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  1. Gromit801

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    Finished Neptune's Inferno, and finally got through The German Invasion of Norway. Great book, but Norwegian names are challenging.
     
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    And now starting The Battle for Norway.... wonder what the world will be like when I finish? lol.
     
    Gromit801, Apr 27, 2011
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  3. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Just received a Kindle today and started downloading books! The Last Stand of The Tin Can sailors was my first download. Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant and "Boots and Saddles" by George A. Custer's wife Elizabeth have also been added. The autobiography of Mark Twain is sitting on the coffee table now too. If I'm not around much for a while this will be one reason. 218,665 books on History waiting to be perused, 8570 titles on Military History and 14,279 on US History. Over 900,000 books available !

    Hoo-ah!
     
    Biak, Apr 28, 2011
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  4. LRusso216

    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Now you're in for it. My wife has a Kindle and I have a Nook. The download prices are so much better than the hardback price, and the storage problem is non-existent. I read Neptune's Inferno on it. Next up is Ambrose's The Pacific.

    Have fun.
     
    LRusso216, Apr 28, 2011
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  5. Spartanroller

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    How're you getting on with the Kindle itself? been waiting until I actually tried one out but still not got round to it.
     
    Spartanroller, Apr 28, 2011
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Nigel, I think you'd like it. It's easy to manipulate and there are plenty of books available. I didn't think I would care for it, but the e-readers grow on you.
     
    LRusso216, Apr 28, 2011
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    That's what I'm thinking too - I just can't afford many books at the minute and don't want to get loaded down with a collection either, and I'm so missing my traditional book a day that I think I might have to save up for one.
     
    Spartanroller, Apr 28, 2011
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  8. Biak

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    Lou,
    I see many late nights in my Future. I saw "Neptune's Inferno" listed and it's on my "Wish list" for later. The other two were only 99 cents each. I would have downloaded more but wanted to READ! I'll be getting this thing filled up. Well maybe, doesn't it hold something like 3,000 books? I sat here this morning within 10 minutes of opening the package and started reading.
    Household chores and outdoor work is really going to be a distraction now. Good thing the Wife enjoys mowing and cutting brush.
     
    Biak, Apr 28, 2011
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    I'm currently reading "Pilot On The Run" by Errol Braithwaite.
     
    Spitfire_XIV, Apr 28, 2011
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    I finished 'Flags of Our Fathers'. Really good book. It gave you a really good insight on who the Flagraisers of Mount Suribachi really were. Now I'm starting 'the Pacific'. After I read that one, I'll have to watch the TV miniseries. :)
     
    Radar4077, Apr 30, 2011
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    Just got Halsey's Typhoon for my Nook. I've read the first 50 pages or so, and it's a pretty good read. I think Ambrose's The Pacific might be next.
     
    LRusso216, Apr 30, 2011
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    I am currently reading Rick Atkinson's "The Day of Battle" The war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. Fabulous read! Looking forward to finishing his trilogy.
     
    akf86surf, May 16, 2011
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    Ian Kershaw's biography of Hitler.
     
    AMFzerg, May 25, 2011
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    About the only "alone" time left anymore!
     
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    "No place for chivalry"
    RAF night fighters defend the east of England against the German air force in two world wars
    By Alastair Goodrum
    Grub Street 2005
     
    Kai-Petri, May 29, 2011
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    Just finished vol.6 of the Illustrated WWII encyclopedia, (18 more to go!) Taking a short break with a book on Martin Borman.
     
    belasar, May 29, 2011
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    About midway through Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken. It's the story of Lou Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was a bombardier on a bomber that was forced to ditch. He spent 47 days adrift before being "rescued" by the Japanese navy. Good story so far.
     
    LRusso216, Jun 6, 2011
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    That's gotta suck. Talk about jumping from the skillet to the frying pan there.
     
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