[pedonbio]

Everybody's a critic...

[pedonbio]

Besides, I'm sure Mike is more a Dostevsky kinda guy.

[luvdemwhoppers]

no doubt, albeit the paperback versions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwFW834Mrcc

[maniac704]

Presently reading Mirror Dance by L.M. Bujold, as I've finally gotten around to reading her Vorkosigan saga.  So far, I give an enthusiastic thumbs-up to the series as a whole.

Finished Falling Hard by Mark Law not too long ago, it's an interesting and well-written account of the history of judo through Law's own studies of the art.

[prinz]

Who's the author of that one, Prinz?

  Robert Massie. wrote castles of steel....Also just read   "Sea Of Thunder"  by Evan Thomas  a superb read on 4 commanders at leyte Gulf..The last and greatest fleet battle of modern times.. Thomas also wrote "John Paul Jones"... quite a take on Capt. Jones.... cheers

[prinz]

Always an interesting topic, although my favorite naval battle was Tassafaronga Strait, for its foreshadowing of asymmetric struggle. The few books that have been written about it are a crashing bore, alas.

  Ah Yes Tassafaronga ! Tenacious Tanaka breaks it off in our collective ass! 

[homevintner]

Thanks for the info, Prinz. New additions for my wish list.

[rtpoe]

"Tear Down This Myth" by Will Bunch.

It's rather funny reading all the negative reviews/comments on places like Amazon. They clearly haven't read the book, since if they did, they'd realize that Bunch hasn't written a Reagan-bashing piece, but rather a history of how the GOP deified him, and how that has clouded their minds.

I remember a Doonesbury cartoon, in which it was claimed that Reagan suffered from a strange vision problem that made him only able to look backwards through a rose-tinted haze. Seems the Reagan worshippers are doing the same....

[homevintner]

Stonewall in the Valley by Robert G. Tanner.
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862.

[MaxBigfoot]

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett.

[homevintner]

Crusade by Taylor Anderson. Second in the "Destroyermen" series.

[Q_BE]

Desperate Networks by Bill Carter. Fascinating chronicle of the challenges facing network TV in a new media age...and it was written several years ago. It's even more relevant today.

Q-"I highly recommend it"-BE

[Zealot]

I'm still reading "Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury".I'm on the statements of Vincent Bugliosi for the Manson Murders.It's good.

[DruulEmpire]

Doesn't really fit this thread, but what the hey.  I was killing time in the library the other day and happened across a novel called Genesis by one Ken Shufeldt.  It is staggeringly, appallingly bad.  But the real fun is, you don't even have to read it.  Instead, look it up on the Amazon site and then check out the reader reviews.  A few meekly try to defend it, but the majority dumps on it -- to my happy relief.  It's not often that I feel very closely attuned to my fellow humans, but I felt personally vindicated reading all those negative reviews.

As we aspire ever higher, sometimes we also need to doublecheck how far we can sink.  I'd say Genesis makes a good floor.

[rtpoe]

I can't wait for my local public library to get a copy of "Ted Williams at War" by Bill Nowlin, so I can read about his nearly five years as a Marine Corps flight instructor and fighter pilot.

Shot down once, on his third mission, Williams was lucky to escape with his life. He was back up and flying less than 24 hours later....Imagine Alex Rodriguez or Barry Bonds flying dive-bombing missions in close air support of troops on the ground, taking anti-aircraft fire as they pulled out of dives as low as 500 feet.  -  Publisher's jacket copy

Just the thing for the cold winter months before Spring Training starts again...