity of "And No Birds Sang" but checking with other work on the subject I think - think - it's a fairly accurate portrayal or at least his version of it. "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be" is likely half BS too, but it's a pleasant diversion to read. I couldn't get through "Never Cry Wolf" even when I was younger. I want to say he became such a screaming leftist/possible communist that he was denied entry into the US for a time. That's a guess on my part of course. Dwayne
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The Bible. (Years ago I would have said that out of obligation, but I really mean it now. The Bible is amazing!)
Another favorite: This Present Darkness
Wade
"Let's Roll!" - Todd Beamer 9/11/01.
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Centennial or Chesapeake.Both were great.
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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big fan of Robert Roark. The Old Man and The Boy is a favorite.
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