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Upcoming Hospital Stay - Need Book Recommendation (Vanity)
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Posted on 12/06/2016 6:28:58 PM PST by Veggie Todd

After surgery, I'll be in the hospital for about five days. Not sure how much lucid time I'll have, but I want to take a good book. I like Nonfiction, History, Autobiographies, and of course, America.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: books; fiction; nonfiction; reading; vanity
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To: Veggie Todd
The Old Way: A Story of the First People
21 posted on 12/06/2016 6:36:35 PM PST by pa_dweller (Trump 290, Clinton 232 - The vote heard 'round the world.)
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To: workerbee

Exodus. Fiction based on fact. 600 pages. You won’t put it down.


22 posted on 12/06/2016 6:36:37 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Veggie Todd

I’m currently reading “Jefferson and Hamilton, The rivalry that forged a nation.” The Author is John Ferling, and so far I would recommend it to anyone.


23 posted on 12/06/2016 6:37:00 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (Lock her up!)
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To: mrsmith

Menachem Begin, Revolt. About the Irgun.


24 posted on 12/06/2016 6:37:06 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Election 2016 - Best election ever.)
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To: Veggie Todd

Can you laugh?

“Non Campus Mentis”

If not, “Centennial” (Mitchner)


25 posted on 12/06/2016 6:37:23 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: Veggie Todd

The Sack of Panama is very good. by Peter Earl.

So is The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, by Bernal Diaz. This book is much longer.

If you have not read Democracy in America by de Toqueville, It is excellent. Not a fast read, though.


26 posted on 12/06/2016 6:37:43 PM PST by marktwain
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To: combat_boots

“Non Campus Mentis”
https://www.amazon.com/Non-Campus-Mentis-Henriksson-2001-09-01/dp/B017YCL19A/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WMRPBKHDQB10MRSWA0YM


27 posted on 12/06/2016 6:38:46 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: Veggie Todd

Have you read Matt Bracken’s (our own Travis McGhee’s) Enemy series? I would also recommend Unintended Consequences


28 posted on 12/06/2016 6:39:37 PM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: Veggie Todd

The Bible is always a good one :) Prayers for a speedy recovery


29 posted on 12/06/2016 6:39:53 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Veggie Todd
My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas
30 posted on 12/06/2016 6:40:02 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: Veggie Todd

“Growing Up”, by Russell Baker. It’s an easy read, autobiography, so well-written, and thoroughly enjoyable. Good luck with surgery.


31 posted on 12/06/2016 6:41:42 PM PST by ZinGirl (kids in college....can't afford a tagline right now)
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To: Veggie Todd

I have a few books to recommend, one of them by one of our very own...LS. (his book might be well suited to picking up and putting down!)

I recommend the following:

“The Aviators” by Winston Groom. It is about three of the most influential American aviators not named “Wright”. It is about Eddie Rickenbacker, Charles Lindbergh, and Jimmy Doolittle. I just finished reading it again for the third time, it is an extremely entertaining read, and highly informative. Lots of history about those men I was unaware of.

“No True Glory” by Bing West. This is about the battle for Fallujah, and any time you are feeling somewhat low about the quality of the snowflakes who might be called on to defend us, this give you hope because these are men who comported themselves with the best we have ever had in uniform, and fought a vicious battle against fanatical defenders. Great read!

“A Patriot’s History of The United States” by Larry Schweikart. Not because LS is one of us (though that is a positive thing) but it is readable, well presented, and can be skipped around in. You can read a piece of one chapter, go two thirds of the way into the book and read another. You can put it down and pick it up. Great book for anyone, but most of all, a Freeper!

Good luck with your surgery!


32 posted on 12/06/2016 6:42:08 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Veggie Todd

If you haven’t already read it, I recommend Chuck Yeager’s autobiography. It’s interesting, upbeat, and an easy read. It came out sometime in the mid 1980s.


33 posted on 12/06/2016 6:42:10 PM PST by Huntress ("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
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To: Veggie Todd

I recently finished reading “With the Old Breed; At Peleliu and Okinawa” by E.B. Sledge. Excellent first hand account of the war in the Pacific in WW2. It is available on Kindle.


34 posted on 12/06/2016 6:42:42 PM PST by Big Red Clay (Greetings from the Big Red State)
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To: Veggie Todd

Collateral Crimes

Valdo Esposito is a hit man with a gambling problem. In need of cash, he contracts with erratic ATF Agent James Roberts for what turns out to be a gun running operation, but Roberts insists upon controlling every detail of the operation, needlessly complicating what should be a simple crime.

Jonathan Starker is a highly successful graphic novelist who needs to get to Phoenix to speak at a comic book convention, but his fear of flying forces him to find other means of transportation, putting him on a collision course with the gun runners and flinging him into a real-life adventure filled with cliff-hanging predicaments in a strange environment.

In the midst of the chaos, Jonathan encounters gutsy Internet journalist Jessenia “Jesse” Conrad who helps him find his way through the mess, all the while scheming to parlay the inside scoop of their exploits into a blockbuster news story. Complications arise when Jonathan finds himself becoming attracted to Jesse.

In the end, Jonathan must learn to grow up and fight for his life.

35 posted on 12/06/2016 6:43:14 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Honor Bound by W.E.B. Griffin

Agreed 100%, or at least the first 4 or 5 of the series.

36 posted on 12/06/2016 6:43:47 PM PST by sharkhawk (GO CUBS GO)
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To: Veggie Todd

The Roosevelt Myth by John Flynn


37 posted on 12/06/2016 6:43:49 PM PST by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: Veggie Todd

Atlas Shrugged

The Iliad

Aesops Fables? LOL


38 posted on 12/06/2016 6:44:03 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: MtnClimber

“This was once a custom of my people. In my lifetime I shall take two. This is the first.”


39 posted on 12/06/2016 6:44:36 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: combat_boots

For a good non-fiction choice I recommend: Galileo’s Daughter


40 posted on 12/06/2016 6:44:56 PM PST by mcswan
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