bluebrotha77
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very good book.gives a good account of the battle of la drang valley.it was made into a film with mel gibson..
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very good book.gives a good account of the battle of la drang valley.it was made into a film with mel gibson..
Yes lad. Have mulled through most of it, the Abnett and Dembski-Bowden books are always brilliant. Avoid the Nick Kyme/Salamanders stuff
gonetomorrow
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I'm enjoying On Beauty by Zadie Smith whom I've heard loads about but never read. I thought it would be heavy feminist stuff but it's perceptive and funny.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Selections of diary entries from combatants and civilians from the European and Middle-Eastern theatres of war during WW2. It's a big book (952 pages), but it's handily spilt into sections by year and month, and the entries themselves are not overly long.
The diarists consist of schoolboys, women, factory workers, soldiers, spies, politicians, authors and many more. They encompass both allied and axis participants and is a great read. I believe there's a companion book detailing the war in the Far East.
What makes it fascinating are the incidental details about the home front and on the battlefield about which you rarely hear. A bargain bought for 50 pence at a charity book shop.
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The diarists consist of schoolboys, women, factory workers, soldiers, spies, politicians, authors and many more. They encompass both allied and axis participants and is a great read. I believe there's a companion book detailing the war in the Far East.
What makes it fascinating are the incidental details about the home front and on the battlefield about which you rarely hear. A bargain bought for 50 pence at a charity book shop.
bluebrotha77
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some boys for building tunnels.i would not have liked to have been a tunnel rat.easier ways to make a living or die.
Or the lads that went into them and fought with the Vietcong.
bluebrotha77
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They were called the tunnel rats.the americans that trained to go down there.usually weren't white or black Americans as they were to big.one fella said that alot of the time the only way you knew someone was there(so dark) was when you felt their breath on you and then a 2 way battle for life started.must have been crazy psychologically for a tunnel rat.
Reading this at the moment. He provided a nice summary of the book at a recent talk at the RSA if you're interested.
Reading this at the moment. He provided a nice summary of the book at a recent talk at the RSA if you're interested.
I’ve tagged in @Joey66 as I’m sure he’ll be very interested
There was a guy sat next to me at the RSA muttering about salt. Do you think?
random
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Thought it was about time I read up on this
The Bhagavad Gita has been called India's greatest contribution to the world. For more than five thousand years, this great scripture has shown millions in the East how to fill their lives with serenity and love. In these pages, Jack Hawley brings these ancient secrets to Western seekers in a beautiful prose version that makes the story of the Gita clear and exciting, and makes its truths understandable and easy to apply to our busy lives.
The Bhagavad Gita has been called India's greatest contribution to the world. For more than five thousand years, this great scripture has shown millions in the East how to fill their lives with serenity and love. In these pages, Jack Hawley brings these ancient secrets to Western seekers in a beautiful prose version that makes the story of the Gita clear and exciting, and makes its truths understandable and easy to apply to our busy lives.
It makes sense if the RSA is the Royal Salt Association?
Read 4 books this week with Soul Music being my favourite.
