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The Voyage of the Armada : The Spanish Story by David Howarth
Napoleon's German Allies (1) : Westfalia and Kleve-Berg (Men-At-Arms Series, 44) by Otto Von Pivka
No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River (Civil War Trilogy) by Peter Cozzens
Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The 1798 Rebellion: An Illustrated History by Thomas Bartlett
Spanish Civil War (Men-At-Arms (Osprey)) by Patrick Turnbull
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heany, translator
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About meI'm in my early 50's and live with my wife and dogs in Puyallup, Washington, near Tacoma. I've just finished my first year teaching high school American Studies and Journalism after years of teaching elementary school. Needless to say, I've earned considerably more gray hair this year. I continue to enjoy miniature wargaming, as I have since I turned 15. I love baseball, and suffer with my hometown Mariners. I've probably devoted more time to reading this year, than at any time in my adult life.
About my libraryI tend toward a lot of history. My historical interests tend to be American history, but I also have a large collection of books on the Hundred Years War. Often my library is shaped by my wargaming projects.
I'm also a Lewis and Clark geek, and a baseball fan. You'll see lots of titles on those subjects as I add to my catalogue. I am, and have been, for many years a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien. Though I've read epic fantasy by other writers, I always return to the detail, the history, the beauty of Middle Earth.
I've taken more interest in reading fiction the past ten years or so. I love Steinbeck and Sinclair Lewis, and really enjoy certain trashy historical fiction from Bernard Cornwell.
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Currently readingVon Bek : Warhound and the World's Pain', 'City in the Autumn Stars', 'Pleasure Gardens of Felipe Sagittarius by Michael Moorcock
The Medieval Military Revolution: State, Society and Military Change in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (British Academic Press) by Andrew Ayton
Now We Are Enemies, the Story of Bunker Hill by Thomas. Fleming
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posted by surly at 8:12 pm (EST) on Oct 29, 2009
Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
posted by theoldman at 7:31 am (EST) on Oct 25, 2009
posted by DVanderlinde at 5:22 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2009
browsing the Series Coverage pages I have discovered that the third installment in Sumption's Hundred Years War history is now on the market - Houses Divided will cover the reign of Richard II, the peasant's revolt and the crisis in France.
Cheers
posted by Macbeth at 6:23 am (EST) on Sep 28, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for A Quest for Glory: A Biography of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren by Robert J. Schneller.
posted by DVanderlinde at 11:13 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for Du Pont: The Making of an Admiral—A Biography of Samuel Francis Du Pont by James M. Merrill.
posted by DVanderlinde at 1:23 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2009
I have uploaded a cover for The Night the War Was Lost by Charles L. Dufour. This is from the original 1960 hardcover edition.
posted by DVanderlinde at 1:35 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2009
I'm a committed DBA player (using the same username on Fanaticus). Mostly because I can organise multiplayer campaigns and get a lot of gaming done in an afternoon. I was a WRG7th player and moved into Warrior, but then once married and with kids I couldn't spare as much time at our main club (which met on Thursday nights some 20km from where I live).
I have bought the FoG stuff and plan to try it out sometime soon, but since moving on to DBA I am enjoying the fact that in the space of a couple of months I can have an army ready.
Cheers
posted by Macbeth at 5:57 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2009
I see the large collection of Ospreys in our mutual books, and of course that other truly great Medieval History - Johnathan Sumptions 100 Years War.
I bought a book of short bios of Ancient/Medieval Generals called 'Art of War' which had a chapter by Sumption and the suggestion that he had started work on his third volume. Not before time :)
Cheers from Canberra
posted by Macbeth at 8:08 am (EST) on Mar 31, 2009