What are you reading?

[the Baron]

"The First Battle of Manassas. An End to Innocence July 18-21, 1861" by John J. Hennessy.

 

[ricky]

Men of Armor -Jeff Danby

 

[Ron2]

I'm currently reading Samurai and The Inner Seven. On deck is the Robin Olds biography.


View attachment 177197

I'm also reading Fighter Pilot about 3/4 of the way through. He was my kind of guy!

 

[BarleyBop]

Men of Armor -Jeff Danby

A good read... amazing journey through geography and technology, not to mention the human experience.

 

[Ron2]

My current book stash. Looking to pick up a Victor Hanson book as well.

 

[Werner Voss]

I am REALLY enjoying Robert Capa's Slightly Out of Focus. His account of being declared "an enemy alien" while working for Colliers and Life is engaging and funny. I am up to his parachuting into Sicily with the second wave of the US invasion.

I am looking forward to his firsthand account of the "Magnificent 11" while landing with the first wave D-Day and his explanation as to why out of 4 rolls of film, only 11 images appeared on the developed rolls.

 

[Tommergun]

Just finished.

 

[kevin]

Cool, I read O'Donnell's " Washington's Immortals". I liked it.

 

[BarleyBop]

Just started some background reading before my next aircraft build. Yup, Italian.

 

[TimM63]

 

[locomotive]

 

[BarleyBop]

Blast from the past!

I was in grade two in '66!

 

[locomotive]

I was in grade two in '66!

Yeah well I was still in the oven!

 

[Werner Voss]

Just started this one. Very interesting so far.

 

[Pantherman]

Is that a walrus I see?

I have one of those in the stash. Pantherman

 

[Glenn S]

Just started this one. Very interesting so far.
View attachment 182645

The first things that comes to mind when I see a photo of a B-52, as shown on the cover of your book, is this movie:

 

[Wig41]

Just read another book about the start of the Israeli Air Force. It is amazing how all these U.S. veterans helped form the Air Force in 1948 during the War of Independence.

 

[Wig41]

Into this book at the moment …

 

[BarleyBop]

... Spent a rainy morning with a mug of hot coffee and this eBook for company.

 

[Ron2]

Got this Spitfire manual in the mail today and picked up "Plane Spotters Guide" the other week at the Pima Air museum. Should be interesting reading!

 

[BarleyBop]

Some background info for a few years reading and many builds I think!

 

[the Baron]

Getting caught up on updating this thread...

Along with "The First Battle of Manassas", I read "In the Shadow of Vesuvius" by Daisy Dunn, a biography of Pliny the Younger.
Then I re-read "The Battle of Midway", by Craig Symonds. I like that he provides some closer focus on the cryptoanalysis.
Right now, I am re-reading Victor David Hanson's "The Savior Generals". I enjoy everything Hanson writes, from classical history to current events. I like how he draws comparisons to classical history to modern events, and his analysis. I wish I had had him for a professor when I was in college.

Best regards,
Brad

 

[Ron2]

Getting caught up on updating this thread...

Along with "The First Battle of Manassas", I read "In the Shadow of Vesuvius" by Daisy Dunn, a biography of Pliny the Younger.
Then I re-read "The Battle of Midway", by Craig Symonds. I like that he provides some closer focus on the cryptoanalysis.
Right now, I am re-reading Victor David Hanson's "The Savior Generals". I enjoy everything Hanson writes, from classical history to current events. I like how he draws comparisons to classical history to modern events, and his analysis. I wish I had had him for a professor when I was in college.

Best regards,
Brad

I really enjoy Hanson as well!

 

[kevin]

I picked this book up because my next build is going to be a M8. I was hoping the book would cover the M8 variant, and it does.

Also, I love the smell of books.......

 

[BarleyBop]

smell of books

Haha... Here's one for you: in highschool I worked as a 'page' in a library!
After about 8 months of reshelving books and working in the stacks, the smell started making me nauseous!

 

[Wig41]

Haha... Here's one for you: in highschool I worked as a 'page' in a library!
After about 8 months of reshelving books and working in the stacks, the smell started making me nauseous!

Seriously?! I've never heard of such a thing and I'm glad I was never afflicted with it cause I do love books !

 

[BarleyBop]

I do love books !

... Me too!
Still can't resist an independent bookstore... Though they are getting to be quite rare these days.
In my early career, I worked in a print shop, and can't say that the smell of ink was much better!

 

[Littlemarten]

... Me too!
Still can't resist an independent bookstore... Though they are getting to be quite rare these days.
In my early career, I worked in a print shop, and can't say that the smell of ink was much better!

De gustibus non disputandem est …

 

[the Baron]

Re-reading Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey". I've read it many times before, but it's been a while since I last read it. I took the opportunity of getting a new library card to check it out.

 

[kevin]

I like to give a good book a re - read as well. I've read the original " Frankenstein " by Mary Shelley a couple times.