$3 for this book on Kindle. I couldn't hit one click fast enough!Originally Posted by NEPAKevin
$3 for this book on Kindle. I couldn't hit one click fast enough!
Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
Got the Kloos Fields of Fire book. It was a good read. The series is interesting and I wonder how it will play out. The two sides are at a stalemate now.
Brad Thor's Foreign Agent is one of Amazon's Sunday "Gold Box" Kindle reads for Sunday 3/26/17. While I tend to agree with the criticism of Thor's latest books not having the edge of his previous works and even thought the last one had a lot of elements of one of Tom Clancy's books, they are still entertaining enough and among the better of the genre. Also finished Fields of Fire and thought it was as good as the others and look forward to the next installment. (Also think they would be a good candidate for a TV limited series like the Expanse. )
"You can't win a war with choirboys. " Mad Mike Hoare
Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz. One of the scariest books Ive read; in a 1984 way-- not ghosts and monsters. Recommended to anyone who has even a slight libertarian bent.
"Customer is very particular" -- SIG Sauer
I'll be pre-ordering the next one as soon as it's offered.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink
Leadership and Training for the Fight by Paul Howe
Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life by Eric Greitens
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
How to Speak How to Listen Mortimer J. Adler
Shooting / Guns
Dry Fire Reloaded – Ben Stoeger
Practical Pistol Reloaded –Ben Stoeger
Skills and Drills – Ben Stoeger
Refinement and Repetition – Steve Anderson
Get to Work: The Practice of More Points Per Second by Steve Anderson
Practical Shooting: Beyond Fundamentals – Brian Enos
The Law of Self Defense by Andrew Branca
Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun: The Evolution and Science of Ballistics- Mark Denny
Surgical Speed Shooting – Andy Stanford
To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth – Jeff Cooper
Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights - Jim Cirillo
Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun by Paul Barrett
Other
Combatives for Street Survival by Kelly McCann
Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee
Defensive Tactics: Modern Arrest and Control Techniques for Today’s Police Warrior by Loren W. Christensen
Non-Fiction
A Rifleman Went to War by Herbert McBride
Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Zedong
The Art of War – Sun Tzu
The Road to Serfdom – Friedrich Hayek
The Republic – Plato
The Prince – Machiavelli
The Law – Frederic Bastiat
Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley
Fiction:
Dune – Frank Herbert
Ray Bradbury – I like all his stuff
Gates of Fire – Steven Pressfield
Hyperion Series – Dan Simmons
Dark Tower Series - Stephen King
The Forever War – Joe Haldeman
Armor – John Steakley
14 – Peter Clines
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
LOTR by Tolkien
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
Sherlock Holmes stories– Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Ender’s Games –Orson Scott Card
Ender’s Shadow – Orson Scott Card
Starship Troopers – Heinlein
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
1984 – George Orwell
All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque
I have a couple books on my to read list from this thread. I read Nueromancer and enjoyed it.
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the US Navy by Ian Toll
https://www.amazon.com/Six-Frigates-...gates+ian+toll
I bought this on the recommendation of a friend who is a Navy JAG. I love this period of US history and I grew up reading books about the Constitution and this era. I'm bout a quarter through and it's a great read.
Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
No Room for Error: The Story Behind the USAF Special Tactics Unit, by Col. John Carney
Great book about the history of a group of guys who never seem to get the recognition they deserve, mostly deals with Combat Controllers and PJs (SOW-Ts are never mentioned, unfortunately). Some interesting tidbits about Delta as well. Like apparently the guy running the show stubbornly insisted on teaching point shooting until Secret Service came by and showed them how stupid that was.
"Customer is very particular" -- SIG Sauer
I have a buddy that was a PJ (and is now a successful businessman). You'd look at him and think this skinny little guy is barely 145 lbs soaking wet...and though he never talks about himself, everything I've ever heard is that he was in every respect the real deal.
There's nothing civil about this war.
I just had the latest Sandman Slim arrrive from Amazon. He's a half-angel/ human hybrid who was sent to Hell and served as a Gladiator there. It's not stupid, he returns to Earth as a very jaundiced individual.
Also have Norman Friedman's big new book on US Battleships arriving.
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