Good book for deadheading / reserve

[Amish RakeFight]

"The Moral Animal" - Robert Wright

 

[lowlycfi]

When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris.

Funny!

Anything by David Sedaris for that matter!

 

[Soverytired]

A bit off topic, however . . .

Amazon Kindle is the best thing to happen for avid readers who are also avid travelers. I can't say enough good things about it . .. it's overpriced, to be sure, but I love the damn thing.

Biggest problem: I've spent more on books in the past 6 months than I have in the past 5 years combined (and Kindle books are WAY cheaper than the non-virtual version).

FYI

 

[JettBoii]

Theres always porn.

 

[CA1900]

Theres always porn.

True... but they frown on that when you're deadheading.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

Black, White and Blue - The history of adult cinema in mainstream culture.

Awesome little book!

 

[FmrFreightDog]

-Anything by Dennis Lehane
-Reefer Madness & Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
-Dixieland Delight by Clay Travis (if you're an SEC football fan)
-The Ferrol Sams trilogy (if you grew up in the South)
-A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
-Dry by Augusten Burroughs (if you're a drinker)
-Crazy in Alabama and One Mississippi by Mark Childress (again... best enjoyed if you grew up in the south)
-The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
-Angel of Darkness and The Alienist by Caleb Carr
-Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer by Warren St. John (Again... SEC football)
-Wisdom of Our Fathers by Tim Russert (better if you're a Dad)
-1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose (Katrina memoir.. extremely moving)
-Generaton Kill by Evan Wright (Iraq)
-One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick (Iraq)
-The entire Kinky Friedman mystery series
-1776 by David McCullough

Those are a few of the highlights of what I've read this year plus a few of my all time favorites that I reread year after year.

 

[Whataburger]

"Tommyland" Tommy Lee's autobiography.

 

[CRJCptn]

flying book... "Forever Flying" Bob Hoover

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

"100 Ways to Punch the Clown" by J. Pfister

 

[dispatchguy]

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

 

[jdlilfan]

"In the Company of Heroes" by Mike Durant. Great read. Also check out "Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut" by Mike Mullane

 

[jdlilfan]

A stripper shared the van with us to our overnight in SHV (Conveniently located 2 blocks from Larry Flint's club) and said she's in a bit part of the movie "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell".

I said that's a great book and she gave me a blank stare. Apparently she didn't know there was a book. But hey she's not getting paid to read, right?

Probably the same girl who says she eats meat and fish but draws the line at veal because she thinks about that baby lamb on her plate...

 

[airtime42]

if you like political thrillers

check into books by Vince Flynn

 

[Flybet3]

I personally like Playboy, or Hustler. But some people might frown upon that.

 

[Fernando]

PRISIONER OF X, its written by an ex editor of HUSTLER Magazine, lots of funny anecdotes....

 

[RollinOnMy22sYo]

If you like thrillers/court room dramas: "Notorious" - Michele Martinez

(Her brother used to fly for ASA)

 

[ePilot22]

"I am america(and so can you)" Stephen Colbert

is that really a good book??? i hear good things but i want to hear from some bored pilots

If you like the Colbert Report, then you'll like his book.




eP.

 

[Goose Egg]

I have to second Amish's pick of The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck. It's very good, although it could be a real eye-opener for some of these guys.

Here's some of my favorites...

1776 - David McCullough
John Adams - David McCullough
Into Thin Air - John Krakauer
Into The Wild - John Krakauer
Eiger Dreams - Joh Krakauer
The White Spider - Heinrich Harrer
Fate is the Hunter - Ernest Gann
Wide Body - Clive Irving (Great book about the designing of the 747)

Also I just started Golf and the Spirit by M. Scott Peck... definitely not as serious in tone as The Road Less Travelled, but it is pretty good so far.

I also love a good non-fiction read. One of my most favorite subjects is meteorology.

 

[acpilot]

The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith...the unabridged edition can stop a bullet. It'll keep you busy for months.

Can't go wrong with I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell though.