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#96664
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bonus libri
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My first post in this thread give some, but here are some specific titles:

Beat to Quarters
Ship of the Line
Flying Colours

The main hornblower trilogy by CS Forester are some really good reads

Also try On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming, the best spy novel, period.
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#96657
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BTW, some of the Hornblower novels were made into movies by A&E(Starring Ioan Gruffudd with appearances by Robert Lindsay, and none other than Wedge Antilles himself, Denis Lawson), a great watch if you get the chance.

And, obviously, Master and Commander is based on Patrick O'Brian's work.

But don't let me take up too much space...
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#96656
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bonus libri
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I thought "good books" would sound sort of lame, so I put it in latin.

I thought that since I already had an Essential Movie thread going, why not make a literature based one.

Its pretty much self-explanatory, name off some of your favorite novels, coffee table books, etc...

On and off for the past two or three years I've been up to my neck in Napoleonic War Historical Fiction from Authors such as CS Forester(Hornblower series), Patrick O'Brian(Jack Aubrey series), and most recently in the Sharpe Series by Bernard Cornwell(whose stories were also made into a TV series starring Sean Bean).

At this very moment I'm trying to finish up Lord Hornblower, the tenth novel in the Hornblower series.

What have you guys been reading?
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#96642
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More unreleased ROTJ music
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Originally posted by: starkiller
Its available on Amazon.

John Williams Conducts John Williams: The Star Wars Trilogy



I wasn't able to get all 3 2-disk sets when they were released, so I bought this one to supplement my collection.


Is this disc any good(ie worth the price)? I've always seen it on the store shelves and just thought it was a cheap knockoff of the official ones.