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Anyone know of any good books for Christmas presents?

Posted on 12/12/2004 10:33:49 PM PST by atari

can be of any topic/genre and has to be in an adult age group (ie; no childrens books).

thanks :)


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1 posted on 12/12/2004 10:33:49 PM PST by atari
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To: atari

Saw a HUGE history of the US NAVY in Costco this afternoon. Almost bought myself a Christmanst present...


2 posted on 12/12/2004 10:35:08 PM PST by konaice
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Try anything by Dean Koontz. The guy is a solid supporter of our troops and he's a very popular author.

Michael Crichton also has a new book out called, "State of Fear." I like his stuff a lot and that book is on my wish list.

Worse comes to worse, go to Barnes & Noble and get a gift card.

3 posted on 12/12/2004 10:36:05 PM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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To: konaice

I wouldn't buy anything from Costco. The management are all heavy RAT contributors.


4 posted on 12/12/2004 10:36:28 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: atari

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5 posted on 12/12/2004 10:36:47 PM PST by martin_fierro (Holder of an M.A. degree in The Obvious)
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To: atari

State of Fear, by Michael Crichton, as covered by John Stossel on Fri. night's 20/20: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=316580&page=1


6 posted on 12/12/2004 10:38:31 PM PST by ntnychik (Proud member of the Bush-wazee)
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7 posted on 12/12/2004 10:39:52 PM PST by RandallFlagg (FReepers, Do NOT let the voter fraud stories die!!!! (Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name))
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To: atari
Highly recommend the new "Night Fall," a novel based on various theories about the controversial TWA Flight 800 crash near Long Island just before the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. About half-way through right now and it's excellent!
8 posted on 12/12/2004 10:40:02 PM PST by varina davis
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To: atari

"The Enemy Within" by Michael Savage


9 posted on 12/12/2004 10:40:13 PM PST by SpyGuy (Liberalism is slow societal suicide.)
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To: atari

Do any of the people like Alternative history?


The series by Harry Turtledove is very good, starting with "How Few Remain" and going up to WW2....

He also wrote "The Guns of the South", a story in which the CSA gets the AK-47 in 1864.....


10 posted on 12/12/2004 10:40:17 PM PST by MikefromOhio (27 days until I can leave Iraq for good....)
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To: konaice

Pafko at the Wall by Don Delillo -- a must have for the baseball fan.


11 posted on 12/12/2004 10:40:18 PM PST by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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To: atari

Or anything by Michelle Malkin or Ann Coulter.


12 posted on 12/12/2004 10:41:10 PM PST by SpyGuy (Liberalism is slow societal suicide.)
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To: atari
Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matt Bracken, a.k.a. the freeper Travis Mcgee.
13 posted on 12/12/2004 10:42:20 PM PST by spodefly (I've posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
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To: RandallFlagg

Just finished reading How to Talk to a Liberal. I laughed all the way through it at some of the things Ann said and mostly how she said them.


14 posted on 12/12/2004 10:43:21 PM PST by Santana (Proud aunt of niece serving in Iraq)
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To: atari
W is reading The Case for Democracy by Sharansky. Rush and others have raved about it, and the author.

From Amazon.com reviews:

"[Author] Natan Sharansky has lived an unusual life, spending nine years as a Soviet political prisoner and nine years as an Israeli politician. ...

"When there is every reason to doubt that freedom will prevail in the Middle East, this book declares unequivocally that the skeptics are wrong. The argument advanced here makes clear why lasting tyranny can be consigned to history's dustbin if the free world stays true to its ideals. The question is not whether we have the power to change the world but whether we have the will. Summoning that will demands that we move beyond Right and Left and start thinking about right and wrong."

15 posted on 12/12/2004 10:43:31 PM PST by GretchenM (Because the wicked never stop, the righteous must work even harder.)
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To: atari

Hmmm. Let's see:

Non-Fiction-
The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz
Titan (The Life of JD Rockefeller) by Ron Chernow
Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black
Hitler's Table Talk

Fiction-
The Necroscope Series by Brian Lumley
The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


16 posted on 12/12/2004 10:44:37 PM PST by Cyclopean Squid (The 80s belonged to the Gipper, the Aughts belong to Dubya!)
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To: Prime Choice

Koontz's most recent (last five years or so) has also had a fairly solid conservative and Godly tone. Check out his last (the Taking) as a prime example. I just finished his newest (Life Expectancy) and it was awesome.


17 posted on 12/12/2004 10:45:40 PM PST by radicalamericannationalist (The Senate is our new goal: 60 in '06.)
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To: Prime Choice

Yes, Virginia, there's even a Part 2!

18 posted on 12/12/2004 10:46:15 PM PST by martin_fierro (Holder of an M.A. degree in The Obvious)
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To: MikeinIraq

Both "What If" and "What If II" are excellent books with short essays by top historians covering things in history that could have gone another way. Not too dense or academic.

Wish someone would have covered "What if the Russians Won the Russo-Japanese War" though.

That would have completely changed World History in every conceivable way. I'm sure there would have been no Communist Revolution eventually in Russia, and Japan likely would have never attacked the US.


19 posted on 12/12/2004 10:46:39 PM PST by Strategerist
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Yes, Virginia, there's even a Part 2!

And don't forget the horrific spin-off: Frosty the Hitman!

;o)

20 posted on 12/12/2004 10:49:31 PM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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