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Looking for a few books to read...

Started by 🏀, November 13, 2014, 11:18:39 AM

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mu-rara

#50
If your looking for a review of Jesuit principles read The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything.  James Miller, SJ.  Not too heavy with lessons that apply to many aspects of life.

ttheisen

Quote from: Ellenson for an mu-rara on November 14, 2014, 04:51:47 PM
If your looking for a review of Jesuit principles read The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything.  James Miller, SJ.  Not to heavy with lessons that apply to many aspects of life.

That's a good read.

warriorchick

Have some patience, FFS.


Eldon

A couple of awesome books off the top of my head
*A random walk down wall street
*Nicomachean Ethics

And for a joking answer

http://www.amazon.com/Earn-Your-MBA-Toilet-Unlimited/dp/1607744244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416018397&sr=8-1&keywords=mba+from+the+toilet

^I never read this book, but the cover and title are hilarious.

mu-rara

Quote from: warriorchick on November 14, 2014, 05:15:03 PM


Reading it on the plane to Vegas as we speak.
I must have missed Fr. Miller's chapter on winning in Vegas, but he is a Jesuit.

drewm88

Quote from: Ellenson for an mu-rara on November 14, 2014, 04:51:47 PM
If your looking for a review of Jesuit principles read The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything.  James Miller, SJ.  Not too heavy with lessons that apply to many aspects of life.

Martin, not Miller. Good book, and I highly recommend seeing him speak in person if you ever get the chance. Hilarious.

Benny B

The Book of Bunny Suicides and Return of the Bunny Suicides are a good, light read when you're looking to power down for the night.
Quote from: LittleMurs on January 08, 2015, 07:10:33 PM
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny.  Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.

wildbill sb

Oldie but very goodie:  THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O'Brien.  40 something narrator revisiting/remembering his life up to and including his combat experiences in 'Nam.  Haunting.
“I’m working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything will be perfect.”  - Doug Sanders, professional golfer

Coleman

Quote from: Ellenson for an mu-rara on November 14, 2014, 04:51:47 PM
If your looking for a review of Jesuit principles read The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything.  James Miller, SJ.  Not too heavy with lessons that apply to many aspects of life.

Its James Martin. But yeah, great read.

mu-rara

Quote from: drewm88 on November 17, 2014, 10:10:40 AM
Martin, not Miller. Good book, and I highly recommend seeing him speak in person if you ever get the chance. Hilarious.
You are correct sir.

brandx

Quote from: wildbill sb on November 17, 2014, 10:33:33 AM
Oldie but very goodie:  THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O'Brien.  40 something narrator revisiting/remembering his life up to and including his combat experiences in 'Nam.  Haunting.

Another outstanding book.

2TimeWarrior

DWade's book, A Father First, is an option if you're looking for a MUBB connection.\

Lennys Tap

Quote from: wildbill sb on November 17, 2014, 10:33:33 AM
Oldie but very goodie:  THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O'Brien.  40 something narrator revisiting/remembering his life up to and including his combat experiences in 'Nam.  Haunting.

O'Brien is one of my favorite writers. "Going After Cacciato" "July, July" "In The Lake Of The Woods" and, of course, "The Things They Carried". Phenomenal, insightful stuff that captures the actual Viet Nam War, its aftermath and the human fallout like no one else. If you can only read one, "The Things They Carried" is at the top of the list - but if you do read one you'll want to read more by this guy.

MU Fan in Connecticut

I just started to read this book. 

The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Battle-German-Soldiers/dp/0306822962

From Wikipedia:
The Battle for Castle Itter, the Austrian village of Itter in the North Tyrol, was fought in the final days of World War II in Europe, five days after the death of Adolf Hitler. Troops of the 23rd Tank Battalion of the US 12th Armored Division led by Lieutenant John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr., anti-Nazi German Army soldiers, and imprisoned French VIPs defended the castle against a small force from the 17th Waffen-SS Panzer Grenadier Division. The French prisoners included former prime ministers, generals, and a tennis star. It may have been the only battle in the war in which Americans and Germans fought as allies. Popular accounts of the battle have called it the "strangest" battle of World War II.[2]

Benny B

Quote from: LittleMurs on January 08, 2015, 07:10:33 PM
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny.  Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.

reinko

Quote from: Benny B on November 18, 2014, 03:46:18 PM
Another Amazon favorite:

How to Avoid Huge Ships by Captain John W. Trimmer

$165 for a paperback book???    :o  :o  :o  :o

Blackhat