Random books from CSL's library

Mexico: The Struggle for Democratic Development by Daniel C. Levy

Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition : The Voyage of the Nimrod by Beau Riffenburgh

Sharpe's Gold by Bernard Cornwell

A Crooked Line: From Cultural History to the History of Society by Geoff Eley

The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, Book 2) by Robert Jordan

The Fated Sky: Astrology in History by Benson Bobrick

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) by Stephen King

Members with CSL's books

Member connections

Friends: jasonpettus, jztemple, neufsta, SwampIrish

Interesting libraries: Ammianus, amolholm, docjohnb, Donogh, HarmlessTed, jasonpettus, jcbrunner, JeffV, jmnlman, jztemple, OldSarge, pjlambert, rixsal, rudel519, Schmerguls, Shrike58, surly, worcester

LibraryThing authors: Luis Alberto Urrea (LuisAlbertoUrrea), Brian Clegg (brianclegg), Lynne Olson (lolson4)

RSS feeds

Recently-added books

CSL's reviews

Reviews of CSL's books, not including CSL's

Helper badges

view larger

Member: CSL

CollectionsYour library (418), Currently reading (2), To read (3), All collections (418)

Reviews57 reviews

TagsMilitary History (121), Fiction (72), American History (71), Read in 2008 (66), Read in 2007 (61), Andrew's Recommendation (61), First World War (56), Biography (52), Read in 2006 (49), British History (47) — see all tags

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud

GroupsAmateur Historians, American Civil War, Byzantinistik, Early Reviewers, History: On learning from and writing history, Military History, Octopus Overlords, Presidential Literature, The Winston Churchill Discussion Group, world war one literature

Favorite authorsAntony Beevor, Pierre Berton, Ron Chernow, Winston S. Churchill, Joseph Conrad, Bernard Cornwell, Jared Diamond, Adrian Goldsworthy, Robert Graves, Adam Hochschild, Richard Holmes, Stephen King, Robert K. Massie, David McCullough, John Julius Norwich, Patrick O'Brian, Desmond Seward, Hew Strachan, Barbara W. Tuchman, Simon Winchester, Fareed Zakaria (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresCandlewood Books & Hobbies, George Strange's Bookmart, Pennywise Books

About meCurrent student at Brandon University. Working on a 4-year BA in History, as such most of my current purchases are non-fiction history books or historical fiction.

About my libraryMy library is largely the product of the last two or so years of my life as I've continued to spend a large part of my disposable income on books mostly from the two or three nice little used or overstock bookstores that somehow manage to exist in this smallish city. Overall I'd have to say its really shaping up to focus on a few distinct genres or categories:

- American History
- British History
- Canadian History
- Political Biography
- Military History
- The First World War
- The American Civil War
- Naval Warfare
- Slavery and Abolitionism Studies

I also have smaller collections on the Second World War, the Napoleonic Wars, Classic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Latin American History, and Byzantine History.

Homepagehttp://militaryhistoryreader.blogspot.com/

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

Real nameAndrew

LocationBrandon, Manitoba

Account typepublic, lifetime

Connection NewsConnection News

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/CSL (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/CSL (library)

Common KnowledgeSeries (56), Awards (141), Characters (1525), Places (363)

Member sinceSep 5, 2006

Currently readingThe Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King
John A: The Man Who Made Us by Richard J. Gwyn

Most recent activity

CSL rated:
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester

CSL rated:
The Last Lion: 2 Volumes (Alone and Visions of Glory) by William Manchester

CSL added:
Brandon's politics and politicians by W. Leland Clark

CSL rated, added:
John A: The Man Who Made Us by Richard J. Gwyn

CSL rated:
The First World War: Volume I: To Arms by Hew Strachan

CSL rated:
Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion 1917 by Laura M. MacDonald

Hi Andrew,

I recently came across CEF Books www.cefbooks.ca they're doing some reprints including Ghosts have warm hands by Bird and Agar Adamson's letters. Norm Christie seems to be behind it. Worth a look IMO.

Jeremy

posted by jmnlman at 6:36 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2009

Ok thanks anyway.

posted by jmnlman at 8:33 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2009

Hi Andrew,

How are you doing? Would you happen to have come across anything on the Canadian 5th Armored Division in your reading? A friend's grandfather served and she's interested in doing the battlefield tour thing. From what I've been able to gather they were in Sicily then pushed through the Hitler and Gothic lines. My coverage for the Italian campaign is pretty spotty. Anyway if something jumps to mind I'd love to hear about it.

Jeremy

posted by jmnlman at 6:30 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2009

Good to know it wasn't just me.:) Hopefully he'll write some more we definitely need more like that for the Canadians in WWI.

Jmnlman

posted by jmnlman at 6:18 pm (EST) on Mar 20, 2009

That will definitely be on my wish list, thanks for pointing it out. Now I just have to get through some of these Christmas books first.:)

jmnlman

posted by jmnlman at 5:58 pm (EST) on Jan 8, 2009

Hi CSL; check with LT member MACBETH RE Byzantine titles; that seems to be one of his areas. Regardless, he has an interesting library. CHeers, A

posted by Ammianus at 10:32 am (EST) on Jan 1, 2009

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll be on the lookout for it.from the title it sounds like an operational history? Does he get into the tactical development as well?

posted by jmnlman at 3:58 pm (EST) on Dec 31, 2008

I take it you enjoyed Robert Graves' I, Claudius - so did I. There is a second part called Claudius the God, and, if you have not read it allready, I can recommend The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, who had access to the imperial archive during the reign of Hadrian.

Ted

posted by HarmlessTed at 2:10 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2008

I enjoyed Troublesome Young Men also. Though I didn't learn anything new, it still was a good read and I finished it in two days.
Ted

posted by HarmlessTed at 3:57 pm (EST) on Sep 23, 2008

Thanks. I will put The Arctic Grail on my (long) TBR list. It seems to be one of his most noted books. I regret that the book on Vimy Ridge is not at our library. World War One is a big interest of mine.

posted by Schmerguls at 7:32 am (EST) on Sep 23, 2008

I am wrong. There are seven books by Pierre Berton in our library (Sioux City). Which one do you recommend I read?

posted by Schmerguls at 9:41 am (EST) on Sep 13, 2008

Thanks for finding my library--actuall my list of books read--interesting. When I click on "raw" for you I find only five other persons have more books in common than do you and I. And I am familiar with all but Richard Holmes and Pierre Berton on your list of Favorite Authors. There is no book by Breton in our library, and I wonder if thereis one in an Iowa library.

I'd be interested in any book which I have not read which you feel is really grearT.

posted by Schmerguls at 9:30 am (EST) on Sep 13, 2008

Saw you had added my on your favorite library list...my focus are the "Sideshows" of WWI (Mesopotamia, Palestine, East Africa)...hope you enjoy.

posted by pjlambert at 1:14 pm (EST) on Aug 28, 2008

I wanted to drop you sa line saying we are the only two people on LT with Potomac's Wellington and that our reviews are remarkably similar. We also share nineteen titles, indeed. Anyway, you have an excellent collection and I will be mining you library for future reading.

posted by BruderBane at 11:25 pm (EST) on Jun 26, 2008

Considering our discussion on recent trends in history you might find this interesting:. http://www.nas.org/polArticles.cfm?Doc_I...

posted by jmnlman at 12:49 pm (EST) on Jun 11, 2008

Let me know what you think of it. It's currently in my TBR pile as well.

posted by jmnlman at 8:28 pm (EST) on Jun 6, 2008

Nice to know somebody reads the blog.:) I don't mind inclusion. The big man history does have some drawbacks but the scorched earth policy many social historians have drives me nuts. I'm apparently a right-wing sociopath for wanting to know why Napoleon lost Waterloo. The really scary thing is the "new military history" no tactics strategies or battles.

When was the last Canadian military history book you saw from an academic other than Terry Copp, Granatstein, Morton or Bercuson? There are some non-academics doing some good work but that next-generation of academics doesn't seem to exist. It's a little scary...

posted by jmnlman at 1:37 am (EST) on Jun 2, 2008

Flattered that you find my library interesting. If I can ever be of help with a subject of interest please let me know. Although I will be away for sometime starting mid-June.

posted by OldSarge at 10:02 pm (EST) on May 28, 2008

The sale is also on the website. I think they may have sold out of that at the warehouse.

jmnlman

posted by jmnlman at 2:16 am (EST) on May 23, 2008

I don't think you'll regret it. It's a real advance over what's been available.

posted by Shrike58 at 10:15 pm (EST) on May 22, 2008

Well happy birthday! Chapters is also doing a big remainder sale at the moment. Nothing particularly earth shattering but a few interesting titles "Fall of Toulon by Ireland, A Most Damnable Invention: Dynamite, Nitrates, and the Making of the Modern World and 1805: Austerlitz: Napoleon and the Destruction of the Third Coalition by Robert Goetz mysteriously ended up in my basket.:)

jmnlman

posted by jmnlman at 9:25 pm (EST) on May 22, 2008

I see you also received "F.N.G." from Early Reviewers. Looks like it should be interesting.

Jmnlman

posted by jmnlman at 8:52 pm (EST) on May 22, 2008

Hi CSL, we share quite a number of books now! Hope you enjoy Goldsworthy's series on Roman military history. I devoured them!
Ted

posted by HarmlessTed at 5:10 am (EST) on Apr 25, 2008

Hi Andrew: hope you find some titles of interest on my shelves. I have some friends you might check out as well: DONOGH, MACBETH, RUDEL519, SHRIKE58 ...loys of interesting books! Regards, A

posted by Ammianus at 4:22 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2008

Im currently reading To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World which is very interesting. Im about 1/2 way through and its very good so far. I love interesting history books and am always looking for new leads....

I see you have 3 of Robert K Massie's books in your library - he's my favorite author because he does such as wonderful job of writing about history. Ive forced his books on many friends and family members who normally dont read nonfiction.

Also recently read All the Shah's Men & King Leopold's ghost which were both excellent.

And you?

posted by amolholm at 7:19 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2007

Thanks for the comment! A confession: I haven't read Theodore Rex yet. I fully intend on it this coming year though! I just finished reading River of Doubt, and enjoyed it as a story of courage.

posted by bfertig at 2:06 pm (EST) on Dec 19, 2007

Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc. | static: /