I read this book right around the same time. I probably should go back and reread it because it's been so long.
What books y'all reading?
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I read this book right around the same time. I probably should go back and reread it because it's been so long.
mcgaskins
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This one was an eye opener - Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal by Jack Ewing.
I know Golden was in the contest, don’t remember why Denver was chosen though.
Correct. It basically came down to who got the railroad first. Denver basically beat Golden with the railroad.
gungriffin
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Reading "When Money Dies" by Adam Fergusson.
It is a book that was published in the 70s on hyperinflation in Weimar Germany after The Great War. I have been looking for past information of a temporary or permanent decline in confidence in a specific currency and how it would manifest. This book does a good job of helping to understand how that could happen. It also seems to put my mind at ease that it is incredibly unlikely that we would see hyperinflation in the US. It is more showing that Americans will see very very high inflation in the coming years. Look to the late 60s to early 70s or the mid 80s to see the playbook of what is likely.
It is a book that was published in the 70s on hyperinflation in Weimar Germany after The Great War. I have been looking for past information of a temporary or permanent decline in confidence in a specific currency and how it would manifest. This book does a good job of helping to understand how that could happen. It also seems to put my mind at ease that it is incredibly unlikely that we would see hyperinflation in the US. It is more showing that Americans will see very very high inflation in the coming years. Look to the late 60s to early 70s or the mid 80s to see the playbook of what is likely.
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As much as I want to spend my Christmas thinking about hyper inflation and our American irresponsibility.... thanks for the recommendation. I plan to finish reading the book “The last cowboys: a pioneer family in the new West”. It’s been really good so far and for all of the people that really care about 4WD trails it may open a perspective they have never heard before. This book takes place in hurricane Utah which is right next to Zion NP. It’s a fun book talking about a way of life that would make any person who loves adventure want to be a cowboy!
BritKLR
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A good easy read to take your mind off the world. Just fun.
Just finished Matthew McConaughey's book "Greenlights"
Just finished Matthew McConaughey's book "Greenlights"
BritKLR
Rising Sun Member
Just a suggestion.....
I just joined a loose nit book club on Expo Portal. Basically, once a member finishes the selected book they mail it to the next member (at their expense, addresses exchanged via pm), so once you receive the book and finish it you send to the next member. Waiting on the first book, so we'll see how it goes.......seems like a great way to connect and enjoy a read. FWIW.
I just joined a loose nit book club on Expo Portal. Basically, once a member finishes the selected book they mail it to the next member (at their expense, addresses exchanged via pm), so once you receive the book and finish it you send to the next member. Waiting on the first book, so we'll see how it goes.......seems like a great way to connect and enjoy a read. FWIW.
DouglasVB
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I received so many books on Friday!!! Several really good logging railroad books... a very interesting looking graphic novel... a bunch of other interesting stuff.
OH! Speaking of graphic novel: Highly recommend Battle Born: Lapis Lazuli by Maximilian Uriarte. My co-worker gave it to me a few months ago so I could better understand what him and some of my other co-workers went through in general during their service over the last 20 years. Very good and powerful graphic novel.
Books I have recently received but am still working my way through:
- Paddle Your Own Canoe
- Adventures in Opting Out
- Odessa
- Stuff You Should KNow
- Rough House
- Off Grid Life
- Steam Towards the Sunset
- Sawlogs on Steel Rails
- The Slim Princess
- Nothing Like it in the World
OH! Speaking of graphic novel: Highly recommend Battle Born: Lapis Lazuli by Maximilian Uriarte. My co-worker gave it to me a few months ago so I could better understand what him and some of my other co-workers went through in general during their service over the last 20 years. Very good and powerful graphic novel.
Books I have recently received but am still working my way through:
- Paddle Your Own Canoe
- Adventures in Opting Out
- Odessa
- Stuff You Should KNow
- Rough House
- Off Grid Life
- Steam Towards the Sunset
- Sawlogs on Steel Rails
- The Slim Princess
- Nothing Like it in the World
I tend to buy most of my books on the kindle and have become mostly a library person for all of my hard copy books. The library has become the only government service I find that actually is worth wild as I can do both hard copy and digital books now. But I bet there are some guys on here that may be up for the idea.
Interesting books on Afghanistan. I haven’t heard of that one. I spent a good part of my early twenties in that country near the Pakistan border. There is so much to that country and questions yet to be answered. It’s cool you are trying to relate and understand the exsperiences of the people you work with Doug.
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Here is where I left off in 2020:
"March 2020
Continued Confidence Men. Giving up on it.
Started Where the Water Goes by David Owen
Started All Things Bright and Beautiful
Then Covid hit...
fast forward to September 2020 and here’s what I’ve read, which isn’t much since I’ve lost my audio book opportunities that I had during my commute.
Finished Unbroken
Girl on a Train by A. J. Waines
Life Undercover - Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox - interesting to see behind the scenes a bit but the book felt a little lost for direction
Adolfo Kaminski - A Forger’s Life by Sarah Kaminski - really interesting book
Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Butch Cassidy - The True Story of an American Outlaw by Charles Leerhsen
Finished The Everything Store"
Since then I haven't kept good track, but here are some that I remember: (June 2022)
Made in America by Sam Walton - the story of Wal-Mart
Men in Black - How the Supreme Court is Destroying America by Mark R. Levin
A bunch of Longmire Mysteries by Craig Johnson - like them better than the Netflix series
The Great Bridge by David McCullough - my 2nd favorite engineering book, behind Colossus - building of the Hoover Dam
My Italian Bulldozer
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Started My Antonia by Willa Cather
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
Started Bridge at Andau by James Michener. Hungarian history repeating itself in Ukraine right now.
Cry of the Kalahari by Mark Owens - bonus for Land Cruiser content
Re-read A Study in Scarlet and Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes stories) by Arthur Conan Doyle
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
December 2022
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Under the Streets of Nice by Ken Follett
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Re-read a bunch of Chesapeake by James Michener
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Started The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo
Started The King of Capital by David Carey
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
March 2023
The Art of War by Sun Tsu
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
"March 2020
Continued Confidence Men. Giving up on it.
Started Where the Water Goes by David Owen
Started All Things Bright and Beautiful
Then Covid hit...
fast forward to September 2020 and here’s what I’ve read, which isn’t much since I’ve lost my audio book opportunities that I had during my commute.
Finished Unbroken
Girl on a Train by A. J. Waines
Life Undercover - Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox - interesting to see behind the scenes a bit but the book felt a little lost for direction
Adolfo Kaminski - A Forger’s Life by Sarah Kaminski - really interesting book
Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Butch Cassidy - The True Story of an American Outlaw by Charles Leerhsen
Finished The Everything Store"
Since then I haven't kept good track, but here are some that I remember: (June 2022)
Made in America by Sam Walton - the story of Wal-Mart
Men in Black - How the Supreme Court is Destroying America by Mark R. Levin
A bunch of Longmire Mysteries by Craig Johnson - like them better than the Netflix series
The Great Bridge by David McCullough - my 2nd favorite engineering book, behind Colossus - building of the Hoover Dam
My Italian Bulldozer
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Started My Antonia by Willa Cather
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
Started Bridge at Andau by James Michener. Hungarian history repeating itself in Ukraine right now.
Cry of the Kalahari by Mark Owens - bonus for Land Cruiser content
Re-read A Study in Scarlet and Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes stories) by Arthur Conan Doyle
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
December 2022
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Under the Streets of Nice by Ken Follett
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Re-read a bunch of Chesapeake by James Michener
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Started The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo
Started The King of Capital by David Carey
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
March 2023
The Art of War by Sun Tsu
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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Hey good thread to kick back up!
In no particular order.... some of the notable ones in the past 2 yrs.
How to Talk to Anyone
Rule Your Day
The Terminal List
The 10X Rule
The Boy, The Mole, the Fox and the Horse
A Sense of Urgency
12 Rules For Life
Journey of Souls
Iron Sharpened Leadership
Extreme Ownership
Can’t Hurt Me
Fearless
The Only Thing Worth Dying For
The Alchemist (like the 5th time I’ve read it)
On My Own 2 Feet (2nd time reading it)
Just Starting “True Believer”
In no particular order.... some of the notable ones in the past 2 yrs.
How to Talk to Anyone
Rule Your Day
The Terminal List
The 10X Rule
The Boy, The Mole, the Fox and the Horse
A Sense of Urgency
12 Rules For Life
Journey of Souls
Iron Sharpened Leadership
Extreme Ownership
Can’t Hurt Me
Fearless
The Only Thing Worth Dying For
The Alchemist (like the 5th time I’ve read it)
On My Own 2 Feet (2nd time reading it)
Just Starting “True Believer”
Johnny Utah
Rising Sun Member
Terminal list by Jack Carr
True Believer by Jack Carr
Savage Son by Carr -just started
No Easy Day by Mark Owen
No Ordinary Dog by Will Chesney
Hail Mary Project by Andy Weir
Death in the Long Grass by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Death in the Dark Continent by Capstick
Breathe by Rickson Gracie
Re-read The Outsiders by SE Hinton
True Believer by Jack Carr
Savage Son by Carr -just started
No Easy Day by Mark Owen
No Ordinary Dog by Will Chesney
Hail Mary Project by Andy Weir
Death in the Long Grass by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Death in the Dark Continent by Capstick
Breathe by Rickson Gracie
Re-read The Outsiders by SE Hinton
Terminal List seems to be pretty popular, I read that one as well earlier this year. I guess a lot of people enjoyed it as there is a series coming out based on it:
Guns, Germs and Steel
Team of Rivals
A Confederacy of Dunces
Project Hail Mary
Crime and Punishment - figure I was missing out on something by having never read it
Fool
Between Two Fires
Those Across the River
The Blacktongue Thief
Guns, Germs and Steel
Team of Rivals
A Confederacy of Dunces
Project Hail Mary
Crime and Punishment - figure I was missing out on something by having never read it
Fool
Between Two Fires
Those Across the River
The Blacktongue Thief
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Just finished listening to Children of Dune this morning and started up God Emperor of Dune. Really loving this series. Can't want for Dennis' part II film adaptation to come out. First one was so good.
nuclearlemon
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Re-reading blood meridian
Cruisertrash
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In my top three books of all time, if not #1.
PabloCruise
Hard Core 4+
Damn...