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far rider Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2005 Posts: 770 Location: Rutland, VT
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 2:58 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Target Tokyo by James Scott. 2015 telling of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo right after Pearl Harbor. Great story and book. _________________ 67 zenith blue sunroof
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Morganwerk Samba Member
Joined: December 30, 2000 Posts: 496 Location: Sacramento Valley
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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far rider wrote: |
Target Tokyo by James Scott. 2015 telling of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo right after Pearl Harbor. Great story and book. |
I thumbed through it at Barnes & Noble and it looked interesting. I'll have to pick it up. _________________ Gary
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. About the building of the Chicago's World Fair in 1893 and a local serial killer who plied his trade during it. Non-fiction. _________________ Prosit!
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3306 Location: 802
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Read that about ten years ago great read. Loved the dichotomas story line. _________________ "Albatross"! |
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3306 Location: 802
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 12:35 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Uncommon carriers. By John McPhee. Trucks , trains , barges. etc. _________________ "Albatross"! |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 6:31 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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The road to Jonestown, Jim Jones and the people's temple. By Jeff Guinn
Some of you are old enough to remember what is still the largest murder suicide in history. The back story and life and times of that nut job before 1978 is interesting as well. Be sure to not drink the koolaid. |
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Patty B. Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2005 Posts: 2181 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 10:04 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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I've got the entire Lymond Chronicles series coming in the mail--can't wait!!!
Reading Blood Ties, sequel of The French Executionner by CC Humphreys. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 6:31 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Blood in the water, the Attica uprising of 1971.
Many facts just now come to light. Another true story in American history. |
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Manfred58sc Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2009 Posts: 3374
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Public Therapy Bus's by Steven M. Johnson...a simple but chilling view of now from a 1990 point of view _________________ Fat chick owner/operator |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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World Without End By Ken Follett. Kingsbridge England 1329 - 1361 and the Black Plague. Long, but good. I enjoyed it a lot. Times were pretty F up back then. Glad I'm living now. _________________ Prosit!
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Patty B. Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2005 Posts: 2181 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:47 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Fish---Did you know World Without End is a sequel to Pillars of the Earth? Same place, previous generation. I was almost finished reading World Without End and starting to mourn when someone at the coffee shop I was reading in stopped to talk to me about the book and told me it was a sequel----It's a good book too! Also made into a mini-series. |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Yes, I did. I've been keeping an eye open for it (Pillars of the Earth) at the library. I may have to put in a request for it. I also need to find Edge of Eternity so I can finish that trilogy. I've really enjoyed Ken Follet books.
Right now I just started Tony Hillerman's The Sinister Pig. _________________ Prosit!
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Finished Tony Hillerman's "The Sinister Pig" and "Fallen man". I should have read them in reverse order. LOL. Enjoyed both of these books. A fun read.
Barely finished Ron Chernow biography of Alexander Hamilton. This is the book that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to write the hit musical Play, "Hamilton". It's got to be good, huh? Damn if it wasn't putting me to sleep in the mornings. Got through it and while I did learn a lot (way more than I did in High School), it was not too exciting of a read, for me anyway. _________________ Prosit!
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Stormbird (War of the Roses #1) by Conn Iggulden. One of four books. We're back in England, 1437. This book follows what leads up to the breaking of the ruling linage of rule in England. Very well written that you get the feel of these people as real people and not just names and dates like you would a History class. I'm looking at the library book #2, Trinity.
In the mean time I'm going to start "The Martin" by Andy Weir. _________________ Prosit!
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:25 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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The Martian by Andy Weir. This is the novel of the movie of the same name with Matt Damon. Like always, the book is better than the movie. _________________ Prosit!
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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"The end of Loyalty" the rise and fall of good jobs in America by Rick Wartzman
A history of labor relations in America from early 1900s to present. Before any job security or benefits three corporations began programs to value workers and give back to communities. Coca Cola, General Motors and General Electric followed a lead started by Eastman Kodak which gave people retirements and health insurance. Fascinating read as it's history. Kind of a George Bailey wonderful life vibe where people actually cared about one another. This would be as foreign as a fish riding a bicycle to young folks today. |
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far rider Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2005 Posts: 770 Location: Rutland, VT
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Killers of the Flower Moon- The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.
By David Grann. True story. _________________ 67 zenith blue sunroof
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Simon Winchester, Men Who United the States. The history of how they came to be written by a ex-British, now American citizen. All the known and unknown Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, Politicians and Mavericks, and how they physically connected the State and the Creation of One Nation from Sea to shining Sea.
He covers all the stuff you know and more you didn't know. Good read. _________________ Prosit!
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Field of Prey by John Stanford. Fiction about the black hole serial killer and the men and women who searched to find him. _________________ Prosit!
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martyhibb Samba Member
Joined: July 21, 2004 Posts: 72
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 5:36 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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far rider wrote: |
Killers of the Flower Moon- The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.
By David Grann. True story. |
I too am reading this book, it's a very interesting bit of American history. Not very flattering when describing the treatment of American Indians. |
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