Allstarflyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 885 times:
I need to get into more books. Right now, I'm stuck reading my ATP manual by Gleim among others, for my dispatch license (but I'm reading another by Kevin Trudeau that I've mentioned in another thread). The last good book I can remember finishing was the complete works of Sherlock Holmes (and that's been a little while, now). In fact, I haven't touched a Borders or BN in quite a while now! So, what am I missing out on?
PROSA From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5439 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 881 times:
I'm just finishing up Freakonomics.
"Let me think about it" = the coward's way of saying "no"
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 2, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 878 times:
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and Other American Stories by Hunter S. Thompson. It took his death to finally get me to read the book.
DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 877 times:
F9Widebody From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1604 posts, RR: 11 Reply 6, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 849 times:
ArmitageShanks From UK - England, joined Dec 2003, 3362 posts, RR: 16 Reply 7, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 842 times:
The strange Last voyage of Donald Crowhurst. I loved it. Best book I've ever read.
JetBlueAtJFK From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 1687 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 828 times:
Blue Streak-The Upstart jetBlue, That rocked the Industry By Barbara S Peterson.
And I am starting, Al Capone Does My Shirts
And Flying High (Another B6 Book)
I also have 2 Southwest Books and Ask the Pilot which I am going to all read after I finish the one before it.
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Actually I started Ask the Pilot but stopped for Blue Streak.
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 10, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 827 times:
OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4682 posts, RR: 23 Reply 20, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 777 times:
"Without Lying Down - Frances Marion and The Powerful Women of Early Hollywood" by Cari Beauchamp
Actually I just re-read it, but it's a damn good book for old movie buffs.
FYI, any movie made after WWII is NOT and old movie!
SRQCrosscheck From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 211 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 753 times:
The Cider House Rules , John Irving
Right now I'm reading Lies my Teacher Told Me: Everything your American History Text Book Got Wrong. A sociology and history professor at the University of Vermont surveyed 12 high school and college survey textbooks, making note of (mostly) racial biases in American History texts used at intro levels. He discusses in the first few chapters how many figures in American history have been nearly deified (Christopher Columbus is a huge example) -- partly to inflate national pride, partly to gloss over racism in Euro-American History, but mostly just because when we study American History from the majority perspective it's bound to be Euro-centric.
...and then history got too heavy, so I took a break from history to read Half-Blood Prince
Bridogger6 From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 710 posts, RR: 11 Reply 22, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 749 times:
THE KITE RUNNER was a great book, first book written in English by an Afghani author, it's a great coming of a age story... right now I'm reading Harry Potter just like more than half the rest of the world..
Saxdiva From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 2382 posts, RR: 46 Reply 24, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 743 times:
Ugly American$: The true story of the Ivy League cowboys who raided the Asian markets for millions by Ben Mezrich.
Sex, sports, and financial arbitrage. What more does a story need?
25 Logan22L: Perhaps the most disturbing, yet well written book of all time. I've read this book every 2-3 years or so since I was 25. A must read for all who see
26 Swisskloten: I read that book about two years ago and the ending scared me badly since it's a true story. The last good book I ever read was The Bourne Supremacy
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