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Dragoon44
09-29-2008, 19:57
I will start it off with one of my all time Favorite books.

"The Brass knuckle Bible" by Fred Rexer Jr.

it is hilarious, if you have never read this gem you owe it to yourself to get a copy.

Some memorable Quotes from Fred Rexer.

* "The meek shall inherit the earth only when we're good and done with it, and with them."
* "I think of my gun as a tool for converting worthless human garbage into valuable fertilizer."
* "Dead men give no testimony. Let the bum's morgue photos speak for him while you're being no-billed by the grand jury."


From the Brass knuckle Bible:

Guess what’s waiting outside! Yes, there he is. He was released from the county jail this morning by the public defender’s office. He’s been arrested for assault seventeen times-no convictions. He has high legal fees to pay, and a $400 a day dope requirement. Unfortunately, his welfare check won’t even pay for the swastikas on his jacket, so he’s decided to go through your pockets. Since he’s professional at his trade, he’s already decided to crush your skull with his truncheon to keep your mouth shut - permanently. Too bad you hadn’t read The Brass Knuckle Bible. If you had, you’d have known all about the right concealed weapons, and you’d have been prepared to turn that dope fiend’s head into a greasy cloud of bucolic haze with a four-ounce squeeze on a case hardened trigger

volsbear
09-29-2008, 20:03
For sports fans,

"Next Man Up" - John Feinstein.

A sports reporter gets embedded for an entire year with the Baltimore Ravens (Feb through the superbowl the following year). He's given all-access admittance to every meetings, practice and even the draft room. Great read if you're fascinated by how professional football teams function.

spdski
09-29-2008, 20:03
I like Speak of the Devil by Richard Hawke.

TheeBadOne
09-29-2008, 20:06
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Dragoon44
09-29-2008, 20:29
I didn't say you favorite coloring book TBO.

:rofl:

TheeBadOne
09-29-2008, 20:34
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AngryBassets
10-03-2008, 22:01
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell- Tucker Max

48 Laws of Power

33 Strategies of War, both by Robert Greene.

The novel LA Confidential is 10000x's better than the movie, which is one of my favorites.

9L82
10-04-2008, 10:08
Anything by David Grossman..."on killing" is a classic

9L82
10-04-2008, 10:16
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Dragoon44
10-04-2008, 11:11
Anything by David Grossman..."on killing" is a classic


Last year I finally read Grossman's books, they are excellent and should be required reading for every officer.

SAR
10-04-2008, 13:01
The damn internet leaves me very little time to sit down and actually read a book. The only books I have read recently were Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series and Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code" and "Digital Fortress." I used to read a lot more before Al Gore invented the internet.

9L82
10-04-2008, 13:15
Last year I finally read Grossman's books, they are excellent and should be required reading for every officer.


He makes things seem so basic and simple. I saw him live at our police department, talk about an incredible lecture.

Narc1911
10-04-2008, 13:55
Last year I finally read Grossman's books, they are excellent and should be required reading for every officer.

+1

Washington State has On Combat as required reading for BLEA (unless things have changed).

Dragoon44
10-04-2008, 14:12
I would love to hear his seminar, "The bullet proof mind."

Narc1911
10-04-2008, 15:19
I was an idiot and forgot about it this summer. He was in Spokane and Tacoma, I believe, in July. I keep kicking myself for not putting it in my calender and going.

9L82
10-04-2008, 15:38
I would love to hear his seminar, "The bullet proof mind."

Looks like he is in Daytona next month, not sure how close you are.

http://www.killology.com/calendar/calendar.pl?calendar=default&month=11

Sam Spade
10-04-2008, 16:02
I would love to hear his seminar, "The bullet proof mind."

It (or one of his presentations of it) is available on tape. https://www.gavindebecker.com/bulletproof_mind.cfm

Pepper45
10-04-2008, 23:17
He's going to be in Oregon in October/November, check his site. I'm going again.

ateamer
10-05-2008, 05:16
Anything by Joseph Wambaugh.
Anything by Lewis Grizzard.

spdski
10-05-2008, 08:00
+1

Washington State has On Combat as required reading for BLEA (unless things have changed).

We were issued a copy when I went through BLEA a few years ago.

spdski
10-05-2008, 08:01
No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy was fantastic. I read it a year or so before the movie, and I loved both.

Dukeboy01
10-05-2008, 13:27
"Parliament of Whores" by P.J. O'Rourke

"Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" by David Simon

I used to take time to re- read both of these books once a year. I loaned my copy of "Homicide" to somebody and never got it back.



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