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Vore Torpedobåde gennem 100 år. A book about Danish torpedo boats from 1870 to 1970.

I don't think that's an all-naval book but Winston Churchill's WWII is full of it

I am currently reading Cruisers of World War Two by M J Whitley. It is an encyclopedia, detailed and very well illustrated, contains 288 pages, but I am moving along the book really fast, as it is really exciting and has quite a lot of curios facts.

I am reading the illustrated directory of warships from 1860 to present for about the 100th time

John Roberts - *Battlecruisers*

Hm...
Novells:
Getreu bis in der Tod, sieg und untergang der Bismarck, by Will Berthold,
HMS Ullyses, by Alistair Mclean,
several of the Hornblower books(to lazy to list them)
The Loss of the Prince of Wales & the Repulse; Battleship*, by Martin Middlebrook and Patrick Mahoney.
"Data"-books:
The Battleships by Ian Johnston and Rob McAuly,
Jane's Battleships of the 20th century, by Bernard Ireland,
Linkory Vtoroj mirovoj, by S.A Balakin, A.V Dasjian, S.V Patianin, M. Ju. Tokarev, V.N Tjausov,
Örlogsfartyg, Svenska maskindrivna fartyg under tretungad flagg, by Gustaf von Hofsten, Jan Waernberg,
Från Ingegerd till Visby, svenska örlogsfartyg under 140 år, 1860-2000, by Bengt Forssbeck.
Pansarskepp, från John Ericsson till Gustaf V, I don't remember the name of the author though.

*Maybe not a novell, but it's not one of them lexicon-y books with data and blueprints

Working on Singapore Burning by Colin Smith per PB's recommendation. Fantastic book but with school, work and job interviews I haven't had much chance to read it.

I still have my library copy, and here hangs a tale. I returned some books to what used to be the nearest Cambridge County Council library; but, as is common now there is no longer a place to return books to a human being; instead, there is a computerised system that's meant to scan returning books (and loans). Of course, it missed one book on the print out, so I waited in line while the only available member of staff was in prolonged discussion with another customer. After about twenty minutes I began to get a bit irked, not helped by the loud noises coming from the infants area, where nowadays folk leave their offspring to go shopping. Fortunately LP saw me going red and told me to go away and browse the SF, so she eventually explained the problem; so the assistant kindly wiped all my loans, including Singapore Burning, which I still had at home.

This illustrates the problem of taking actual humans out of the loop; and now I know how to get free library books. Of course, I will eventually return the book, and watch their faces as they try to grapple with the fact that I no longer have it out on loan. Which brings me to another book, and I know it ain't strictly naval, but wtf, its 'Dunkirk, fight to the last man' by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore; and its as good as the above book; I'm getting ready to get it on extended loan And what happened to libraries? For thousands of years they were sacred places of reverent quiet, where people enjoyed silence while they browsed or read; but now, they are 'meja' spaces, where you feel as though your in a sports shop.

Sorry to comment in an old thread but I am currently reading Neptune's Inferno by James D. Hornfischer
Its about the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal and is an excellent read

Trojan wrote:Sorry to comment in an old thread but I am currently reading Neptune's Inferno by James D. Hornfischer
Its about the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal and is an excellent read

That's actually on my list of books to read. I'll probably start it after the book I'm currently reading. Hornfischer is a great author. I highly, highly recommend his Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, about the Battle off Samar. One of the best naval history books I've ever read.