Lightning 1954 - 2014 by Ian Black was dropped off by the postman this morning, a pictorial review of the English Electric Lightning Published by http://firestreakbooks.com/


Picture by Ian Black.

Ian also emailed me a preview of his up coming book on the F4 Phantom, the photography in it is outstanding, it should be out in a few days time.

Not sure if it counts since it has been IN PROGRESS since April or May...but reading James SA Corey "Expanse" book 2:

Caliban's War

http://www.amazon.com/Calibans-Expanse-James-S-A-Corey/dp/0316129062


Also started Andrzej Sapkowski's 2nd Witcher book: The Blood of Elves

http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Elves-Andrzej-Sapkowski/dp/031602919X

Swimming with Sharks: My alarming journey into the world of the bankers

(...in the original Dutch version, Dit kan niet waar zijn.

...scary. The author spent two years talking to people working in banking. Analyzing what went wrong that led to the demise of the Lehman Brothers bank in 2008 and subsequent crash of the financial system. What's most worrying, this could've meant the end of civilization as we know it. And what even more worrying*, it could happen again.



* yes, more worrying than 'most worrying'!

Tyler Hamilton: The Secret Race

The Right Stuff..again

Extortion 17

Hell From the Heavens

Calif DMV book. I Am thinking of getting a Motorcycle when the Gas prices hit 5.00 a gal. ( Currently 3.65 ) However, I am torn between the 2 wheel 750-1200 CC,s. An or, adding a side car. Past experience, 2 wheel only about 40 yrs ago. mostly 300-600 cc although I have been on a friend's HD Pan head. Anyone ever rode a bike with a sidecar ?

Just finished Call to Arms by Joshua Dalzelle, it is book 2 of the Black Fleet trilogy, with the third part expected towards the end of the year.

Quite enjoyable space romp and battles played out at relativistic speeds, there are a couple of inconsistencies around the speed of light and detection times at a couple of points, especially after making a point about how detection worked for the ships. Mr Dalzelle left this book on a bit of a cliff hanger and the ending a little contrived. Still there is intrigue and political shenanigans going on but they take a back seat to the action.

Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet books gets the extended time and vastness of space across better during the conflicts, but Dalzelle is improving as a writer.

Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939-1942 by Clay Blair

Annals of the Former World by John McPhee

Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang by Richard O'Kane

"Distance is not a Range", from Paul F Contier.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/YxidZAqyba/SKU-000969768_COVER__2_.html

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Just finished The Drifters by James Michener. Wow those young people are so carefree, going this way and that on a whim, drugs, sex and rock and roll. Carrying on chasing the ghosts of those who came before them on the same dusty roads to enlightenment, or death.

I stumbled across a web page for the James A. Michener Library at the University Of Northern Colorado -- that's just a few miles up the road from me.
http://library.unco.edu/libraries/michener.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Michener

WC

About to start "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster.

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Thin-Air-Personal-Disaster/dp/0385494785

Cheers,
Slug

Started (now 1/4 of the way through) George R.R. Martin's 4th "Song of Ice and Fire" (Game of Thrones) book: "A Feast for Crows"

Liking it better than the others, probably because at least for now, the EVIL people are starting to get their comeuppance instead of just the Good People. I guess this started at the end of the 3rd Book.

I'm sure there will be enough painful deaths for GOOD characters before the tome is done.

Have not been following the HBO series, preferring to get through the books.

Since ive been on a stephen king frenzy this year. I think i have read about 10-12 of his books since christmas. Im gonna start with the Gunslinger in the dark tower series.

Currently reading The Star of Africa: The Story of Hans Ma... the WWII Skies by Colin D. Heaton. Been wanting to read it for a while and it's on sale for Kindle for $2.99 right now.

"The Wind Beneath My Wings" by Susan Ottaway. It's about one of the most well-known Concorde pilots, John Hutchinson, and his life. Born and raised in India and England, his RAF career, and his time flying the Concorde for British Airways. Very interesting book so far!

http://www.amazon.com/Wind-Beneath-My-Wi...+concorde+pilot

I'm reading 50 Shades of Grey! HAHAHA, just joking


Actually I just finished reading Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger and I'm going start reading Apache by Ed Macy.

I've started Ed Macy's Apache a few times but have never got to the end of the first chapter.

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series I have read, but the later ones I found were stretching a point, then 9/11 happened and the books didn't seem so far fetched after all.