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Some books on my winter reading list:

David Halberstam, The Fifties
Marvin Harris, Our Kind
Mikal Gilmore, Shot in the Heart
Thomas and Witts, Enola Gay
Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia
Neville Shute, Slide Rule
Caleb Carr, The Alienist
Robert Lacey, Ford: the men and the machine
Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

What's on your list?

Tom
 
The 5000 Year Leap (just finished)
Atlas Shrugged (re-reading now)
Trojan Odyssey (Cussler)
The Federalist Papers (On my Christmas Wish List)
America By Heart (Signed copy)
Liberty and Tyranny
Autobiography of Mark Twain
The Grand Design (Stephen Hawking)
Valley Forge: George Washington and the Crucible of Victory
That's about it for winter (and maybe spring depending on how busy I am).
 
I am finishing up South of Broad by Pat Conroy right now.
Others on the pile are:
The Cruel Sport by Robert Daley
A Civil War (Army vs Navy) by John Feinstein
McLaren Memories by Eoin Young
Mark Donohue-Technical Excellence at Speed by Michael Argetsinger
Star Island by Carl Hiaasen
The Lion by Nelson DeMille
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The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries, and Her Granddaughter's​ Search for Home by Bibi Gaston
The Ship Motel by Brian Butko

and anything else I buy in the meantime...
 
I just re-read my signed copy of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's <span style="font-style: italic">A Coney Island of the Mind</span>. Want to re-tackle Jack Kerouac's <span style="font-style: italic">On The Road</span> and Arthur Rimbaud's <span style="font-style: italic">Illuminations.</span>

Just a little different than most reads.
 
Basil said:
Autobiography of Mark Twain
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I had to laugh when I saw that. I mean, why go to the trouble of a pseudonym, and then write an autobiography.
 
My "list" is somewhat contained. Mebbe this or some of the stuff of my yout.


But I'm watchin' "Air Force One" just now...


"First thing we do, we kill all th' lawyers!"

Good gawd! I'm my Ol' Man!!!

Look at your hands, folks. Then look in a mirror.

It's freaky.
 
DrEntropy said:
Good gawd! I'm my Ol' Man!!!

Look at your hands, folks. Then look in a mirror.

It's freaky.
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Ok, I'll be right back...clomp clomp clomp. (Sound of Bathroom Door opening). "OH MY GAWD!!! IT'S OLD MAN MURPHY!"
 
yOU'RE InCourRaGeaBLE.
 
I just read ~Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs~ to my grandaughter. :laugh:

<span style="font-style: italic">I remember reading that to her Mom too.</span>

I bought <span style="text-decoration: underline">How to Build a Cheap Sports Car </span>by Keith Tanner a while back, but our move have prevented me from really sitting down with it. I chat with Keith on another forum, so I'm looking forward to reading it this Winter.

<span style="text-decoration: underline">Roadster: How, and Especially Why, a Mechanical Novice Built a Car from a Kit</span> by Chris Goodrich. A delightful bok. My officemate gave this to me a few years ago and I intend to reread it. Like Tanner's book, this is about self building a Lotus/Locost Seven.

<span style="text-decoration: underline">Then and Now-How the World Has Changed Since WWII </span>-Tad Szulc. I've read this several times, and I'll probably read it again this Winter. Somewaht out of date (written in the mid 70s), but a great synopsis of post WWII history.

<span style="text-decoration: underline">Andre Citroen-The Man and The Motor Car</span>-John Reynolds. This covers some of the industrial and manufacturing background of the man.....skimmed it a few years ago and want to read it properly.
 
Haven't given much thought, but I do want to read James Lee Burke's latest, <span style="font-style: italic"> The Glass Raibow </span> - I'm a Dave Robicheaux nut!

Also Twain's autobiography.

Not sure beyond those two.
 
Short list for me, slow reader.

"The Last Open Road" And then I 'll look for the 2nd one.
 
vping said:
Short list for me, slow reader.

"The Last Open Road" And then I 'll look for the 2nd one.
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Both good reads
 
Micky...I LOVE James Lee Burke !!
 
Oh, almost forgot one: "Maximum Apache Security" by "Anonymous" A real spellbinder!
 
That, and "The SAMBA Black Book" are on the nightstand. :smirk:
 
aeronca65t said:
<span style="text-decoration: underline">Andre Citroen-The Man and The Motor Car</span>-John Reynolds. This covers some of the industrial and manufacturing background of the man.....skimmed it a few years ago and want to read it properly.
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I may have to check this out as I have a <span style="font-weight: bold">mild</span> interest in this:


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I love social history, so I'm now reading <span style="font-style: italic">Virginia's True Founder, Edward Maria Wingfield and his times 1550-1631</span>.

John Smith got all the credit for being the chief leader of the 1607 Jamestown colony mainly because he was a prolific writer after his return to England (and, had a penchant for "bending" the facts). But it was Wingfield who put up the money and was the first President of the Council at James Fort (Smith was in chains and under arrest by Capt. Christopher Newport when the <span style="font-style: italic">Susan Constant</span> dropped anchor at the Jamestown landing).

Very interesting book, very well-researched.
 
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