Whatcha reading redux.
- JAG2955
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I'm kind of in a doldrums right now with regards to reading. Can someone suggest a good historical non-fiction book that will grab my attention like "Six Frigates" did?
- evan price
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Started Master & Commander. Like the Hornblower stuff so this is right up my alley.
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I enjoyed the Lost Regiment series, and I bought the entire Destroyermen series. If you like the Lost Regiment, you'd probably like that one, too.evan price wrote:Taking a break from binge-reading Harry Dresden books (Love them so far but one needs to rest one's taste buds after indulging in strong flavors). I'm about to start Book #11, Turn Coat.
So I'm whetting my appetite with the first two of the Lost Regiment books by William Forstchen. First one was OK. Second one seems about the same.
I also just ordered Mike Williamson's A Long Time Until Now.
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I'd read Master and Commander years ago. Can't find it, so I ordered the first six in the series. Post Captain arrived first, so I'm reading that now.evan price wrote:Started Master & Commander. Like the Hornblower stuff so this is right up my alley.
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I see what you did there.JAG2955 wrote:I'm kind of in a doldrums right now with regards to reading. Can someone suggest a good historical non-fiction book that will grab my attention like "Six Frigates" did?
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I just ordered a couple of books from Amazon:
Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II
AND:
Serenade to the Big Bird
Anyone read either of these books?
Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II
AND:
Serenade to the Big Bird
Anyone read either of these books?
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How historical? I'm a huge fan of James Hornfischer's WWII books, including Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Neptune's Inferno.JAG2955 wrote:I'm kind of in a doldrums right now with regards to reading. Can someone suggest a good historical non-fiction book that will grab my attention like "Six Frigates" did?
They Were Expendable by W.L. White is a fascinating story of the PT boat crews in the Philippines at the beginning of the war.
And Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day is probably the best book on D-Day ever written.
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Just started Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald Fraser (of Flashman fame). A history of the Border Reivers of England and Scotland between 1300-1605.
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Calibre will convert between formats. Default is to EPUB but just checked and it has MOBI listed as an output format. And it's free!First Shirt wrote:Just got a new tablet, and now I've gotta try and figure out how to change all my EPUB stuff to MOBI format.
If you have an Android, you can download the Aldiko e-book reader which handles EPUB and you can skip the conversion step. Don't know if there is an I-whatever version. I got based on multiple recommendations from here and it works well.
Also, if Android, there is a Calibre Companion app that interfaces with the desktop version (through home WI-FI if you have it) which makes loading books onto your tablet a breeze. Again, don't know if there is an I-version
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With the Old Breed, by Eugene B. Sledge. He was at Pelileu and Okinawa.
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