What book(s) are you reading now?

[niccolo il discourser]

Am I missing something or is there a way to edit your posts once you make them? All I want to do is italicize Dupuy and Dupuy: Encyclopedia of Military History. Seems like a waste to have to do an entirely new posting.

[niccolo il discourser]

Are you refering to Sun Tzu's Art of War or Machiavelli's Art of War. Both are classics.

Sun Tzu's is pretty short and may at first appear simple but it has stood the test of time. From little has come much. It is almost a meditation on war.

Great Web site: http://www.sonshi.com/index.html

Machiavelli's Art of War is presented as a discussion among friends; a dialogue between the condotierri captain, Fabrizio Colonna, and each of the others in turn acting as questioner.

It is a technical treatise different from The Prince in that it discusses politics specifically related to warfare. Written in 1521, The Art of War is a first full scale modern attempt to revive classical military thought.

[Scurvy]

Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac, one of my favourite authors, always refreshing to read

[The Marcher Lord]

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. Memoirs of a German soldier on the Eastern Front. First time I have read anything from the German point of view on the WWII conflict and it is an excellent read. Makes you realise they were all just frightened kids following orders, just like the other side.

[CaesarAugustus]

Am I missing something or is there a way to edit your posts once you make them? All I want to do is italicize Dupuy and Dupuy: Encyclopedia of Military History. Seems like a waste to have to do an entirely new posting.

Ya, it does seem like a waste, but for some reason you can't edit your posts until you are a member.

BTW thanks for the recommendation Fulliautomatix, just picked up Hannibal and Carthage today!

[Specialist290]

Finally finished Caesar's Gallic War and have now started on his Civil War. I'm now starting Book III, and it's shaping up to be an interesting read. Of course, being a bit of a history buff, I already know how the story goes (in general), but I like the way Caesar presents his case, even if he does tend to exaggerate his own achievements a little

I'm also glad to see that I'm not the only one who's taken a crack at Dupuy and Dupuy's monolith (1990 edition; was my dad's). Have they come out with any new editions of the book lately?

[Avicenna]

Sun Zi's one, I believe. At least, that's what I took it for.

[Motep]

Wheel of time book 8: the path of daggers
The Odessy

[IrishArmenian]

Great choice! Puzo's books are great. Though you don't necessarily need to buy the book.

http://ib.fictionbook.ru/
You can read the Godfather on that site.

I just finished the Godfather. Which of his books did you like the most other than that? I want to get a lot of his books for my next English book order.

[darsalon]

Tail End Charlies by John Nichol and John Rennell. As you've guessed it's about World War 2 bombers but more specifically it's about the 1944-45 period of the bomber war. I've only read about the subject in general but when you get down to the details you can really appreciate what the people involved had to go through.

Also started on the Temeraire series as well. I tend to read far too many history books for my own good so nice to have a bit of escapism.

[De' Medici]

History of Culture and Civilization by Ovidiu Dramba. I'm at the 5th tome out of 11
A great book about ancient civilizations (Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, Persian Empire from the beginning until the Sassanids, Ancient China, Japan, pre-columbian cultures, India, Celtic and Germanic civilization etc.), Middle Ages in Europe especially and the Renaissance.
I started also The Ottoman Empire - The Classical Age by Halil Inalcik

[Herakleios]

I haven't read anything of note recently...aside from the mountains of reading for school. I did, however, read two books over the summer that I highly recommend:

Muslims in Spain 1500-1614 by L.P. Harvey

if you've every wondered what happened to the Muslim inhabitants of Spain post 1492, this is the book you need to read.

Also his earlier work, while not quite as interesting or captivating (in my opinion) is still worth taking a look at, especially if you need background information before tackling the first book:

Islamic Spain 1250-1500 by L.P. Harvey

also I've toyed with the idea of purchasing Doris Kearns Goodwin's book Team of Rivals...has anyone read this, and if so, what were your opinions?

[Viking]

The Eye of the World, the first book I'm reading in the series.

[Avicenna]

The Last Don.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

White Order, a Eye of a World Book, Black Hawk Down and a History Book..

[IrishArmenian]

Anything else, Tiberius, or just that one?

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Am I missing something or is there a way to edit your posts once you make them? All I want to do is italicize Dupuy and Dupuy: Encyclopedia of Military History. Seems like a waste to have to do an entirely new posting.

Yea,think I got that book to :-)

and Yes Nicco, I also got the SUn Tzu book you speaking of :-)

[Motep]

The Hobbit and the path of daggers

[Tyranus]

I have been reading the series of books by Vince Flynn. I am on, i think it is the third book in the series called,Transfer of Power The main character is Mitch Rapp, he is the top conter-terrorist operative in the world and he pretty much just goes around killing terrorists and saving people, but there are also a lot of clever plot twists. It is also a very well researched book that has a lot of current events in it.

[Pomerium]

I am reading The Scarlet Pimpernel.

[Muad'Dib]

Operation Mind Control.

[Scurvy]

Vanity of Duluoz by Jack Kerouac

[Lemur]

Finished State of Denial, and now I'm swearing off depressing non-fiction for at least two books. Moved on to Lois Bujold's The Sharing Knife, which looks pretty good at fifty pages in.

Oh, and if anybody's looking for good horror-comedy, try The Atrocity Archives. Good stuff. Has anybody read World War Z yet? I would love to hear an opinion before I go getting it ...

[IRONxMortlock]

Currently reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

Great book and very funny.

[Lemur]

Finished The Sharing Knife. Good stuff. Seems I spoke too soon when I said I would avoid depressing non-fiction. My shelf is bare, so I'm reading The Conservative Soul by Andrew Sullivan. Not exactly depressing, but not exactly joyful, either.

[IrishArmenian]

Finished rereading A Clockwork Orange. British (original) version of course which differs from the U.S. one in the end, proving that even the worst of us can change. The book is a great (albeit gruesome) example that humans are incredibly complex and very few of us are either all good or all bad.

[GottMitUns]

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. Memoirs of a German soldier on the Eastern Front. First time I have read anything from the German point of view on the WWII conflict and it is an excellent read. Makes you realise they were all just frightened kids following orders, just like the other side.

An excellent book, something I make a point to readat least once a year. It helps to put things into perspective. Along the same lines you might want to pickup Frontsoldaten
It is a collection and analysis of the combat diaries and letters home of german soldiers in WWII.

[GottMitUns]

Currently reading The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius. Some of the most interesting parts of this book are the descriptions of personal appearence and style, given by a near contemporary of the men about which he is writing. Next up is probably "Early Greek Philosophy"

[The Spartan (Returns)]

i still need to read The Gods Of War. (Emperor)

[Lemur]

I've started S.M. Stirling's The Protector's War. First book by this author I've read. So far I think it sucks. Deeply, profoundly, at its core, suckage. But I'll give it at least a hundred pages before I throw it at the wall and sic my hounds on it.