Books
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its funny how the old algorithm works. i just added this to my 'to-read' pile (thanks for the recommendatio!) and once i opened youtube, this was one of the first suggestions
long-ish but fun watch about the HMS Victory.
i've recently finished The Thirty Years War
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11107577-the-thirty-years-warIts a long one, and very in-depth, and with so many events and people to cover it can be confusing but overall a very good read.
I was also enjoyed Endurance by Lansing. Such an incredible story. At times its hard to believe it a true story and that man can survive such an ordeal.
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@tenuin the algorithm moves in mysterious ways! That video is awesome though. Makes you appreciate the sailing more when you know what the ships were like.
My Dad was talking about the Endurance the other day. Never really read much about it so it's going on the list!
The devil is in the detail..
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I heard a story on NPR about the disappearance of mass market paperbacks. It makes me a little sad, actually. https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5651272:nx-s1-9587639
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My Dad was talking about the Endurance the other day. Never really read much about it so it's going on the list!
Paula bought me a hardback version of Finding Endurance for our recent anniversary. She knows how much it moved me, so she wanted me to have one to keep.
Let me know when you have finished your current reads and you can borrow it....
"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
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its funny how the old algorithm works. i just added this to my 'to-read' pile (thanks for the recommendatio!) and once i opened youtube, this was one of the first suggestions
long-ish but fun watch about the HMS Victory.
Thanks for the video share @tenuin. I hope to visit the Victory this week if I can manage it. It looks like an incredible feat of engineering and appetite for destruction.
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I have not read Lansing yet, but will do soon. As I have said above, I found the Bristol-Bovey book remarkable for his personal insights, and for that, I suspect it is a more rounded, but less detailed account. I suspect that Lansing will be a meticulous account with fewer personal insights....
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@Giles nailed it. Both are worthy reads for those differences. Reading the details and how their mentalities were was a fun angle in the Lansing one. He interviewed a bunch of them and has access to journals so really nice.
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@Giles @mclaincausey thanks for your feedback on the Endurance accounts; I’ve ordered the one by Bristol-Bovey as the initial read. Enjoy reading historical accounts of those who overcome daunting obstacles to survive.
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@John-Galt said in Books:
those who overcome daunting obstacles to survive
Shackleton had a couple of those.....
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Shackleton’s own account is worth a read as well.
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@John-Galt enjoy. I’m obsessed with the story. It’s the most staggering example of human fortitude in an exploration that I’ve come across. I watched an episode of “Tales From the Explorer’s Club” about it and a history channel documentary about an attempt to reach the site that must have just pre-dated its discovery.
