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Matt Clouser
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Just finished McCullough's "The Wright Brothers". A fascinating look at the famous brothers and the other major players at the dawn of powered flight.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 23 March 2017 at 6:36am | IP Logged | 2
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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS is an extraordinary book. I picked up the audio version, read by McCullough, and was instantly entranced. I was surprised to realize how little I actually knew about the brothers and their family, and their many achievements. Astonishing to consider how much Orville witnessed in his lifetime.Wilbur and Orville were really what America is all about. Or used to be.
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Michael Penn
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...read by McCullough...!!!
THAT is amazing.
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John Young
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The Green Eagle, by Lester Dent and Plan B by Sharen Lee
I like to read short stories etc. at bed time, and the larger books at lunch or evenings. I recently discovered the Liaden Universe novels about 2 years ago and am working through them.
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Matthew Chartrand
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Just finished SHARUQ by Bill Keith. A modern day submarine thriller similar to Tom Clancy but way shorter.
Now starting NORSE MYTHOLOGY by Neil Gaiman.
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James Best
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Now starting:
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Robert Cosgrove
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Just finished DICTATOR, the last in Robert Harris's trilogy based on the life of Cicero.
Although Cicero had no advance knowledge of Julius Caesar's assassination, he is drawn to the side of the conspirators. Immediately he realizes that they erred in leaving Antony alive. As Antony moves to seize power, Cicero conceives an audacious plan to restore the republic by checking Antony with Caesar's chosen heir, Octavius. It works surprisingly well . . . at first.
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Robert Cosgrove
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The recent efforts by the campus young fascist left to prevent Charles Murray from speaking reminded me I had earlier read some of Murray's books, including the one which first brought him to public attention, Losing Ground, as well as his most recent book, published a few years ago, Coming Apart. I decided I'd try his In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government, which I enjoyed well enough, but if you're interested in Murray, I'd suggest starting with one of the other two.
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James Best
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| Posted: 07 April 2017 at 9:39pm | IP Logged | 9
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Since baseball season is now under way, I'm starting:
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James Best
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Now starting book #4 in the Penn Cage series by Greg Iles...
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Brad Brickley
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Been on a Stephen King binge lately with finishing THE STAND, EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL and 11/22/63. I also read CITY AT WORLD'S END between those last two. I enjoyed all those books, but enjoyed 11/22/63 quite a bit.I was going to start IT next, but I needed a King break so I'm finally reading CASINO ROYALE. I figured it would be a quick read before I went back into King with IT. So far, so good.
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John Cole
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Doc Savage Skull Island I just picked it up a week ago and it's a very interesting read so far.
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