VANITY: Book Recommendations Wanted

[Snoopers-868th]

William Manchester, The Glory and the Dream

[Experiment 6-2-6]

The Siege of Malta was originally translated I think from a Spanish text..

The Siege Of Malta, 1565 (ISBN: 1843831406)
Francisco Balbi di Correggio

Another work along the same vein:

THE GREAT SIEGE MALTA 1565
Bradford , Renle

By the way, get cheap used books as well as hard to find books at www.abebooks.com I’ve had no complaints.

You can use to determine good prices between it, Amazon and ebay..

[Nailbiter]

Ping,,, book suggestions

[IncPen]

It’s late, so I’ll leave it to you to look up the explanations... Every one is really, really good...

Batavia’s Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic

And the Sea Shall Embrace Them
The Frontiersmen, By Alan Eckert

Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship

With the Old Breed, by EB Sledge

The Last of the Tin Can Sailors

In His Own Hand, Ronald Reagan’s speeches

Any of William Shirer’s books on Nazi Germany

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln

And some fluff:

Billion Dollar Kiss (not a great book, but an insight to writers in Hollywood)

You’ll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again (in case you ever forget how despicable Hollywood is)

Disney War (Eisner, whadda schmuck)

[IncPen]

self ping

[pa_dweller]

Saw them listed so I'll second the Capstick and Lone Survivor (current, SEAL team in Afghanistan) recommendations.

Also:

Brown on Resolution - C. S. Forester, Nautical, war. WWI IIRC (fiction).

The Old Man and the Boy - Robert Ruark, growing up out of doors in North Carolina (autobiogralphical)

[Zack Nguyen]

Witness by Whittaker Chambers. The story of a Communist spy turned Christian. The Alger Hiss case figures prominently.