AFJF Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Another popular off-season topic Favorite book or best book you've read since this same thread last off-season For me it's Pegasus Bridge about the British paras taking Pegasus Bridge six hours before the troops stormed the beach at Normandy. Great story that would make a good movie IMO. To this day the first home (which was also used as a cafe) in France that was liberated is still in place and surviving members of the British Airborne meet there on the anniversary of D-Day at 1216 am, when the Paras landed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I just read 1776- I am interested in history and historical events in the past- amazing how many battles were fought right here in New York New Jersey area in that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeShelter Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Not sure I have a favorite book but just finished the "Basket Ball Diaries" by Jim Carrol. Like most books , head and shoulders better than the movie and is a actual true version of Jim Carrol's early life. Was suprised to read he played in many of the same gyms/playground courts as I did growing up in NYC. He also was a top NYC High School Basket Ball player before drugs took over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NIGHT STALKER Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 The book I've been recommending is close to my heart. The book is entitled...Why Didn't You Get Me Out? Authored by Frank Anton, who served in the same unit as myself in Nam. Frank was held captive for over 5 years in various prison camps in South Vietnam before being transferred to the "Hanoi Hilton" in North Vietnam. I'll be seeing Frank in San Antonio the latter part of April for our Army reunion...a true American hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetFanByMarriage Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I have two Mary Higgins Clark On The Street Where You Live and John Grisham's A Painted House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanTX Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I have two Mary Higgins Clark On The Street Where You Live and John Grisham's A Painted House. Painted House is Grisham's best work. The symbolism in that book is phenominal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cant Hackett Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Does Playboy count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germanjet Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Tales from the jets side line. Great offseason book. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionelRichie Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 The book I've been recommending is close to my heart. The book is entitled...Why Didn't You Get Me Out? Authored by Frank Anton, who served in the same unit as myself in Nam. Frank was held captive for over 5 years in various prison camps in South Vietnam before being transferred to the "Hanoi Hilton" in North Vietnam. I'll be seeing Frank in San Antonio the latter part of April for our Army reunion...a true American hero. i recently read "flyboys" - pretty good book about a lesser known aspect of WWII. it's amazing how much of a role luck played in the shaping of american history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 i recently read "flyboys" - pretty good book about a lesser known aspect of WWII. it's amazing how much of a role luck played in the shaping of american history. Like the saying goes, "lucky is being prepared when an opportunity presents itself" In a situation such as war, there is so much chaos and disorder, you can't count on anything to go as planned. You have to do what you're supposed to as best you can and when an opportunity comes along, sieze it. There are probably millions of stories of one side of a conflict getting "lucky" but what they do with it is what defines them. I think what interests me most about WWII is the bad luck the allies had but were able to overcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Not sure I have a favorite book but just finished the "Basket Ball Diaries" by Jim Carrol. Like most books , head and shoulders better than the movie and is a actual true version of Jim Carrol's early life. Was suprised to read he played in many of the same gyms/playground courts as I did growing up in NYC. He also was a top NYC High School Basket Ball player before drugs took over. That's a great book. I read it over 20 years ago. I was a big fan of his back then. I found an mp3 of "People Who Died" back before Napster went away. I'll have to see if I can find the "Catholic Boy" album on CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy Currently reading it.....again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 What are these "books" you speak of? I think about the only two books I have read since high school are The Lord of the Rings and Patriot Reign. Both excellent books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 What are these "books" you speak of? I think about the only two books I have read since high school are The Lord of the Rings and Patriot Reign. Both excellent books. Patriot Reign is out of date -how did you find it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthCoastJetsFan Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Another popular off-season topic Favorite book or best book you've read since this same thread last off-season So many books to sort through, I'll give a few of my favorites since I wasn't on JN last off-season. Atlas Shrugged (or The Fountainhead) by Ayn Rand. I don't totally buy into her philosophy, but they're both great reads and make you think. Centennial, The Source, or Hawaii, by James Michener. Excellent, if wordy examples of historical fiction. Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy. Excellent read, I must have read this 5 or 6 times. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William L. Shirer. The definitive work on the horror that was Nazi Germany. Amazin - the oral history of the New York Mets, by Peter Golenbock. A must read for any Mets fan. The Alex Cross series of mystery novels by James Patterson. Great suspense, and interesting endings. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeShelter Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Patriot Reign is out of date -how did you find it! That was good Faba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Patriot Reign is out of date -how did you find it! It wasn't out of date when I bought it. More evidence of just how often I read books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 "I Lived to Tell It All", a George Jones bio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 The best book I have read recently is Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. It is before the DaVinci Code and IMHO better then DaVinvi Code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHJF Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins. It's about the death of a fictitious, once-great American industrial city, (reminiscent of Detroit if you ask me (No offense GOB and others)), and what people do in order to survive the drudgery and boredom that go along with it. Oh yeah, there's the murder investigation part too, but it's more filler than anything else. It's a real good "read-between-the-lines" type of book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionelRichie Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Like the saying goes, "lucky is being prepared when an opportunity presents itself" In a situation such as war, there is so much chaos and disorder, you can't count on anything to go as planned. You have to do what you're supposed to as best you can and when an opportunity comes along, sieze it. There are probably millions of stories of one side of a conflict getting "lucky" but what they do with it is what defines them. I think what interests me most about WWII is the bad luck the allies had but were able to overcome. i was actually talking about george bush I. he was one of a few planes shot down over chichi gima. for whatever reason he swam out towards the ocean and was lucky that a sub was in the area to pick him up. others in the sqaudron swam towards sore and ended up eaten, yes EATEN by the japanese on the island. that is 2 american presidents that wouldn't have happened had gw I been killed and eaten as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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