Whatcha reading redux.

[Rod]

I downloaded Kindle and Nook on my iPhone then went to Guttenberg Project to download free books out of copyright. Reading Tom Sawyer, Notes of a War Correspondent, and The Man Who Would Be King. Following are in the queue:

A Handbook of the Boer War by Gale and Polden
The Secret Agent by Conrad
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont by Robert Barr
Arsene Lupin by Jepson and Leblanc
The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung

[308Mike]

I just started reading The Davidian Massacre, by Carol Moore.



Here's an overview of the book by the author, along with more resources related to the incident:

[center]THE DAVIDIAN MASSACRE
Disturbing Questions about Waco
which Must Be Answered
© 1995 Carol Moore[/center]
Index of Links to Full Text of Each Chapter
Order the Book

Preface

List of Davidian Victims

1. Why the BATF and the FBI Massacred the Branch Davidians

2. The BATF's Flawed Investigation

3. The BATF's Ruthless Raid Plan

4. The BATF Initiated Violent Raid

5. The BATF Actions Led to Ten Deaths

6. The BATF and Treasury Department Coverups

7. FBI Imposed Militaristic Siege

8. FBI Sabotaged Negotiations

9. FBI Tricked Attorney General Into Approving Gas and Tank Assault

10. FBI's April 19th Gas and Tank Attack

11. FBI Tank Attacks Led to Fire and Death

12. The FBI-Justice Department-White House Coverup

13. Congressional Hearings Continued the Coverup


The Davidian Massacre was published as a mass market paperback by Gun Owners Foundation and Legacy Communications in October, 1995. Copyright 1995 Carol Moore ISBN 1-880692-22-8 Not for redistribution on the internet or other media without explicit permission.

To see many of the photographs and graphics in the book, plus various others, click here.
This electronic version does not contain some stylistic changes made by the editor; other grammatical and punctuation changes have been made. Corrections, additions, comments and updates will be made in the near future and clearly identified by italics and other notations. Some links to other pages also will be included.
For book ordering information click here.
For five years of updates on Waco, as well as information about Committee for Waco Justice activities, click here.

[Captain Wheelgun]

Just finished Monster Hunter Legion, and Midst Toil and Tribulation

Just finished both of those myself.

[Jered]

I finished Monster Hunter Legion.

The ending Dammit! I want more!

[MiddleAgedKen]

I'm up to Book Six of the Aeneid (Fairfax Taylor translation), courtesy of Gutenberg.

[Mike OTDP]

I'm on travel. Two books in the reading hopper...Shogun, by James Clavell, and The Campaigns of Napoleon, by David Chandler.

[SeekHer]

I downloaded Kindle and Nook on my iPhone then went to Guttenberg Project to download free books out of copyright. Reading Tom Sawyer, Notes of a War Correspondent, and The Man Who Would Be King. Following are in the queue:

A Handbook of the Boer War by Gale and Polden
The Secret Agent by Conrad
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont by Robert Barr
Arsene Lupin by Jepson and Leblanc
The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung

An extremely dry, old style written book about a screwed up administration, Horse Guards and government but damn does it cover it in detail...I had it in hardcover, some 3rd, 4th or so printing and without question I had a true love/hate relationship with the book...I believe it took me a year and a half to finish it the first time and then must have read it four or five times after primarily for research.

I truly hope you'll enjoy it (especially since it's free) as I know I did; no, I didn't; yes, I did; well, maybe/kinda/sorta.

[SeekHer]

I had to go to the doctors this morn (0930) for some tests and meds...I arrived early and went to the coffee shop and book store before hand to fill up my mug since it takes about 1½ hrs to do all the crap they do to me so I'd have something to read and drink.

The store had these two books, oversized but not trade paperbacks in the clear out sale for $5.99 each so I bought them...The first is by Dominic Lieven titled "Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace" (Pub 2009) that I started to read waiting and it's very well written and superbly researched.

Now, comes the rub! The second book by James Carroll (a former Paulist priest) titled "Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews" (Pub 2002) basically the history of anti-Semitism leading up to Hitler and the Death Camps...I went down stairs afterwards to the coffee shop to get a refill and call someone to come and get me and I started reading it...Well long story short, three coffees and four and a half hours later with 342 (of 746) pages read I get kicked out of the café; get into severe deep doodoo as I've got people (very worried people) waiting for me to call them...I was totally, completely, engrossed in the book and after posting this I'm going back to reading it...Fascinating study by a Jesuit trained (Georgetown U) exceptional writer who brings amazing insight into a dark subject...I'm going back tomorrow and getting six more copies (called and reserved them) and mailing them to my oldest daughters and two brothers…I can not express how good, how moving, how well done this book is… Was a NY Times bestseller and was made into a documentary of the same name (which I never heard about until now)…Without even knowing the ending I’ll say this is a must read book for Christians and Jews.

[Greg]

Finished Fate of Worlds by Niven and the other guy (Lerner in this case). Meh. I've read all the 'XX of Worlds' books mainly for completeness, but the Known Space stories have gotten a lot less fun over time.

[Netpackrat]

Slammed through MHL Wednesday night and I am still paying for it. I enjoyed it, but maybe not quite as much as the previous books.