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Re: #47 - Book Recommendations

The book version of "Men Who Stared at Goats," is actually an awesome read. 

Trey turned me onto "Under the Kingdom of Heaven," by John Krakauer, which is a damn fine piece of investigative journalism.

"The Power of Habit," is pretty fascinating.

As a Dad, I have a great deal of respect for the book "Unconditional Parenting."

I dug Joe McGuinesses, "The Rogue," and am equally digging Errol Morris new book, "A Wilderness of Error."

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Here are some titles I highly recommend, my apologies if this is too long of a list.

NON-FICTION: 

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks(fascinating story of where HeLa cells used for all manner of research came from)

Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (The Pacific was based on this along with another book)

Any Stephen Ambrose

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team(Munich was inspired by this)

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Angela's Ashes

SCIENCE FICTION:

Ender's Game- OSC's controversial politics don't creep into this story at all, a classic.

Armor by John Steakley

Cryptonomicon
and The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, both by Neal Stephenson

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas(Don't assume you know what this is before you read it)

FANTASY:

The Name of the Wind

His Majesty's Dragon

ZOMBIE:

Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry

CLASSICS:

A Tale Of Two Cities

Around the World in Eighty Days

The Hound of the Baskervilles

RELIGION:

What's So Amazing about Grace?

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