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« Reply #45 on: August 21, 2010, 11:38:27 AM »
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"The sea of Trolls" and WOW is it good.
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« Reply #46 on: September 09, 2010, 08:20:55 PM »
Franz Kafka : The Metamorphosis
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« Reply #47 on: January 22, 2011, 11:54:48 PM »
V for Vendetta.
Ruddy spiffing.
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« Reply #48 on: January 23, 2011, 12:29:40 AM »
The Collected Stories - Arthur C. Clarke

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« Reply #49 on: January 23, 2011, 01:38:41 AM »
Just read a few snippets from The Celts by Gerhard Herm.

Nordic "Atlantians" and other protohistoric-european-superpowers, 700 year carbon dating errors, and theories on the Ur (the "original" people) from which descended all Indo-Europeans. (those are the not-so-Celtic chapters)

A wee bit farcical at times but an interesting read.

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« Reply #50 on: January 23, 2011, 03:25:42 AM »
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Just read a few snippets from The Celts by Gerhard Herm.

Nordic "Atlantians" and other protohistoric-european-superpowers, 700 year carbon dating errors, and theories on the Ur (the "original" people) from which descended all Indo-Europeans. (those are the not-so-Celtic chapters)

A wee bit farcical at times but an interesting read.
Aaah that sounds good.  I'd like to read that I think.  

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« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2011, 06:46:52 AM »
"Collapse" by Jared Diamond. I've only read three chapters and I've already stopped at least 3 times reading to reflect on what the book made me think about. I highly recommend it. Basically, as the title reads, it's the attempt to explain the collapse of societies and cultures.

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« Reply #52 on: January 23, 2011, 06:52:43 AM »
Oh, I've got something, Temeraire (or His Majesty's Dragon for you American folks)  Combines Napoleonic warfare, with Dragons.  Excellent read, they are so good.
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« Reply #53 on: January 23, 2011, 09:34:45 AM »
Dead men walking by steven lyons

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« Reply #54 on: January 23, 2011, 06:48:50 PM »
The Gun: The AK-47 and the Evolution of War by C. J. Chiver. Really intresting goes through the invention of different automatic weapons as well as thier reception and use in warfare

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« Reply #55 on: January 23, 2011, 09:18:13 PM »
You revolutionary, you.  :P

I really want to get round to reading my lovely shiny copy of the Alexiad, but haven't gotten round to it yet. :(
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« Reply #56 on: January 23, 2011, 10:03:01 PM »
yup just getting all the info i can before staging my militray coup. Also reading Sun Tzu's art of war so im totally prepared

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« Reply #57 on: January 23, 2011, 10:08:53 PM »
You actually have a copy of art of war? Can I borrow it at some point?
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« Reply #58 on: January 23, 2011, 10:21:38 PM »
That's like having War and Peace in your bathroom. :P
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« Reply #59 on: January 23, 2011, 10:38:20 PM »
@Jubal

Yer sure, it's not a very good copy though, poor formating. It's also got 'the book of five rings' in it which is also about military strategy but was written by a samurai