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Post by jeffd on May 3, 2018 14:07:33 GMT -5
I thought I would start a thread to see what all you are reading, and perhaps make, and acquire, some great recommendations. Especially books you like to read while smoking a pipe.
Pipefuls by Christopher Morely.
A collection of short little essays or stories, that occasionally and only peripherally involve pipe smoking but are delightful to read. At my puff pace I get about three essays to the pipe, including sufficient time to think about what I have read, or to at least look like I am deep in contemplation.
What are all a' y'all reading?
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Post by Legend Lover on May 3, 2018 15:51:09 GMT -5
Good idea, Jeff. Although I could have sworn there's a thread called 'what are you reading', but I can't seem to find it.
If I'm doting and there isn't then this is a good start.
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Post by exchef on May 3, 2018 15:54:47 GMT -5
Right now some mental floss. Recently finished LotR.
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Post by jeffd on May 3, 2018 16:46:34 GMT -5
I read that only a few years ago myself. I have a four volume box set that includes The Hobbit. The books are so immersive, and descriptive, that I remember when I closed the book it felt like the room went silent and when I put the book back in the four volume slip case, I wondered that the box itself didn't jump around and fall to the floor, with all the tumultuous activity inside.
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Post by Matthew on May 3, 2018 17:02:31 GMT -5
I'm at the point where I wear reading glasses all the time and use a magnifying glass for reading.I've a 42 inch monitor and have to sit about a foot away to read the forums.Add to that I'm blind in one eye. But,about a year ago I did struggle thru Stephen King's 11/22/1966,I could be wrong about the title.First book I had read in about 3 years at that time. I've some Sherlock essays on my tablet that I peruse at times,but on that I can zoom in easier. thebriarpatchforum.com/board/13/libraryThis would be the sub-forum you were looking for
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Post by Legend Lover on May 4, 2018 1:02:46 GMT -5
Ahh... it was an actual sub-section. That's what threw me. I was looking for a thread. Thank you.
Sorry to hear about your sight. That must make it difficult even being on here.
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Post by Stanhill on May 4, 2018 3:20:51 GMT -5
I'm in the middle of two books; a non-fiction about the Borgias and 'The Crossing' by one of my favourite thriller writers, Michael Connelly. Great reads.
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Post by simnettpratt on May 4, 2018 6:04:13 GMT -5
Stick and Rudder, by Wolfgang Langeweische. A classic since its publication in 1944, this is still arguably the best book on how an airplane flies described from the pilot’s point of view. Microsoft Flight Simulator X, for Pilot's Real World Training, by Jeff Van West and Kevin lane-Cummings. It's 747 pages long. Takes you from the four gaits and trim in a Piper Cub to emergency Commercial Pilot's one engine feathered IFR approaches and landings in a nasty crosswind. Practice your unstoppable IFR clearance copying skills while tackling the notorious VOR DME arc! 747 pages; it covers quite a bit. Lot's of book learnin' - yum. I'd read Hobbit and LoTR for the somethingth time, but you're pretty emotionally drained after the last sentence, as chef and jeff said ![:)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by exchef on May 4, 2018 8:30:55 GMT -5
I'm at the point where I wear reading glasses all the time and use a magnifying glass for reading.I've a 42 inch monitor and have to sit about a foot away to read the forums.Add to that I'm blind in one eye. But,about a year ago I did struggle thru Stephen King's 11/22/1966,I could be wrong about the title.First book I had read in about 3 years at that time. I've some Sherlock essays on my tablet that I peruse at times,but on that I can zoom in easier. thebriarpatchforum.com/board/13/libraryThis would be the sub-forum you were looking for Very sorry to hear about your sight. Have you considered audiobooks as an alternative? I have used them when taking road trips, not quite the same as reading a book but it can be enjoyable. ExChef
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Post by jeffd on May 4, 2018 8:49:49 GMT -5
I'm in the middle of two books; a non-fiction about the Borgias and 'The Crossing' by one of my favourite thriller writers, Michael Connelly. Great reads. I did the audio book of one of Michael Connelly's Bosch thrillers. I wasn't expecting to like it, but I really did.
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Post by jeffd on May 4, 2018 8:57:10 GMT -5
I'm at the point where I wear reading glasses all the time and use a magnifying glass for reading.... Very sorry to hear about your sight. Have you considered audiobooks as an alternative? I have used them when taking road trips, not quite the same as reading a book but it can be enjoyable. ExChef Audiobooks are a great idea. It depends on the reader. I am enjoying Lee Child's Jack Reacher books on audio. The reader is Dick Hill, and he is the reason I listen. He could read a grocery list and I would buy it. Dick Hill did one of the Bosch novels, which is why I started listening to them.
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Post by jeffd on May 4, 2018 9:03:41 GMT -5
Other great books to smoke with would be the Akashic Noir series. I am reading Brooklyn Noir. I finished Manhattan Noir. Each book is a collection of short hard boiled crime stories set in the featured city. They now have them for cities all over the world.
The stories don't take too long, so you can put the book down and get to your day, and each story is a different author, so you get introduced to authors you might not have tried.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 4, 2018 9:07:26 GMT -5
![oldcdgr](//storage.forums.net/6447321/images/juvLHSbPyjgJlrDFxGym.gif) Just started a book The Plutonium Files where our benevolent Government injected Plutonium in some citizens in the 40s to see the effect for the bomb. UNEthical , amoral, downright dirty, but I've seen first hand in S Asia what our Government is capable of. Should be a sad but good read. I usually read 1 fiction and 1 bio or other for balance.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 4, 2018 9:38:55 GMT -5
Stick and Rudder, by Wolfgang Langeweische. A classic since its publication in 1944, this is still arguably the best book on how an airplane flies described from the pilot’s point of view. Microsoft Flight Simulator X, for Pilot's Real World Training, by Jeff Van West and Kevin lane-Cummings. It's 747 pages long. Takes you from the four gaits and trim in a Piper Cub to emergency Commercial Pilot's one engine feathered IFR approaches and landings in a nasty crosswind. Practice your unstoppable IFR clearance copying skills while tackling the notorious VOR DME arc! 747 pages; it covers quite a bit. Lot's of book learnin' - yum. I'd read Hobbit and LoTR for the somethingth time, but you're pretty emotionally drained after the last sentence, as chef and jeff said ![:)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I'm assuming the page-number is not a coincidence?
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2018 11:37:38 GMT -5
Organic Tobacco Growing in America and Other Earth-Friendly Farming - is a quintessential American story of applying vision and values to innovation. The practical guide is ideal for a world that yearns for sustainable, Earth-friendly farming.
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Post by simnettpratt on May 4, 2018 13:58:54 GMT -5
I don't know. Maybe a happy accident? There are no This Page Intentionally Left Blanks in there, and it doesn't even get to jets - the commercial section is flown in light twins still with piston engines. No turboprops or turbines, either. There's a lot of book leaning in aviation; 747 pages only gets you from a Piper Cub (which doesn't even have an electrical system), to light twins like the Beech Baron and King Air 250.
Civilian planes only do five things each flight: takeoff, climb, cruise, descend and land, but think of how many more buttons, knobs and switches there are in a 747 over a Cub to accomplish those same five things. With combat pilots, that's just the beginning; there's a fight in the middle. This is why military pilots and airline captains can be cocky; they really do know a bunch of stuff.
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Post by Matthew on May 4, 2018 14:25:25 GMT -5
Thank you Gentlemen for your concern.I do have a few audio books and have listened to some really good ones in the past.Problem is I'm married and the Mrs doesn't always like what I like. (Silly Women) And she seems to think I want to talk alot,go figure. We have some really FUN times.Seriously we do.Spent 8 hours last week watching the first season of Dr Who.
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Post by Matthew on May 4, 2018 21:55:18 GMT -5
Ahh... it was an actual sub-section. That's what threw me. I was looking for a thread. Thank you. Sorry to hear about your sight. That must make it difficult even being on here. I was led to setting the preferences in Chrome to a 175% zoom, I can now sit back and read all that silly stuff I'm typing.Downloaded an audio book for my wife the other day "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child".And yes,I'll be listening too.Remember "Twist and Flick"
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Post by Wolfman on May 5, 2018 14:13:15 GMT -5
Thank you Gentlemen for your concern.I do have a few audio books and have listened to some really good ones in the past.Problem is I'm married and the Mrs doesn't always like what I like. (Silly Women) And she seems to think I want to talk alot,go figure. We have some really FUN times.Seriously we do.Spent 8 hours last week watching the first season of Dr Who. The original from 1963?
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Post by Ronv69 on May 5, 2018 15:14:23 GMT -5
I have just finished Head On, by John Scalzi. It's the second book in his "Locked In" universe. Pretty good read, but not his best. Really a standard murder mystery with some hard sci-fi thrown in.
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Post by Matthew on May 5, 2018 19:49:47 GMT -5
Thank you Gentlemen for your concern.I do have a few audio books and have listened to some really good ones in the past.Problem is I'm married and the Mrs doesn't always like what I like. (Silly Women) And she seems to think I want to talk alot,go figure. We have some really FUN times.Seriously we do.Spent 8 hours last week watching the first season of Dr Who. The original from 1963?Yep Yep,Go to BritBox.com. Something like $7 a month after the first week.
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Post by Wolfman on May 5, 2018 20:04:56 GMT -5
The original from 1963?Yep Yep,Go to BritBox.com. Something like $7 a month after the first week. I’ve got to check that out. I watch the series with Tom Baker and then the 5th Doctor.
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Post by trailboss on May 5, 2018 21:30:49 GMT -5
The Wit and Wisdom of Charles H Spurgeon, by Briscoe Cook D.D. Published in 1892....it wears very well.
Spurgeon was primarily a cigar smoker, but he smoked a pipe also.
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Post by bonanzadriver on May 5, 2018 23:42:56 GMT -5
Stick and Rudder, by Wolfgang Langeweische. A classic since its publication in 1944, this is still arguably the best book on how an airplane flies described from the pilot’s point of view. Microsoft Flight Simulator X, for Pilot's Real World Training, by Jeff Van West and Kevin lane-Cummings. It's 747 pages long. Takes you from the four gaits and trim in a Piper Cub to emergency Commercial Pilot's one engine feathered IFR approaches and landings in a nasty crosswind. Practice your unstoppable IFR clearance copying skills while tackling the notorious VOR DME arc! 747 pages; it covers quite a bit. Lot's of book learnin' - yum. I'd read Hobbit and LoTR for the somethingth time, but you're pretty emotionally drained after the last sentence, as chef and jeff said ![:)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) You definitely need to read "Fate the Hunter" if you haven't already
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Post by simnettpratt on May 6, 2018 2:17:39 GMT -5
Cool, thanks. The same guys that recommended Stick and Rudder say to read that, too. I'll see if I can find it...
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Post by Stanhill on May 6, 2018 3:18:50 GMT -5
I was led to setting the preferences in Chrome to a 175% zoom, I can now sit back and read all that silly stuff I'm typing.Downloaded an audio book for my wife the other day "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child".And yes,I'll be listening too.Remember "Twist and Flick" I have the same problems with my eye/eyes as you and another nifty trick is, that you can maximize/minimize text by pressing Ctrl and scrolling up or down with the mouse wheel. That way, you don't have to keep a fixed zoom size. Works with the internet as well as your local documents. (You probably know this trick, but I just thought that I'd mention it).
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Post by Stanhill on May 6, 2018 3:24:28 GMT -5
Still reading 'The Borgias' and I've just started on Ken Follett's 'World without End', but the print is so bloody small that I'll need a set of binoculars to read it.
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Post by Matthew on May 6, 2018 10:54:49 GMT -5
I was led to setting the preferences in Chrome to a 175% zoom, I can now sit back and read all that silly stuff I'm typing.Downloaded an audio book for my wife the other day "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child".And yes,I'll be listening too.Remember "Twist and Flick" I have the same problems with my eye/eyes as you and another nifty trick is, that you can maximize/minimize text by pressing Ctrl and scrolling up or down with the mouse wheel. That way, you don't have to keep a fixed zoom size. Works with the internet as well as your local documents. (You probably know this trick, but I just thought that I'd mention it). I did not.Thank You !
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Post by Stanhill on May 6, 2018 13:28:51 GMT -5
I have the same problems with my eye/eyes as you and another nifty trick is, that you can maximize/minimize text by pressing Ctrl and scrolling up or down with the mouse wheel. That way, you don't have to keep a fixed zoom size. Works with the internet as well as your local documents. (You probably know this trick, but I just thought that I'd mention it). I did not.Thank You ! You're most welcome.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2018 7:43:27 GMT -5
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man- John Perkins
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