Author Topic: Latest book received (Read 457767 times)

Johnno · « **Reply #1530 on:** November 29, 2011, 10:41:00 PM »

The Three Musketeers Trade Paper Back from Marvel Comics

infelix · « **Reply #1531 on:** November 30, 2011, 04:46:30 AM »

A couple of comics; Batman: Year one, Victorian Undead, Supergod and the new Hellraiser.

Aaron · « **Reply #1532 on:** December 14, 2011, 12:33:01 PM »

http://www.amazon.com/House-Silk-Sherlock-Holmes-Novel/dp/0316196991

House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

Being a big Holmes fan I was eager to see how close to the mark Horowitz came. I have to say he came very close indeed. His "voice" is so authentic you can almost believe Doyle himself wrote it. Horowitz does a nice job weaving elements of "the cannon" into this story, too. The plot was a bit predictable, but I think that is also a testament to how closely Horowitz copied Doyle's style. My main reservation is that the very nature of the crime itself is just not something one would ever find Watson (or Doyle) writing about. Horowitz tries to explain this away, but for me it just didn't work.

zizi666 · « **Reply #1533 on:** December 16, 2011, 03:49:27 PM »

The complete Far side by Garry Larson

Over Open Sights · « **Reply #1534 on:** December 23, 2011, 08:40:55 PM »

Officers and Soldiers of the French Chasseurs a Cheval Vol I, 1779-1815 (Ludovic Letrun and Jean-Marie Mongin).

Officers and Soldiers of French Guides and Guards of Commanding Generals and Headquarters 1792-1815 Didier Davin and Andre Jouineau).

Published earlier this week. Lots of obscure uniform niceness. Some further uses for Perry Plastic French Hussars!!!

Merry Christmas, all!

Mark

elysium64 · « **Reply #1535 on:** December 23, 2011, 09:25:42 PM »

"Napoleon in Egypt" ~ Paul Strathern, excellent book

Aaron · « **Reply #1536 on:** December 24, 2011, 12:24:52 AM »

Quote from: Over Open Sights on December 23, 2011, 08:40:55 PM

Officers and Soldiers of the French Chasseurs a Cheval Vol I, 1779-1815 (Ludovic Letrun and Jean-Marie Mongin).

Officers and Soldiers of French Guides and Guards of Commanding Generals and Headquarters 1792-1815 Didier Davin and Andre Jouineau).

Published earlier this week. Lots of obscure uniform niceness. Some further uses for Perry Plastic French Hussars!!!

Merry Christmas, all!

Mark

Are those new Histoire et Collections titles? I could have used that book on the CaC when I was painting my Eureka figures!

Tomsche · « **Reply #1537 on:** December 24, 2011, 09:10:29 AM »

The Spider-man 2099 trade paperback by Peter David (of the Star Trek New Frontier series fame) and the Emma Frost Complete Collection hardback

answer_is_42 · « **Reply #1538 on:** December 25, 2011, 05:08:40 PM »

Xmas pressie:

Third Axis Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941-1945, by Mark Axworthy.

Rather looking forward to reading it

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(Got the Scrabble mug today, too. The joke here is that I hate Scrabble with a passion.)

carlos marighela · « **Reply #1539 on:** December 25, 2011, 10:32:55 PM »

Bloody good Christmas pressie!

Sterling Moose · « **Reply #1540 on:** December 27, 2011, 03:52:49 AM »

"The Steampunk Bible" from my good friend Chairface.

Thanks Matey, an excellent Xmas giftie!!

Donpimpom · « **Reply #1541 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:59:58 AM »

Facsimile edition of "La Guerre au XXeme Siecle" (1887) from Albert Robida, also known as "le Jules Verne du crayon" a real inspiration for any VSF fan.
Recently i learned about a limited facsimile edition in 2009 of 250 prints, in spanish, and i have been lucky enough to get one at a sensible price :-)
If you want more info look here
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2005/12/robidas-future.html

JollyBob · « **Reply #1542 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:28:01 AM »

A reprinted edition of E.W. Barton-Wright's Bartitsu manual, from my folks for Christmas.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Holmes-School-Self-defence-Professor/dp/1907332731/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325672456&sr=1-1#_

A very well produced little volume, whose gentleman's club style of writing belies the viciousness of some of the techniques it describes. For example, after detailing how to deal with a knife-armed ruffian by throwing your coat over his head and tripping him, it ends the passage with "you will find your opponent now in a perfect position for you to break his leg", or words to that effect.

This is not for the jolly sportsman.

Comsquare · « **Reply #1543 on:** January 04, 2012, 08:45:09 PM »

Quote from: JollyBob on January 04, 2012, 10:28:01 AM

A reprinted edition of E.W. Barton-Wright's Bartitsu manual, from my folks for Christmas.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Holmes-School-Self-defence-Professor/dp/1907332731/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325672456&sr=1-1#_

A very well produced little volume, whose gentleman's club style of writing belies the viciousness of some of the techniques it describes. For example, after detailing how to deal with a knife-armed ruffian by throwing your coat over his head and tripping him, it ends the passage with "you will find your opponent now in a perfect position for you to break his leg", or words to that effect.

This is not for the jolly sportsman.

Thanks for sharing that, Jollybob, ordered it right away.

Jim French · « **Reply #1544 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:12:29 PM »

2 Ospreys: The US LRRPs in Nam in the Warrior Series. And, in the same series, The German Sturmpionere 1939-45.
I have been interested in LRRPs for some time.
We have been trying to add some engineering capabilities to our WWII games for a while and the German book will be a companion to the US combat engineer volume. Might look into corduroy rodas for the mud of the Eastern Front.

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