Latest book received

[commissarmoody]

Just got, "Use Me, Modern warfare" today. 

[former user]

just reading
"Jewish pirates of the Caribbean"
http://www.amazon.de/Jewish-Pirates-Caribbean-Swashbuckling-Freedom/dp/0767919521

very interesting take on previously rather unknown aspects of history
not a novel, but an entertaining history book, do not expect Johnny Depp with kippah

very recommendable

[soldieroftheline]

Just downloaded Red Steel: Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Cold War free on Kindle:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Steel-Soviet-Vehicles-ebook/dp/B00AYH4ULY/ref=wl_mb_hu_c_1_dp

No idea if it's any good but it's free!

Rob

[cdr]

Just finished The return of a king by Dalrymple

some things never change !

Carl

[commissarmoody]

"Galaxy in Flames" by Ben Counter.
And
Frank Herbert's, "DUNE"

[Onebigriver]

Band of Brigands; The Extraordinary Story of the First Men in Tanks by Christy Campbell

[Vermis]

Found a branch of The Works that still had a copy of Trevor Royle's The Wars of the Roses.

[HerbyF]

Going to have to look for this one. "Jewish pirates of the Caribbean"
http://www.amazon.de/Jewish-Pirates-Caribbean-Swashbuckling-Freedom/dp/0767919521

[Poiter50]

Book Depository has it.

Going to have to look for this one. "Jewish pirates of the Caribbean"
http://www.amazon.de/Jewish-Pirates-Caribbean-Swashbuckling-Freedom/dp/0767919521

[MajorTalon]

I just got Horus Heresy Book One: The Betrayal from Forge World.

 


Boy, is it worth the money! It bound in faux leather, has silver gilding on the pages, and metal tips on the front and back covers to protect them. 289 pages, about 100 of which are the Heresy era rules. It's awesome!

[Vermis]

I was in Forbidden Planet today and noticed the names 'Alan Moore' and 'Kevin O'Neill' on a book titled Nemo: Heart of Ice.

'Tis brilliant.

[Plynkes]

Band of Brigands; The Extraordinary Story of the First Men in Tanks by Christy Campbell

Good book that.



Bought some while ago, but only just got around to reading it:



Not a religious person myself, but very interested in the subject (to the extent of studying it at A Level at least). A tome chock full of heroes and villains: John Wycliffe, the Lollards, Richard II and the Peasants' Revolt, Jan Hus and Martin Luther, William Tyndale, Sir Thomas More (boo!), Henry VIII, Thomases Cranmer and Cromwell, Mary Tudor, King James I, John Bunyan. To name but a few.

Highly recommended. A compelling story from those bizarre times when they would burn Christians at the stake for having read the Bible. Quite inspirational really, a few steps on the road out of darkness and towards the light (that light being thinking for yourself rather than just thinking what you are told).

And to boot, out of all this these people made a beautiful thing, above all else: The modern English language.

[HerbyF]

Bought this at "Half Price Books" for $7.99. Little Known Wars of Great and Lasting Impact by Alan Axelrod.

[answer_is_42]

Bought some while ago, but only just got around to reading it:

If you haven't already considered it I can recommend Melvyn Bragg's recent book on the same topic, jolly good.

My latest purchases have been Paul Kennedy’s Rise and Fall of the Great Powers and A.T. Mahan’s The Influence of Sea Power upon History. A summer of imperial reading awaits!

[carlos marighela]

"A compelling story from those bizarre times when they would burn Christians at the stake for having read the Bible. Quite inspirational really..."

I agree entirely with the sentiment, especially the ones that come a knocking on the weekend proffering copies of the Watchtower. Alas, that sort of thing has fallen into decline and is on the wrong side of the law these days.