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The Magic by Rhonda Byrne. Fantastic Book [:)]
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Has anyone read Shadow Wars: Chasing Conflict in an Era of Peace by David Axe? Any good?

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The Magic by Rhonda Byrne. Fantastic Book [:)]
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Currently listening to this audiobook:

Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles Seen Through Japanese Eyes, Captain Tameichi Hara
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Currently reading "Den Store Morgan Kane Boka" (The great book about Morgan Kane).
Morgan Kane is one of the most selling "book"-series in Norway, and was sold over large parts of Europe in the 70s-80s.
Morgan Kane throughout the books goes from bandido, to Texas Ranger to US Marshal, and the books are much like the 1800s Dime Novels, and was a must for a boy growing up in the 70s to late 80s here in Norway.

"Den Store Morgan Kane Boka" has gathered alot of stuff about the author, about the controversy the books made when they appeared (sexist, violent, alchol abuse and what not), about the places Morgan Kane went to, about his women, his guns and his alchol.

Not a great book that will go down in history, but a very nice trip down memory lane for someone like me (and yes, I still have all the Morgan Kane books [:D])
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Ghost by John Ringo
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Finished Barber, Noel, The War of the Running Dogs: Malaya 1948-1960 - this one gives a good introduction into the topic, the Communist insurrection. Written obviously from a British perspective, focus is on British High Command and ist decisions about how to run the whole thing, stories about some European planters, as well as actions by the Communists. You won't get much - almost nothing - about the activities by British and Comonwealth Forces, but if interested in this, there is The Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation available, by Robert Jackson.

Also read Operation Most Secret: SOE: The Malayan Theatre by Ian Trenowden, about operations during the Japanese occupation in Malaya. But the focus of the book is more on the Ceylon HQ of SOE's Force 136 which was responsible for Malayan operations, and on RN and Dutch submarine support operations. A good book, nonetheless.

Now reading Jungle Soldier: The True Story of Freddy Spencer Chapman by Brian Moynahan. Chapman was active in Malaya during the Japanese occupation, in one of the few "stay-behind-parties". The book is his biography, you read about his whole life, his journeys to Greenland and Tibet, among others, included.

Some note about the book mentioned further above, The Fall of the Philippines, where I mentioned the awful e-book formatting; if interested, avoid the "Green Books" Version by the Center of Military History. Instead, go for the Pickle Partners Publishing version; an e-book, formatted as it should be.
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I am currently reading Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East by Stephen G. Fritz
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I am currently reading Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East by Stephen G. Fritz
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Great book [:)]
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I've just blitzed through the first four Sven Hassel novels that I got from Amazon for just £12.95. Great fun. Just ordered the next three.
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Ghost by John Ringo
I expected by now someone would be screaming "OH JOHN RINGO NO". Apparently this book is less known in this forum, so I tell briefly about it. Former Navy SEAL, discharged from service, witnesses kidnapping. He goes after the kidnappers, finds out such crap has happened whole lot, kills whole lot of terrorists including Osama Bin Laden, and has sex with more women than James Bond and in such ways it makes some readers scream "OH JOHN RINGO NO!" And president of USA says: "I want shake his hand." That just in the first book alone in some 5 books long series.

Ringo has explained it that he had the story in his head and he wrote it just to get it out of his head so he can concentrate on those stories he actually gets paid. He didn't want that novel be published becouse he deemed it bad. But to his surprise people were interested about samples he had posted in forum and Jim Baen asked it for publication.
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I was wondering if anyone has read Panzer Operations by Hermann Hoth. If so how was it and is it worth picking up?
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After just finishing The Age of Louis XIV, taking a break from The Story of Civilization, I am currently reading: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, by Benny Morris, Yale University Press, 2008.
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Have Panzer Operations by Raus which is excellent..haven't read Hoths book though.
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I was wondering if anyone has read Panzer Operations by Hermann Hoth. If so how was it and is it worth picking up?
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Chamberlain and Appeasement (British Policy and the Coming of the Second World War) by R.A.C Parker is the next cab off the rank just as soon as I have finished Malta.
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Got to say, this is a great book [:)]

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I read this in Ghost by John Ringo:
"Tampons and pads are some of the best bandages around, Mike replied. "If the hole is big, like from a billet exit wound, you just stick a tampon in and you're good."
Any truth in there? Are those really used for such?
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Outlaws by Jason Vail
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American Sniper. I would not call it a "good" book by any stretch of the imagination. It's pretty poorly written, and to be honest I don't think Chris Kyle is a very good person or a reliable source of information just based on what he himself presents as his take on things, but I'll be damned if it's not an extremely entertaining read. I really like when he goes into detail about weapons and gear assigned to various US military units.
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Just finished Sharpe's Trafalgar and decided to take a break from the series so I don't get burnt out.

I have the Complete Lovecraft Collection on my Kindle that I'm working my way through and decided to read some of those. Maybe not the best thing to read before bed but it's certainly interesting stuff. I'm an aspiring writer and find his writing style fascinating, it has a dream-like quality that I've never seen anywhere else.
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I read this in Ghost by John Ringo:
"Tampons and pads are some of the best bandages around, Mike replied. "If the hole is big, like from a billet exit wound, you just stick a tampon in and you're good."
Any truth in there? Are those really used for such?
Why nobody here has answered this yet? From another forum:
OK sanitary napkins belive it or not were originally used in WWI as field dressing for wounded soldiers...mostly due to self adhesive that came with it and because it was individually packed in its own sterile pack which endeared it to field medics.
and later on women had used them after successful campaign to market the former field dressing as such...
company in question? kotex

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I'm on Book 4 of Evan Currie's "Silver Wings" series. If you like Honor Harrington, you'll enjoy this series.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1275 ... lver-wings

Fairly new author and there are the usual minor glitches that indicate a need for professional editing, but nothing that bothered me or interfered with my enjoyment of the story. Some original ideas on space combat and weapons as well as an interesting "alien" opponent (an alliance/empire of numerous races with their own political intrigues and diverse weaponry and science). Unique starship construction techniques. Interesting weapons and equipment.

Highly recommended!
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