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 Apr 8 2006, 06:41 AM
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I recently finished "The Last of the Breed" by Louis Lamour. He is famous for western/cowboy novels but "The Last of the Breed" is set in late 20th century and is about a USAF F-15 pilot, a major, who is an Inuit indian from Alaska. He gets shot down while just inside Soviet airspace on a spying mission.  They put him on trial and sentence him to ten years in a Siberian prison camp.  The prison is 3500 miles from anything, in the middle of Siberia, and has a history of no one ever escaping.  Well, the Major gets there and it's just like where he grew up.  They tell him trying to escape is useless, no one can survive out there, there's noplace to go, you'll freeze in one day. NOT!!  The Major spends three days in the camp gathering things he would need, then off he goes into the frozen Siberian wasteland. He heads east which totally fools the Colonel who is trying to recapture him.  Why does he head east?: Does he out fox the Russian colonel? How does he survive? "The Last of the Breed" by Louis Lamour  Two Thumbs UP 
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Apr 8 2006, 10:12 AM
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QUOTE(Dan_Taylor @ Apr 8 2006, 08:40 PM) [snapback]78907[/snapback] Ooeer.... I haven't read a decent (actually I haven't read ANY book) for over a year and a half, the last book I read was "Harry Potter and The Half-blood Prince" Hehehe... it was a fantastic book though! Like Top V I tend to read magazines, like Kerrang!, Airliner World and Airports of the World. A good mix  lol. Dan. Hate to bore you guys but I am reading and studying " The Art of Cooking with Herbs & Spices " I just started growing my own and I need this knowledge under my belt. It's too easy to go to the store and purchase Bay Leaves. I should be and am growing my own. All natural is so much better. Sorry it's drab,but it's what I'm reading.
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Apr 8 2006, 07:54 PM
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I have't read any good books lately but " Success on the Step: Flying with Kenmore Air" was one of the best Aviation related books I've ever read. The best non-aviation book I've read has to be Sphere.
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Apr 8 2006, 10:19 PM
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QUOTE(bluebird121 @ Apr 9 2006, 05:47 AM) [snapback]78953[/snapback] it is not boring at all. Chef Keith... growing your own herbs is a good idea and a lot cheaper than buying it at the supermarket.. each to his/her own.. we all have differing tastes..and it is interesting to see what everyone likes to read.. Thanks Blue! But it is an aviation site and yes it's off topic,but some people think,does that guy have a life. I will tell everyone the story of me being able to taxi out a Dornier DO228 from the hangar a few years ago. It was a birthday gift from a good friend. It makes for a good story. But back to being boring, Culinary Arts training does not go heavily into growing of herbs and spices. And to me it's a shortcut going to the store and buying a jar of Bay Leaves. And who nows how long they have been in the jar.LOL. Every jar of sauce that I produce has my name on it. My reputation as a chef is on the line. I have to do it right. Just like only the best (treacle), ha ha ha goes in my sauces. Thanks again Blue for the support! QUOTE(SWramper @ Apr 9 2006, 08:31 AM) [snapback]78975[/snapback] Unfridnely Skies By Captian X and NUTS!(still reading it) SWramper: I loved that book by Captain X. I could'nt put it down. Would you care to take a stab at who Captain X is? Or what airline does he fly for? I honestly don't know. Great book!
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Apr 9 2006, 01:05 AM
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well last year i finished Memoirs of a Geisha and then i found out there was the movie...... well i liked the novel and also the movie... and now i have just finished The Da vinci Code its very interesting yet freaky.... [edit] just to add something... i love gossip magazines too! lol....
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Apr 16 2006, 02:54 AM
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I perhaps read too much. I do debating, that should be explanation enough!  A few good books I've read this month: White Fang-Jack London Brighton Rock-Grahame Greene 1984-George Orwell
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