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"The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa" by Eileen Welsome
"Illegal Tender: Gold, Greed, and the story of the Lost 1933 Double Eagle" by David Tripp
"Shots Fired in Anger" by Lt. Col. John George
"From a Carolina Bird Hunter to Africa's Call with stops along the Way" by William McQueen, Jr.
Just started "A Confederacy of Dunces"
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Highly recommend the Covenant. A history of European settlement in South Africa & the Zulu & Bushmen culture.
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How about The Walking Drum? Great read.
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The Tiger, A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant. www.amazon.com � ... � Animals � Cats, Lions & Tigers nice to know its a good book, looks interesting...i recently bought one of Ken Anderson's books off ebay and "The Tiger" was thrown in with it... as for me just finished "The Adventures Of An Elephant Hunter" by James Sutherland that safariman traded me while i was at his place, excellent book even if it applies lil to todays Africa....as good of a read as Hunter or Burger....
A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books
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James D. Hornfisher's Neptune's Inferno.
Its about the U.S. Navy at the Canal.
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Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Alan+Furst Great reading for fans of pre WW II spies and espionage. Read all of his books and he pens a great story. Just started a re reading of Anthony Beevors Stalingrad-Fateful Siege http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Fa...sr=1-1&keywords=Battle+of+Stalingrad
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I will read the other 5 pages tomorrow, but here are my recommendations.
A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren IIRC
Unintended Consequences by John Ross
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. � WARREN G. BENNIS
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How about The Walking Drum? Great read. Fantastic book
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the gererals by thomas e ricks. very intresting, but i always thought soup cans were intresting. rio7
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I just finished Bomber by Deighton. Fantastic read but very sobering. It really brought out the horror of flying over enemy territory and the tragic results of the bombings. Not much glory, just realism.
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If you like older Montana, some of the work by Ivan Doig is very good.
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The last few months:
The Jesus Incident....Frank Herbert
Face of the Enemy...Richard Fawkes
Nature of the Beast...Richard Fawkes
A Rising Thunder...David Weber
Armored...edited by John Joseph Adams
Eodus...Steve White
Extremis...Steve White
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The Lazarus Effect...Frank Herbert
The Day of Their Return...Poul Anderson
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Dangerous River was/is a great one! Sycamore
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...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Ishmael, An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit, by Daniel Quinn. Wherever books are sold.
Every day on this side of the ground is a win.
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What good books have you been reading lately? Our own RockyRaab has a couple that I really liked. I loaned them to my Neighbor and he told me to tell Rocky to write some more. So, if your are reading this, consider yourself told.  miles
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Well my answer to "lately" has been this one. I always recommend Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, too.
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