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  • George KG George K

    Never read any of his stuff...let's see how it goes.

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    @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

    Never read any of his stuff...let's see how it goes.

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    My dad loves 'em because they take place in DC.

    Please love yourself.

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      Only non-witches get due process.

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        Have not read that book, but strangly, I was just reading a article about that book. I guess that there is some controversy in that the arthur edited his "diary" after the fact. Some of his original diary entries were very favorable to Adolf Hitler, etc.

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          Goodness...William Shirer. I think I read "Rise and Fall" when I was in high school

          Any good, @jon-nyc ?

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            It’s excellent. Living the reich in ‘real time’ through his diary, but also getting a glimpse of what the life of a foreign correspondent in the 30s and 49s was like. Remember he was one of the original ‘Morrow’s boys”.

            I re-read Rise and Fall about every ten years. It’s excellent.

            Last year I read his The Collapse of the Third Repubic. I loved it but you kind of have to be into French history not just the war.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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              @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

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              Have not read that book, but strangly, I was just reading a article about that book. I guess that there is some controversy in that the arthur edited his "diary" after the fact. Some of his original diary entries were very favorable to Adolf Hitler, etc.

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              @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

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              Have not read that book, but strangly, I was just reading an article about that book. I guess that there is some controversy in that the arthur edited his "diary" after the fact. Some of his original diary entries were very favorable to Adolf Hitler, etc.

              I was aware of that. But it doesn’t take away from the experience. He’s mostly reporting on events, it isn’t so much about him.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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                It’s excellent. Living the reich in ‘real time’ through his diary, but also getting a glimpse of what the life of a foreign correspondent in the 30s and 49s was like. Remember he was one of the original ‘Morrow’s boys”.

                I re-read Rise and Fall about every ten years. It’s excellent.

                Last year I read his The Collapse of the Third Repubic. I loved it but you kind of have to be into French history not just the war.

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                @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                you kind of have to be into French history

                These people exist?

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  ‘People’ is a strong word, but yeah.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                    Finally.

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                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                      Funny, I was thinking about starting that yesterday!

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        So did I, and I bought it. Started this morning.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                          Part "travelogue", part spiritual quest for the meaning of life, part mystery, it is the story of a US guy who disappears while hiking in northern India. Quite interesting, and is actually quite a good read. It is a beautiful, yet somewhat isolated area.

                          In August 2016, an experienced American trekker named Justin Alexander Shetler ascended to a high Himalayan lake on a pilgrimage in the Parvati Valley of northern India, never to be heard from again. He carried a walking stick that he’d partially fashioned into a flute, a woolen wrap and not much else, having shed most of his earthly possessions.

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                            It’s excellent. Living the reich in ‘real time’ through his diary, but also getting a glimpse of what the life of a foreign correspondent in the 30s and 49s was like. Remember he was one of the original ‘Morrow’s boys”.

                            I re-read Rise and Fall about every ten years. It’s excellent.

                            Last year I read his The Collapse of the Third Repubic. I loved it but you kind of have to be into French history not just the war.

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                            @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                            I re-read Rise and Fall about every ten years. It’s excellent.

                            Jon, I just started The Third Reich Trilogy

                            According to Ian Kershaw, it is "the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the Third Reich".[5] It has been hailed as a "masterpiece of historical scholarship".[6]

                            There are three volumes:

                            The Coming of the Third Reich
                            The Third Reich in Power
                            The Third Reich at War

                            I just started the first volume. A bit difficult for me, not really knowing much about European history (talking about Bismarck, etc. and how that set the basis for Nazi's), but I will continue with it for the time being. Mr. Evans, in his "preface" says that he tried to write it not too academic, but not too simplistic.

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                              William Shrirer's "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" is a pretty easy read. I must've been about 16 when I read it. Of course, I've forgotten much, but I do remember how easy a read it was.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                Please love yourself.

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                                    Finally.

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                                    @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                    Finally.

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                                    I finished this yesterday. I kept thinking that there’s so much good detail in there that probably had to be left out of the miniseries. I’ll watch it soon.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                      Finally.

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                                      I finished this yesterday. I kept thinking that there’s so much good detail in there that probably had to be left out of the miniseries. I’ll watch it soon.

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                                      @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                      @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                      Finally.

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                                      I finished this yesterday. I kept thinking that there’s so much good detail in there that probably had to be left out of the miniseries. I’ll watch it soon.

                                      Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan may be the two best Hollywood productions concerning WW2. I was very disappointed in The Pacific, which would have been much better if they hadn't tried to meld two books into one story.

                                      I have not seen Masters of the Air..

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                        @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                        Finally.

                                        IMG_7835.jpeg

                                        I finished this yesterday. I kept thinking that there’s so much good detail in there that probably had to be left out of the miniseries. I’ll watch it soon.

                                        Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan may be the two best Hollywood productions concerning WW2. I was very disappointed in The Pacific, which would have been much better if they hadn't tried to meld two books into one story.

                                        I have not seen Masters of the Air..

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                                        @Jolly said in What are you reading now?:

                                        @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                        @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                        Finally.

                                        IMG_7835.jpeg

                                        I was very disappointed in The Pacific, which would have been much better if they hadn't tried to meld two books into one story.

                                        You'd really not like Masters.

                                        Please love yourself.

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                                          @Jolly said in What are you reading now?:

                                          @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                          @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                          Finally.

                                          IMG_7835.jpeg

                                          I was very disappointed in The Pacific, which would have been much better if they hadn't tried to meld two books into one story.

                                          You'd really not like Masters.

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                                          @Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:

                                          You'd really not like Masters.

                                          It was OK - it just didn't have the cohesive feel that Band of Brothers did. I couldn't relate to the characters until halfway through. The fact that they tried to shoehorn so much real history into a relatable tale made it feel that way.

                                          BoB, however, follows ONE set of guys, each of whom is relatable from the outset.

                                          I thing "The Pacific" had the same flaw, though I don't remember much of it.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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