What Books have you read that you would reread or recommend?

Of you like Sci-fi then read The Jaunt by Stephen King. A short story in a collection of others.
Other than that I've been on a Hemmigway kick for some reason.
 
Lucifer656 said:
Have any favorites? Any you would recommend to be read ? Fiction, Non-fiction, Documentary, Coffee table
picture books ?

To start off I'd like to list a few names, without publishing info.
If there is any interest in this thread, Book names with enough info to find them would be helpful.

Non Fiction:
King of the Road. The story of bicycle, from early bone shakers to around 1070.

Time-Life "Seafarers" series , The Clipper Ships, The Windjammers, The Luxury Liners, The Racing Yachts.

The Nature of Boats, Dave Gerr . Insights and Esoterica for the Nautically Obsessed.

Bizarre Ships of the Nineteenth Century, John Guthrie. Wild, crazy, and unbelievable ships.

Fiction:
Way too many to list. In past years have gone through many different interests.

Cowboy days: Louie L lamor, Max Brand, Zane Grey + , The older sometimes better than the newer.

Enjoy Clive Cussler, even with the sometimes predictable un believeable.

Christian Fiction:
My wife reads a lot more than me. She has too many on hand to list. Some are worth reading. I have had enough
of the Beverly Lewis Amish stories.

Did enjoy C.S.Lewis, also Frank Peretti.

Like to end on one last Trilogy: This is one I would recommend, and reread.

"Trophy Chase Trilogy" by George Bryan Polivka. Published 2007. Has nearly everything combined into one story.
Love, Faith, Hope, Trickery, Deception, Betrayal, Action, and fantastic stories within the story. Happy ending.
1.The Legend of the Firefish.
2.The Hand that bears the Sword.
3.The Battle for Vast Dominion.
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Watership Down - i read this like every 10 years. All time favorite novel. Works on so many levels.

Guns Germs and Steel - finally explains why white people aren't that awesome and how survival of the fittest has nothing to do with being the best or better, most of the time it's just random.
 
RantaMin said:
What's the scoop on The Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson?
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On of the things he talks about is the incredible logistics involved. My Dad was in the Quartermaster Corp, so that rang hone with me. Here's an excerpt...

Armed guards from ten cartography depots escorted 3,000 tons of maps for D-Day alone, the first of 210 million maps that would be distributed in Europe ...

Site won't let me link, just Google it.
 
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smacdtrader said:
Watership Down - i read this like every 10 years. All time favorite novel. Works on so many levels.

Guns Germs and Steel - finally explains why white people aren't that awesome and how survival of the fittest has nothing to do with being the best or better, most of the time it's just random.
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Watership Down was about the same time that I also read Jonathan Livingston Seagull!!
 
Cabin1111 said:
Watership Down was about the same time that I also read Jonathan Livingston Seagull!!
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It took a second reading for me to get JLS, I was a bit too cynical the first time I read it. But when I opened my mind a little and re-read it, I was into it. The way I saw it eventually was not like "I'm magic, so worship me." He was saying, "Hey look, any of us can be this way, let's all do it together." Lovely message.
 
Lots of great R'n'R books but my favorite is by Dave Marsh called "The Heart of Rock & Soul". Subtitle is The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made and he writes mini-reviews of each.
 
"The Chronicles of Amber" is a series of fantasy novels by American author Roger Zelazny, consisting of ten volumes. The series narrates the power struggles within the mystical realm of Amber, the true world from which all other worlds, including our own, are mere shadows or reflections.
 
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