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@DavidDack Perfect blend of: manageable training needed (3ish months), sense of accomplishment, and distance that many normal people will be impressed by.

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Red Rising Razor Explained #books #scifi #fantasy #RedRising

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Would you enter The Institute? #books #scifi #fantasy #RedRising

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Is Darrow wearing plot armor? #books #scifi #fantasy #RedRising #HarryPotter

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Red Rising - more entertaining than TV #books #tv #fantasy #RedRising

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The Institute is Live Action RISK #books #fantasy #scifi #RedRising

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ASOIAF, LOTR, ... and Red Rising??? #book #fantasy #scifi #ASOIAF #LOTR #RedRising

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@jacko2323 You’re missing the pitchers!

Deivi Garcia
Manny Banuelos
Andrew Brackman
James Kaprielian

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Darker Middle Entry: Empire Strikes Back or Golden Son? #EmpireStrikesBack #RedRising #GoldenSon #books #fantasybooktok #booktok

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Does Darrow earn his success? #fantasy #RedRising #books

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This is just Jimmy Conway telling Billy Bats “Ok.”

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It was at this point Messi realised he had to lock in😭😭😭😭

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History is full of famous conquerors.

Victor Davis Hanson (@VDHanson) wasn't interested in famous rulers.

He wanted to understand a rarer kind of leader.

In The Savior Generals, Hanson introduces five commanders—Themistocles, Belisarius, William Tecumseh Sherman, Matthew Ridgway, and David Petraeus—who all shared one trait:

They weren't chosen to begin a war.

They were chosen because someone else had already failed.

Hanson has said he intentionally passed over legendary conquerors like Alexander and Napoleon to focus on a different question: What kind of leader can rescue a cause that already appears lost? He even coined the term "savior general" to describe this unique type of commander.

Different centuries.

Different enemies.

The same challenge:

Restore hope.

#WarfareWednesday #DailyDadBook

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@jasonparker216 I’d rather run in the dark and live in the light, than run in light and live in the dark.

That’s my perspective on it.

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In the early 2000s, this book was everywhere.

It topped bestseller lists, sold more than a million copies, and sat on the desks of executives, MBA students, and aspiring managers around the world.

But Jack isn't simply the autobiography of GE's legendary CEO.

It's a firsthand look at how Jack Welch transformed one of the world's largest companies by embracing candor, demanding accountability, moving quickly, and insisting that every business be first or second in its market.

Whether you agree with his philosophy or not, Welch changed the language of modern management. Ideas like organizational simplicity, differentiation, and relentless execution spread far beyond General Electric.

Few business books have shaped as many boardrooms.

Fewer still continue to spark debate more than two decades later.

#BusinessMonday #DailyDadBook

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Theodore Roosevelt had already been president.

He had already charged up San Juan Hill.

He had already become one of the most famous men in the world.

Then he chose to disappear into the Amazon.

The River of Doubt tells the astonishing true story of Roosevelt's 1913 expedition down an uncharted Brazilian river—a journey marked by disease, starvation, hostile terrain, deadly rapids, and constant uncertainty. What began as an adventure quickly became a fight for survival.

Candice Millard reminds us that Roosevelt's greatest test didn't happen in the White House.

It happened where there were no roads, no maps, and no guarantee anyone would make it home.

Sometimes the greatest chapters of a person's life begin after the ones they're remembered for.

#AdventureSunday #DailyDadBook

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Most championship teams are remembered for what they accomplished.

The Junction Boys are remembered for what they endured.

In the scorching Texas summer of 1954, Bear Bryant took a struggling Texas A&M football team to Junction, where relentless heat, punishing practices, and almost no water pushed players to their physical and mental limits. More than half the roster quit. Those who stayed forged a bond—and a standard—that would define one of the greatest coaching careers in college football history.

The Junction Boys isn't just a football story.

It's a story about leadership, resilience, and the thin line between demanding excellence and demanding too much.

Sometimes a team's greatest legacy isn't winning.

It's surviving.

#SportsSaturday #DailyDadBook

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Most people know the legend of King Arthur.

Fewer know that The Once and Future King is really a book about leadership.

Written on the eve of World War II, T.H. White used the Arthurian legend to explore timeless questions: What makes a just ruler? Can power be exercised without corruption? Is might ever the same as right?

Through Merlin's unconventional lessons and Arthur's rise from an ordinary boy to a legendary king, White transformed an ancient myth into one of literature's most thoughtful explorations of leadership, duty, and human nature.

Great fantasy doesn't help us escape reality.

It helps us understand it.

#FantasyFriday #DailyDadBook

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Brad Thor (@BradThor ) didn't set out to write another spy novel.

He wanted to create an American intelligence hero for the post-9/11 world—someone who could operate where politics, diplomacy, and conventional rules fell short.

The Lions of Lucerne introduces Scot Harvath, a former Navy SEAL thrust into a race across Europe after an unthinkable attack leaves the nation reeling. What follows is a relentless pursuit through the Swiss Alps, hidden conspiracies, and impossible choices.

More than twenty books later, Harvath has become one of modern thriller fiction's most enduring protagonists.

Every iconic series has a beginning.

This is where one of the best in modern espionage started.

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