Books thread - what are U reading?

[stevebiker]

What good books are you reading? Not necessarily biking related, just good reads. Some of my recent favorites:

15 Months In SOG: A Warrior's Tour, by John Plaster.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/15-Months-Sog-Warriors-Tour/dp/0804118728/ref=pd_sim_b_2"]Amazon.com: 15 Months In Sog: A Warrior's Tour (9780804118729): Thom Nicholson: Books[/ame]


Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne, by Larry Chambers.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Recondo-LRRPs-Airborne-Larry-Chambers/dp/0891418407/ref=pd_sim_b_3"]Amazon.com: Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne (9780891418405): Larry Chambers: Books[/ame]


SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam , by John Plaster.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/SOG-Secret-Americas-Commandos-Vietnam/dp/0451195086/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b"]Amazon.com: SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam (9780451195081): John Plaster: Books[/ame]


Good to Go: The Life And Times Of A Decorated Member Of The U.S. Navy's Elite Seal Team Two. It's an outstanding account of a Seal Team member's experiences in Vietnam.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Go-Times-Decorated-Member/dp/0380729660/ref=pd_sim_b_4"]Amazon.com: Good to Go: The Life And Times Of A Decorated Member Of The U.s. Navy's Elite Seal Team Two (9780380729661): Harold Constance, Randall Fuerst: Books[/ame]


This last one is a great read. For example, on his first mission in Nam, he misinterpreted a signal from his team leader as a command to slit an approaching VC's throat. So he did. And once he got the hang of it, he utilized this noise reduction technique on several other ambushes as well.

If you're interested in the experiences of the dedicated soldiers in special forces units such as the Rangers/LRRPs, Navy SEALs and MACV-SOG green berets, these books are among the very best.

 

[alienator]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Great read.

 

[Chavez]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Great read.

Do you need to have a working knowledge of the original P&P for it to work?

 

[alienator]

Do you need to have a working knowledge of the original P&P for it to work?

No, you don't. The blend of Victorian culture, zombies, and marital arts works exceedingly well.

 

[gman0482]

"Gotti - Rise and Fall"

 

[64Paramount]

I'm reading W.E.B. Griffin's Badge Of Honor series again, currently on the fifth book called "The Assassin".

 

[alienator]

What I'm reading now, isn't a book, but the latest issue of "Physics Today."

 

[taniwha]

Last four books
Peter Ackroyd - The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein (great reimagining of the classic)
Matthew Stokoe - High Life (Truly depraved story set in LA, a little like Filth meets American Pyscho plus necrophilia and copraphilia)
William Boyd - Any Human Heart
Janet Frame - Living in the Maniototo

Currently reading:-
John Banville - Doctor Copernicus
Pork & Sons ( a pork recipe book)
New Zealand Geographic
Bicycles Locked to Poles

 

[Yippee38]

If you're interested in the experiences of the dedicated soldiers in special forces units such as the Rangers/LRRPs, Navy SEALs and MACV-SOG green berets, these books are among the very best.

Stevebiker, you have to read [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Elite-Forging-SEAL-Class/dp/1400046955/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258433588&sr=8-1"]The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 by **** Couch[/ame]. **** Couch is a retired SEAL and he follows this class from Indoc through graduation and beyond. I thought it would be a dry book (it was given to me), but I found that I couldn't put it down. It's a great book.

Right now I'm reading [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Morte-dArthur-Penguin-English-Library/dp/0140430431/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258433760&sr=1-1"]Le Morte D'Arthur volume 1[/ame].

 

[stevebiker]

An outdoor book I'd recommend to anyone is The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness. He was one of the last trappers who set up a cabin and ran traplines while raising a family in the northern Brooks Range. By the time he left the wilderness, the U.S. government had passed regulations which made his lifestyle impossible to repeat. A very good read on living in the wilds of Alaska.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Final-Frontiersman-Family-Alaskas-Wilderness/dp/074345314X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1248554896&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness (9780743453141): James Campbell: Books[/ame]


You can get either book through your library's ILL system. Much better than shelling out the bucks to buy.

 

[jamie72]

Currently reading; The Passion of Fausto Coppi- Fotheringham. Before that it was Cycling is my life- Tommy Simpson.
I only read cycling biographies, tried other stuff..... Boring...

 

[dbackmtg]

Lee Child, Nothing To Lose