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cyrus buelton · April 20, 2009, 12:55:52 PM

Quote from: Triple J on April 20, 2009, 12:51:33 PM
No worries...sounds like one I'd like to own anyway. I dig books on real world espionage. I have the Time Life series on WWII (was a gift), and the one detailing WWII espionage is friggin' awesome!

This one is very cool.

there are actually a lot of pictures of the spy tools and some of the KGB photos of them catching their own spying and working for the CIA!

herm · April 20, 2009, 01:15:37 PM

Quote from: cyrus buelton on April 20, 2009, 12:49:08 PM
damn, you beat me to it!

I'd lend you my copy but just went in the mail to my brother and he is known for not returning my books $:-\$

haha,.........my brother is the same way. i would lend him a book, making it clear that i wanted it back.
he would finish it and let a friend take it, never to be seen again.

now i dont lend books. if i give someone a book to read, i give it as a gift. let the libraries worry about overdue books

Super T.I.B · April 20, 2009, 02:24:34 PM

As You Do...Richard Hammond.

sno_duc · April 20, 2009, 02:44:23 PM

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose.
This sums it up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl
Fascinating story of courage.

krolik · April 20, 2009, 07:28:16 PM

Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll

It's about the founding of the US Navy and the first 6 frigates.

redxblack · April 20, 2009, 08:00:04 PM

If you like naval stuff, I'd suggest UNDER THE BLACK FLAG by David Cordingly. That's a pretty awesome pirate book.

Kopfjäger · April 20, 2009, 08:16:26 PM

For Self and Country

il d00d · April 20, 2009, 08:33:14 PM

Lots of war books here - I am going to have to check them out

Taking a different subject, I liked "The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan" - he was a self-taught mathematician who did a lot of work on prime numbers, and later, a bunch of math shit I don't understand. Impressive-sounding shit I don't understand. (In actuality, the math is really kind of secondary to the biography - it is a good read.)

PM me if you are interested. I am gonna pay this one forward

DesmoDiva · April 20, 2009, 08:34:57 PM

Quote from: Jaman on April 20, 2009, 12:21:38 PM
I just read this - what a great book, gripping!

check out Into the Wild as well...

also reading "Road to Serfdom" by FA Hayek & "Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto" by Mark Levin
...as I find myself more & more a Libertarian, than just a disgruntled Republican...

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer is also an awesome read. Real eye opening.

zarn02 · April 20, 2009, 08:53:45 PM

I've been wanting to read 'Road to Serfdom.' Maybe when I get back to the states...

On the political side, everyone should read Albert J. Nock's 'Our Enemy the State.'

For those with less angry interests, check out any of Anthony Bourdain's cooking/touring books ('Kitchen Confidential,' etc.). They're pretty fun reads. Also, Michele Slatalla's 'Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace' is entertaining.

zarn02 · April 20, 2009, 08:56:44 PM

Oh, another amusing read: Chuck Klosterman's 'Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto'.

HisDucness · April 20, 2009, 10:48:05 PM

Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson. Cool look at deep sea diving and German u boats

Devil in the White City By Eric Larson. The World's fair in Chicago and a serial killer taking advantage of the influx of people. alot of architectural history

herm · April 21, 2009, 04:42:08 AM

Quote from: krolik on April 20, 2009, 07:28:16 PM
Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll

It's about the founding of the US Navy and the first 6 frigates.

noted. thats my kind of book

Sinister · April 21, 2009, 10:29:38 AM

Quote from: herm on April 20, 2009, 04:38:20 AM
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer: a personal account of tragedy on mount Everest. a good look into leadership failure in high risk activities.

If you are going to read that hack's book, you ought to read 'The Climb', by Anatoli Boukreev. One must understand that Krakauer is wracked with self-loathing due to the fact that he passed out in his tent and didn't do shit to help anybody. Boukreev is the true hero, of that tragedy, but you won't learn that in Jon's book (make the beast with two backsing hack).

Sorry for the rant, but this is a hot-button topic in the PNW climbing community.

For a recommendation, I'll put out: "Conquest & Culture", by Thomas Sowell. An interesting look at how conquests, through the ages, has impacted cultures around the world.

somegirl · April 21, 2009, 11:38:43 AM

Quote from: Sinister on April 21, 2009, 10:29:38 AM
If you are going to read that hack's book, you ought to read 'The Climb', by Anatoli Boukreev. One must understand that Krakauer is wracked with self-loathing due to the fact that he passed out in his tent and didn't do shit to help anybody. Boukreev is the true hero, of that tragedy, but you won't learn that in Jon's book (make the beast with two backsing hack).

I read The Climb recently and give it a

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