Very. It's very interesting that the US Army, just coming out of the Civil War, was woefully unprepared to fight the Sioux.
So...what are you reading lately?
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Very. It's very interesting that the US Army, just coming out of the Civil War, was woefully unprepared to fight the Sioux.
"The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed" by Scott Parazynski. Awesome read of his adventures as an astronaut and explorer. Well written with more than a touch of humor. I just started reading it and wouldn't put it down if I didn't have to! 
I downloaded the Kindle version and it is the first book produced especially for interactive features [Kindle in Motion] that adds an extra dimension to the book: full-bleed images, maps, animated graphics, and videos of space exploration shot from an astronaut’s point of view. Wow factor indeed!
I downloaded the Kindle version and it is the first book produced especially for interactive features [Kindle in Motion] that adds an extra dimension to the book: full-bleed images, maps, animated graphics, and videos of space exploration shot from an astronaut’s point of view. Wow factor indeed!
"The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed" by Scott Parazynski. Awesome read of his adventures as an astronaut and explorer. Well written with more than a touch of humor. I just started reading it and wouldn't put it down if I didn't have to!
I downloaded the Kindle version and it is the first book produced especially for interactive features [Kindle in Motion] that adds an extra dimension to the book: full-bleed images, maps, animated graphics, and videos of space exploration shot from an astronaut’s point of view. Wow factor indeed!
Thanks! I loved the Mike Mullane books and it happens that I just finished a book and need a new one.
PS, it's a FREE pre-release when you're a Prime member - it doesn't get officially released until Aug 1. I just downloaded it and the author, who is on the cover, blinked at me.
This is super cool!!! Thanks, Jazz!!
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Didn't want to spoil the surprise. Kind of freaked me out at first, like 'did he do what I thought he did?'Thanks! I loved the Mike Mullane books and it happens that I just finished a book and need a new one.
PS, it's a FREE pre-release when you're a Prime member - it doesn't get officially released until Aug 1. I just downloaded it and the author, who is on the cover, blinked at me.
And forgot to mention the Prime thing in my excitement. 
Still loving it and hopefully this rainy weekend I can devote more time to it than a few pages here and there.
Didn't want to spoil the surprise. Kind of freaked me out at first, like 'did he do what I thought he did?'
Two weeks later and another rainy weekend, so I finally got to finish the book.
I gave the book 4 out of 5 stars. The man has led an incredible life and did many amazing things. The writing was good but a bit stilted. Loved the interactive features and wish there had been more.
Now to search for something new.
Two weeks later and another rainy weekend, so I finally got to finish the book.
I gave the book 4 out of 5 stars. The man has led an incredible life and did many amazing things. The writing was good but a bit stilted. Loved the interactive features and wish there had been more.
Now to search for something new.
I loved it - thanks for the recommendation
The media features are a natural progression to ebooks and I'm glad to see them finally being implemented. I predict in the future that all books will have visual and audio media embedded. Super cool!Currently I'm reading "All the Presidents' Children" by Doug Wead. It's a thumbnail sketch of presidential offspring, beginning with Martha Washington's kids from her first marriage - a combination biography/psychological profile. Very interesting.
You're welcome and glad you enjoyed it. I too am looking forward to more ebooks using these technologies. I just wonder why it took them so long as this has been a part of online courses forever.I loved it - thanks for the recommendation
That does sound interesting and I will add it to the queue.Currently I'm reading "All the Presidents' Children" by Doug Wead. It's a thumbnail sketch of presidential offspring, beginning with Martha Washington's kids from her first marriage - a combination biography/psychological profile. Very interesting.
Thanks for the recommendation. I haven't picked my free book yet and nor read any sci-fi in ages so I will give it a whirl.
I needed some light reading and this was a free Kindle book from Amazon Prime.
https://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Carson-Henry-Bushkin-ebook/dp/B00CICPU4O
Great insider look at the inner workings of Hollywood and the power Carson wielded. Interesting and oftentimes hilarious read about this most private of celebrities and very complex man.
https://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Carson-Henry-Bushkin-ebook/dp/B00CICPU4O
Great insider look at the inner workings of Hollywood and the power Carson wielded. Interesting and oftentimes hilarious read about this most private of celebrities and very complex man.
Just finished up a book on Lincoln's early years, from birth through 1848. And a fascinating book on Teddy Roosevelt "Colonel Roosevelt", just before that one. Now reading this: Illustrated Gettysburg Reader
https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Gettysburg-Reader-Eyewitness-Greatest/dp/1621570436
https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Gettysburg-Reader-Eyewitness-Greatest/dp/1621570436
Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet. It's a good history of Luther and what Saxon Germany was like at the time of the Reformation.
I just finished re-reading Kitty Kelley's bio of President Oprah. Now I'm re-reading Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins - another oldie. Once I've consumed enough junk I'll move on to something more substantial.
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Just started a new one, "The Darkness Beneath" murder mystery, pretty good so far. My daughter started a book club in her neighborhood, I'll get some titles from her and share.
Policing Saigon by Loren Christensen. Well written stories. If you served you will relate to many of the examples he gives about fellow service members, high ranks, local nationals, etc.
Not that I doubted any of his stories but I did some additional research on a few of his tales.
Not that I doubted any of his stories but I did some additional research on a few of his tales.
The Shweinfurt Raid in WWII and what a complete disaster it was for the US Army Air Force. Although the mission was considered a success, the terrible loss of men (600 were lost in those few hours), and 60 bombers lost, for a mission deemed successful, was a cluster screw up from the start, and still haunts the Army.
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In Contempt by Chris Darden. It's his take on the OJ Simpson trial from the mid 90s. I saw the book at the dude ranch and picked it up to look at the pictures. Then I started reading it and found it hard to put down.
Hard to believe that the crime happened over 20 years ago. He wrote the book shortly after the trial. It gives a bit of his history of growing up and how he became a lawyer. It also shed a lot of details that weren't well known about the trial. He gives insight to the prosecutor's office mindset.
His nemesis is Johnnie Cochran, who up until the trial he considered a friend. The book tilts a lot towards race relations in the trial and in Los Angeles in general. This was on the heels of the Rodney King beatdown. Darden paints a lot of his narrative with descriptions such as black man, black community, white community, racist white cop. He states several times that he wasn't chosen to prosecute the trial because of his color and would have rejected it if he felt his office was trying to use his skin color for an advantage.
He comes off as a decent guy that is only seeking justice for 2 people who were killed. His entire family was hounded by the media for months. He had a brother that was a drug addict and the tabloids ran a lot of unflattering stories about him. He was also crucified in the black press.
I have a few more chapters to go. I know how it ends but I do like getting the inside scoop that only he is able to provide.
Hard to believe that the crime happened over 20 years ago. He wrote the book shortly after the trial. It gives a bit of his history of growing up and how he became a lawyer. It also shed a lot of details that weren't well known about the trial. He gives insight to the prosecutor's office mindset.
His nemesis is Johnnie Cochran, who up until the trial he considered a friend. The book tilts a lot towards race relations in the trial and in Los Angeles in general. This was on the heels of the Rodney King beatdown. Darden paints a lot of his narrative with descriptions such as black man, black community, white community, racist white cop. He states several times that he wasn't chosen to prosecute the trial because of his color and would have rejected it if he felt his office was trying to use his skin color for an advantage.
He comes off as a decent guy that is only seeking justice for 2 people who were killed. His entire family was hounded by the media for months. He had a brother that was a drug addict and the tabloids ran a lot of unflattering stories about him. He was also crucified in the black press.
I have a few more chapters to go. I know how it ends but I do like getting the inside scoop that only he is able to provide.
"Autumn of the Black Snake".
A remarkable tale of the adventures of George Washington, "Mad Anthony" Wayne, and the first Federal Army fighting in their first war, the invasion of the Ohio valley and eventual defeats of the many Indian tribes and nations that resisted them there. The almost vicious contest that ensued within the two opposing groups in Congress and Executive regarding the establishment of a Federal army was really something. So was the degree and extent of corruption surrounding the sale and distribution of new lands to the west in places like western VA (later Kentucky) and Ohio. Ole George and other highly-placed officials had their hands deep in to that.
Amazing stuff. Paints G. Washington in some interesting new lights...some good...some not so much.
A remarkable tale of the adventures of George Washington, "Mad Anthony" Wayne, and the first Federal Army fighting in their first war, the invasion of the Ohio valley and eventual defeats of the many Indian tribes and nations that resisted them there. The almost vicious contest that ensued within the two opposing groups in Congress and Executive regarding the establishment of a Federal army was really something. So was the degree and extent of corruption surrounding the sale and distribution of new lands to the west in places like western VA (later Kentucky) and Ohio. Ole George and other highly-placed officials had their hands deep in to that.
Amazing stuff. Paints G. Washington in some interesting new lights...some good...some not so much.
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I am re-reading Kitty Kelley's biography of Frank Sinatra, but I'm getting bored with it so I just downloaded "From Here to Eternity" and will start on that this evening.
I am reading one of my first reads from Amazon Prime called "A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea" by Masaji Ishikawa.
It's a true story about his life and ultimately his escape from North Korea in 1996. Absolutely terrifying and heartbreaking what he goes went through.
https://www.amazon.com/River-Darkness-Escape-North-Korea-ebook/dp/B06XKRKFZL
It's a true story about his life and ultimately his escape from North Korea in 1996. Absolutely terrifying and heartbreaking what he goes went through.
https://www.amazon.com/River-Darkness-Escape-North-Korea-ebook/dp/B06XKRKFZL