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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | 50 Book Challenge : ArmyAngel's 2008 | | 60 | ArmyAngel1986, July 14 |  |
| Military History : What are You Reading this Week (5/10/08)? | | 48 | snoopy205, May 29 | |
| 888 Challenge : AA1986...think I'll try this out! | | 13 | ArmyAngel1986, May 22 | |
| Second World War History : Dunkirk recommendations | | 5 | chrisharpe, February 29 | |
| Dormant: Reading Resolutions : Do you use specific bookmarks for books? | | 13 | parelle, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: Reading Resolutions : Is Anyone Still Working on Their Big Five? | | 13 | Nickelini, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: Reading Resolutions : Five big books you will read in 2007 | | 95 | RSHabroptilus, December 2007 | |
| Reading Resolutions : What Did You Read in 2007? | | 23 | Sandydog1, March 30 |
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| The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III | | 394 | WillSteed, February 14 |
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| Dormant: The Green Dragon : So, just what are you reading there, Missy/Mister? [Part 4] | | 216 | aviddiva, January 18 |
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| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Anyone else watching the Ken Burns series 'The War" that is airing on PBS this week? | | 44 | OldSarge, October 2007 |
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... a touch of ancient history - not my usual forte but I'm enjoying this volume immensely.
Otherwise I've made it into the The Second World War: Their Finest Hour by Winston Churchill. After the rather dull ending second book of the first volume (the Norway campaign could have been dealt in ... ... sources. And I've read general WWII histories like Wint & Calvocoressi's Total War and Churchill's gripping The Second World War. I'm now after something that will give a more recent view of the events surrounding Dunkirk. I'm also keen to get hold of further accounts of WWII, ... ... Finally! I have been working on this book for...I've forgotten how long! Over a year, probably. Now I can move on to Their Finest Hour. History:
1. the Gathering Storm
2. Their Finest Hour
3. the Grand Alliance
4. the Hinge of Fate
5. Closing the Ring
6. Triumph and Tragedy
7. the Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazies, Built a Village in the Fores ... ... fiction
The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliffe YA fiction
Knightâs Fee by Rosemary Sutcliffe YA fiction
Their Finest Hour by Winston S. Churchill nonfiction
Blue Genes by Paul Meier, M.D. nonfiction
Star-Crossed by Linda Collison fiction
Murder Must Advertise by Dorot ... I finished Their Finest Hour and Gone With the Wind, but I think my other Churchill will go on next year's list. I got caught up in Shakespeare instead and am enjoying that. I finished Their Finest Hour and The Mousetrap & Other Plays. Still reading my other two books and I haven't decided what to pick up next. It just feels good to be down to two books for a bit. ... eru).
In my Abigail Adams biography I'm using a hand knotted bookmark, because maybe she did tatting or some such craft.
Their Finest Hour has a stained glass replica bookmark, well, there are cathedrals in England, right? I did say I had to "find" a connection.
I also have a piece of ... I'm reading Their Finest Hour by Winston S. Churchill now. I can only get through about a chapter a day though. It is good reading, but after one chapter I tend to start reading with a glazed look in my eye. Too much information to assimilate. I love how Mr. Churchill makes you feel the ... I haven't seen this, but I've been reading Winston S. Churchill's book Their Finest Hour. My favorite WWII author is Ernie Pyle. The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff, Their Finest Hour, finished If Death Ever Slept and Not on My Shift, by 'Dr. Rap'. Also reading Blue Genes, by Paul Meier, M.D.. ... by Madeleine L'Engle. Absolutely loved it. Still reading Warrior Scarlet, If Death Ever Slept by Rex Stout and Their Finest Hour by Winston S. Churchill. ... read book four in my set of Francis Schaeffer
The History of the English Speaking Peoples The Age of Revolution and Their Finest Hour by Winston Churchill
The Tolkien Scrapbook and
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
There, I know I will read many others, but those ...
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