Hi all, LindyDivaus,

Great!  Here's the Title:  Bogart by Sperber and Lax.

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I havn't read it yet, but sure looks good.  I picked it up for a $1 at a bookstore.

Did you want the ISBN?


See ya..........

Hi all,

In addition to Rogue, I found a bunch of great titles today.  Maybe you will be interested, maybe not, but here goes:
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The Unknown Battle of Midway

Much has been written about the success of the
Battle of Midway, however, not much has been written about the 3 squadrons of torpedo bombers that were shot down just before the Dauntlesses arrived.  This book examines the failures and successes of the torpedo bomber squadrons.  Author actually was on one of the carriers during the battle.  Pretty good so far.

One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

Haven't started this one yet, but looks pretty good.  Tale of becoming an officer, leading men in combat in the second Iraq war.

Roaring Thunder (fiction)

Written by that excellent author Walter Boyne, fiction book examining the postwar years and the advent of the jet age.  Can't wait to start this one!

Oh well, sorry for all the military titles, but that's an area dear to my heart.  Now back to Rogue!!!!!!!!

Hi all,

Well in addition to I, The Jury, I went to the library today and came back with two fantabulous books:

James Stewart: Behind the Scenes of a Wonderful Life

and

Swing It! The Andrews Sisters Story

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I chose the James Stewart book first as he's always been one of my favority actors.  So far, the book is going through each of his films, the professional actors he was acting with as well as some off-screen information.  Louella Parsons would probably love the stuff this book is putting out.  Evidently, if this book is correct, he was much more of a ladies man off screen than what I had been lead to believe, including forced visits to a something I shouldn't really be talking about here.  I was somewhat shocked....nevertheless, a pretty good read so far.....

Lookin' forward to the Andrews Sisters stuff...maybe later in the week....

Mitchum and Steward bios sound like good reads.  I'd like to check those out.  Now if only I can remember...

Well, my Spillane book finally came - but it doesn't have I, the Jury!  I'm very confused, but last night I stayed up reading One Lonely Night until 10:46.  He's a great author, I must say.

I also got Hot Rods and Pin Ups by David Perry.  I'm very impressed.  Perry is a great photographer, the models are really quite good looking, the cars are (for the most part) pretty cool and the essays alone are a great read.  I heartily recommend it.  Now if I could just get the pinup of the blonde with the Model A coupe as a poster for my garage, I'd be in heaven.

I'm still waiting on my fonts book.

Glad I could help.  You've inadvertantly helped me as well.  This is the print I was talking about!

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Last week I finished Voodoo Science - The Road From Foolishness To Fraud by Robert Park. Thoroughy enjoyed it. It&#39;s an exploration of the misuses of science and examines such lunacy as perpetual motion machines, homeopathy, magnet therapy, cold fusion, star wars and more.

The quest to learn stuff I was too lazy to learn at school continues with Why Do Buses Come In Threes - The Hidden Mathematics Of Everyday Life by Rob Eastaway & Jeremy Wyndham. I was decidedly average at maths as a boy but if the examples given in this book were used I&#39;d have learned a helluva lot more. The book transforms maths from what can seem like an abstract concept into a practical, problem solving tool that is easy to use.

Yes, I&#39;m getting geekier as I get older but self-education is very satisfying indeed&#33;

Would it be possible to fill an entire book with information on winding transformers?? On second thought, I don&#39;t want to know.

Horizons looks really good if it&#39;s got the Bel Geddes stuff that I&#39;ve seen in it. I&#39;ve never heard of it before&#33; The original costs an arm and a leg in the places I&#39;ve looked and the &#39;77 re-print aint exactly cheap. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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Glad I could help.  You&#39;ve inadvertantly helped me as well.  <a href="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/VAScard/0000-7545-20.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> is the print I was talking about&#33;

Settling Accounts:  Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove.  An alternate history about World War Two.  The point of divergence is the notorious "lost order" incident at the Battle of Antietam in the American Civil War.  Return Engagement is about the sixth book in a series beginning in 1881 and not yet finished.  I anticipate Turtledove writing through the hundredth anniversery of Antietam in the early sixties.

For real.

Tonight, we&#39;re staying in and relaxing, so I&#39;ve started Savage Beauty, a bio of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
I tend to be lukewarm about her poetry, but her life story is a great read.

Biographies (what else is new?).

War Paint: Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein; Their Lives, their Times, their Rivalry, by Lindy  Woodhead.

Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life, by Laurence Bergreen

I&#39;ve been shuffling through The Route 66 Cookbook before going to bed. I usually end up waking with a book in my lap around 2 o&#39;clock am, without much reading beforehand&#33; Naturally I had to skip to the Oklahoma section. A quite interesting read about the now defunct restaurants on Route 66, with some of their original recipes too. There&#39;s one restaurant that&#39;s still open to this day, and if it&#39;s not too far, I&#39;m gonna try and find it tomorrow. Can&#39;t wait for this road trip...should be fun&#33;

I am currently reading some of Henry Kane&#39;s Peter Chambers Mysteries.  These books are so entertaining.