What are y'all reading now?

[97CSI]

As you state, "The Gun" is very interesting. The numbers are astounding. And, what the AK has helped produce in Africa is very sad.

[William]

Originally Posted by gdw

I just finished Nathaniel Philbrick's In The Heart of the Sea,
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Don't think I can look at the ocean, whales, or New Englanders the same way again.

I haven't read that one yet. I did read Philbrick's Sea of Glory, a good read for sure. I'll need to add Heart of the Sea to my list.

Sea of Glory:
...European exploring expeditions in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries had visited. Without reliable charts, American sailors were forced to sail blind into some of the most dangerous waters in the world. Finally, in 1838, the United States government launched its first exploring and surveying expedition to the Pacific. But the voyage that was intended to tame the dangers of the largest ocean in the world soon found itself at the mercy of a tempestuous commander—a man so driven by torments and doubts that some literary critics have claimed he was the model for Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. This, I decided, would be the subject of my next book.

The U.S. Exploring Expedition, or "Ex. Ex." for short, was one of the most ambitious undertakings of its time: six sailing vessels and 346 men, including a team of nine scientists and artists, all under the command of the young, brash Lieutenant Charles Wilkes....

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pa...ry-story5.html

[drewski]

Pulitzer prize winning Michael Chabon the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

Thorughly entertaing read!!!

[William]

Originally Posted by 97CSI

As you state, "The Gun" is very interesting. The numbers are astounding. And, what the AK has helped produce in Africa is very sad.

I'm only up to the outline of the Gatling gun and it's variants at the beginning of the rapid fire Machine Gun age. The example of Lord Chelmsford and the taking of Ulundi in Zululand sealed the deal on the switch to machine guns. 5,000 British walked into an ambush of over 20,000 Zulu warriors which surrounded them. The battle was over in 30 minutes with two Gatling guns and rifle arms fire. The Zulu tribesmen were routed. As you stated, Africa is still suffering the consequences today.



W.

[swg]

Golf's Sacred Journey, Seven Days in Utopia by David Cook.

www.linksofutopia.com

Short read for those of use with short attention span.

[Germany_chris]

The Art of War in the Western World

by Archer Jones

Given to me by my recently PCS'd boss..two infantryman sharing a little history.

[rcnute]

Bonfire of the Vanities, some Shirley Jackson and some V.S. Naipaul.

[Z3c]

Slaying The Badger. Learning about the LeMond/Hinault battle in tremendous detail; a really good book so far.

[Aaron O]

I'm half way through a biography of Meyer Lansky called Little Man. It's extremely interesting because it deflates a lot of mob myths and a lot of sensationalism about the mafia that is taken for granted, but that never made sense to me. It's currently getting into his period as a hotel/casino maverick in Cuba and I'm finding his relationship with Batista to be quite interesting.

[JBone]

The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley, I just finished Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh... great read!

[Scott Shire]

Super Sad True Love Story - Gary Shteyngart

Best thing I've read in a couple years. Brilliant, incisive, hilarious, scary and beautiful.

[csm]

Just finished:
AN AMATEUR COOK IN A PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN
and
LIFE
and
BLOOD,BUTTER AND BONES.

I love my Kindle

[dnades]

Reading: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate - a book about addictions and the mechanics of. Highly recommend it - you'll be a much better parent after you get done reading it.

On deck: The Devil in the white city.

[kenw]

Voyage for Madmen - Peter Nichols
First Golden Globe race, 1968-69. Nine men try single-handedly to sail non-stop around the world, most of them in small, ill-equipped boats, with nothing much more than a sextant and jury-rigged self-steering. Not all would make it.


Everything and More - David Foster Wallace
A Compact History of Infinity

[GuyGadois]

Next is Fignon's book