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Post by joebill on Mar 21, 2022 17:48:39 GMT
For fiction, if I can find a series or bunch of books by an author I like it saves me thrashing around and starting books I do NOT like, so I really like prolific authors and it does not hurt a thing if the books are available on "Kindle unlimited" so the costs are minimal and I can get the next book downloaded to my device without stirring from my chair.
The last mystery/thriller series I just finished is a run of 14 novels by Jeff Carson called the "David wolf mystery series". Each is pretty hard to put down and ignore, and had a nice-sized cast of characters that are very well developed.
I notice some authors add so very many characters I sometimes have trouble recalling them when they crop back up later in the plot, but none of that with Carson's books. Each character is highly memorable from introduction onwards, and also interesting.
The books follow the lives and careers of a small county sheriff's department in the Colorado Rockies, and the cases worked mostly by the detective squad.
I consider the novels to be superior to many of those by authors who are better known with higher sales.......Joe
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Post by Tim Horton on Apr 2, 2022 18:16:23 GMT
In the 340 some banana box size boxes of library discards we got last fall, we have found a couple boxes of hard back, large print westerns.. Louis Lamore, Max Brand, all the old good ones.. I love, love them..
Also found several local provincial family and other history books.. They are always interesting as several from 1900 on about pioneers from the bush within as close as 2 km from us.. One of the old cabins is still partually standing.. You can metal detector search around these places.. But take a rifle as it is bear country..
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Post by joebill on Apr 4, 2022 2:33:54 GMT
What am I currently reading? Lemme check.
Yep, still 98.6 degrees and flabby....Joe
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Post by blackfeather on Apr 27, 2022 18:52:30 GMT
www.c4i.org/unrestricted.pdfUnrestricted Warfare this is a Chinese view of warfare, using examples from the United States. It is a rambling booklet but is what is currently being read and acted upon in China. The over all Idea is that warfare extends into almost every corner of life. You see how the Chinese have basically have bought off politicians and the wealthy to do their bidding in this country, how they send their students to infiltrate and learn of all areas of science, even using economic warfare to trouble a nation. After reading this book I see covid lockdowns not just as a medical device or a way to control their own people but also a way to disrupt supply chains here. Everything is fair game to be exploited for war. Even their belt road initiative can be turned into a means of conducting war, by getting a consensus of nations to back them in any action they'd like to take. (They seem almost envious of the capabilities of the US to do this)
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Apr 28, 2022 1:58:41 GMT
I'm on and off reading Glenn Beck's "The Great Reset". I say on and off because so far I've heard already most of what I've read in the book. Can't say I disagree with a thing he's written, and there are quite a few things he goes into detail about that I hadn't gotten that deep into, but it's not a page-turner.
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Post by blackfeather on Dec 19, 2022 16:47:46 GMT
I started the book "One Nation Under Blackmail." The first chapter was pretty heavy with names and places, the second chapter went into Seagram's distillery company, and lead to one of their buyers who imported alcohol into the United States during prohibition. This guy later was involved in various unscrupulous dealings. The big climax of the chapter was his dealings with Mary Hoover. As the story goes there was a party at a hotel in New York city. On the second floor there was a expensive apartment. Upon entering there was Mary Hoover who was drinking and chatting. When the appropriate time came two young blond-haired men arrived and all but the wife of the gangster retired to the bedroom, including Mary Hoover, as the wife later testified. It should be important to note that Mary Hoover was the nickname, the true name of the person in the pretty dress was J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI but called himself Mary when he wore a dress. Apparently, the gangster got photographs of not only Mary Hoover in a dress but of Mary Hoover without a dress or anything else in the company of other men similarly unclad and involved in activities. That is why J. Edgar never went after organized crime but called it a local problem. The gangsters and later the CIA had copies of those pictures which would have ruined him had they been exposed.
I've started the next chapter this is dealing with arms smuggling to Israel by the owners of Seagram which appears to lead into Israel intelligence.
Looks to be an interesting book so far but can be rather heavy in spots with lots of information.
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Post by cccindy on Jan 4, 2023 22:48:20 GMT
"Touching History" What was happening in the air on 9/11: how air traffic controllers, other pilots, the military, learned what was happening and reacted. How utterly unprepared we were. Makes me wonder where things stand today.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Jan 5, 2023 2:01:56 GMT
"Touching History" What was happening in the air on 9/11: how air traffic controllers, other pilots, the military, learned what was happening and reacted. How utterly unprepared we were. Makes me wonder where things stand today.
Not to worry, TSA groping elderly ladies will keep us safe.
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Post by fixitguy on Jan 6, 2023 4:30:42 GMT
The bride has "will to murder" the true story behind the crimes and trials surrounding the glensheen killings by Gail Feichtinger.
I have toured the property about 3 times, once with the wife around 1997-1999. The murders were not talked about by the tour guides then. The UW of MN owns the property, now they are talking about it and making it a haunting experience. Lol
I have went down the rabbit hole watching documentary/conspericy stuff on tubi t.v. at night. Lots of interesting stuff on that.
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