What are you reading ?
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Templogin
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I have recently read a book about the psychology of the (US) police interview techniques. Not planning to go to the US in the forseeable future so can't see it coming in useful.
Also read Bravo Three Zero, the team that deployed in Iraq AND didn't get caught. Mostly a total gang-fuck apparently, not in anyway the fault of the team having said that. Poor int as is often the case. Wrong kit, wrong weather, wrong type of terrain, wrong frequencies, crap vehicles.
Then a quick dip into a Seal's survival "manual". Starts with physical and mental motivation then goes through survival situations. I have just read the first one: surviving a disaster at sea.
Then moved onto We Die Alone - David Howarth. The tale of a 4-man sabotage team who sailed from Shetland to Norway in WW2 to train the locals to sabotage the German army occupiers and their infrastructure. An absolutely harrowing tale, which I would definitely recommend.
Now re-reading the series of Sven Hassel books starting with the Legion of the Damned. I think that I last started reading these when I was 18. I will intersperse these with others on the Kobo ereader. So many books, so little time.
Sven Hassel Bibliography
* The Legion of the Damned (1953)
* Wheels of Terror (1958)
* Comrades of War (1960)
* SS-General (1960)
* March Battalion (1962)
* Assignment Gestapo (1963)
* Monte Cassino (1963)
* Liquidate Paris (1967)
* Reign of Hell (1971)
* Blitzfreeze (1973)
* Court Martial (1978)
* O.G.P.U. Prison (1981)
* The Bloody Road to Death (1983)
* The Commissar (1984)
Also read Bravo Three Zero, the team that deployed in Iraq AND didn't get caught. Mostly a total gang-fuck apparently, not in anyway the fault of the team having said that. Poor int as is often the case. Wrong kit, wrong weather, wrong type of terrain, wrong frequencies, crap vehicles.
Then a quick dip into a Seal's survival "manual". Starts with physical and mental motivation then goes through survival situations. I have just read the first one: surviving a disaster at sea.
Then moved onto We Die Alone - David Howarth. The tale of a 4-man sabotage team who sailed from Shetland to Norway in WW2 to train the locals to sabotage the German army occupiers and their infrastructure. An absolutely harrowing tale, which I would definitely recommend.
Now re-reading the series of Sven Hassel books starting with the Legion of the Damned. I think that I last started reading these when I was 18. I will intersperse these with others on the Kobo ereader. So many books, so little time.
Sven Hassel Bibliography
* The Legion of the Damned (1953)
* Wheels of Terror (1958)
* Comrades of War (1960)
* SS-General (1960)
* March Battalion (1962)
* Assignment Gestapo (1963)
* Monte Cassino (1963)
* Liquidate Paris (1967)
* Reign of Hell (1971)
* Blitzfreeze (1973)
* Court Martial (1978)
* O.G.P.U. Prison (1981)
* The Bloody Road to Death (1983)
* The Commissar (1984)
BorderReiver
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There are a few of them iirc.The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Not sure I like it yet but I'm only halfway through
Love Terry Pratchett but I couldnt get on with these, first book felt like there was a plan, second felt like someone was lost and circling to try and find a landmark to navigate back from. Your mileage may vary etc.
BorderReiver
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Not a successful collaboration.
I'm currently reading Legends and Lattes.
It falls into a newish category called "cosy fantasy" sort of the oppsite of high fantasy. Low stakes easy reading. Some claim that Terrys Discworld series was part of the first wave of cosy fantasy.
It falls into a newish category called "cosy fantasy" sort of the oppsite of high fantasy. Low stakes easy reading. Some claim that Terrys Discworld series was part of the first wave of cosy fantasy.
Bugger, I bought all five (
Jaggededge
Explorer
I gave up on Moby Dick.
ElThomsono
VIP Member
They find the big fish and it kills everyone except Ishmael, Ahab DGAF.
ElThomsono
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How's the
How's Dead Mountain going? Valid theory?
I still think about going back and trying them again, maybe i missed something that made them work.
Templogin
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Finished. Valid theory? Who knows!? Got to be military.
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Reading various online manuals for the past few hours. I popped the SIM out of my i13 and put it in the i5 (I have a ton of old iPhones laying around about the place doing various jobs). For its size, I greatly miss the i12mini that I had to give back. And the i5 is great, in that regard of one-hand use.
But getting things to work is a bit of a labour, especially a Bluetooth connection for my Garmin 630. Still not there yet. Everything else is OK, though. Sound quality to the Sony 1000XM4s isn't as good. That's the only significant hiccup, and even for that there may be a solution.
But getting things to work is a bit of a labour, especially a Bluetooth connection for my Garmin 630. Still not there yet. Everything else is OK, though. Sound quality to the Sony 1000XM4s isn't as good. That's the only significant hiccup, and even for that there may be a solution.
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