Sci-fi and military history fan from Scotland
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58% complete! Olap has read 7 of 12 books.
The classic tale of Hawkeye—Natty Bumppo—the frontier scout who turned his back on "civilization," and his friendship with a Mohican …
Shelved for now. Lots of short stories, will pick back up when next in Argyll
The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works, edited and published …
Too much at times. Too little in the stories that I did want to know more about though also. You cab see why it never made it to regular publishing
The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works, edited and published …
10 weeks of world building. Few finer. So nany stories, a hard read is most chapters, but worth it. Gonna makes the Rings of Power even more worth it. Will be a few years before I tackle more Tolkien I expect though
The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works, edited and published …
Long overdue attempting this epic
Hands on. That's what he practised and preached. 50 years of management experience is great to call upon, but I do suspect some more academic theory would have allowed him to scale up to the Apollo and ISS era in NASA slightly better. What clearly was visible was when the vision as clear, execution is paramount, and total commitment yields results. Lots of good practical lessons for managers today however. Being tough and competent is not optional if you want that high performance team
3 stars as the book does lull in parts, but it does have a strong finish
Hands on. That's what he practised and preached. 50 years of management experience is great to call upon, but I do suspect some more academic theory would have allowed him to scale up to the Apollo and ISS era in NASA slightly better. What clearly was visible was when the vision as clear, execution is paramount, and total commitment yields results. Lots of good practical lessons for managers today however. Being tough and competent is not optional if you want that high performance team
3 stars as the book does lull in parts, but it does have a strong finish
Great biography of CliffyB I read for some work inspiration. Lots of good lessons
Where to begin? Nick Lloyd here has out shone his at times dry western front with a tour de force blow by blow account of the eastern fronts. Poland, Serbia, Romania, Italy, of course Russia and its revolution and the central powers' heights of victory in the east. You can scarecely believe things end like they did for the entente in November 1918 in even March 1918. Full of quotes bringing a touch more life and human touch to the generals and emperors who are clearly flawed humans. Cannot wait for his third book on this already, though I suspect 2027
Where to begin? Nick Lloyd here has out shone his at times dry western front with a tour de force blow by blow account of the eastern fronts. Poland, Serbia, Romania, Italy, of course Russia and its revolution and the central powers' heights of victory in the east. You can scarecely believe things end like they did for the entente in November 1918 in even March 1918. Full of quotes bringing a touch more life and human touch to the generals and emperors who are clearly flawed humans. Cannot wait for his third book on this already, though I suspect 2027
220k words. A biggie
I've the 4th edition from 1963 that I found in a charity shop, seeing as I'm off to Argyll soon it would be rude not to!
I've the 4th edition from 1963 that I found in a charity shop, seeing as I'm off to Argyll soon it would be rude not to!
Big epic, but have been looking forward to it since finishing The Western Front last year
Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by …
A quick little read in between some of my behemoths. Started strong with an intriguing main character but petered out at the last pages after the bib reveal
Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, …
