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Book recommendations?
Posted on 8/8/20 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 3:27 pm
OK, I finally got bad advice. I read 'Don't Burn This Book' by David Rubin.
I could only get through half the book and realized that I knew more about everything he was saying than he knows. I learned nothing. It was like elementary school version of non fiction commentary.
Gotta buy a new book tomorrow. TIA for any advice. I'll read this thread when I get up tomorrow morning and make a choice.
I could only get through half the book and realized that I knew more about everything he was saying than he knows. I learned nothing. It was like elementary school version of non fiction commentary.
Gotta buy a new book tomorrow. TIA for any advice. I'll read this thread when I get up tomorrow morning and make a choice.
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 3:44 pm
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Posted on 8/8/20 at 3:29 pm to Zach
I've heard Apocalypse Never is good.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 3:41 pm to Zach
Not blatantly political, but I’ve been reading Rise and Kill First recently and enjoying it. It’s about the closest you’ll get to a history of what mossad has actually done over the past few decades
Posted on 8/8/20 at 3:43 pm to diremustang
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Not blatantly political
Oh, I'm not restricting this to election or party issues. To me 'politics' involves 1,000s of areas like economics, history, sociology, nature, etc. I should have said 'non fiction.'
In fact, I'll change the OP.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 3:49 pm to Zach
well...did you burn it?
Posted on 8/8/20 at 3:50 pm to Zach
The Crusades- Thomas asbridge
I had watched Kingdom of Heaven recently and got me realizing I didn’t know much of that time period
Well done book that reads like a history book .. keeps it fair by telling the Christian and Muslim perspective of the holy war.
I’m close to finishing it.
I had watched Kingdom of Heaven recently and got me realizing I didn’t know much of that time period
Well done book that reads like a history book .. keeps it fair by telling the Christian and Muslim perspective of the holy war.
I’m close to finishing it.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 3:58 pm to Zach
Rising Tide it's about the 1927 flood and how New Orleans politics screwed the pooch on everything up river.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:01 pm to Zach
"Rebel Yell"- probably the best biography written of Stonewall Jackson; a NYT best-seller and won a bunch of awards
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:03 pm to 14&Counting
quote:I thought that was whiskey
"Rebel Yell"
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:04 pm to Zach
Live free or die - John Ringo
Under a graveyard sky - John Ringo
Off Armageddon reef - Dave Weber
Under a graveyard sky - John Ringo
Off Armageddon reef - Dave Weber
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:05 pm to Zach
Amity Schlaes - The Great Society
The Fourth Turning
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence
Guns, Germs and Steel
Survivor by Chuck Palahaniuk
Anything by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meditations by Marcus Aurleius
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Fourth Turning
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence
Guns, Germs and Steel
Survivor by Chuck Palahaniuk
Anything by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meditations by Marcus Aurleius
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:09 pm to Richleau
Zach, if you are looking for knowledge and not fiction, I love the great courses stuff.
My favorite was about ancient Egypt. The professor actually made his own mummy.
Some very interesting topics.
My favorite was about ancient Egypt. The professor actually made his own mummy.
Some very interesting topics.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:09 pm to Richleau
quote:
Survivor by Chuck Palahaniuk
Choke was good. The film was absolute garbage compared to the book, though.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:11 pm to Richleau
quote:
Guns, Germs and Steel
Great read.
I recommend American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff. It’s about the demise of Detroit, and which policies led to it.
(Hint:same shite we’re doing on a national level).
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:20 pm to BamaCoaster
All Over But The Shoutin
Southern Storm (Sherman’s March to the Sea)
Barbarian Days -A Surfing Life
Sea of Gold
And the Sea Will Tell ( true crime, Vincent Bugliosi)
Kitchen Confidential
Blue Highways
all nonfiction
Southern Storm (Sherman’s March to the Sea)
Barbarian Days -A Surfing Life
Sea of Gold
And the Sea Will Tell ( true crime, Vincent Bugliosi)
Kitchen Confidential
Blue Highways
all nonfiction
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:24 pm to Zach
The Diversity Delusion by Heather Mac Donald.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:29 pm to Zach
Unveiled (written by a former Muslim who got out - scathing critique of the culture)
The Future of Capitalism (written by centrist highlighting the failures of our current system, making proposals to improve it, and why the proposals of the radical left are nonsense)
Empire of the Summer Moon (story of Quanah Parker and the Comanche empire - fascinating story about the fiercest Indians in North America)
The Coddling of the American Mind (strong critique of the damaging effects of babying our children all the way into adulthood, and how institutions like universities are doing things that actively make the problems worse)
Good mix of topics in there for you; some political, others not. All great reads
The Future of Capitalism (written by centrist highlighting the failures of our current system, making proposals to improve it, and why the proposals of the radical left are nonsense)
Empire of the Summer Moon (story of Quanah Parker and the Comanche empire - fascinating story about the fiercest Indians in North America)
The Coddling of the American Mind (strong critique of the damaging effects of babying our children all the way into adulthood, and how institutions like universities are doing things that actively make the problems worse)
Good mix of topics in there for you; some political, others not. All great reads
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:43 pm to Zach
Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose.
I highly recommend this book. Just finished it.
Here’s a link: Washington’s Spies
Also, My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas.
My Grandfather’s Son
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Bonhoeffer
I highly recommend this book. Just finished it.
Here’s a link: Washington’s Spies
Also, My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas.
My Grandfather’s Son
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Bonhoeffer
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:50 pm to Chancellor
Oh, and absolutely anything by Bill Bryson. Probably the best writer out there, today. Two of my favorites of his:
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
The Mother Tongue
A Walk In The Woods: Rediscovering America On The Appalachian Trail
A Walk In The Woods
And anything by Lewis Grizzard. All of
His books are dated, but still great reads. He was a Southern treasure.
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
The Mother Tongue
A Walk In The Woods: Rediscovering America On The Appalachian Trail
A Walk In The Woods
And anything by Lewis Grizzard. All of
His books are dated, but still great reads. He was a Southern treasure.
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 4:59 pm to Zach
Term Limits by Vince Flynn
ETA: never mind....it’s fiction
ETA: never mind....it’s fiction
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