What Book Are You Reading?

**sappersgt** · 22 Jun 09,, 04:43

Just finished Below Zero by CJ Box. Next is Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton.

**xerxes** · 26 Jun 09,, 22:20

I finished Trajedy and Hope, several months back - though I had to skip the boring reptitive wwii stuff in it.

I almost done with House of Mogran written by Cherow ... decent book though sometimes boring ...

I highly recommend Lords of Finance - it just came out few months ago. I really like it. You learn alot about Benjamin Strong, Schacht, Mearau and Norman. Great book.

Next on the lists:

House of Rothschild (2 books) written by Furgenson
Cash Nexus by the same author
The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs

If anyone has any book recommendation similiar to the ones I listed above please let me know. I love to get my hands on it.

**sappersgt** · 27 Jun 09,, 03:24

I'm working my way through 7 Deadly Scenarios by Andrew Krepinevich, one chapter at a time. In between I'm reading Dive Bomber! by Peter C Smith.

**silentsam** · 27 Jun 09,, 03:44

Mein Kampf

**Shey Tapani** · 08 Jul 09,, 22:23

Gore Vidal:
The smithsonian or whatever, to lasy to look up how it is called in english.

**sappersgt** · 09 Jul 09,, 00:29

I'm house/ dog/business sitting this week. I picked up two books to read, Iron Arm -The Mechanization of Mussolini's Army by JJT Sweet and Eye Of The Storm by John Ringo (scifi).

**Canmoore** · 09 Jul 09,, 01:08

H.P. Lovecraft!

**Mobbme** · 16 Jul 09,, 00:35

I've joined the dark side...

I'm reading "The Art Of War By Sun Tzu"

Translated and with an introduction by Samuel B. Griffith

**sappersgt** · 16 Jul 09,, 00:46

I'm reading Shadow Of Betrayal by Brett Battles, the third in his "Cleaner" series. This week finished The Big One and Anvil Of Necessity by Stuart Slade, an alternative history of WWII in which Britain surrenders and Japan doesn't attack Pearl Harbor.

I ordered through the WAB Bookstore The Big Game by Stuart Slade (third in the series) and The Day Of the Panzer by Jeff Danby (recommended in the WWII readings section).

**ArmchairGeneral** · 16 Jul 09,, 00:49

Finished The Mill on the Floss the other day. Not quite as good as Middlemarch, but still an incredibly perceptive work. George Eliot rises in my estimation with each book of hers I read. Currently dipping into The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory by Pierre Duhem. His ideas on philosophy of science are interesting, although there's a whole section on the different psychology of English physicists vs. Continental physicists that is , well, kinda dumb. But he's at his best with history of science. His account of the developments leading up to Newton's theory of gravitation is absolutely fascinating.

Originally Posted by Canmoore

H.P. Lovecraft!

Nice. I'd like to sample a bit of his stuff some time. Picked up a short story collection recently, thought it was by him. Turned out it was an anthology of horror stories he mentioned in an essay on the history of horror fiction. Oh well.

**sappersgt** · 21 Jul 09,, 22:31

I went to order a book, figured used would be cheaper. New is $20 at Amazon, says it's in stock. Used is $44! Strange.

**sumob** · 24 Jul 09,, 10:17

Just finished reading Emperors of the Peacock Throne-The Saga of the Great Moghuls, by Thomas Eraly. It chronicles the saga of the Mughal Emperors from Babur til Aurangzeb.

Planning to start with A Bridge Too far by Cornelius Ryan.

**brak** · 25 Jul 09,, 10:55

Just finished reading "Red Army" by Ralph Peters. Good read.

**astralis** · 29 Jul 09,, 00:44

just finished "without warning" by john birmingham. the US disappears on the eve of the iraq war! (leaving EUCOM, CENTCOM, and PACOM still floating out there...)