The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Just finished “The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger”. The Gunslinger is a novel by Stephen King, and is the first volume in the Dark Tower series. It took King over 12 years to finish this book, the story was inspired by the poem “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” by Robert Browning. The book is [...]
Read moreBorn to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Yesterday I finished “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall. The whole book is a giant build to a race in the wilds of the Copper Canyons in Mexico with the Tarahumara. The Tarahumara are a lost tribe of super runners, that run the trails in harsh badlands. Through out the book McDougall makes the case [...]
Read moreThe Day After Roswell
I’ve started reading “The Day After Roswell” and it’s really got me thinking. Is this book a hoax or was Col Corso telling the truth. Here is the wikpedia page on Corso. I’ve always thought the Roswell UFO was just a balloon used to collect information on radiation from the atomic bombs. Now I’m not [...]
Read moreThe Rommel Papers
Just got done reading “Rommel’s Papers”. The book is Rommel’s own description of the war, both in France and North Africa. After WWI Rommel wrote a book about his war experiences. During WWII he kept notes and detailed information, I’m sure with every intention of publishing another book. When Rommel died he left behind his [...]
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