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Glasseye Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 14 hours ago, galenkia said: Oh my ! Light reading. 555555 ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 On 3/12/2024 at 7:37 AM, galenkia said: No wonder you are fcuked in the head. I'm right there with you mate. Lub ya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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galenkia Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 3/10/2024 at 4:18 AM, andycoll said: 60 pages into this one. Great actor, not much of a writer. And not a lot of people know that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Apart from the James Bond escape from death on the beach this is quite good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Glasseye Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 "Animal Farm" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 24 minutes ago, Daveo said: Have you thought about a delivery service to Isaan villages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Story line: This beautiful novel by one of Japan's most important writers is also one of the most strangely terrifying and memorable books you'll ever read. The Woman in the Dunes is the story of an amateur entomologist who wanders alone into a remote seaside village in pursuit of a rare beetle he wants to add to his collection. But the townspeople take him prisoner. They lower him into the sand-pit home of a young widow, a pariah in the poor community, who the villagers have condemned to a life of shoveling back the ever-encroaching dunes that threaten to bury the town. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 This is good so far. The main character is a real waster called Hardly. To mellow to have strong opinions, just mild preferences, and usually not even that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forqalso Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Today I rewatched the film The Killing Fields. Four CH-53 helicopters and crew from my Marine squadron were using during the filming. There were no close up shots of my buddies; but a couple of them can say they appeared in the movie. After it ended, I got on the Google and found the book on which The Killing Fields is based. The Death and Life of Dith Pran, written by Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and author Sydney Schanberg. I found the entire book on https://archive.org/ , where I was able to read for free. It is a short, 78 page account including several pages of photographs. But, it was well written and a nice complement to the freshly watched film version. Highly recommend both. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 The Sunday Times Thriller of the year, 2nd of 2 in series no need to read the first one to follow it. First book is excellent though, this has started very well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I just started this one the other day and am thoroughly enjoying it - this fellow's writing style is very similar to Ben Macintyre's, most entertaining; this is the first book of an award-winning trilogy and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series: 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 This written by a Malaysian author. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 This is weird , had this book sent to an old address of mine , in fact it was a property I sold about 15 years ago ... 🤷♂️ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 This. It's almost good. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Conn Iggulden's 'The Abbot's Tale' was a fascinating story, covering 7 kings from Athelstan to the early years of Ethelred the Unready. He recommends also reading Tom Holland's 'Athelstan - The Making of England', so that's what I'm doing. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership―at every level―is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails. Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training that helped forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After departing the SEAL Teams, they launched Echelon Front, a company that teaches these same leadership principles to businesses and organizations. From promising startups to Fortune 500 companies, Babin and Willink have helped scores of clients across a broad range of industries build their own high-performance teams and dominate their battlefields. Now, detailing the mind-set and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult missions in combat, Extreme Ownership shows how to apply them to any team, family or organization. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic such as Cover and Move, Decentralized Command, and Leading Up the Chain, explaining what they are, why they are important, and how to implement them in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership revolutionizes business management and challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win. https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs/dp/1250067057 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Just going to start this, might be of interest to @Krapow as it’s set in Belfast. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Toxic Prey by John Sandford (Lucas Davenport/Prey #34) Overview: Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 12 hours ago, galenkia said: might be of interest to @Krapow as it’s set in Belfast. Not so sure, main character called Sean. Now if it was Billy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 4/9/2024 at 5:43 PM, galenkia said: Just going to start this, might be of interest to @Krapow as it’s set in Belfast. I actually think this is @Krapow ‘a autobiography.😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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