Books - What Are You Reading / What Do You Recommend?

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Yeah, all that Rush trivia was pretty funny. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Right now I am slowly making my way through a book I thought I had read as a kid, but I could be wrong:

Fighting the Flying Circus by Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacher
http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Flyin.../dp/1409949044

If you love aviation and have any interest in the stories of a legend in the American pantheon of fighter pilots, this book is worth a read. Told firsthand, Cpt Rickenbacker shares his experiences learning to fly in combat and how many different things there are that could kill you before you are even aware that death has called.

This next one is a two book graphic novel. I'm normally not much of a fan of graphic novels (comic books) but this bit of history, The Boxer Rebellion, has always fascinated me. Yang and Pien do an excellent job of presenting the story from both the Chinese and Western perspectives. If you have kids that don't seem to have much interest in history, they might actually find books like these appealing. A bit shallow on the details but the two books read quickly and they give a good initial overview to what is arguably one of the most influential periods of late 19th century Chinese history.

Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang and Lark Pien
http://www.amazon.com/Boxers-Saints-.../dp/1596433590