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07-23-2007, 10:57 AM
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Does anybody else read....
Are there any interesting titles to add to these? Black Hawk Down - US in Somalia intervention force based on interviews of soldiers there (and movie of same name) In the Company of Heroes - The Black Hawk pilot that was captured in the movie Emilie Schindler - The memoirs (her story) from the movie Schindler's List One Step Ahead - The businessman (Rod Macqueen) who took Australia to World Cup Rugby success Memoirs of a Spymaster - Marcus Wolf the legendary East German spy Surprised by Success - Jims group (Jims lawnmowing etc - Australian company) The Rise and Fall of Peter Brock - Motor racing legend who fell out with GM Donnie Brascoe - Joe Pistone undercover in the Mafia (starring Al Pacino in the movie?) Blind Mans Bluff - Cold War submarine espionage Long way Round - Ewan McGregors' ride around the world Packing death - Undercover cop in Melbourne Confessions of an Economic Hitman - how America took over the world Jason McCartney - After (blown up in) Bali and he survived to play footy again The Dismissal - The first Prime Minister to have his government sacked in Australia Let the Good Times Roll - Bob Jones memoirs (bodyguard to Beatles, Elvis, Stones, ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Cocker, David Bowie etc) Too Good to be True - Christopher Skase (corporate crook) expose Going For Broke - Alan Bond (corporate crook) expose Bond - Alan Bonds' (comical) attempt at justification Rich Dad Poor dad - Robert Kiyosaki Huckstep - Sydney Prostitute involved in Police corruption (murdered) Neddy - The Police corruptions' muscle in Sydney Maverick real Estate Investors - US investors who invest on a large scale What else is out there in your autobiography libraries? Cheers
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07-23-2007, 11:23 AM
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TheCEO & I pound through about 40-50 books per year, each...sometimes the same book, usually different interests. I have walls full from recent and/or "saver" 1st eds., we have read; we give bags of previously read books to the local library every year. In recent weeks, have read John Sanford's Invisible Prey, Koontz's The Good Guy, Frazier's Thirteen Moons, (for the 2nd time), Richard Ford's Lay of the Land, a very good book on the geography & geology of the US, The Eternal Frontier, Economic Hit Man, from your list, etc. Have a half dozen lined up, to be dug into, the next few weeks. We love to read... BR,mD
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07-23-2007, 01:10 PM
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I'm addicted to W.E.B. Griffin, Clancy, and Stephen Ambrose.
I've got tons of books in the house, and have been successful at passing the love of reading down to the kids.
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07-23-2007, 01:28 PM
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In fictional writing I read a very divirse collection but for factual books to add to your collection check out
Guns, Germs and Steel By Jarod Diamond A study on how these three elements changed history, culture and the face of the world I did enjoy Freakanomics by Steven Levitt not necessarily totally believeable but definately and interesting read
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07-23-2007, 09:58 PM
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Just finished a book by Michael Cordy called the Miracle Strain. Great book. I also like Tom Clancy and Dean Koontz and one my favourite writers is Nicholas Sparks who wrote, Message In A Bottle, The Notebook, A road to remember, and loads more.
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07-24-2007, 01:46 AM
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None of the books I listed are fiction... they are all stories about/by interesting people..
Cheers
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07-24-2007, 09:20 AM
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I am a big fan of Mario Puzo, he wrote The Godfather, the last book I read of his was Omerta
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