Christmas holiday break is in sight, with the usual two weeks leave. What good recent book(s) can you recommend to read (any genre) ??
I'm thinking about Lance Armstrong's 'It's not about the bike'

Thanks !!

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I very much enjoyed Thomas Ricks' "Fiasco". Going back a little further in the year. "To Rule The Waves: How The British Navy Shaped The Modern World" by Arthur Herman was also very enjoyable.

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2011 Mazda2
2000 E320 4Matic Wagon
1994 C280 (retired)

My favorite book of all-time is "The Long Walk", a true story of a man captured and inprisoned in Siberia. He escaped with some prison friends and they walked south to India!!. Once you begin reading it, you won't put it down!!

Here's a review:

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and was sent to the Siberian Gulag along with other captive Poles, Finns, Ukranians, Czechs, Greeks, and even a few English, French, and American unfortunates who had been caught up in the fighting. A year later, he and six comrades from various countries escaped from a labor camp in Yakutsk and made their way, on foot, thousands of miles south to British India, where Rawicz reenlisted in the Polish army and fought against the Germans. The Long Walk recounts that adventure, which is surely one of the most curious treks in history.

And their link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-True-Story-Freedom/dp/1558216847

Also, Slavomir Rawicz' website:

http://www.thelongwalk.co.uk/homepage.htm

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Christianity and Early American History:

http://www.amazon.com/God-Bless-America-Dean-Coddington/dp/0595393454/sr=8-1/qid=1165953155/ref=sr_1_1/002-4766336-8092869?ie=UTF8&s=books

Two weeks! Lucky dog! A civil servant are we?

Try "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

How about the sequel to War and Peace?

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Won't work; Tolstoy's dead and can't be trolled.

Sadly it was a re-run.

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(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831799-post13.html
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831807-post14.html

Whore & Peas -- a story of loose women and leguminous food.

B

I'm thinking about picking up a book about Winston Churchill, General Patton, or Donald Trump. I have not decided yet, will do some random Amazon searchs and see what I come up with.

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He reenlisted! I'm gonna get this one.

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I understand that the C++ GUI Programming Guide just can't be put down . . .

A short walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby.

Newby was a man. I'll post his obit elsewhere so as not to hijack this thread.

B

Some interesting suggestions, thanks!


V.

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Excellent!! You won't be dissapointed. The side story is that Slavomir was actually contacted by a reporter who was gathering information about sightings of the yeti or abominable snowman (sp?) in India. Slavomir had been known to have seen these animals. After talking for a bit, they hit it off and a Vladimir trusted the reporter enough to finally give him the account of how and why he had been in those mountains. A truely awesome and inspiring story!!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.