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Yeah, similar style, maybe a bit more graphic - Follett really plays up the Kennedy's mistrust of the Military Brass. esp Lemay, on what to do with Castro and Cuba and the politics of the Civil Rights movement and just what JKF felt he could and couldn't do in that area. It seems to be fairly well researched.
I may be small, but I'm slow.
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enjoy, I haven't read a Follett novel I haven't enjoyed.Originally posted by falafel View Post
I may be small, but I'm slow.
A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."Comment
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Can't Hurt Me- David Goggins
I heard his story on Joe Rogans podcast awhile back and have been a huge fan ever since. CHeck out the podcast and then the book if you have a chance.*Banned*Comment
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He's crazy.Originally posted by cougjunkie View Post"Nobody listens to Turtle."-TurtlesigpicComment
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I just started Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff. Time for another serious book after reading several murder mysteries. A month or two back I read Winning Bigly by Scott Adams, which helped me understand how Trump got into the White House. Fire and Fury will help me understand what he's been doing there from a different point of view than where I usually get my news.Comment
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I just finished reading Born a Crime by Trevor Noah.
This is an excellent book and definitely worth reading. It talks a lot about apartheid in South Africa and what happened when it ended. It covers a lot about racism too. Now I understand why he discusses the issue of racism so often on The Daily Show.
It's a book that I didn't want to put down and it has a lot of great stuff in it. I put Fire and Fury on hold to read this book, now I'll have to finish that one. When you order electronic books from the local library, you can't always choose when they show up, and this showed up part way through the other one. Once I had read a few pages I was hooked.Comment
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What do you read on? I just turn off the wifi on my kindle and then the books don't go away till I reconnect. #protipOriginally posted by Scott R Nelson View PostComment
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Kindle Fire.Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
I've never had a problem with the three week time limit. But popular books might take a month or two before they become available, which was the case with the Trevor Noah book. I had ordered a couple of books many weeks ago, saw Fire and Fury on the suggested list and available immediately, so grabbed it. Then another book showed up and I read that. Then Born a Crime showed up and I read that. Now I need to finish the one that's a bit more work to read. Not because there's a time limit, but because I want to learn from the book.Comment
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I finally finished Ken Follett's Edge of Eternity
Meh - not his best work and his left wing/socialist politics come through loud and clear. Still a decent read.
My thoughts if any one is interested.
Currently reading a look at a 9th AF WWII fighter group, the 365th, in Northern Europe that flew mainly Close Air Support missions - the dreaded Jabo's.
Hell HawksLast edited by happyone; 01-04-2019, 06:40 PM.
I may be small, but I'm slow.
A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."Comment
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Read Crucial Conversations last week. In general, I dislike self-help books, but this one was decent."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Finished Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, and now I'm reading the second book in that series, World Without End.
One thing that strikes me as I read these novels is how brutal life was back then, especially for peasants. These are obviously fiction, but I'm guessing Follett did some research on the lives of the common people.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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I'm reading (listening) to "Barefoot to Billionaire" the bio of Jon Huntsman. Thought I'd give it a go since, I too am LDS, and was friends with his daughter Christena while at BYU.
Only part way through... and am in the White House years right now... and it's beyond interesting. Huntsman was right in the thick of things during the pre Watergate (mere months) debacle, and the White House Plumbers were right down the Hall from his basement office. He told a funny story... Of course there was the famous leak - and the White House wanted to find the source and get rid of the guy. Jack Anderson of the Washington Post was reporting on the White House issues, and was a recipient of some of the leaked information, and at the same time was in the same Chevy Chase ward as Huntsman. Anderson was the GD teacher, and was going to be out of town and asked Huntsman to teach his SS class one Sunday, and handed him the lesson book and material. Huntsman taught the class, and on the way home one stopped by Anderson's house to drop off the manual. What Huntsman didn't know was Anderson's home was under surveillance by the FBI on orders from the White House. On Monday morning Huntsman goes to work, and HR Haldeman confronts Huntsman about being the leak, and reports that he was seen dropping off printed material to Anderson's home. Seems as though he was caught red-handed. Huntsman said it took a bit of convincing Haldeman that he wasn't the leak the Plumbers were looking for, and he was only dropping off a Sunday School manual.
Huntsman also reported on the time he was in the White House gym and had to field multiple inquiring questions from Henry Kissinger about his odd looking one piece garments as he was getting dressed after they were all in the steam room.
Anyway... enjoying the book more than anticipated.
When poet puts pen to paper imagination breathes life, finding hearth and home.
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I agree, I thought it had some great stuff.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post*Banned*Comment
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David Goggins- Can't Hurt Me
Solid. Dude has an unbelievable story.*Banned*Comment
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I just finished Sir Jeffrey Archer's latest, Heads You Win
Interesting premise - The main character escapes from the USSR in 1968 in a shipping container. When he and his mother get to the docks, they have a choice of either going to the US or England. The story is duel tracked, as Mr. Archer tells what happened with both choices. There is also a bit of an O'Henry style ending. For me, a 4+ star read.
Having recently read both Follett and Archer (two of my favorite British authors writing right now) I think I enjoy Archer a bit more. He doesn't let his politics show quite a much
I may be small, but I'm slow.
A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."Comment
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