What are you currently reading?

[finnbow]

Mitchell Zuckof - "Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II"

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Hard work mattered, but so did luck, fortune, fate, whatever you want to call it.

Pablo Medina

Reviewing my vast observations of the human condition, while assuming financial success to be the end Mr. Medina's statement is referring to, my conclusions indicate that hard work is so rarely the means to this end as to become inconsequential.

In other words, Pablo can kiss my posteriori!!!

Chas

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Mitchell Zuckof - "Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II"

Incredible true story, what nerve the survivors had to attempt the extraction method.




Barney

[piece-itpete]

Still reading the commision report, kinda. I've actually been drinking beer and (gasp!) listening to records! The horror!

Originally Posted by hillbilly

I'm reading about Math and History combined. Seems a bit odd, but hey.. I'm not a teacher.

http://news.yahoo.com/fred-got-two-b...-abc-news.html

I saw that on the news. I understand what they were trying to do, but man oh man what idiots!

Pete

[bhunter]

Harold Fritzsch " The Fundamental Constants:A Mystery of Physics."

Written as a theoretical conversation between a modern physicist and Einstein and Newton.

"In this book the persons are Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a modern-day physicist named Adrian Haller, who comes from the University of Bern and is serving as a guest professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena."

The dialogue style is a compelling read and captures the essence of today's "Standard Model" and without mathematics while still providing some history of physics.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by bhunter

Harold Fritzsch " The Fundamental Constants:A Mystery of Physics."

Written as a theoretical conversation between a modern physicist and Einstein and Newton.

"In this book the persons are Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a modern-day physicist named Adrian Haller, who comes from the University of Bern and is serving as a guest professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena."

The dialogue style is a compelling read and captures the essence of today's "Standard Model" and without mathematics while still providing some history of physics.

Interesting! Add to my list.

[d-ray657]

Picked this up on a whim, and couldn't put it down: "In the Beginning" by Chaim Potok. The author is particularly vivid in his descriptions, very personal in his portrayal of relationships, and compelling as a story-teller. It is the story of a brilliant young man during his childhood and youth, growing up as a Jew in the late twenties and thirties. The child asks a question for which we may never have a complete answer: "Why does he hate me when I've never done anything to him?" I wish I was more knowledgeable about Jewish tradition and practices to better understand the significance of some of the things the family faces. I was near tears when the family found out that not one of their relatives in Europe had survived the Holocaust. In any event, it is a satisfying feeling to have finished a book like that and know that the time reading it was time well spent.

Regards,

D-Ray

[Charles]

After rereading "Quantrill of Missouri" I'm now starting on "Rules For Radicals". I'm considering making it a trilogy by wrapping things up with "The Art of War".

After which I intend to advance my agenda under the Black Flag, using cunning and deception as my primary weapons.

Either that, or take a nap. I really like taking naps. Just don't wake me up from my nap with a bunch of bullshit...that's when I start eyeballing the Navy Colt!!!

Chas

[bobabode]

Hey Chas, Re- fire arms did you catch Pawnstars lately? A guy brought a LeMatt revolver/street cannon in! I'll bet Quantrill had one or two of those bad boys.
IIRC it sported a 40 cal. revolver over with a 20 guage shotgun under.

Reading Patton's Unsung Armor- Battle of the Ardennes. Taking nothing away from 101st AB but Gen.(Nutz!) McAulliffe said that without the 10thAD CCB the 101st wouldn't have even got into Bastogne much less held it through the
Battle of the Bulge.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Hey Chas, Re- fire arms did you catch Pawnstars lately? A guy brought a LeMatt revolver/street cannon in! I'll bet Quantrill had one or two of those bad boys.
IIRC it sported a 40 cal. revolver over with a 20 guage shotgun under.

Reading Patton's Unsung Armor- Battle of the Ardennes. Taking nothing away from 101st AB but Gen.(Nutz!) McAulliffe said that without the 10thAD CCB the 101st wouldn't have even got into Bastogne much less held it through the
Battle of the Bulge.

What I've read concerning the LeMat, probably from the National Rifleman, was that the shot barrel was a 16 ga.

One time I did fire a 20 ga pump with one hand and it like to broke my wrist. That's why I don't own a Mossberg Cruiser.

Concerning Patton, I did read his book...in which he showed a considerable amount of prejudice in favor of George Patton.

The two things which I remember from that book are his statements that "You can't push men, you have to lead them", and "Seeing how the Arabs live in Tunisia makes a strong care for Christianity."

I suspect he was right on both.

Chas