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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:52 pm
by UP844
ORIGINAL: warspite1

I am really loving this book. So many golden nuggets to be found. I love the comment on Hitler's order for what ammunition should be prioritised for the attack on France........

I loved it too... after a crash course in basic economics [:D]. Seriously, one of the best books I read about WW2.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:19 pm
by Zorch
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors, by Adrian Goldsworthy (608 pages)
Noted Roman historian Goldsworthy takes on Alexander the Great and his underrated father.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:59 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Made a start of Wages of Destruction (Tooze). Reading the introduction at the moment and I think its fair to say that this book will take some time to get through. The economics are difficult to follow, but the book appears to be written as though one has a degree in the subject.

All I know about the Gold Standard is this.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w
warspite1

I am really loving this book. So many golden nuggets to be found. I love the comment on Hitler's order for what ammunition should be prioritised for the attack on France........
warspite1

Finally finished the book. A very interesting read - and nice to see the author not giving Speer the easy ride he often gets.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:35 pm
by ElvisJJonesRambo
Book of Revelation, King James Bible, of course.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:58 am
by Protonic2020
ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo

Book of Revelation, King James Bible, of course.
The "tough" one. So can i ask you around it?
Probably not considering the forum rules regarding topics about religion and politics.
Poly-tics, many bloodsuckers.

Edit: Yes, and i ment "around" it now and not about it, but case closed. I guess.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:11 pm
by ElvisJJonesRambo
ORIGINAL: Protonic2020
ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo

Book of Revelation, King James Bible, of course.
The "tough" one. So can i ask you around it?
Probably not considering the forum rules regarding topics about religion and politics.
Poly-tics, many bloodsuckers.

Edit: Yes, and i ment "around" it now and not about it, but case closed. I guess.

Read it, of course. Comment here, lol. Send private message.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 2:10 pm
by warspite1
Well Taranto is out of stock? Even though I pre-ordered it????

So following on from Wages of Destruction and the references to the V1 and V2, I thought I would give Target London another go. I've tried twice previously to finish this book and failed as something else seemed to come along.... third time lucky?

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:15 pm
by warspite1
...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day [:(] I hope that wasn't the only one....[;)]

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:54 pm
by Zorch
ORIGINAL: warspite1

...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day [:(] I hope that wasn't the only one....[;)]
Oh the Horror! [:D]

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:27 pm
by RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: warspite1

...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day [:(] I hope that wasn't the only one....[;)]
Oh the Horror! [:D]

Well, if you want to open it on Christmas Day, all that you have to do is wait for this Christmas and the next one to pass then open it on Christmas Day in December 2021. Depending upon when you do receive it, you could open it as a Valentine's Day present and thank your better half [X(] or whenever your anniversary is . . . [X(]

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 6:37 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: warspite1

...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day [:(] I hope that wasn't the only one....[;)]
Oh the Horror! [:D]

Well, if you want to open it on Christmas Day, all that you have to do is wait for this Christmas and the next one to pass then open it on Christmas Day in December 2021. Depending upon when you do receive it, you could open it as a Valentine's Day present and thank your better half [X(] or whenever your anniversary is . . . [X(]
warspite1

Thank you for your invaluable advice [:D]

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:50 am
by RFalvo69
"Phantom" by Thomas Tessier, a good and very underrated horror writer (and an underrated writer in a general sense). His "The Fates" was like an early John Carpenter's movie on paper. This one is about a boy's night terrors that can or maybe cannot be the symptom of a neurological disorder. What if the "things you know are in the dark" when you are a kid are there for real? Tessier's ability to look at the World like a 7 years old could is really remarkable...

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RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:19 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: warspite1

...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day [:(] I hope that wasn't the only one....[;)]
warspite1

Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out [&:]

Hello,

We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:

David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)"
Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021
New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020




RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:09 pm
by Zorch
ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day [:(] I hope that wasn't the only one....[;)]
warspite1

Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out [&:]

Hello,

We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:

David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)"
Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021
New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020



Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:14 pm
by RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

...and even worse, Taranto won't be delivered until February 2021..... Oh well that's one less Christmas pressie to open on Christmas Day [:(] I hope that wasn't the only one....[;)]
warspite1

Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out [&:]

Hello,

We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:

David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)"
Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021
New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020



Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.

Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:44 pm
by Zorch
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: warspite1


warspite1

Amazon!! What is going on?..... sort it out [&:]

Hello,

We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:

David Hobbs "Taranto: And Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 (Military)"
Previous estimated arrival date: February 10 2021
New estimated arrival date: December 23 2020



Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.

Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.
Not for new books hot off the printing press.

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:40 pm
by RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch



Remember, the book's publisher tells Amazon when they will get it.

Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.
Not for new books hot off the printing press.

Well then, I guess that they have to let it cool so it won't catch on fire . . .

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:32 am
by Zorch
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




Not always. Sometimes Amazon has it on their shelves.
Not for new books hot off the printing press.

Well then, I guess that they have to let it cool so it won't catch on fire . . .
Right, like the firemen in Fahrenheit 451 [:D]

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:44 am
by RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch



Not for new books hot off the printing press.

Well then, I guess that they have to let it cool so it won't catch on fire . . .
Right, like the firemen in Fahrenheit 451 [:D]

Most definitely![:D]

RE: What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:11 pm
by cdsys
Reading The Struggle For Europe, by Chester Wilmot

Part of Wordsworth Military Library