moxie32 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 I’m in the middle of this right now and really appreciating the insights into late 19th century Europe: Robert K. Massie, “Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War”. It’s the third book I’ve read by this guy. Massie does a great job of laying out a history of events by deep diving into the key players lives. Kind of like reading 100 biographies strung together in one book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxie32 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 I’m in the middle of this right now and really appreciating the insights into late 19th century Europe: Robert K. Massie, “Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War”. It’s the third book I’ve read by this guy. Massie does a great job of laying out a history of events by deep diving into the key players lives. Kind of like reading 100 biographies strung together in one book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxie32 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Woh, sorry that post got repeated over and over! Wasn’t intended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 6 minutes ago, moxie32 said: Woh, sorry that post got repeated over and over! Wasn’t intended! you can use the three dots at upper right in each post to delete all but one + Charlie, + Lucky and Danny-Darko 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBiDude Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 I just finished this, and really enjoyed it. A great fictional novel of Hemingway’s first wife Hadley and their lives. The Paris Wife WWW.GOODREADS.COM Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eigh… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Just finished this. Very good. He's a gay author, but this, like his more famous (and better) book Brooklyn, which became a lovely movie, is not gay. It's a very Irish book. Enjoy: Amazon.com WWW.AMAZON.COM + Just Sayin and + WilliamM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Just Sayin Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 22 minutes ago, Rod Hagen said: Just finished this. Very good. He's a gay author, but this, like his more famous (and better) book Brooklyn, which became a lovely movie, is not gay. It's a very Irish book. Enjoy: Amazon.com WWW.AMAZON.COM At least of two of his books, "The Master" about Henry James, and "The Magician" about Thomas Mann, have gay themes; I enjoyed them both. + Charlie, + WilliamM and Rod Hagen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_n_NYC Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 On 7/2/2024 at 2:31 AM, moxie32 said: I’m in the middle of this right now and really appreciating the insights into late 19th century Europe: Robert K. Massie, “Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War”. It’s the third book I’ve read by this guy. Massie does a great job of laying out a history of events by deep diving into the key players lives. Kind of like reading 100 biographies strung together in one book. I thought I recognized that author so I went and checked my bookshelf and found Massie's books on 'Peter the Great' and 'Nicolas & Alexandria'. Never thought to look up other works by him (I read those books in Jr. High when my Mom gave them to me to read). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_n_NYC Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Just finished 'Paris' by Edward Rutherfurd, which was ok (I think Sarum, the first book of his I read has been my fav of his). Started 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' by Jared Diamond...was recommended to me by another pilot I flew with once. Supposed to be a history of the world type of thing....we'll see. Rod Hagen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 (edited) 16 hours ago, Jim_n_NYC said: Started 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' by Jared Diamond...was recommended to me by another pilot I flew with once. Supposed to be a history of the world type of thing....we'll see. Loved GGandSteel when it first came out. If you like it, read Collapse immediately afterward, also very good, just to stay in the zone. Edited August 10 by Rod Hagen cany10011 and Jim_n_NYC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Just Sayin Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I just finished "Drilled" by K.M. Neuhold, a pansexual woman; it's a light summer reading for my book group; it's a part of the Four Bears Construction series; very highbrow! Drilled (Four Bears Construction #7) WWW.GOODREADS.COM A month in a remote cabin with the last man I ever expe… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Just read this. Fast paced. Stories a bit thin, but descriptions are beautiful. It would actually be better if the two main characters were gay, but the story wouldn't have sold as well. I wonder if someone's treated it for a movie yet, feels like a movie. The River by Peter Heller Amazon.com WWW.AMAZON.COM + Just Sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePDNA51 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. The book is bonkers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBiDude Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 On 8/10/2024 at 8:04 AM, Rod Hagen said: Just read this. Fast paced. Stories a bit thin, but descriptions are beautiful. It would actually be better if the two main characters were gay, but the story wouldn't have sold as well. I wonder if someone's treated it for a movie yet, feels like a movie. The River by Peter Heller Amazon.com WWW.AMAZON.COM I just bought the Kindle edition…looking forward to it… Rod Hagen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderlust307 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 (edited) I am reading "Who Started World War II?" by Udo Walendy. It's an interesting opposite perspective. Who Started World War II? WWW.GOOGLE.GR Nowadays the Second World War is frequently called the Mother of All Wars, the ultimate war of Good versus Evil. The roles are invariably allocated: Hitler and his Nazi... Edited August 15 by wanderlust307 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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