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Statism (and its derivatives, such as socialism, in centuries past it might have been the 'divine right of kings' or any other form of tyranny) fails, not because one group of thugs happened to get it wrong, but because its contrary to human nature.

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I always thought it was ironic that Marx decried religion when it was exactly what he needed to implement his “system” whereas Adam Smith embraced its place in the free market. I hope that everyone that’s currently reading Atlas Shrugged will follow it up by reading The Wealth of Nations.

Tucker Max - I hope they serve beer in hell

If you have ever thought of cruising on a sailboat, you must read "Starbound" by Gordon Stuermer.

A thread a few days ago mentioned.....

Maneater of ________

by ______ Corbett


(The ______ is my lost memory.)

edit: Maneaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett.... google is my friend.

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Great thread here. On the recommendations from those who posted, I picked up these books:

- Into Thin Air (Krakauer)
- Lone Survivor (Luttrell)
- Plugger (Grigar)
- The Big Rich (Burrough)

Should be plenty to keep me reading during the next 8 days in Virgin Gorda (British Virgin Islands). Will report back on the reading.

Another one like Signel's is

The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedomhttp://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-True-Story-Freedom/dp/1558216847
It's about these four guys who escape from a Soviet prison camp and walk from Siberia to British India.


One Author I love is Lawrence Millman. Great non-friction, mainly about explorations in the Arctic. Hard to find though as most of his work is out of print.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=lawrenc+millman&x=0&y=0

if you like fantasy or don't mind long books you should read the malazan series by Stephen Erickson the first one is called Gardens of the Moon currently waiting on the 10th one

Death in the Long Grass--Peter Capstick. Best African Safari book I've read.

If you want to freak yourself out (good eye opener), I would try "Mindhunter" or "Journey into Darkness" by John Douglas.

"Night of the Grizzlies" by Jack Olson is pretty interesting.

"The Beast in the Garden" by David Baron is one of the best books I have read in a while. It looks at the background behind the biology and socialogy prior the the mountain lion attacks/fatalities in Boulder.

Just finished lone survivor. Must it is a heck of a book and would highly recommend it.

Now I am starting "miracle in the Andes".

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that is all.

Atlas Shrugged

Lonesome Dove

Comanche Moon

Lords of Discipline

Great Santini

Godfather

Good choices rhtex


Anything by Cormac McCarthy will not let you down either.

One of my favorites: Islands in the Stream - Hemingway. IMHO its one of his best and most underrated. It has some fishing in the gulf stream in it, some very hard drinking and some pretty good action with the ladies. Basically an autobiography of myself and Hemingway.

Anybody read Killology by Dave Grossman?

The Big One

about the annual striper tourney at martha's vinyard- great book for anglers

Just finished Miracle in the Andes. It was a pretty good book and would recommend it. Man it would suck to have to eat your friends to stay alive.

Almost anything by John McPhee. Start with "Coming Into The Country," true stories from Alaska. All of his work is non-fiction.

"Joker One"-
Marine platoon leader in Iraq 2004

"Three Cups of Tea" --American guy who tried and failed to climb K2 (big mountain) and instead started building schools in the remote northwest part of Pakistan

Shadow Divers is a great book

http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Divers-Adventure-Americans-Everything/dp/0375508589

"Citizen Soldiers", by Stephen Ambrose, who also wrote "Band of Brothers". It is set in the European theater, from D-Day to the end of the war.

"The Coming Plague", by Laurie Garrett. About newly emerging diseases such as Ebola, and the people who hunt them down.

The best book I've read in the past several years is "Gates of Fire", by Pressfield (sp?). It is fiction, but set in the true events and people leading up to the battle at Thermopylae. Great ending too, even when you know what happens to the main body of Spartans...

wild at heart

I just finished atlas shrugged today. GREAT book!

Contrabando - Don Henry Ford Jr
Lone Survivor -Marcus Luttrell
Down by the River - Charles Bowden

Mostly Tailfeathers: Stories About Guns and Dogs and Birds and Other Odds and Ends by Gene Hill. A very entertaining collection of short stories about shooting, bird hunting, fishing, and the outdoors in general. If you're like me several of them will seem autobiographical.

King Rat by James Clavell. It is a mixture of fiction and autobiography as he uses this book to write about his time as a POW in Changi prison during WWII.

Atlas Shrugged was great.

Some great recs here.

I'm re-reading Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley." Good stuff. Next on tap is Corbett's "Maneaters of Kumaon."

In that same vein is John Patterson's "Maneaters of the Tsavo." it was the basis for the film "Ghost and the Darkness."

Love all of James Clavel books and each book seems to build from the other.

Empire of the Summer Moon I think is a must read if you are from Texas.

Unbroken - just finished and it was freaking awesome.

Lone Survivor +1

Gates of the Alamo is historical fiction. There are some interesting ideas discussed especially regarding the idea that no Texian escaped the Alamo.

I am on a long time mission to re-locate a book called "Johnny Christmas." I don't recall the author as I was given the book 20 years ago, loaned it to several friends and never got it back. It is historical fiction that begins with a young man riding with a raiding party Texians during the Texas Revolution, then follows his life through beaver trapping in the Rockies, marrying an indian, having his horse stolen by a cavalry officer--great story.

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan

Fascinating read on the formation of the Forest Service and how they battled one of the largest forest fires in US history.

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne

There were moments in this book where my jaw dropped amazed at the skills of the Comanche. You do not want to mess with these people.

FICTION
The Dummy Line - About a father and daughter being pursued by outlaws on their Alabama deer lease.

Sal Batree - A group of survivors in Mississippi after a total government collapse.

The Hunger Games Trilogy

The River Why - A "coming of age" book about an angler in Oregon.

Blood Meridian - Dark and Violent Cormac McCarthy book set during the closing days of the Mexican American war.

The Black Flower - A Civil War novel and one of my favoriate fictional works.

NON FICTION

Brutal Journey - the survival story of Cabeza De Vaca

Sea of Gray - chronicles the confederate raider "Shenandoah" during their Civil War circumnavigation of the globe.

Sowbelly - about America's fascination with the pursuit of trophy bass.

Down the Great Unknown - About the 1869 expedition down the Grand Canyon. This is an excellent adventure story.

Marine Sniper - Biography of sniper Carlos Hathcock in the Vietnam War.



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Anything By John McPhee but especially The Control of Nature

American Revolution 2.0