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Try "chickenhawk" (forget the author) for an extremely good read about a huey pilot in "nam (viet, not chelte :D )[/quote]

Got it, plus Snake Pilot by Randy R Zahn, When Thunder Rolled, An F-105...

I've just finished The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin, well worth a read. Now started on To The Limit, An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam, by Tom A Johnson. From the first page you know this is...

This looks very good, if a bit pricey.

Edit: I just found it on Amazon in paperback, much cheaper.

I'm reading Pat Barkers Regeneration trilogy just now. I've finished the first book, Regeneration, and started the second, The Eye in the Door.

Absolutely stunning book, I made the mistake of lending my copy out years ago and never got it back.[/quote]

It was certainly a revelation on training methods of the time. My copy, a 1955 first...

Just finished The Mint by 352087 A/c Ross A.K.A. T. E. Lawrence. Just started The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker.

I have The Sea Wolf, and To Build a Fire and other stories by him. Great books.

Sounds good, something I might get for my Mother as she lives on the island and likes a good murder mystery.[/quote]

Excellent - she's bound to recognise a lot of the locations and landmarks, but...

Sounds good, something I might get for my Mother as she lives on the island and likes a good murder mystery.

A legendary book, like Jupiter's Travels, whose authors website I've just come across http://www.jupitalia.com/

I'm just starting The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence.

Just a note to say thanks for the recommendation! I bought a John Buchan omnibus of Richard Hannay novels from Amazon for £7 (with all the above mentioned with the exception of "The Courts of the...

I just received some of my books I ordered, among them The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1935 edition, fourth impression and The Mint, 1955 first edition, unabridged version. I'm really looking forward to...

Currently reading "A history of modern Britain" by Andrew Marr, his first book dealing with the last century, but covering the latter half of it. I read his second book first, which deals with the...

Currently reading the Patrick O'Brien Aubrey-Maturin series of novels.