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Hitlers Last War by Thomas Weber ...

For anyone that doesn't know the backstory, Wheel of Time is a huge series (this would be book 12) that makes LOTR look like Harry Potter. And then...

The same guy that wrote the NyT op-Ed http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 The book...

He's 13 yrs old. Needs to do some elective reading. Would like something 300 pages or less. What say you?

Searched and didn't see this posted. Tom Cruise all 5'2" of him has been cast to play Jack Reacher from the Lee Child series of books. Jack...

Was wondering if anyone had read any good books on the history or culture of Austin. Yall know of any good ones?

I really didn't know what board to post this in, so I decided I'd post it here and hope for the best. Anyone know anything about this major? It's...

by Mr.Wizard's mom... CHAPTER I. SYMPATHISE with me, indeed! Ah, no! Cast your sympathy on the chill waves of troubled waters; fling it on the...

I'm rereading Dead Solid Perfect for about the 4th time. Reread Semi Tough a while back too. Some of the funniest $#@! ever put in print if you ask...

Hobsbawm (don't you just love that name?), the very capable historian who was known more for his (misguided) Communist leanings died recently. ...

any recommendations? i came across this one on amazon, but the reviews appear mixed: ...

http://www.texasbookfestival.org/Authors.php If you'd like to volunteer or support the event, please let me know. If you're extremely well...

Anbody's wives reading this. Not sure if it is a good thing or not...

Highly, highly recommend.

I can't even count how many stories I read when I was younger about "what if the Nazis won the war", "what if the Japanese won the war." Twilight...

by David Foster Wallace anyone read it and want to discuss? reading it now.

Sometimes books are right up your alley and yet, for whatever reason, you just don't end up liking or even finishing them. The number one book on...

TR Fehrenbach, J Frank Dobie, etc Im putting together a gift pack and need maximum can't live without cowboy books. So far I've only got Blood...

I'm thinking about putting Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy next on my to-read list. Has anyone read it? Is it worthwhile? From what I've read on wiki,...

I just read Lonesome Dove for the first time (yes I know i am late) and became completely entranced. It is easily one of the top 5 books i have ever...

Is there one?

I finally got around to reading this one. It was... interesting, I guess, but Herman gets pretty freaking long-winded. Probably the best part of...

There are lots of great books out there in public domain that can be had free on the webs. Let's hear your favorites and maybe come up with a best...

I just finished the last book in A Song of Ice and Fire and I've already read the Lord of the Rings books (including the Hobbitt). I'm looking for...

Amazing military historian. His history of the First World War was eye opening for me on a war that is almost ignored in the US ...

On the extreme off chance that anyone has read about modern Poland or even been there please post recommendations.

First Hitchens and now Vidal, the end of an era is nigh. Anyways, a comprehensive write-up about his life if you are unfamiliair: ...

For fans of Robert Caro's biography of LBJ, the fourth installment, The Passage of Power, is out. There is also now going to be a fifth volume to...

At the risk of duplicating the thread on the football board, which seeks focused on the Adam Jones incident, who here is going to buy Mike Leach's...

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Reading first Stephen King novel 11/22/63. He's terrible. He may write good plots but his dialogue is $#@!ty. I am stopping and reading a damn...

Been talking to a couple friends who had family who were in US bombers crews during WWII and that has got me interested in reading some books on it....

SIAP... read Lone Survivor which got me started down this path. Have read American Sniper, Lions of Kandahar and Outlaw Platoon. now reading...

I want to reintroduce myself to American classics, and I'm hoping some of you can thoughtfully help me filter. I'm not interested in reading them...

http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/ I ran out of ideas as to what I should read next. Used the...

To go sorta parallel with the WWII thread. I started with Douglas Southall Freeman's Lee's Lieutenants and bio of Robert E. Lee. Obviously,...

A good friend of mine just showed up at my office, with a gift. after 11 years of my wife buying me the same size 11pair of chuck taylors year...

Received a copy of this for Christmas last year. It took me 8 months to complete it, but it was excellent. It reads like he was actually present at...

I have read the Iggulden books, and they are awesome. Does anyone have any rec's for stuff that is similar in nature?

I recently finished Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American...

So, I'm thinking about taking the leap and committing to digital book purchases as much as possible. I'm (a) about to start living a highly mobile...

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