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I 2nd T Rex. Great read.Doog_de_Jour said:I’m making my way through Edmund Morris’ Teddy Roosevelt books now. Excellent.
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Call me Ishmael.GrundleStiltzkin said:I'll toss a few out, but I'm guessing the learned here have already consumed.
Love this book, tempted to re-read
I've mentioned several tims here. Good for historical context on Russian meddling.
Read the book, burn the movie.
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Must have been a great pick up line back in the day. Coming off the dance floor at fishouse charlie’s, dressed in dark, brooding colors, slathered in Drakar Noir and drinking Cuba Libres. You look at your target, glance slightly at your package and utter your best to start the chase.DerekJohnson said:Have you explored the Derek Johnson canon?
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Yeah I know you’ve mentioned this before @Dennis_DeYoung . I need to pick this up. I just finished off my first half gallon of Appleton Estate and am all in on the funky Kingston rum.Dennis_DeYoung said:Also - “And a bottle of rum” is fucking incredible.
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Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Fantastic book about the Vietnam War as seen through the lens of a Marine company in the bush in the late 1960s. Explores the themes of brotherhood, humanity, race relations, leadership and power. This is a historical fiction novel that is one of the best I’ve read. Top 5 book ever for me, and far above any other Vietnam book I’ve read. A little bit similar to Band of Brothers HBO series, but better in my opinion. The battle descriptions are horrific and captivating, but the bonds between Marines is reminiscent of team sports and the trust of others required to succeed. The caveat being, in this situation kids die. It’s serious and yet very relatable. -
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Wow, that's me to a T. Except I would be marinated in Drakkar Noir as opposed to slathered.StlouisDawg said:
Must have been a great pick up line back in the day. Coming off the dance floor at fishouse charlie’s, dressed in dark, brooding colors, slathered in Drakar Noir and drinking Cuba Libres. You look at your target, glance slightly at your package and utter your best to start the chase.
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This passes as fiction in my house....hopefully it serves you better. FMFYFE
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Good book. Did a great job of letting the reader understand what it was like to slog through the jungle.spuden said:Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Fantastic book about the Vietnam War as seen through the lens of a Marine company in the bush in the late 1960s. Explores the themes of brotherhood, humanity, race relations, leadership and power. This is a historical fiction novel that is one of the best I’ve read. Top 5 book ever for me, and far above any other Vietnam book I’ve read. A little bit similar to Band of Brothers HBO series, but better in my opinion. The battle descriptions are horrific and captivating, but the bonds between Marines is reminiscent of team sports and the trust of others required to succeed. The caveat being, in this situation kids die. It’s serious and yet very relatable.
People forget that Cold Mountain was a great book because of the mediocre Jude Law/Nicole Kidman movie they made out of it
Currently rereading the Dune series. Magnificent, sprawling, probably the best science fiction ever written -
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Boys in the Boat...LOL at taking a recommendation from the alt right.GrundleStiltzkin said:Nonfiction book suggestions appreciated. Been back reading/listening lately. Some I've read any enjoyed lately:
- Boys in the Boat
- The Big Short
- Devil in the White City
- Dead Wake
- The Guns of August
- Friday Night Lights
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The kind of book you should be reading is this gem:
- Boys in the Boat
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At least put the title in English you fuckhead. No wonder he lost.Pitchfork51 said: -
I also liked Stephen King’s 11/22/63. Good read and not his normal horror genre. More of a historical fiction book with the idea being how would the world be if someone could go back in time and stop Lee Harvey Oswald from assassinating Kennedy.
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This is one that was recommended to me by a UW poly sci prof that I have on my radar...
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@GrundleStiltzkin.... "I, Fatty" skews much more towards fiction, but it's based on a historical figure and it's a hell of a read. It's written by Jerry Stahl who penned Permanent Midnight and some other good chit.
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I actually just read two of the Beartown books by Fredrik Backman. I enjoyed them. Beartown and Us Against Them; fags, hooligans, hockey, lots of drinking and fighting, the first six inches are consensual.....pretty decent.
Mrs. Throbber just tossed me a Man Called Ove by Backman but I don't think I've gone gay enough to start that one yet.
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People forget Nicole Kidman showed her perky nips....because, well, it was a Cold Mountain.BearsWiin said:
Good book. Did a great job of letting the reader understand what it was like to slog through the jungle.
People forget that Cold Mountain was a great book because of the mediocre Jude Law/Nicole Kidman movie they made out of it
Currently rereading the Dune series. Magnificent, sprawling, probably the best science fiction ever written
I can't quite get out of my head that Tom Cruise got inside that - but give her credit for going full-frontal in pretty much everything she appears in.
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by "that" I assume you mean the contract they signed to be seen together in public. No way he was doing what you would have done with her.PurpleThrobber said:
People forget Nicole Kidman showed her perky nips....because, well, it was a Cold Mountain.
I can't quite get out of my head that Tom Cruise got inside that - but give her credit for going full-frontal in pretty much everything she appears in. -
@YellowSnow just finished the audio version of Retribution. Thank you. Kinda wished I'd read-read it, there was a lot to digest.
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Thanks @Dennis_DeYoung , this is up next.Dennis_DeYoung said:Also - “And a bottle of rum” is fucking incredible.
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Iwo Jima, Philippines, and Okinawa were a total waste of life with the benefit of Captain Hind-site. 2 things won the war really: (1) our subs sunk their entire merchant fleet (something the vaunted Cherman U-Boots could never do to us) and the taking of the Marianas put Japan's cities in easy range of Boeing.GrundleStiltzkin said:@YellowSnow just finished the audio version of Retribution. Thank you. Kinda wished I'd read-read it, there was a lot to digest.
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Some trivia that surprised me: $2 billion for Manhattan Project, $4 billion for Tokyo bombing campaign, $30 billion for European bombing campaign.YellowSnow said:
Iwo Jima, Philippines, and Okinawa were a total waste of life with the benefit of Captain Hind-site. 2 things won the war really: (1) our subs sunk their entire merchant fleet (something the vaunted Cherman U-Boots could never do to us) and the taking of the Marianas put Japan's cities in easy range of Boeing.
The scale of men and material mobilization in under 4 years always astounds me. I never heard the bit out 400 B-29s and 1500 carrier planes flying over the USS Missouri after the surrender documents were signed.
While I'd read a little about it before, the geopolitical finagling between the West and Mao and Chiang Kai Shek was very interesting.
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"... and so Vernon, by luck or by instinct, was well ahead of the movement towards citrus."GrundleStiltzkin said:
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Thinking you intended to specifically reference this one...PurpleThrobber said:Anything by Michael Lewis or Timothy Egan.
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dirtysouwfdawg said:
Most recently, it was this one. Pretty interesting stuff on the micks.
The Big Burn was outstanding too.
I've read most all of Michael Lewis' books. His most recent one is about the ripple effect of the Trump election with regard to government agencies. Someday I'll type the last paragraph on the Tug. It's chilling with regard to politics and the self-inflicted unintended consequences we sometimes inflict on ourselves, hoping to eradicate our perceived woes.
I"m trying to get interested in @Doog_de_Jour 's Ghengis Khan book but haven't hit my stride yet.
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Very entertaining, thank you @Dennis_DeYoungDennis_DeYoung said:Also - “And a bottle of rum” is fucking incredible.
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@Dennis_DeYoung I'm about 1/3 of the way through this book. I wouldn't call it fucking incredible, but it's really good. I will never look at a bottle of Captain Morgan Loco Nut the same way again.Dennis_DeYoung said:Also - “And a bottle of rum” is fucking incredible.
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Agree, fell short of chincredible for me. I did enjoy rum as a device to tell other stories. Fun read.DerekJohnson said:
@Dennis_DeYoung I'm about 1/3 of the way through this book. I wouldn't call it fucking incredible, but it's really good. I will never look at a bottle of Captain Morgan Loco Nut the same way again.
