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If you are into history, then I would suggest Undaunted Courage...it is a very interesting book...one I hope to read again some day...if I could just get through Rough Stone Rolling.
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The book on Captain Cook also sounds good. If you can think of the name. I'd appreciate you posting it. I love his cereal, expecially the one with berries. |
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I recently finished the new Mao Ze Dong biography - Mao: The Unknown Story. The book is incredible. It helps you see why Mao was seriously the biggest f--- up to ever walk this planet.
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The Cook book is called Blue Lattitudes and is by Tony Horwitz. A very interesting read. Not really groundbreaking, especially if you have read much about Cook before, but it is a sort of amusing combination of biography and Bryson-esque travel-writing that makes it go very easily. As for his cereal, I preferred the original yellow crunchy things.
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Check out "Ghost Soldiers" by Hampton Sides. It is the true story of the rescue of Americans who participated in the Bataan death march.
The book is fairly short, but is an incredible read. |
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You obviously skimmed the thread. See above.
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If you like to read books about WWII, then a must read is "War As I Knew It" by General George S. Patton. It's a compilation of letters that Patton wrote as well as his memories of the various battles he was in during WWII. It gives insight into his superior strategic thinking during war and how he applied his strategy onto the battlefield.
IMO, it is the best book about that war.
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You guys and all your fancy shmancy books.
Here's a suggestion: Velocity, by Dean Koontz. Just finished it, great book, would probably also make a good flick.
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