Latest book received

[Hammers]

As per recommendations by the Lead Adventure Reading Circle (Plynkes, Helen et all) I ordered a few books right before Christmas and now I have them in my hands:





...and this one, which may not have been a recommendation but an indulgence of my own:



And now I have to put this one on my shopping list:

[white knight]

Over 1500 pages of Weird War Madness with these 3 comic compilations form the DC Showcase series in glorious Black & White:

   

[JollyBob]

Oh yes!

Thanks for the heads up WK, I'll have to keep an eye out for those now.  

[Westfalia Chris]

Good Lord! Nazis and Dinosaurs! Nazisaurs! Does it get any better than that?!?

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[Auton]

Just treated myself to some audio books. Great for listening to whilst painting  

[Lowtardog]

Not pulp but a darned good book and one I have been looking for for a while, finally got my grubby hands on it

[knoxville]

Bernard Cornwell - Lords of the north
Bernard Cornwell - Heretic

Fantasy Flight Games - The Art of H.P. Lovecraft's the Cthulhu Mythos

[Poliorketes]

Got these yesterday:
Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics
Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World (3000 B.C. to 500 A.D.): Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics

Most of the pictures aren't new, you can find them in Conollys Greece & Rome at War or Warrys Warfare in the classical World. But on first look the articles seem to be worth the buy. Both books have 5 chapters - on infantry, cavalry, leadership, siege and naval warfare and there are lots of battle diagramms, amongst them not only the 'must haves' like Gaugamela or Hastings, but (from an anglo-saxon point of view) exotics like Legnano, too.Then the authors try to explain what happened in the battles, e.g. how the roman maniples managed to close in with Perseus' Phalangites.

[twrchtrwyth]

Flashman's Lady, .45 Amazing War Stories, The Black Dossier (LXG).

[dominic]

@Auton - where did you get those sci-fi audio books from?  They look interesting!

[Col.Stone]

Not pulp either but a book i found while looking for a "cheap" Afghanistan Bear trap after reading lowtardogs post a few days ago
Afghan Guerilla warfare.
First glances tells me it's packed with scenario ideas etc..
http://www.amazon.com/Afghan-Guerilla-Warfare-Jalali/dp/190257947X

[dusser]

I just checked out the book Liberty:  The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France by Lucy Moore.  I loved her book Thieves' Opera and have always wanted to read something else by her.  I am not far into the book, but so far I am not disappointed.  It's a bit late for the swashbuckling era, but it still might have spark some ideas for gaming.  Either way, an intriguing subject.

http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Lives-Times-Revolutionary-France/dp/006082526X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201740676&sr=8-1

[Trencher]

Today I received "Fights and Flights" by C.R. Samson. This is a reprint of the 1930 edition. The book is an excellent account of the RNAS in WWI. It covers the early 1914 armoured car actions against German Uhlans as well as bombing raids during the Gallipoli campaign and seaplane clashes in the Northern Sea. I wonder why they didn't made a movie about this.
Now I have to get me one of those pusher-kites in 1/48...

[Lowtardog]

Not pulp either but a book i found while looking for a "cheap" Afghanistan Bear trap after reading lowtardogs post a few days ago
Afghan Guerilla warfare.
First glances tells me it's packed with scenario ideas etc..
http://www.amazon.com/Afghan-Guerilla-Warfare-Jalali/dp/190257947X

It looks a good read, is it similar to the Other side of the mountain. I just got the Bear went over and am awaiting the other side. Amazon had a buy both deal for £46 which was the best price I have seen for new books.

The Bear has 42 vignettes in it each would be ideal as a scenario, this sounds very similar :mrgreen:

You and I need our own Moderns thread :mrgreen:  

[assi]

Its.... strange but nice to read. Not really bristled with "i gotta do that in Lead" Ideas, but indded nice to read with an interesting storyline and setting.