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You know, for unexplainable reasons, that you will be stranded; and that rescue, is a remote possibility, if at all. You can pick ten books and ten albums to comfort and enrich your inestimable stay. What do you chose.
The Reaper
11-21-2007, 17:40
You planning in going somewhere for a while?
TR
82ndtrooper
11-21-2007, 18:56
You planning in going somewhere for a while?
TR
He musta gone see the Judge :D
Jack Moroney (RIP)
11-21-2007, 20:39
Only one, my personal 5x8 leather binder that zips closed and houses a career's worth of extracts, notes, instructions, and information built from scratch from a variety of sources that has served me well over the years in every assignment and under many circumstances. The fact that the binder zips closed also provides a convenient compartment that allows me to tailor it to carry exotic tools of the trade that enables me to cope with most situations. Of course, if you want to limit yourself to one book also but something more esoteric you might want to take along the operators manual for the bible so you pull off a miracle or two as needed.:D
I can't even begin to imagine the incredible history in COL M's binder!
Roguish Lawyer
11-22-2007, 10:01
This is a great topic, let's stay on it please. :munchin
I'm thinking -- will post an answer eventually.
Books:
FM 3.05.70 - Survival
Catch 22
Autoban guide to Birds
Emergency War Surgery
We were Soldiers Once, and Young
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Poetry and Writing of Rudyard Kipling
The Greatest Generation
Blackhawk Down
Bible
I've got to work on the albums part. I'd rather bring a 2GB iPod.
RTK,
You're right on with the Survival manual and ol' Bill Shakespeare. I think I would take those plus. . .
Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook
A volume with selected writings of Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau and the rest of those wooly headed transcendentalists.
Perhaps the first volume of the Foxfire books
Collected writings of Nietzsche
A German dictionary/grammar to help with the aforementioned selection
A copy of the Federalist papers so I could school myself on how to form my new country.
Kissinger's Diplomacy. I've only been able to read about 150 pages into it before I have to pause and reflect. The reflection takes so long that I have to restart each time. I figure I'll have enough time to get it right.
Jaques Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence. I figure that one would hold up to a couple of readings too.
This list is subject to change.
Those aside, if I could take a series of books, I would take the "Harvard Classics aka the Five Foot Shelf of Books" assembled nearly 100 years ago. About 50 books, they covered what was considered necessary for an educated person to know. Rick Rescorla was reported to have read the lot of 'em and had a working command of the info therein.
As for the music. . . I haven't the faintest idea.
Books
Bill Harsey
11-22-2007, 18:18
old Sears catalog for plenty toilet paper.
Edited to add: Then I'd go find Moroney.
You know, for unexplainable reasons, that you will be stranded; and that rescue, is a remote possibility, if at all. You can pick ten books and ten albums to comfort and enrich your inestimable stay. What do you chose.
I'm going with the assumption that my status is the result of an ill-conceived three hour tour.
Albums
The Motor Booty Affair by Parliament
Live: Roseland NYC by Portishead
Fundacion NYC by Sasha
Smackwater Jack by Quincy Jones
Uh Huh Her by P.J. Harvey
GU 025: Toronto, disk 3, Dubfire Afterclub Mix by Dubfire.
Transitions, vol. 3, disk 1, by John Digweed
Return of the Funky Man by Lord Finesse
The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings, disc 4, by John Coltrane
Idlewild South, by The Allman Brothers Band
Books
The Silmarillion, Folio Society ed., by J.R.R. Tolkien
Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath ed. by Karen Kukil
The Iliad of Homer, Lattimore translation
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age, ed. by Peter Paret, Gordon A. Craig, and Felix Gilbert
The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, second edition, ed. by Stephen Orgel
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West, Modern Library ed., by Cormac McCarthy
The War for America, 1775-1783, Bison Books ed. by Piers Mackesy
Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory by Jay R. Greenberg and Stephen A. Mitchell
The Price of Glory: Verdun, 1916 by Alistair Horne
9 Playboys and a Pocket Ref.
armymom1228
04-18-2009, 00:50
Boy I sure as heck would have loved to have me Col M.. and know what 'esoteric tools" he considered indespensable that fit into a
5x8 notebook. ;)
No one mentioned Euwell Gibbons "Stalking the Wild Asparagus"
or
"Stalking the Blue eyed scallop" books.
incarcerated
04-18-2009, 17:15
This Kind of War by T.R. Fehrenbach
The Last Hundred Yards by H. John Poole
Death in the Long Grass by Peter Capstick
What It Takes to Be #1 by Vince Lombardi
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
They Call Me Coach by John Wooden
The Bible
Happiness Is A Serious Problem by Dennis Prager
The Craft of Intelligence by Allen W. Dulles
Tossup:
The Presidential Agents series by W.E.B. Griffin
Or
Hell, I Was There by Elmer Keith
Honorable mention: Handbook for Shooters & Reloaders by P.O. Ackley
Soundtrack to The Hunt for Red October
Soundtrack to Apollo 13
Greatest Hits: The Psychedelic Furs
Soundtrack to The Last of the Mohicans
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court by John Wooden (Audio CD)
20th Century Masters: George Strait
Greatest Hits: Alan Jackson
Capitol Collectors Series: The Kingston Trio
20th Century Masters: Toby Keith
The Bible
A question: do you have a particular edition / translation of The Bible in mind?:munchin
Writings of Jorge Luis Borges
Collection of Dylan Poetry and Prose
Joseph Campbell; The Power of myth
Complete works of Shakespeare
FM 3.05.70 Survival
ST-31-91B SF Med handbook
Melee Colony of Sanctus Azathoth: Basic Weapons Crafting
USGS: Water Science Guide
Fundamentals of Basic Construction
The Federalist Papers…
Albums=Box Sets =1 item
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Complete Collection of Bob Dylan
Songs in the key of life: Stevie Wonder
Complete Collection Joni Mitchell
Columbia collection of Frank Sinatra
Classical Collection of Guitar: Segovia
Complete Collection of the Moody Blues
Complete Collection of the Blue Note Jazz Archive
Books:
How to get yourself out of being stranded by unknown
:cool:
But seriously:
The Theban Plays
Every Man a King
A Walk in the Woods
Shadow Warriors
The Great Brain, by JD FitzGerald - to bring comfort. One of my favorite books as a young teen
Atlas Shrugged - because I promised Mom that I would read it and being stranded would probably give me the time.
The Encyclopedia Britannica
Jotting of Pen, by E.T. Lamoy
A fat notebook for writing letters
A book of stamps for mailing the family (Hey, if this place has power and a CD player, what are the odds of it having a postal service?!?!?!)
Albums:
Ten by Pearl Jam
More Noise and Other Disturbances by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Greatest Hits by Billy Joel
Metallica by Metallica
Rent Soundtrack
Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack
Rage against the Machine by RATM
And three mixed CDs of random stuff I like
My old family Bible (where all the family stats are recorded in my Mom's handwriting) and a gross (12x12) of pencils.
The rest I'll come up with myself. ;)
Richard's $.02 :munchin
incarcerated
04-22-2009, 21:50
A question: do you have a particular edition / translation of The Bible in mind?:munchin
King James, American Standard, or New versions of both.
If you can get your hands on a copy (book sale or used book store), try the Robert Graves translation of the Iliad. Difficult to find, but a real treat. (One used at Amazon for $108.82.)
I have Joseph Campbell’s autograph on a copy of The Hero With A Thousand Faces. He used to guest-lecture for one of my profs when visiting the area. He could knock your socks off: in person, he was five or six times better than the various Public Television series.