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A bit weird but = A confederacy of Dunces, this and The Grape of Wrath are the only Pulitzer books I've read.
I have not started this yet = All the Light We Cannot See
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The one book that I reread every 3-4 years is Dwight Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe (1948). Part management book, part history, what an amazing 4 years.
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides (I grew up with the son of the Doctor on this Ranger mission)
Pegasus Bridge by Stephen Ambrose
John M Browning by John Browning (another one I read every 3 or 4 years)
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The Old Man and the Boy, by Robert Ruark.
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller / On The Road by Jack Kerouac / Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger
The best I've read in a long time:
The River Of Doubt / Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
by Candice Millard I second the River of Doubt. . . . . just an excellent read
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The History of the English Speaking language. Winston Churchill
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Of the Tom Clancy books, I like "Red Storm Rising".
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10
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The trilogy on Winston Churchill by William Manchester
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"If You Survive" by George Wilson. A line officer's diary of training and combat serving with the 4th ID in WWII.
"Keep your mouth shut, work hard. Life is tough. Work through it.” -- Stetson Bennett, Quarterback, Georgia Bulldogs
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"... book(s) ..."
Anything by Peter Hathaway Capstick, Gene Hill or Lewis Grizzard. You have good taste.
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Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
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big fan of Robert Roark. The Old Man and The Boy is a favorite. Another gentleman of culture and good taste.
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1984, the only history book written in advance.
When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.
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The Agony And The Ecstasy,,
Seabisquit
Lonesome Dove
Fountainhead
Something Of Value
The Story Of O
ect,,,ect,,,,
I tend to use more than enough gun
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Penthouse forums were my favorite in middle school/high school. Never really finished reading any of them 100%
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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My buddy borrowed book 1 and lost it.... The History of the English Speaking language. Winston Churchill
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Being an amateur historian, Red River settlement, by Alexander Ross, a Canadian classic. Where can I get a copy?
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If you work 40 hrs/wk: at 5% inflation and after 5 years, you need a 28% pay raise or to work 44 more hours (*one full extra week* per month+) to make up the difference.
This is inflation
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Of Mice And Men John Stinebeck
RUMs are like woman in Stiletto heals, you know they are going to put you in the poor house, but that has never stopped anyone from pursuing them.
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A Land Remembered. The book pretty much follows what I was told by my Grandfather and Uncle.
Life is good live it while you can.
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The only "book" I have spent many hundreds of hours with and never gleaned all that is there (and never will)...the Bible.
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We know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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