ODIN 0ERO said:
the books i read---botany,biology,astronomy,geology,martial arts,cat biology and behaviour,computer technology,human psychology.
no specifical book name.
i do not read adventure or crime novels.
they are useless waste of time.[IMO]
why do i read these books?---because they interest me.....because knowledge is power...because ignnorance is not bliss.
“.... Martial arts..." I am not a practicing artist, but am refitting my knowledge base with some recent and future purchases. Took martial arts briefly as a very young child, took a self-defense course years ago, and read up a bit online over the years. Not just because I might join the military, but because I believe unarmed and melee combat is something everybody should know to some reasonable extent. Back in "high school – early college" physical plateau, basic unarmed combat training was part of my workout. Trying to get back in shape and get surpass my prior plateau. Anyway here are some of the books I am either reading or planning on reading:
Close Combat
by U.S. Marine Corps and USMC
Paperback
ISBN: 1581600739
Pub. Date: March 2000
- I recommend this book. There are some things that "might" come in handy if somebody attacks you with a gun. The bulk of this book teaches "basic" combat techniques. Such as low kicks, ground fighting, punching, strikes, chokes, holds, compliance, knife fighting, and weapons of opportunity. You can't go wrong with the absolute basics! Even a high level martial artist has to agree with that.
Status: I try to read this book every two weeks. I’ll say it again “can’t go wrong with learning the fundamentals.”
Elite Forces Handbook of Unarmed Combat
by Ron Shillingford
Paperback
ISBN: 0312264364
Pub. Date: August 2001
Status: As of 1/18/2007, purchased, but haven’t read it yet.
Outdoor Survival Skills
by Larry Dean Olsen, Robert Redford (Foreword by)
Paperback - REVISED
Publisher: Independent Pub Group
Publish date: Nov 1997
ISBN: 1556523238
Format: Paperback, 253 pages
Status: Purchased, but not read yet.
- Not only because I might join the military, but something I should at least try to learn.
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Status: Purchased, but haven’t read it yet.
- Read the first three novels and have been dying to know what happened to the Doc and the other female Spartan. Also, there is a giant plot hole with a number of the other Spartans that were on “other missions.”
Backshot: Starfist: Force Recon
by David Sherman, Dan Cragg, Dan Cragg
ISBN: 0345460588
Pub. Date: July 2005
Series: Starfist: Force Recon
Status: Reading.
- There is a small bookstore at my local mall. I go there whenever I buy something from the select stores. While looking for Ghost of Onyx I found books related to the StarFist collection. After browsing a few random pages, figured why not? Brought it, but it’s hard to get into. If by the end I like it, I’ll buy “the first” book in the collection.
StarCraft: Speed of Darkness; Shadow of the Xel’naga; Libery’s Crusade; Queen of Blades; StarCraft Ghost Nova.
- The only books I haven’t read are QofB, Nova, and Shadows. Speed of Darkness is a short but direct tale of a man who died the way he was raised. Goes into detail as far as how the NBA armor works. LC is a tale of a man who was thrown into the mix of a war, while all he wanted was the facts! Now I must warn you that the stories are written a little basic, but are none the less entertainment.
Brute Force (based on the Xbox Game)
- According the reviews I’ve read and see, the game isn’t all that great. The story is good. Personally, I didn’t like the ending.