Greetings

Went to the library today and got out:

The Mons Star, Ascoli
Military Operations in France and Belgium 1914 vol 1, Edmonds
Mons (Battleground Europe), Horsfall
The Mons Myth, Zuber

- will also involve dipping into my own books:

Infantry Training, War Office
1914, Macdonald
Mons (Osprey), Lomas

Anyone see a trend :-) ?

Edward

Fiction - 'Goblet of Fire' JK Rowling
Non Fiction - 'Terrible Swift Sword' Bruce Caton

'Contented Little Baby' - Gina Ford

Wargames Mag - Battlegames over Miniature Wargames over Wargames Illustrated

Ben Waterhouse wrote

"Re-reading Game of Thrones - GRR Martin: Wars of the Roses with Dragons and a lot of dead people..."

Ben,

I found Game of Thrones a great book, exactley as you describe. I hear HBO have the rights and are filming it as we speak with Sean Bean in a lead role. Should be good!

THe three musketeers, Terry Pratchet's Going postal and also litsening to the lost world on my Ipod

Duffy's "Frederick the Great: A Military Life"

'Civil War' - Trevor Royle.

'Ancient Warfare' magazine.

T'net.

Right now: halfway through "Homage to Catalonia" [Orwell] again [first read this when I was 12] - and about to restart LotR

Quote from: nikharwood on 15 August 2010, 10:08:43 PM
"Homage to Catalonia" [Orwell] again

Brilliant book, puts the experience of war and revolution in and interesting perspective.

Still, "Down and Out in Paris and London" is really my favorite of his books.

Quote from: lentulus on 15 August 2010, 10:23:19 PM
Brilliant book, puts the experience of war and revolution in and interesting perspective.

Still, "Down and Out in Paris and London" is really my favorite of his books.

One of my all time favourite authors, The Road To Wigan Pier is well worth a read too

Road of Bones by Fergal Keane the story of the siege of Kohima and The Austro Prussian War by Geoffrey Wawro. I have already read this one but as i am into the 1866 war at the moment i though i would give it a re-read.

Fiction: Eagle in the Snow - Wallace Bream and The Complete McAuslan - George MacDonald Fraser

Non-fiction: Flag 4 - Dudley Pope - Coastal warfare in the Mediterranean, great read if you are into that topic. Also just finished Iron Coffins - Herbert Werner. Memoirs of a German U-Boat Commander   

Christopher Duffy - The Military Experience in the Age of Reason - making me very keen to do some AWI or SYW and FIW gaming.

The Training Ground by Martin Douglas.  Grant, Lee, Sherman and Davis in the Mexican American War, 1846-1848

Martin Window - The Last Valley - the Vietnamese war of independence against the French leading up to Dien Bien Phu.

People on here can read ?

IanS

Only the Aliens and Aliens V Predator graphic novels I`m afraid... nothing taxing to mi ol`brain this month.



Six

Re-reading
The Shack by Wm Paul Young
Dungeon World 2nd Edition by Stephen A Gilbert.

The American Civil War by Mr. Keegan

Serenity role play book and associated adventure books. Also reading Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett as well as Documents on More choices/more chances oh joy

The Two Towers [bi-annual re-read of LotR]
Interesting Times [re-read of Pratchett works]
Etherscope RPG
Thirsty Work [Matt Skinner = Jamie Oliver's wine buyer]