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JVGFanatic
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 Posted: Oct Thu 13, 2005 7:28 am Post subject:
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| Check your big name book stores when you can. I've found tons of books on military hardware on the bargain racks of many a Borders or Barnes & Noble. Modern and WWII. To list them all would take up way too much space. I think all of them are must haves! The good thing is that because they were 'bargain books' you can pop in and grab 4-5 without breaking your back. |
Unless you get 4 or 5 really big and heavy tomes 
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SemperFi2382
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Location: Chicago Suburbs, IL USA
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Posted: Oct Thu 13, 2005 8:52 am Post subject:
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| JVGFanatic wrote: |
| DanielRuoss wrote: |
| Check your big name book stores when you can. I've found tons of books on military hardware on the bargain racks of many a Borders or Barnes & Noble. Modern and WWII. To list them all would take up way too much space. I think all of them are must haves! The good thing is that because they were 'bargain books' you can pop in and grab 4-5 without breaking your back. |
Unless you get 4 or 5 really big and heavy tomes
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Lol, indeed. 
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ElricJC
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Posted: Oct Thu 13, 2005 11:22 am Post subject: Tomes
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Yeah, the Angelucci one I have on aircraft could choke an elephant. Big sonofagun. I found my Tanks book at a Waldenbooks, so you can definitely find some good ones at the stores, but I have found that the large chain stores rarely carry a great deal of "crunchy" books; most of them are simply narrative histories or overviews with limited data.
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SemperFi2382
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Posted: Oct Thu 13, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject: Re: Tomes
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| ElricJC wrote: |
| Yeah, the Angelucci one I have on aircraft could choke an elephant. Big sonofagun. I found my Tanks book at a Waldenbooks, so you can definitely find some good ones at the stores, but I have found that the large chain stores rarely carry a great deal of "crunchy" books; most of them are simply narrative histories or overviews with limited data. |
I've tend to find the chains around my town hit and miss. There used to be one that had a good chunk of the Jane's books, and some that barely have anything that resemble a military section. 
Although, I recently moved and so I haven't had the chance to check out the stores in my new area yet.
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DanielRuoss
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Posted: Oct Thu 13, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject:
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You're absolutely right about the big stores. You can go to same store in different locations and find a completely different selection in the "bargain" area. If you're looking for in-depth analysis of particular weapons your best bet is to hit the internet. Going to a specific publishers website usually locates a treasure trove of books you'll never see in the stores.
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SemperFi2382
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Posted: Oct Thu 13, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject:
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| DanielRuoss wrote: |
| You're absolutely right about the big stores. You can go to same store in different locations and find a completely different selection in the "bargain" area. If you're looking for in-depth analysis of particular weapons your best bet is to hit the internet. Going to a specific publishers website usually locates a treasure trove of books you'll never see in the stores. |
My girlfriend says that Amazon.com is my friend, which I think I will have to agree there as I've found a few books that are hard to locate and often much cheaper than I would find anywhere else.
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