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  • #916
    Eldiente - if you haven't read this - this is a must read!!!

    [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Two-Ocean-War-History-United-States/dp/1591145244/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333509174&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War (9781591145240): Samuel Eliot Morison: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Utaoofd5L.@@AMEPARAM@@51Utaoofd5L[/ame]

    It has both the Altantic and Pacific wars in it, but if you want it is easy to skip the Atlantic material.

    It is basically an abridgement of his 15 volume history of the US Navy is WW II - which is also a must read, but a whole lot more time investment

    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."

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    • #917
      Originally posted by happyone View Post
      Eldiente - if you haven't read this - this is a must read!!!

      Amazon.com: Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War (9781591145240): Samuel Eliot Morison: Books

      It has both the Altantic and Pacific wars in it, but if you want it is easy to skip the Atlantic material.

      It is basically an abridgement of his 15 volume history of the US Navy is WW II - which is also a must read, but a whole lot more time investment
      HappyOne - thanks!! this looks perfect. Unfortunately Amazon only lists the abridged edition..... an abridgement of a single volume based on a 15 volume set?????? I'll have to see what is available at the library. Thanks again

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      • #918
        I needed a break so I downloaded and listened to this over the past week:

        [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307985989/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d1_g14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER &pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0B23W3J5QW4EY3SQ7ZSQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p =470938631&pf_rd_i=507846"]Amazon.com: The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods (9780307985989): Hank Haney: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sNkdnNbOL.@@AMEPARAM@@41sNkdnNbOL[/ame]

        It's impossible to not be blown away by Tiger's game, but I always rooted against him when he was at his peak. He always rubbed me the wrong way. I was interested in the Haney/Woods relationship, but thought this book might reinforce my dislike of Tiger. So I was surprised to come away with more empathy and respect for him.

        Haney doesn't pull any punches in what he thinks are Tiger's flaws in his how he interacts with people, but he also praises Tiger a lot for what he does well and acknowledges that some of the things that make him so awkward off the course make him so good on it.

        There are some interesting stories about dealing with the scandal and also Tiger's enfatuation with the Military and him seriously considering an attempt at being a Navy SEAL in 2007. But the majority of the book is about swing mechanics and how Haney went about teaching them to Tiger. Overall I enjoyed the book much more than I thought I would.

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        • #919
          Originally posted by eldiente View Post
          HappyOne - thanks!! this looks perfect. Unfortunately Amazon only lists the abridged edition..... an abridgement of a single volume based on a 15 volume set?????? I'll have to see what is available at the library. Thanks again
          It very readable on it's own - Morison did an excellent job on both.

          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."

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          • #920
            Originally posted by Omaha 680 View Post
            I needed a break so I downloaded and listened to this over the past week:

            Amazon.com: The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods (9780307985989): Hank Haney: Books
            This is on my TBR list at the library - somehow that list never seems to get any shorter!

            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."

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            • #921
              Just finished the Polk bio that many of you have read. I thought the author provided too much detail regarding the political maneuverings in DC at times, but a great bio overall. I will never view the Mexican-American War the same way again. Polk was a visionary who did some critical things at just the right time. I was also amazed at the Whig party at the time. After the war, they were debating how to set up territorial governments in the new lands. Many of the Whigs argued that we should simply abandon them because it was too much hassle. It is hard to imagine a more complete lack of vision as to what that represented for the future of America.

              Now I am finally getting around to reading Quinn's Origins of Power. It arrived yesterday and I was astonished to see that the book is only 250 pages long but there are about 400 pages of footnotes and appendices. Yikes.
              "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
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              • #922
                Interesting read.

                [ame="http://www.amazon.com/American-Sniper-Autobiography-Military-History/dp/0062082353"]Amazon.com: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (9780062082350): Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice, John Pruden: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IiP7QgakL.@@AMEPARAM@@51IiP7QgakL[/ame]
                "We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school."
                -Thucydides

                "Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
                -Miyamoto Musashi

                Si vis pacem, para bellum

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                • #923
                  Cutting for Stone

                  I read Cutting for Stone a while back, and one of the other threads on here reminded me of it again as much of the story takes place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

                  It is written by a doctor, so some of the narrative gets very detailed around various medical procedures and such, but I found those passages fascinating as a non-doctor.

                  The book wasn't life-changing or anything, but it does cause a fair amount of deep-thinking and reflection.

                  [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Stone-novel-Abraham-Verghese/dp/0375414495"]Amazon.com: Cutting for Stone: A novel (9780375414497): Abraham Verghese: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DuodziZtL.@@AMEPARAM@@41DuodziZtL[/ame]

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                  • #924
                    I'm now ghost writing as a teenager and thought I'd read some teen literature to see what I can and can't get away with - any recommendations?
                    what I am is what I am and I does what I does.

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                    • #925
                      Originally posted by HauteCoug View Post
                      I'm now ghost writing as a teenager and thought I'd read some teen literature to see what I can and can't get away with - any recommendations?
                      I don't get it. Are you doing some teenager's homework?
                      Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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                      • #926
                        I just finished "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". So bad it's good. It's the literary equivalent of a big budget summer action escape movie. In that vein, I can't wait to see the movie.
                        Last edited by OrangeUte; 04-14-2012, 03:41 PM.

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                        • #927
                          Originally posted by mcan View Post
                          I read Cutting for Stone a while back, and one of the other threads on here reminded me of it again as much of the story takes place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

                          It is written by a doctor, so some of the narrative gets very detailed around various medical procedures and such, but I found those passages fascinating as a non-doctor.

                          The book wasn't life-changing or anything, but it does cause a fair amount of deep-thinking and reflection.

                          Amazon.com: Cutting for Stone: A novel (9780375414497): Abraham Verghese: Books
                          I read this too, on the suggestion of a good friend. Very good book.

                          I just started the "Game of Thrones".

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                          • #928
                            Originally posted by falafel View Post
                            I don't get it. Are you doing some teenager's homework?
                            An organization that works with teenage girls. They needed a blog but didn't want to worry about teenage girls being unreliable. So they hired me.
                            what I am is what I am and I does what I does.

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                            • #929
                              Finished God's Secretaries - interesting. James I comes across as a cany indivual. Accourding to Nicholson one of his reasons for the new translation was to have a Bible all of the sects could accept.

                              He set up 6 groups of translators, each assigned specific books and then had another group put it all together.

                              All in all about 60 men worked on the translation, they were based at Oxford, Cambridge and Westminster and all but one were in a religious order. The one who wasn't a member of a religious order was a professor of Ancient Greek - Harry Sevile, whose family owned the ground that became Sevile Row in London

                              One small quibble - when Nicholson quotes from documents of the 17th century including the Bible, he uses the original spelling. It takes alittle getting used to.

                              I also read Jack Whyte's new historical Novel on William Wallace - the hero of the movie Braveheart

                              [ame="http://www.amazon.com/The-Forest-Laird-William-Wallace/dp/076533156X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334525150&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: The Forest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace (9780765331564): Jack Whyte: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kXx3j1MIL.@@AMEPARAM@@51kXx3j1MIL[/ame]

                              Not bad - Wallace is portrayed as something of a Robin Hood - entertaining read.

                              Currently reading

                              [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Zhukovs-Greatest-Defeat-Disaster-Operation/dp/0700614176/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334525241&sr=1-6"]Amazon.com: Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 (Modern War Studies) (9780700614172): David M. Glantz, Darin Grauberger, Mary E. Glantz: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517T92QEN5L.@@AMEPARAM@@517T92QEN5L[/ame]

                              This is something my brother recommended.
                              Last edited by happyone; 04-16-2012, 04:46 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."

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                              • #930
                                I am reading Abundance: Why the Future is better than you think

                                This [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think/dp/1451614217/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335442490&sr=8-1"]Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think: Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler: 9781451614213: Amazon.com: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wCZoVxdSL.@@AMEPARAM@@51wCZoVxdSL[/ame]

                                I can't give a higher recommendation for this book. Absolutely fascinating. The big premise of the book:

                                From a Freaknomics Q & A http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/04/...our-questions/

                                The cover is actually directly related to the book’s message. The book is “wrapped” in aluminum foil and the story of aluminum is what opens Abundance. In short, during the early 1800s aluminum was considered the most valuable metal in the world. This is why the capstone to the Washington Monument is made from aluminum, and also why Napoléon III himself threw a banquet for the king of Siam where the honored guests were given aluminum utensils, while the others had to make do with gold.

                                Technically, behind oxygen and silicon, aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, making up 8.3 percent of the weight of the world. However, aluminum is tightly bound in a clay-like material called bauxite. While bauxite is 52 percent aluminum, separating out the pure metal ore was a complex and difficult task. It was the creation of a new breakthrough technology known as electrolysis, discovered independently and almost simultaneously in 1886 by American chemist Charles Martin Hall and Frenchman Paul Héroult that changed everything. The Hall-Héroult process, as it is now known, uses electricity to liberate aluminum from bauxite. Suddenly everyone on the planet had access to ridiculous amounts of cheap, light, pliable metal. Today aluminum is cheap, ubiquitous, and used with a throwaway mind-set.
                                Last edited by Mormon Red Death; 04-26-2012, 05:21 AM.
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