What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Been reading a book about what took place in the Katyn forest. And about the lies, and political play that followed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
If you have Audible, I would recommend collecting the audio book. The narrator has a terrific sense of comedy and a perfect deadpan of sarcasm. Probably the best audio book I've ever heard about.
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
I start reading Ulysses by Irish writer James Joyce. I tried to read this modernist novel several times already, but the maximum reached the third chapter. This time I want to read to the end, no matter how long it takes me.
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
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I start reading Ulysses by Irish writer James Joyce.
Ah, a true XX century classic. I read it when I was 15 or 16 IIRC. I might reread it now that you mention it.
I really liked the biography about Goebbels by [German historian] Peter Longerich. I plan to read his biography about Himmler too. But now starting How China Escaped Shock Therapy by Isabella M. Weber.
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
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Been reading a book about what took place in the Katyn forest. And about the lies, and political play that followed.
Wow, he must be comic gold if he can make a book about Katyn funny. What's next, a book about Jack the Ripper?ORIGINAL: Mishalk1
If you have Audible, I would recommend collecting the audio book. The narrator has a terrific sense of comedy and a perfect deadpan of sarcasm. Probably the best audio book I've ever heard about.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
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Been reading a book about what took place in the Katyn forest. And about the lies, and political play that followed.Wow, he must be comic gold if he can make a book about Katyn funny. What's next, a book about Jack the Ripper?ORIGINAL: Mishalk1
If you have Audible, I would recommend collecting the audio book. The narrator has a terrific sense of comedy and a perfect deadpan of sarcasm. Probably the best audio book I've ever heard about.
...except he was responding to Titanwarrior89 and not Orm
Now Maitland, now's your time!
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Weird Tales magazine
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
You mean he really wasn't referring to a book about Katyn? Color me shocked.ORIGINAL: warspite1
...except he was responding to Titanwarrior89 and not Orm
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
warspite1ORIGINAL: 76mm
You mean he really wasn't referring to a book about Katyn? Color me shocked.ORIGINAL: warspite1
...except he was responding to Titanwarrior89 and not Orm
No, no he wasn't.
Now Maitland, now's your time!
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Yea. The book about Katyn, and the afterplay, wasn't funny. Anger, and/or sadness, was mostly what I felt when reading the book. So, no. No fun.ORIGINAL: warspite1
warspite1ORIGINAL: 76mm
You mean he really wasn't referring to a book about Katyn? Color me shocked.ORIGINAL: warspite1
...except he was responding to Titanwarrior89 and not Orm
No, no he wasn't.
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb -- they're often students, for heaven's sake. - Terry Pratchett
A government is a body of people; usually, notably, ungoverned. - Quote from Firefly
A government is a body of people; usually, notably, ungoverned. - Quote from Firefly
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich by Joachim C. Fest.
This war is not about slavery. --Robert E. Lee
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
I should be reading my WITE2 manual, but....
Italian Battleships is just such a good book. Seriously, if you are in any way interested in naval warfare - and the War In The Mediterranean in particular - then you should get this book.
Italian Battleships is just such a good book. Seriously, if you are in any way interested in naval warfare - and the War In The Mediterranean in particular - then you should get this book.
Now Maitland, now's your time!
Duke of Wellington to 1st Guards Brigade - Waterloo 18 June 1815
Duke of Wellington to 1st Guards Brigade - Waterloo 18 June 1815
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William L. Shirer
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
60% through Orbital by FxHolden
3rd book in the Future War series. Following Bering Strait snd Okinawa.
Near future political military thillers. [:)]
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53470428-orbital
3rd book in the Future War series. Following Bering Strait snd Okinawa.
Near future political military thillers. [:)]
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53470428-orbital
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
I'm reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
I am currently reading The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II by Iris Chang.
This war is not about slavery. --Robert E. Lee
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, revised edition 2015 by Glantz and House
I'm amazed at how much more information there is on the Soviet side. The revised book expanded from 384 to 560 pages.
Russo-Soviet studies used to heavily rely on German accounts; this balances Soviet and German sources. Soviet failures that were previously glossed over get more attention. Non-combat activities are more prominent. Hard for a 1 volume history of the war to top this.

I'm amazed at how much more information there is on the Soviet side. The revised book expanded from 384 to 560 pages.
Russo-Soviet studies used to heavily rely on German accounts; this balances Soviet and German sources. Soviet failures that were previously glossed over get more attention. Non-combat activities are more prominent. Hard for a 1 volume history of the war to top this.

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Just finished this book, I recommend:
World War II at Sea: A Global History by Craig L. Symonds
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/361 ... -ii-at-sea
World War II at Sea: A Global History by Craig L. Symonds
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/361 ... -ii-at-sea
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
After watching the First Season of "True Detective" I decided to try "Galveston", by the same writer (Nick Pizzolatto). He originally wanted to use this novel for the plot of the first season before deciding to write an original story. I read only few pages of the first chapter but I can recognise the poetic, even if in a different medium.
https://www.amazon.com/Galveston-Novel- ... oks&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.com/Galveston-Novel- ... oks&sr=1-1
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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Galveston was made into a movie, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2315596/ORIGINAL: RFalvo69
After watching the First Season of "True Detective" I decided to try "Galveston", by the same writer (Nick Pizzolatto). He originally wanted to use this novel for the plot of the first season before deciding to write an original story. I read only few pages of the first chapter but I can recognise the poetic, even if in a different medium.
https://www.amazon.com/Galveston-Novel- ... oks&sr=1-1