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10-25-2018, 10:29 PM
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Best book to take camping
The History of Science by George Sarton.
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10-25-2018, 11:10 PM
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Location: Benton County, Iowa
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Best Book
The Big Rock Candy Mountain. By Wallace Stegner or The Masters by C.P. Snow although An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser is a favorite also.
Iowa Dave
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10-25-2018, 11:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
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whatever space opera series I'm reading on Kindle...
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10-26-2018, 03:36 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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Current edition of my trusty Rand McNally travel atlas, in large print!!
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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10-26-2018, 08:39 AM
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Location: DFW, Texas
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Amen CP lol
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10-26-2018, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
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Best Book?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Viajante
The History of Science by George Sarton.
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Hi: Viajante... For me it's my "Cheque Book".  Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie 
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10-26-2018, 09:05 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Take book(s) of the genre you enjoy. On my Big Trip I read about a half-dozen different books/authors. Found plenty of stops to 'trade' books from laundry rooms to the Free Little Library book stand at the Blue Mounds State Park.
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Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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10-26-2018, 10:07 AM
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I take books I don't want to keep forever, and trade them at campground laundries, used book stores, etc. Since I read 3-4 per week, that, and my Kindle, are the only way I don't end up overloading the truck!
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10-26-2018, 10:39 AM
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Location: Asheville, North Carolina
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My Kindle is always full with “free” books from Bookbub.com. I like to be able to hit the delete button when complete. Also, I always keep my electronic library full with the maximum best sellers that I can put on the waiting list. Once caught on an international freight without enough reading material- never again!
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Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything - Charles Kuralt
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10-26-2018, 10:48 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Santa Rosa County, Florida
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Nowadays I don't take hard copy books with me; I just read ebooks on my tablet, fiction and nonfiction. And I have programming ebooks on the tablet which I use when programming on the laptop.
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She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie-- propane
Photos and travelogues here: mikelewisimages.com
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10-26-2018, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vermilye
I take books I don't want to keep forever, and trade them at campground laundries, used book stores, etc. Since I read 3-4 per week, that, and my Kindle, are the only way I don't end up overloading the truck!
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Hi: Vermilye... For us, we go to the library if were there for a stretch. Every one seems to have a used book store. While there a bit of back home news using their Wifi is a good deal too!!!  Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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10-26-2018, 12:38 PM
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Renton, Washington
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19
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Cowboy Poetry.
Of Men and Mountains by William O. Douglas.
Bird books.
LOVE the idea of taking books you are willing to trade in book exchanges.
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10-26-2018, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Maple Ridge, BC, British Columbia
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The best book to take camping .... is the book you read and actually finish
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10-26-2018, 03:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kstock11
My Kindle is always full with “free” books from Bookbub.com. I like to be able to hit the delete button when complete. Also, I always keep my electronic library full with the maximum best sellers that I can put on the waiting list. Once caught on an international freight without enough reading material- never again!
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I learned the hard way also about bringing sufficient reading materials. Years ago I was working offshore on a dredge ship in the Beaufort Sea and I made the mistake of only bringing one novel with me. After reading the same book cover to cover three times, I had enough of that and learned how to play ping pong on the table in the ships rec room.
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10-26-2018, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Audio books from Libby or some other library app! I either read in my Kindle app or listen from the Libby app. (Libby is the app my library uses.)
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"Not all those who wander are lost.." JRR Tolkien
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10-26-2018, 04:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
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I spent about six hours on an ice breaker in the Beaufort Sea which sounds like a great experience. Going forward breaking ice, backing up, going forward breaking ice, backing up, gets old in short order. Ended up below, watching satellite TV in the cafeteria.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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10-26-2018, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Austin, Texas
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Alternate history either on my kindle or sometimes a real book.
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10-26-2018, 09:53 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Placerville, California
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I'm fond of, and currently re-reading The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey which I bought at the john wesley powell river history museum in green river, utah this summer.
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10-26-2018, 10:44 PM
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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The all-time bestseller, the Bible.
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10-26-2018, 10:58 PM
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Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike G
The all-time bestseller, the Bible.
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Or, maybe the Koran.
Depends on source cited.
https://www.indy100.com/article/thes...me--W1B9H8WgQx
- The Koran.
- The King James Bible.
- Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Mao Zedong.
- Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes.
- Harry Potter series, JK Rowling.
- A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens.
- The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien.
- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
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