Right now I'm reading

[Alfred_E._Neuman]

The Boys In The Boat

About the University Of Washington's 8 Sweep team rowing for gold in Berlin in the 1936 Olympics. Great read so far and highly recommended if you like history and/or sports

[baffled]

The Profession. A Pressfield book. Pretty good if you like his books.

Anatomy For Runners by Dicharry. Just a few pages into this, but I like how he packages his message in other stuff I've read by him and heard from him in podcasts.

[Turdacious]

Dark Sun by Richard Rhodes

Part two in his four part series about the Atomic Age. He blends science, war, espionage, and politics into a great read. Not as good as The Making of the Atomic Bomb, but close.

[Holland Oates]

Rereading Necroscope.

[Wild Bill]

"Shaka Zulu" by E.A. Ritter .

[Holland Oates]

Rereading Necroscope.

Read Stone Cold by Baldacci and Mr. Majestyk. Now I'm reading Necroscope 2: Wamphyril.

[Sangoma]

After mentioning it in another tread:

[Turdacious]

The Human Factor by Graham Greene.

It has the typical Greene spy novel start-- dry for the first 100 pages and then hard to put down. He developed the characters better here than he usually does, and the payoff is great. This novel is criminally underrated, and is much better than The Quiet American.

[Bob Wildes]

[Turdacious]

I'm a huge Hoffer fan. I have no idea how many times I've read that book. His other stuff is great too FWIW.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcv4HyEY3w[/youtube]

[Bob Wildes]

I have only read it once before.

It is interesting how so much of the "jihadi" world fits into his narrative.

[seeahill]

The Whites" by Richard Price. Probably no writer knows cops, criminals and the streets better. The characters are full blown human beings and you understand them and like them, even the evil bastards. What a book.

[milosz]

The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages

[buckethead]

The side of the box of Raisin Bran

[Wild Bill]

Koban Scifi series, 4th part.
and listening "Limitless"

[cubejockey_81]

Shattered Sword, the Untold Story of the Battle of Midway.

Forget everything you know or were taught in school about Midway. Tells the story from the Japanese perspective and based on a very closely studied analysis on Japanese carrier operations in WW2. Best book I've read in years.

[bennyonesix]

Shattered Sword, the Untold Story of the Battle of Midway.

Forget everything you know or were taught in school about Midway. Tells the story from the Japanese perspective and based on a very closely studied analysis on Japanese carrier operations in WW2. Best book I've read in years.

Oh that shit is so good. All time greatness. Yamamoto was the shit. It was cool how they told the Emperor that loo if we piss these fuckers off we are toast. We have one miniscule chance if we do this crazy shit and everything breaks right... I am going to read that again.

[bennyonesix]

I'm a huge Hoffer fan. I have no idea how many times I've read that book. His other stuff is great too FWIW.

Hoffer is great. I had a professor who was convinced he was exiled royalty or some crazy shit. No one has any idea where he came from to this day. He just showed up kicking ass....

[bennyonesix]

http://www.allaneck.com/b_sorrow.html



This is book breaking my heart. Tecumseh was one of the noblest men who ever lived. At this point in my life I am convinced that the Native Americans were simply better than us in damn near every way and every way I think is important.

But not like whitey sucks. We are fantastic. Just that the Native Americans were even better.

[cleaner464]

For fun, I'm reading "The Legend of Drizzt" anthologies by RA Salvatore. Great stories, and no one writes a better description of a fight.

My more serious reading - "Wittgensteins Poker". It's a bit slow.

I too have been getting my math/science skills back in order. I'm studying the "No Bullshit Guide to Math and Physics" to get back into the swing. Also, I have been using Khan Academy Calculus course. I'm amazed at how much I have forgotten since college.

[Turdacious]

I too have been getting my math/science skills back in order. I'm studying the "No Bullshit Guide to Math and Physics" to get back into the swing. Also, I have been using Khan Academy Calculus course. I'm amazed at how much I have forgotten since college.

Doing something similar. Ever check out the Coursera stuff?

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

A guy I played ball with 20 years ago had a catastrophic brain injury and just released his book. I haven't started it yet but i've spoken to him several times and it really sounds like a great story.
http://alifeinterrupted.net/index.htm

[cleaner464]

I too have been getting my math/science skills back in order. I'm studying the "No Bullshit Guide to Math and Physics" to get back into the swing. Also, I have been using Khan Academy Calculus course. I'm amazed at how much I have forgotten since college.

Doing something similar. Ever check out the Coursera stuff?

My friend is taking a C++ course on Cousera. I haven't looked at it myself.

[Turdacious]

I too have been getting my math/science skills back in order. I'm studying the "No Bullshit Guide to Math and Physics" to get back into the swing. Also, I have been using Khan Academy Calculus course. I'm amazed at how much I have forgotten since college.

Doing something similar. Ever check out the Coursera stuff?

My friend is taking a C++ course on Cousera. I haven't looked at it myself.

There's stuff that's worth a look through both EdX and Coursera-- check it out. Both have android apps.

[davidc]

The Whites" by Richard Price. Probably no writer knows cops, criminals and the streets better. The characters are full blown human beings and you understand them and like them, even the evil bastards. What a book.

Reading this on your recommendation. thanks, it's great!