What are we reading?

[mirth]

And a book on Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland

That one I haven't read. I'll add it to the list.

[Gusington]

It's close to 200.00. Must be out of print.

https://smile.amazon.com/Ulster-1969-rights-Northern-Ireland/dp/0575004827/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

[mirth]

whoa...

[Gusington]

Ha yeah

[Staggerwing]

whoa...

Interlibrary Loan to the rescue!

https://www.portlandlibrary.com/using-the-library/interlibrary-loan-requests/

https://www.portlandlibrary.com/using-the-library/interlibrary-loan-requests/book-request-for-ppl-cardholders/

The PPL has a few Hastings books but not Ulster 1969, so you'll need to request using the second link.

[mirth]

Thanks, Wing. I've reserved a copy through my local branch  O0

I'm trying to figure out if there's actually a  difference between these:

https://www.amazon.com/Barricades-Belfast-rights-Northern-Ireland/dp/0800806654

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0575004827?ref%5F=asap%5Fbc&pldnSite=1

Barricades in Belfast isn't listed in his bibliography on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hastings

[Bison]

Interesting.  Goodreads lists them as two different editions of the same book.

[mirth]

Interesting.  Goodreads lists them as two different editions of the same book.

That's what I was thinking it probably was.

[Bison]

I'm not sure how much you care, but https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL337400A/Max_Hastings provides the answer.  If you look at the details of the book, you will find the following details.

The "Barricades in Belfast" version is the American edition and the "Ulster 1969" is the London edition.  Two different publishers for the book in two different markets.  The Library of Congress number is the same with the exception that "Barricades in Belfast" has the additional numbering of 1970b, which I believe denotes it as an alternative printing.

[mirth]

I'm not sure how much you care, but https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL337400A/Max_Hastings provides the answer.  If you look at the details of the book, you will find the following details.

The "Barricades in Belfast" version is the American edition and the "Ulster 1969" is the London edition.  Two different publishers for the book in two different markets.  The Library of Congress number is the same with the exception that "Barricades in Belfast" has the additional numbering of 1970b, which I believe denotes it as an alternative printing.

Hey if you're doing all the work, I'm happy to know the answer ;)

Explains the difference in prices on Amazon too. A copy of the US printing can be had for $13.

[Bison]

It was either that or decipher a rule book and explain to the kid why wargames are good for you.  I don't have the energy for the latter battle today.

[mirth]

Time well spent then.

[Gusington]

About to start The Ruin of the Roman Empire by James J. O'Donnell. I had to stop reading Ancestral Machines and set it aside for another time, I just couldn't get into it.

[mirth]

I'm also reading A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond Feist. I've read it a bunch of times before, but it's a great summer time read. Picked it up yesterday and I'm already halfway through it.

[MetalDog]

Isn't that the last book?