Maybe this will catch on like Daz’s marathon movie thread?
“Nemisis” by Max Hastings – story of the war in the far East. Very interesting if not laboured read. Skips over a lot, then again if you think that Japan started invading Manchuria in 1933 he has a lot to cover. Took me a few weeks to wade through (2 young kids, decent reading time rare:o) – personally I prefer Anthony Beevors style in this kind of book, but this was an eye opener with comments about the campaigns in Burma and Pacific.
Scathing about the Aussie contribution 1943 onwards, labour disputes in the harbours, General “Mac” not using and not wanting to use Australian (or any other) troops etc. Well worth a read if you like your history and are open to debate it.
By: Flygirl - 16th December 2008 at 21:01
Bomber by Len Deighton.
By: CTDavies - 16th December 2008 at 20:24
I’ve just re-read my favourite book for about the seventh time Never Stop the Engine When it’s hot by David Lee (later Air Chief Marshall Sir David Lee) about flying Westland Wapitis with 60 Squadron RAF in India. An excellent book about flying in the RAF back in the thirties. Get one if you can – I can recommend it to anyone interested in the early(ish) RAF. Next in line is, on a similar note, Chaz Bowyer’s RAF Operations 1918-1938. Looks very interesting.
By: stangman - 16th December 2008 at 20:12
Just finished Red ball in the sky by Charles F Blair. Read it years ago and just recently obtained a nother copy.Classic tale of adventure flying in the forties and fifties concentrating on the authors flight across the north pole in a P-51B mustang called Excalibur 3 now on static display in Washington’s Air and Space.
Next on the pile is Forever Flying . Bob Hoovers autobiography .Should be interesting.
By: BSG-75 - 16th December 2008 at 19:59
Now reading Stephen Ambrose ‘Eisenhower and his Boys’ – which has immediately annoyed me by stating that the only theatre that the British Army was engaged in after 1940 was North Africa! :confused:
I used to read a lot of Ambrose in my “A” level days, his more recent stuff I’ve heard quoted as “being more interested in raising monuments than describing the history” – interesting point.
By: D1566 - 16th December 2008 at 06:54
“Nemisis” by Max Hastings – story of the war in the far East.
This was my last but one book, quite enjoyed. I had a copy of ‘Quartered Safe Out Here’ by George McDonald-Fraser, which had been in my case for a while and after Hastings quoted it a few times I finally got around to reading it – a most interesting personal account of the last few months of WWII in Burma, (the Cumbrian dialogue sections were quite hard work though!)
Now reading Stephen Ambrose ‘Eisenhower and his Boys’ – which has immediately annoyed me by stating that the only theatre that the British Army was engaged in after 1940 was North Africa! :confused:
By: chuck1981 - 16th December 2008 at 05:16
Just finished the latest edition of “Jugs” ..some interesting articles
Dam, dont tell me what this months copy is about, I didn’t receive mine yet :diablo:
(Al Bundy I presume….)
By: 91Regal - 15th December 2008 at 21:57
Just finished the latest edition of “Jugs” ..some interesting articles
I’m not quite sure what you mean there, Steve………..
Anyway, currently reading Christopher Brookmyre’s ‘Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks’. Brookmyre is one of that generation of Scottish writers that has emerged over the past 20 years or so, and has a sharp but humorous eye for the foibles of human nature.
By: steve rowell - 12th December 2008 at 03:11
Just finished the latest edition of “Jugs” ..some interesting articles
By: Arabella-Cox - 11th December 2008 at 13:36
The Day Watch
The Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko.
Maybe doesn’t live up to the hype of some reviews but it’s enjoyable nevertheless. Aparently the trilogy has been expanded to a tetralogy (if that’s the right word). If you like supranatural fantasy, this should appeal.
By: Flygirl - 3rd December 2008 at 09:03
Portrait Of A Legend Spitfire by Leo McKinstry.
By: critter592 - 3rd December 2008 at 04:36
I’m a bit of a sci-fi junkie.
Currently reading Fortune of Fear by L. Ron Hubbard.
Obviously not an aviation book (Sorreee! 😀 ), but there are aircraft in it.
And spacecraft.
By: steve rowell - 3rd December 2008 at 04:12
By: Merlin Madness - 2nd December 2008 at 21:10
..would be nice if we could limit this thread to aviation-related books…especially as this forum doesn’t have a books/media sub section..:mad:
Well Naboo and Bollo get around on a magic carpet so it is aviaton related, in a way:D
By: hindenburg - 2nd December 2008 at 19:45
just finished`Battles with the Luftwaffe by Ted Smart and `Filming the Dambusters by Johnathon Falconer…both SUPERB books.
By: DazDaMan - 2nd December 2008 at 19:35
..would be nice if we could limit this thread to aviation-related books…especially as this forum doesn’t have a books/media sub section..:mad:
Isn’t that what the “aviation” forums are for?
By: Arthur - 2nd December 2008 at 18:44
Currently reading:
– re-reading Gestapo by Sven Hassel. Gruesome yet kick-ass WW2 anarchy.
– Een Bijzonder Land, Han van der Horst. Recent overview of Dutch history.
– Kafka on the Beach, Haruki Murakami. Read this. Wonderful.
By: kev35 - 2nd December 2008 at 18:10
..would be nice if we could limit this thread to aviation-related books…especially as this forum doesn’t have a books/media sub section..:mad:
Funnily enough I thought this section was for general discussion, which, well, I thought it meant a place to discuss things generally.
Obviously I was very mistaken. My apologies.
regards,
kev35
By: FalkeEins - 2nd December 2008 at 17:58
..would be nice if we could limit this thread to aviation-related books…especially as this forum doesn’t have a books/media sub section..:mad:
By: Merlin Madness - 2nd December 2008 at 17:33
The mighty book of Boosh
By: Gollevainen - 2nd December 2008 at 11:42
currently reading volume 2 of the Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Hey, I just read that one too and now opening the first pages of the part three
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