The Old Coot

I have many interests, so this is going to be a blog on lots of subjects. Submarines, my family, history, books I read, the space programme, archaeology, astronomy, current events, the occasional joke.... Just don't expect any politics, sports or deep philosophy, and we should get along fine.

15 May 2021

The John Newbery Medal

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This is an update to the list in Newbery Medal books , which I posted on 11 August 2009. I've read all of these up through the 2012 reci...
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03 April 2021

Book List - Jan-Mar 2021

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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America  -- history, by John M Barry The Apocalypse Troll  -- SF, by Dav...
04 January 2021

Book List - 2020

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And here they are - the 166 books I read in 2020, numbered in the order I completed them: Adult Fiction (116) 3. The Chronicles of Pern: F...
02 January 2021

Book list -- Oct-Dec 2020

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Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a Revolt in the Streets, and the Untold History of America's Biggest Mass Arrest -- history, by Lawr...
03 October 2020

Book list - Jul-Sep 2020

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Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times -- memoir, by Jennifer Worth The Bartered Brides  -- historical fantasy, by Merce...
03 July 2020

Book List - Apr-Jun 2020

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In Search of the Neanderthals: Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins -- palaeoanthropology, by Christopher Stringer and Clive Gamble Capta...
16 May 2020

Living Medal of Honor Recipients

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Left to right: Army, Navy/Marine Corps and Air Force Medals of Honor There are now 70 surviving MoH recipients. The complete list, wit...
03 April 2020

Book List - Jan-Mar 2020

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus -- history, by Charles C Mann 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created -- ...
05 January 2020

Book list - 2019

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Dreadful Company -- urban fantasy (Helsing #2), by Vivian Shaw Neptune's Inferno: The US Navy at Guadalcanal -- WW II, by James D Ho...
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06 October 2019

George Cross: A B Fasson and C Grazier

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Anthony Blair Fasson, Lieutenant, Royal Navy; HMS Petard Born: 17 July 1913, Lanton, Roxburghshire, Scotland Died: 30 October 1942, Medite...
05 October 2019

Detectives

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My ten favourite mystery series.  Asey is definitely Number One; the others are listed in the order of their first appearance. ***********...
06 January 2019

Book List -- 2018

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Clash of Eagles -- AH, by Alan Smale If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II -- WWII memoir, ...
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Retired sailor with 21+ years of service - including 13 years on 688-class submarines, and three on a sub tender. Born and raised in the Midwest, now living on the East Coast.
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