Grand unified books thread

[Ed Anger]

I was just wondering how people doing the drinking thing survived my recent enthusiastic posts.

We aren't really taking a drink. Duh.

[Threviel]

I'm starting Shattered Sword on Berkut's recommendation.

Any good?

[crazy canuck]

I was just wondering how people doing the drinking thing survived my recent enthusiastic posts.

We aren't really taking a drink. Duh.

[11B4V]

Reading Stahl's Operation Barbarossa 50 pages in and having issues with some uncited claims he makes. 

[Ed Anger]

Reading Stahl's Operation Barbarossa 50 pages in and having issues with some uncited claims he makes. 

Heh, I was reading Constantine Pleshakov's Tsar's Last Armada and tossed it aside after he claimed the Kaiser was a pillow biter.

I liked his Stalin's Folly much better.

[11B4V]

Reading Stahl's Operation Barbarossa 50 pages in and having issues with some uncited claims he makes. 

Heh, I was reading Constantine Pleshakov's Tsar's Last Armada and tossed it aside after he claimed the Kaiser was a pillow biter.

I liked his Stalin's Folly much better.

I'll keep driving on but, that just makes it tedious.

[Neil]

I'm starting Shattered Sword on Berkut's recommendation.

Any good?

So far I'm liking it.  The Japanocentric view intrigues me, since most of the Midway histories I've read.  I'm also enjoying that it's somewhat hard on Yamamoto.

[garbon]

Odd, why would someone want to pay for an ebook put out by P'dox that is freely available from other ebook services? Are their prefaces that good?

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?748004-The-Art-of-War-and-The-Prince-now-available-as-Paradox-ebooks!

Let the grand masters of old lead the way when you experience Europa Universalis IV! To celebrate the new Conquest of Paradise expansion, Paradox Books has released its own editions of two timeless classic works of war and politics: The Art of War by Sun Tzu and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. These books are both in the public domain, but they have been given new prefaces by senior staff members of Paradox Development Studio. Both books are available in the Apple iBookstore now: The Art of War and The Prince.

[Capetan Mihali]

These books are both in the public domain, but they have been given new prefaces by senior staff members of Paradox Development Studio. Both books are available in the Apple iBookstore now: The Art of War and The Prince.

[Grey Fox]

I'm reading Prime Minister Stephen Harper's A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs & the Rise of Professional Hockey

It's very good book about the early history of Professional Hockey and the death of Amateur sports in Canada.

[Barrister]

I'm reading Prime Minister Stephen Harper's A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs & the Rise of Professional Hockey

It's very good book about the early history of Professional Hockey and the death of Amateur sports in Canada.

I'm only half-way through, but enjoying it.

Problem is, of course, is that Harper isn't much of a writer.  It's very workmanlike stuff.  Thankfully the story he's telling is interesting enough to make it worthwhile.

[Valmy]

Monty sucks.

Everybody knows who the best general on the Western Front was.  Lattre de Tassigny

[Grey Fox]

I'm reading Prime Minister Stephen Harper's A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs & the Rise of Professional Hockey

It's very good book about the early history of Professional Hockey and the death of Amateur sports in Canada.

I'm only half-way through, but enjoying it.

Problem is, of course, is that Harper isn't much of a writer.  It's very workmanlike stuff.  Thankfully the story he's telling is interesting enough to make it worthwhile.

From me the novelty is reading the story from the point of view of Toronto instead of Montreal, that's a first.

I'm reading the French translation, it's a very good translation. One of the best I've come across.

[Josephus]

yeah I got that Harper book for christmas. Been thinking about picking it up.

[Admiral Yi]

You are all very loyal citizens.

I'm reading King Edward VII: The Playboy Prince.  I got it for my mom for Christmas.