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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 03:57 PM
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Art of War is a great book.... read it through 10 times already and am STILL learning new things
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 04:09 PM
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Have you ever read the western war theory book which had a much bigger impact on western military doctrine? It's called On War by Carl Von Clausewitz.

http://www.clausewitz.com/CWZHOME/On_War/ONWARTOC.html

It's not as compact as Sun Tzu...
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 04:37 PM
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any book by jon kraukauer. some deep stuff there. very emotional.
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 04:44 PM
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i'm currently reading "honor among thieves" by jeffrey archer.

"tuesdays with morrie" also tops my favorite list
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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1. Any Tom Clancy books relating to Jack Ryan's world

2. Any Ken Follet books NOT relating to the damn Nazis or WWII

3. Any James Clavell books (yet to read Whirlwind, yet to completely finish Noble House that Pierce Brosnan starred in)

4. "Spock's World" - one of the greatest Star Trek novels ever.

5. Any Jing Yong books (Chinese swordsman-type/wu-xia fiction novels).

6. Most of Ni Kuang (famous HK science fiction writer - Wesley is his most famous character) novels.

7. All of Akagawa Jiro's mystery novels (easy reading)

8. Sherlock Holmes novels

9. Ars
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 11:19 PM
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1. Illusions by Richard Bach
2. Conversations with God by Neil Donald Walsh
3. Light Years by Isaac Asimov
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Old Mar 25, 2003 | 05:00 AM
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"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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Old Mar 25, 2003 | 05:13 AM
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"Ship Of Gold In A DEEP Blue Sea" by Gary Kinder...true story, reads like a tech-thriller novel.....
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Old Mar 25, 2003 | 07:11 AM
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The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
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Old Mar 25, 2003 | 09:29 AM
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Second the vote for the wheel of time by Robert Jordan.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is one of my all time favorites.

Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt series.

Into thin Air by Krakauer.

To name a few.
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