My book-buying "problem"

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by Chris C, Jul 6, 2018.

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  1. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    I have the earlier edition. It is much more an academic paper than a biography which looks into Wingate's thinking and ideas and their legacy on Army thinking.
     
    bamboo43, Dec 29, 2018
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  2. vestingjager

    vestingjager Well-Known Member

    Oops....Just bought a new book on the Fortified Position of Namur in 1940....428 pages in A4 with more than 470 pictures....and it's only Volume 1.

    I'm hoping the wife isn't at home when it arrives. :whistle::whistle:
     
    vestingjager, Dec 29, 2018
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  3. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    I know that feeling. What a relief when something is small enough to fit in the brievenbus and I'm home first :)
     
    Rich Payne, Dec 29, 2018
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  4. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Well, despite having a moratorium on buying books, I threw out some that I did not think I could sell and were cluttering up my apartment. I told myself I could buy one used book... And I stumbled across a slightly battered book on Pershing and Patton tanks in the Images of War series for about 3 pounds.

    Do people still say "chuffed" in the UK? It seems appropriate here! :)
     
    Chris C, Dec 31, 2018
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  5. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    A book-buying aside.
    If at the dday museum, try walking West along the front to Old Portsmouth.
    It's a route well dotted with memorials to obscure colonial actions, has the square tower & garrison church in amongst other quite interesting defences, the Sally Port where Nelson (among others) set off, and you might get a view of the Queen Elizabeth carrier at the end, if she's in.
     
    von Poop, Dec 31, 2018
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  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Next year, is to be the year of improved focus, as this is getting silly.
    One more expensive vehicle book I'll definitely read must trump several cheaper but shiny things on other subjects.
    Trouble is, you develop an instinct for 'proper' books, don't you. Things that should be snapped up for F all. Sadly the instinct as to how much F-ing shelving you have at home seems to atrophy inversely.
    The Jagdpanzer one's interesting anyway. Born in Canada but still a German citizen, sent over by parents in '39 & conscripted.

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    von Poop, Dec 31, 2018
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  7. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Hah!
     
    dbf, Dec 31, 2018
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  8. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Yeah, yeah.
    That's what Fishwife says too...
     
    von Poop, Dec 31, 2018
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  9. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    Focus:
    4th Indian Division WW2.
    Hong Kong, Malaya, Canal Zone '47-'52.

    So why am I looking at books about the Falklands? Last time I was reading those I was spotty sixteen-year old!

    Stay on target, Fortnum!
     
    Charley Fortnum, Dec 31, 2018
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  10. Juha

    Juha Junior Member

    A bit strange question but because I have as we Finns say "lukemattomia lukemattomia kirjoja" that means countless unread books, so I think that I should be careful with new acquisitions, so of these four
    Ben Kite: Stout Hearts: The British and Canadians in Normandy 1944
    Richard Townshend Bickers: Air War Normandy: Air War Normandy
    Anthony Cooper DARWIN SPITFIRES The Real Battle for Australia
    Ian Smith Watson: History Of The Gloster Javelin

    what would be the best buy?

    Juha
     
    Juha, Jan 3, 2019
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  11. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    From the bookshop that was once sussex books
    The Longest Winter (Battle of the Bulge themed)

    3 quid

    now reading it
    re the above dozens of unread books
     
    CL1, Jan 3, 2019
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  12. Orwell1984

    Orwell1984 Senior Member

    Hi Juha
    I have 3 of these 4 titles myself so I’ll weigh in with my 2 cents :). I’d go with either Ben Kite or coopers book. I think it depends on where your interests mainly lie as they were both good reads with not much to choose between them quality wise
    Cheers
    Mark
     
    Orwell1984, Jan 3, 2019
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  13. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Buy them all and create a pile
     
    CL1, Jan 3, 2019
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  14. Juha

    Juha Junior Member

    Thanks a lot, Mark!
    I'll toss a coin to choose between those two.
    Juha
     
    Juha, Jan 3, 2019
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  15. Juha

    Juha Junior Member

    Hello CL1
    very tempting solution, but because I already have a mountain, I'll take Mark's advice.

    Juha
     
    Juha, Jan 3, 2019
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  16. Stuart Avery

    Stuart Avery In my wagon & not a muleteer.

    Some you win, some you lose. (The one below cost me a day in wages!) Having said that, I've only had my hands on a borrowed copy once! Its the first time in (Six years) that I've come across a copy that has been up for sale.:rolleyes:.. I was a fool a few years back & thought i was buying a original & it turned out to be (REPRINT.) :(

    Stu.
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    Stuart Avery, Jan 7, 2019
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  17. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Technically not a book-buying problem, but certainly further stress on the storage problem.
    Hard to say no to such a bundle for a charity shop fiver.

    Can Germany win the war?!
    (And Swinton's name is what caught the eye.}
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    Interesting decline in physical quality as austerity bites:
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    Just pre-war plane spotting & royal fluff:
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    von Poop, Jan 8, 2019
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  18. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    I found out recently that Nicholas Moran's book about American tank destroyer development is now available at a reasonable shipping price in Canada via the museum of the Ontario Regiment, so... That's another big book ordered...
     
    Chris C, Jan 8, 2019
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  19. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Been staring at that for a while, faintly hoping it goes out of stock & becomes unobtanium before blowing more cash.
    The big threat is finding it in physical form one day. I'm currently vulnerable to actual bookshops.
     
    von Poop, Jan 8, 2019
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  20. idler

    idler GeneralList

    I'd be very wary. I get the impression from his videos that his definition of 'tank destroyer' is someone who doesn't know how to adjust track tension.
     
    idler, Jan 9, 2019
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