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What is the last book you read?

Posted by armpcm on 04 Sep 2013, 08:49

Hi gents,

One of this days I was choosing a other book to read, and realized that it would be interesting to know what we read, so I leave here the the books I read on August.

Trident K9 Warriors - Authors - Michael Ritland and Gary Brozek
The Night Stalkers - Authors - Michael J. Durant, , Steven Hartov and Lt. Col. Robert L. Johnson
No Easy Day - Authors -Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer
Let's build diorama! Vol.I Urban Scenes - Authors - László Adóba and László Harsányi
Let's build diorama! Vol.II terrain and vegetation - Authors - László Adóba and László Harsányi

Please share your book choices. :-D

Currently reading The Second World War - Author - Antony Beevor
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Posted by Paul on 04 Sep 2013, 12:55

The one about the croeburn 1813 Diorama...very interesting read.
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Posted by KGV on 05 Sep 2013, 08:07

The Battleship Builders by Johnston and Buxton. It's about the firms that built the Dreadnoughts for the Royal Navy.
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Posted by Susofrick on 06 Sep 2013, 11:53

Fetterman Massacre by Dee Brown. The Swedish translation is VERY ambitious (they've double-checked every source and some others :shock: ) and a very good read (and it was a lot cheaper too :-D ). And it became a little dio. :-D
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Posted by Peter on 06 Sep 2013, 17:43

Inferno from Dan Brown ;-)
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Posted by Beano Boy on 06 Sep 2013, 20:20

The last book,Who Won Waterloo? The Trial Of Captain Siborne,by Barry Van Danzig. A great book,with great photo`s . The strategy of the day has been expertly examined, with the ingenious use of model soldiers placed on a large scale diorama that give the reader more insight into the battle.
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Posted by Kekso on 07 Sep 2013, 06:52

I can't remember... it was a while since I've read complete book form cover to cover :oops: :?
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Posted by Fire at Will on 07 Sep 2013, 20:26

Leipzig 1813 by Digby Smith as part of preparing for my Leipzig big game

The Wargames Compendium by Henry Hyde - written for newcomers to wargames, but full of useful tips/ideas
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Posted by Wheeling Turn on 10 Sep 2013, 11:48

The Last one was the first sharpe book. But the most interesting in recent times was Zulu Rising by Ian Knight. A very heavy tome but well worth having read.
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Posted by armpcm on 10 Oct 2013, 08:30

Hi all, thanks for your inputs :-) I have finished reading the The Second World War - Author - Antony Beevor.

Started to read No End Save Victory - multiple authors, the book is composed by 44 essays from authors that publish in MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History.
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Posted by mickey mouse on 10 Oct 2013, 08:49

I recently read "Arnhem" from Gen. R. E. Urquhart
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Posted by Susofrick on 10 Oct 2013, 11:05

Sharpe's Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell and a biography of a guy high up in Swedish Hells Angels that gets kicked out.
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Posted by Peter on 10 Oct 2013, 17:33

Just finished: "A bridge to far" from Cornelius Ryan
Currently reading: "Shattered Trident" from Larry Bond
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Posted by Wheeling Turn on 25 Oct 2013, 23:10

I am know with Sharpe no 5 book. But also reading DBA 2.2 and WRG 6th ed from the History of wargaming project. Interesting read as it is not just pure rule books.
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Posted by santifernandez on 26 Oct 2013, 09:27

My last reading is a detective novel with a rather clueless detective who focuses his research on barcelona.
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Posted by Susofrick on 29 Oct 2013, 18:11

Oh no, I read too much! A book about two Swedish journalists that get jailed in Ethiopia. A good read, but I don't know if it will be published in other countries. It should be.
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Posted by Paul on 29 Oct 2013, 20:24

Achtung Schweinehund! A Boy's Own Story of Imaginary Combat
by Harry Pearson
The section about Action man and his experiences with them..very funny.
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Posted by Peter on 29 Oct 2013, 20:28

Paul wrote:The one about the croeburn 1813 Diorama...very interesting read.

Yes it is! Currently reading! ;-) :cheers:
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Posted by Paul on 29 Oct 2013, 20:58

Peter wrote:Yes it is! Currently reading! ;-) :cheers:

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: The Pictures are brilliant :-D
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Posted by Emperor on 29 Oct 2013, 22:32

After action day on hematology, I went in Mall into a bookshop, while sister and mother were in shops...And there I saw Stivenson's Jeckyl and Hyde...So I red it...
I also tried to finish second book of Count of Monte Christo, but it is too long...
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