The Book Thread

[Bobcat]

It was mostly about the F-117 stealth fighter and stealth cruise missiles.

 

[FormulaOne]

Started "dogs of war". So far so good. Would have never guessed that working military dogs were always one rank above their handlers.

 

[Bobcat]

I did not know that.

 

[JJ Apache]

So, last weekend Travel Channel had on Million Dollar Vacation Homes. One of them was inspired by Toad Manor in The Wind in the Willows... It was too cool. Now I have to read the book..
Went to the Library yesterday and got a copy.. Its an 'older childs' story from 1890.
Kenneth Gerahame.

 

[Bobcat]

Just finished "The Lunatic Express" discovering the World...via its most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains ,and Planes.Carl Hoffman very good. The Author starts to lose it there in the end.

5 Beers

 

[Bobcat]

"Batfishing in the Rainforest" Randy Wayne White. Another true adventure book.

 

[Bobcat]

"Unbroken" Laura Hillenbrand A World War II story of Survival, Resistance ,and Redemption.

True stuff, chilling so far and I rarely read books by girls.

 

[Bobcat]

"Notes From a Dirty Old Man" Bukowski.......he's a nut.

 

[rschap1]

"Unbroken" Laura Hillenbrand A World War II story of Survival, Resistance ,and Redemption.

True stuff, chilling so far and I rarely read books by girls.

This was mentioned by a caller on Free Beer and Hot Wings this morning...
Caller said it was a WAY cool read

 

[JJ Apache]

My client read this recently, and suggested I read it.
War Beneath the Waves
Sounds interesting.


An amazing story by Don Keith of bravery in a WWII submarine that took 60 years to tell

 

[JJ Apache]

Also this.
Flags of Our Fathers

Amazon.com: Flags of Our Fathers (9780553111330): James Bradley, Ron Powers: Books