Quote Originally Posted by Canvasback
My favorite book is "The Fifth Profession" by David Morrell. I like anything to do with history and will read anything about wars, history, the wild west, boxing (or course) and basically biographies in general. With respect to WWII I have been getting together my dad's stuff that he sent home during the war. My mom has a box full of stuff like v-mail, stars and stripes newspapers, 5th Army cigarette cases, coins from the UK (where my dad was stationed during the blitz) and a small paper nazi flag. My dad died 20 years ago this year. I wish I had sat down with him and learned more about his experiences during the war. I remember him telling me he was in the Ardennes during the war and that it was very cold. I didn't know the whole story until I saw the HBO series "Band of Brothers." If someone in your family has had some experiences like this you should really talk to them about the experiences and document them. I wich I had.
Canvas Back you say you like History, Me too I'm intrigued by Hitler and his work and spent two years studying him last year in school and find it very interesting however he is one evil bastard.

May I recommend The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas for you (not a kid's book BTW) and it's a phenominal read trust me man if you like anything to do with History you will love it BUY IT!! I would give you a clue but I don't want to ruin it for you, fantastic novel, I can't stress enough how moving this novel is.

Synopsis
Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. And in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible process.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Striped-...6541748&sr=8-1