The Most Important Book I Ever Read...
by Joshua Minton
...is actually three books.
I just completed the British campaign for France in Call of Duty 2 on the XBOX 360 and I'm telling you what, the AI in this game is very, very good--like to the point of pulling out your nutsag hairs. I was stuck on the same farging board for an entire week and finally got past it tonight. The checkpoint placed me in the corner of a shed with fourteen Nazi pricks with MP40s in a huddle, just waiting for me to show some shadow. I died more times that Kenny and that was just getting out of this little toolshed. Then, after that, there was about a 200 yard trek across a Yerman sniper infested field where I then had to take out three machine gun nests climb a low wall and run another 100 yards to put a sticky bomb on a Tiger tank.
Fuck it was hard!
But I finally did it and that leads me to one of my favorite books which I plan on treating myself to before summertime. Easton Press publishes a gorgeous, beautiful, and radiant five-volume set of William L. Shirer's historical masterpiece The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich for about $300. These are the nicest books made by man. I have The Lord of the Rings six-volume set and am currently reading my son The Hobbit.
But R&FotTR was a book that my father gave me when I was twelve years old and told me I needed to study and learn from. I heeded the advice, emphasizing the period of Nazi rule as well as the American Colonial period in my undergraduate minor.
But this set actually includes Shirer's personal diaries from the time as well as each of his CBS broadcasts (he was the Berlin corrrespondent for CBS from 36-45). I am one of the people who truly believe that you must learn from history in order to prevent bad shit from happening again (or at least being aware enough to draw other people's attention to bad shit happening).
And I believe I'll purchase these books for myself as a reward for virtually crushing the Nazi army.
LINKS:
Easton Press's Edition of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Second Most Important Book I've Ever Read
The Third Most Important Book I Ever Read
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Tony Linked to BWP Today
I just completed the British campaign for France in Call of Duty 2 on the XBOX 360 and I'm telling you what, the AI in this game is very, very good--like to the point of pulling out your nutsag hairs. I was stuck on the same farging board for an entire week and finally got past it tonight. The checkpoint placed me in the corner of a shed with fourteen Nazi pricks with MP40s in a huddle, just waiting for me to show some shadow. I died more times that Kenny and that was just getting out of this little toolshed. Then, after that, there was about a 200 yard trek across a Yerman sniper infested field where I then had to take out three machine gun nests climb a low wall and run another 100 yards to put a sticky bomb on a Tiger tank.Fuck it was hard!
But I finally did it and that leads me to one of my favorite books which I plan on treating myself to before summertime. Easton Press publishes a gorgeous, beautiful, and radiant five-volume set of William L. Shirer's historical masterpiece The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich for about $300. These are the nicest books made by man. I have The Lord of the Rings six-volume set and am currently reading my son The Hobbit.But R&FotTR was a book that my father gave me when I was twelve years old and told me I needed to study and learn from. I heeded the advice, emphasizing the period of Nazi rule as well as the American Colonial period in my undergraduate minor.
But this set actually includes Shirer's personal diaries from the time as well as each of his CBS broadcasts (he was the Berlin corrrespondent for CBS from 36-45). I am one of the people who truly believe that you must learn from history in order to prevent bad shit from happening again (or at least being aware enough to draw other people's attention to bad shit happening).
And I believe I'll purchase these books for myself as a reward for virtually crushing the Nazi army.
LINKS:
Easton Press's Edition of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Second Most Important Book I've Ever Read
The Third Most Important Book I Ever Read
UNRELATED LINKS:
Tony Linked to BWP Today
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