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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:58 pm
by parusski
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Finally finished Glantz's When Titans Clashed. I will definitely get other books by him - that was excellent [&o].
Books by Glantz himself are heavy reading, (Which I like). Those written with Jonathan House are as good, but less heavy.
warspite1
Interesting. I did not find this heavy reading at all - quite the reverse (that said its only one book and I have yet to read any of his other works).
I must say thought find it difficult to describe an author's style exactly and what makes an author readable and what makes for a miserable experience. All I know is I can get to the end of the first page and know whether I am going to be able to continue or not; Neptune's Inferno - awful, The Road to Stalingrad and Gallipoli ditto.
I have enjoyed all of David Glantz's books, but you like you said warspite1 "Glantz...heavy reading".
Currently I am luxuriating in Swann's Way by Marcel Proust.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:44 pm
by warspite1
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Books by Glantz himself are heavy reading, (Which I like). Those written with Jonathan House are as good, but less heavy.
warspite1
Interesting. I did not find this heavy reading at all - quite the reverse (that said its only one book and I have yet to read any of his other works).
I must say thought find it difficult to describe an author's style exactly and what makes an author readable and what makes for a miserable experience. All I know is I can get to the end of the first page and know whether I am going to be able to continue or not; Neptune's Inferno - awful, The Road to Stalingrad and Gallipoli ditto.
I have enjoyed all of David Glantz's books,
but you like you said warspite1 "Glantz...heavy reading".
Currently I am luxuriating in Swann's Way by Marcel Proust.
warspite1
Not me mate - I didn't find Glantz heavy reading at all.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 4:49 pm
by Aurelian
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Finally finished Glantz's When Titans Clashed. I will definitely get other books by him - that was excellent [&o].
Books by Glantz himself are heavy reading, (Which I like). Those written with Jonathan House are as good, but less heavy.
warspite1
Interesting. I did not find this heavy reading at all - quite the reverse (that said its only one book and I have yet to read any of his other works).
I must say thought find it difficult to describe an author's style exactly and what makes an author readable and what makes for a miserable experience. All I know is I can get to the end of the first page and know whether I am going to be able to continue or not; Neptune's Inferno - awful, The Road to Stalingrad and Gallipoli ditto.
The book you read is written by Glantz *and* House. Reading books written by just him have a different "feel" to them. More detailed, written for a different audience IMHO.
Don't get me wrong, I like his books. But I've yet to finish his Barbarossa Derailed, Colossus Reborn, or his Stalingrad trilogy, (Which is four books now.)
Trivia: Napoleon, well if the first page of a book bored him, he'd just toss it out the window of his carriage.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:13 pm
by warspite1
Operation Sealion - Leo McKinstry
A decent read although a little superficial in places.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:38 pm
by wings7
Robert, you must have a library and study at home! [:)]
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:42 pm
by warspite1
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Robert, you must have a library and study at home! [:)]
warspite1
Books - history books - are my passion [:)] I have a lot of paperbacks and secondhand books which helps stretch a limited budget. Oh, and I send Mrs W and the kids out to work to help pay for it.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:45 pm
by wings7
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Robert, you must have a library and study at home! [:)]
warspite1
Books - history books - are my passion [:)] I have a lot of paperbacks and secondhand books which helps stretch a limited budget. Oh, and I send Mrs W and the kids out to work to help pay for it.
I can see your passion being translated in you terrific writing! [8D]
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:45 pm
by Orm
Just a few days before the yearly book sale begins. Unfortunately there newer are any history books in English on sale. But I suspect I might be buying a lot of books anyway. [:)]
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:47 pm
by warspite1
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Robert, you must have a library and study at home! [:)]
warspite1
Books - history books - are my passion [:)] I have a lot of paperbacks and secondhand books which helps stretch a limited budget. Oh, and I send Mrs W and the kids out to work to help pay for it.
I can see your passion being translated in you terrific writing! [8D]
warspite1
Fanks. I pride meself on my Englush.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:52 pm
by wings7
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warspite1
Books - history books - are my passion [:)] I have a lot of paperbacks and secondhand books which helps stretch a limited budget. Oh, and I send Mrs W and the kids out to work to help pay for it.
I can see your passion being translated in you terrific writing! [8D]
warspite1
Fanks. I pride meself on my Englush.
That reminds me of that John we all know's writing "In His Own Write" & "A Spaniard in the Works". Have you read them?
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:55 pm
by warspite1
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I can see your passion being translated in you terrific writing! [8D]
warspite1
Fanks. I pride meself on my Englush.
That reminds me of that John we all know's writing "In His Own Write" & "A Spaniard in the Works". Have you read them?
warspite1
No - I've never heard of them so just googled Spaniard in the works and.... its John Lennon. Well I never...
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:56 pm
by wings7
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warspite1
Fanks. I pride meself on my Englush.
That reminds me of that John we all know's writing "In His Own Write" & "A Spaniard in the Works". Have you read them?
warspite1
No - I've never heard of them so just googled Spaniard in the works and.... its John Lennon. Well I never...
You will enjoy them! [8D]
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:01 pm
by Aurelian
The Franco-Prussian War by H.M. Hozier. 2 volumes. .99cents each for the Kindle.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:37 pm
by Zorch
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The Franco-Prussian War by H.M. Hozier. 2 volumes. .99cents each for the Kindle.
I like Geoffrey Wawro's book.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:09 am
by Aurelian
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The Franco-Prussian War by H.M. Hozier. 2 volumes. .99cents each for the Kindle.
I like Geoffrey Wawro's book.
I have von Moltke's.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:46 am
by Toby42
Robert Conroy's 1920: America's Great War!
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 2:27 pm
by warspite1
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Project Fear by Joe Pike. His partner was a significant organiser in the pro-UK 'Better Together' campaign in Scotland's independence campaign in 2014 and he had pretty good access to all the significant individuals (from both sides).
However, the book is actually very funny and well balanced - as a picture of 'politics for real' rather than 'politics as it is pretended to be'. Its a bit parochial (as you'd expect) but I think its essentially a reflection of any real political campaign and all the antics.
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.... Will then start "Soviet Naval Operations in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45". From glancing through this it looks like a propaganda leaflet! But at least it gives me a chance to learn about a subject that gets little to no mention elsewhere.
it is, if you can find it Kluge's The Soviets as Naval Opponents, 1941-45 is much better. Its from the German perspective but I don't think there are any decent books from the Soviet point of view that have been translated. Glancing it at, Kluge seems fair in his comments
warspite1
I could not find it so I removed the author's name and it came up on Amazon (the author was Ruge!). Ordered, thanks for the tip.
warspite1
...and it arrived today [:)] Look forward to this as soon as Sealion is done.
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 6:59 am
by Orm
Reading something different now.
Me Before You by
Jojo Moyes. Feels refreshing. [:)]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Before_You
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:31 pm
by nicwb
"Fighters in the Shadows" - a new history of the French Resistance by Robert Gildea
RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:16 pm
by Moltke71
Death of the Wehrmacht by Robert Citino.