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Marion David Poff
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Just read a little fiction, Titanicus by Dan Abnett.

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sarguy wrote:I thought Generation Kill was great. Not long ago I saw a 2nd edition with more info on the outcomes of the people featured in the book.

How's With the old Breed? It's on my Amazon wishlist.
I have the Second Edition then...Not sure how much more info is in it than the first...If you liked Generation Kill, I hear One Bullet Away is even better...it is written by Nathan Fick...one of the officers featured in Generation Kill...and is supposed to contain different points of view and insights of the same incidents and battles featured in Generation Kill.

As far as With The Old Breed...I just started it the other day...Very good so far...I'd recommend it...
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the economist, alaska economic trends, the federal register, various reports on rural alaskan communities and development strategies...
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One Second After (EMP attack on America everything shuts off scary book)

And a hard rain fell (book about The Nam)
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clovisc wrote:the federal register...
I have to read the Fed Reg a lot for work. Please don't tell me you read it for pleasure! :eek:
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Delica_Nut wrote:One Second After (EMP attack on America everything shuts off scary book)
"One Second After" is a spectacular book, really changed my views of the world we live in, I almost wish I hadn't read it, ignorance is bliss, right? Anyway I'm currently reading "After Technology Fails" by Matthew Stein. It's a great alternative living/survivalist book.
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Hahaha, embarrassing. I just read World War Z. It's a zombie apocalypse book. It was a fun read for a plane ride.
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I'm reading "The Spyderco Story" for the first time, and loving it! :) :D :) :D
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I am re-reading Being and Time by Heidegger at the moment.
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SAS Urban Survival Handbook by John "lofty" Wiseman:
http://www.amazon.com/Urban-Survival-Ha ... 1602392161
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asfaltpiloot wrote:SAS Urban Survival Handbook by John "lofty" Wiseman:
http://www.amazon.com/Urban-Survival-Ha ... 1602392161
Ha! I just finished reading that one as well, very good survival manual, pretty much covers everything I think.
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Making a Killing: the explosive story of a hired gun in Iraq by James Ashcroft. Ex-British Army officer quits his lawyer job to take a higher paying job as a security contractor in Iraq in late 2003. I read a recommendation on ar15.com and decided to try it out.
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Im reading "I, Sniper" by Stephen Hunter. Not true literary art, but entertaining and I like the character.
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I've been reading "Excuses Begone!" by Wayne Dyer...very good read. Finished "Getting Back to Even" by Jim Cramer a while ago...another good read that I need to re-read. :)

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Im usually a Sci-Fi reader only, but defer to some politically sensative reading.

Currently: Turner Diaries.
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FLYBYU44 wrote:"One Second After" is a spectacular book, really changed my views of the world we live in, I almost wish I hadn't read it, ignorance is bliss, right? Anyway I'm currently reading "After Technology Fails" by Matthew Stein. It's a great alternative living/survivalist book.
One Second After is a great read and an eye-awakening book but is off the mark regarding the military's preparedness for an EMP event. It also exagerates the aviation industry's susceptability. Most aircraft will be landing after an EMP and not dropping out of the sky like stones. The fun will begin when they find failures in TRACON, navigation, and Approach Control facilities. Modern use of composite structures in aircraft is also leading to further research in EMP and lightning protection as the Farraday effect becomes less effective as aviation reduces the use of aluminum skins and alloyed support structures. Civilian communications, power infrastructure, and ground transportation and control are very much at risk as the book illustrates. Give Alas, Babylon a shot for a contrast on what the effect of nuclear war would have on a localized population as beleived in the late 50s. Not a bad read. Medical dimensions of nuclear war are pretty well laid out in an old favorite: Last Aide . Now there's a scary book.

Currently reading Contact and Frictional Electrification to gain more information for my electrostatics work at NASA. Also have Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions on the nightstand and Invictous to add a lighter balance. But I just might need a Chuck Pahuniak flight into warped reality or good rousing Robert Parker tale to get back to normal before long.


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Some time ago: "the milennium trilogy" by Stieg Larsson. Good read, fun, addicting, recommended.

After that: Pride and Predjudice and Zombies. Nice, but it's written in kinda "old school" English (like the original I guess :) ). Probably a must-have for Zombie-lovers.

Right now: "snel geld" (dutch), "snabba cash" in Swedish. Very good, kinda "raw", cant wait to get the next part (not translated in Dutch yet).
If you can find it in English, read it. recommended !!

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Just finished the very light A Home in Mitford and have started the slightly less light The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Volume One
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FLYBYU44 wrote:Ha! I just finished reading that one as well, very good survival manual, pretty much covers everything I think.
Small world :D
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