What are you reading?
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- Jun 9, 2002
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I still have America Alone half finished, nevermind The Federalist Papers.
I've been too tired to get very far into books lately.
A buddy sent me home with The Creation and Rio Grande
I need to start devoting time to reading [for pleasure] every day.
I've been too tired to get very far into books lately.
A buddy sent me home with The Creation and Rio Grande
I need to start devoting time to reading [for pleasure] every day.
Pokie
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geez, I recognize some of them there books...
recent reading for MBA program:
Managerial Finance & Economics
Cultures & Organizations (Hofstede)
Cultural Metaphors (Gannon)
The New Thing (Michael Lewis) (story of James Clark of Netscape and Silicon Graphics fame)
The Long Tail (Chris Anderson)(e-commerce for millions of little guys, online resale of anything)
Misc:
Leadership Lessons of U.S. Grant
Beautiful Losers (Leonard Cohen)
Exporting America (Lou Dobbs)
Re-read:
Meeting of Minds (Steve Allen)
Personal Memoirs of U.S.Grant
Waiting For Godot (Becket)
pending:
1776 (McCullough)
U.S. Constitution
The Enemy Within (Dinesh D'Souza)(Patriot Immigrant)
What's So Great About America (Dinesh D'Souza)
May Be:
Cultural Warriors (O'Reilly)
Winning the Future (Newt Gingrich)
recent reading for MBA program:
Managerial Finance & Economics
Cultures & Organizations (Hofstede)
Cultural Metaphors (Gannon)
The New Thing (Michael Lewis) (story of James Clark of Netscape and Silicon Graphics fame)
The Long Tail (Chris Anderson)(e-commerce for millions of little guys, online resale of anything)
Misc:
Leadership Lessons of U.S. Grant
Beautiful Losers (Leonard Cohen)
Exporting America (Lou Dobbs)
Re-read:
Meeting of Minds (Steve Allen)
Personal Memoirs of U.S.Grant
Waiting For Godot (Becket)
pending:
1776 (McCullough)
U.S. Constitution
The Enemy Within (Dinesh D'Souza)(Patriot Immigrant)
What's So Great About America (Dinesh D'Souza)
May Be:
Cultural Warriors (O'Reilly)
Winning the Future (Newt Gingrich)
Pokie
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SHOGUN (James Clavel)
I neer did read the book, but I very much remember the TV mini series that was so well done that the Japanese edited a version for theater release in Japan... around 1980
one of the two best TV programs ever put together, in my humble opinion; the other one being Meeting of Minds by Steve Allen...
I neer did read the book, but I very much remember the TV mini series that was so well done that the Japanese edited a version for theater release in Japan... around 1980
one of the two best TV programs ever put together, in my humble opinion; the other one being Meeting of Minds by Steve Allen...
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I cannot recommend the James Clavell novels more highly. They are wonderful reads and weave a timeless story of how power and knowledge is passed from generation to generation.
Shogun is good, very good, but not the earliest in the timeline.
click for a Wikipedia page.
"The Asian Saga"
King Rat (1962): Set in a Japanese POW camp, 1945.
Tai-Pan (1966): Set in Hong Kong, 1841.
Shogun (1975): Set in feudal Japan, 1600.
Noble House (1981): Set in Hong Kong, 1963.
Whirlwind (1986): Set in Iran, 1979.
Gai-Jin (1993): Set in Japan, 1862.
I read the entire series in the order written beginning with King Rat in while I was a kid. King Rat fueled extensive further exploration into the war in Burma and SE Asia. I read every novel and account of WW II that I could get my hands on when I was in school.
I am still amazed that the saga was written over such a long period of time and yet weaves a story line throughout the entire set that makes the series even more enjoyable.
Shogun is good, very good, but not the earliest in the timeline.
click for a Wikipedia page.
"The Asian Saga"
King Rat (1962): Set in a Japanese POW camp, 1945.
Tai-Pan (1966): Set in Hong Kong, 1841.
Shogun (1975): Set in feudal Japan, 1600.
Noble House (1981): Set in Hong Kong, 1963.
Whirlwind (1986): Set in Iran, 1979.
Gai-Jin (1993): Set in Japan, 1862.
I read the entire series in the order written beginning with King Rat in while I was a kid. King Rat fueled extensive further exploration into the war in Burma and SE Asia. I read every novel and account of WW II that I could get my hands on when I was in school.
I am still amazed that the saga was written over such a long period of time and yet weaves a story line throughout the entire set that makes the series even more enjoyable.
Pokie
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SP = Socially Progressive.... nice word for "socialist"... aka "liberal"..
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we're still playing?
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West -- Stephen E. Ambrose
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West -- Stephen E. Ambrose
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:)
and I'm now reading "Population: 485" about a guy's experiences with a rural fire department in Wisconsin. Good stuff.
and I'm now reading "Population: 485" about a guy's experiences with a rural fire department in Wisconsin. Good stuff.
Well, just finished War and Peace, that took awhile!
Now I need to go back through this thread and find out what I should read next. Most likely I'll listen to it, for I set up an Audible.com account and really like it so far!
Now I need to go back through this thread and find out what I should read next. Most likely I'll listen to it, for I set up an Audible.com account and really like it so far!
- Dec 26, 1999
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Books:
Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
Becoming Your Own Banker.
Match.
The Millionaire Next Door is about to be started.
I ordered Pirates of Manhattan yesterday.
I'm planning to pick up How To Think Like Einstein and Mobs, Messiahs & Markets at Barnes & Nobel later today.
I keep Octane and one of the Hemmings magazines on the night stand and Scuba or Dirt Bike next to the throne.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
Becoming Your Own Banker.
Match.
The Millionaire Next Door is about to be started.
I ordered Pirates of Manhattan yesterday.
I'm planning to pick up How To Think Like Einstein and Mobs, Messiahs & Markets at Barnes & Nobel later today.
I keep Octane and one of the Hemmings magazines on the night stand and Scuba or Dirt Bike next to the throne.
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Just started "A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West"
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A buddy of mine got me hooked on Clive Cussler, so I've started in on Dirk Pitt's adventures . . .
And I also picked up a book over on the coast called "Sailing with Vancouver" or something like that. Looks to be a tome on the early exploration of the Puget Sound.
And I also picked up a book over on the coast called "Sailing with Vancouver" or something like that. Looks to be a tome on the early exploration of the Puget Sound.
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Vic said:
Sounds dirty.
- May 23, 2000
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For some reason I've recently taken an interest in books about the Vietnam War. I'm about halfway through a book called To The Limit by Tom Johnson. He was an Air Cav Huey helicopter pilot in Vietnam from June 1968 - June 1969. Some very interesting stories in there. He does a really good job of laying out some of the basic features and controls of the Huey. As you progressively learn more and more about what the chopper does under certain controls, it helps you feel the drama and fear that he went through with those very controls in his hands.
On a side note, about halfway through the book he talks about getting a new Peter Pilot (sort of a co-pilot that learns from the main pilot). He mentioned a guy by his real name a few times and it turns this co-pilot was a friend of my parents many years ago. It's a small world.
On a side note, about halfway through the book he talks about getting a new Peter Pilot (sort of a co-pilot that learns from the main pilot). He mentioned a guy by his real name a few times and it turns this co-pilot was a friend of my parents many years ago. It's a small world.
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take off, hoser!