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Posted: 8/4/2020 9:40:32 AM EDT
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"the gulag book" is extremely thick, slow going and hard reading. Not a good place to start.
One book that had me interested the while time, was "Issac's Storm" which is a book about the hurricane that destroyed Galveston back in 1900. After lots of population growth but before people had a handle on predicting/danger of hurricanes. Amazon has it in paperback. They seem to have gone full-retard with Kindle price though. |
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Posted: 8/4/2020 11:20:36 AM EDT
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Go search John Stryker Meyer
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Posted: 8/4/2020 11:36:04 AM EDT
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Do a search for "The 100 Books everyone should read" You will find several lists tending to focus on certain genres of stories. Look through them and start picking the ones that interest you out and read them.
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Posted: 8/4/2020 4:49:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/6/2020 9:43:38 AM EDT
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Anything by Thomas Sowell.
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Posted: 8/7/2020 3:09:13 PM EDT
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"The Gulag Archipelago" is a good, but hefty read. I'd recommend to anyone who wants to dip into Soviet life (especially the people who are illogically obsessed with communism) that same author's work "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich". It's comparable and much shorter.
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Posted: 10/23/2020 9:26:07 PM EDT
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I just finished reading "Endurance" about the Shackleton Expidition to Antarctica. It was a great book.
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Posted: 10/25/2020 9:55:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: "The Gulag Archipelago" is a good, but hefty read. I'd recommend to anyone who wants to dip into Soviet life (especially the people who are illogically obsessed with communism) that same author's work "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich". It's comparable and much shorter. Reading “One day in the life”, right now. One of my favorites, reread it every few years. Next is either Frankenstein or Dracula. (again) |
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Posted: 10/25/2020 10:01:34 PM EDT
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I am about halfway through "John Adams" by David McCullough. It's a big book (about 700 pages) but really detailed and am learning a ton about an absolutely incredible man that was key in establishing this country.
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Posted: 11/19/2020 6:18:19 PM EDT
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21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges
Charles Handy |
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Posted: 12/3/2020 3:33:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/3/2020 4:24:29 PM EDT
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"Shadow of the Winter Palace" by Edward Crankshaw. A very accessible once-over of Russian history to and through the Revolution. Not as heavy as "Gulag Archipelago" (which everyone ought to read), could be viewed as sort of a prologue to it-- Follow with "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman. At the end you will know a hell of a lot more about why the world is the way it is today, and they are all damn good reads. May as well throw "Nicholas and Alexandra" on the pile too. I swear, science fiction has nothing on Russian history for weird plot twists--
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Posted: 12/3/2020 4:39:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: "Shadow of the Winter Palace" by Edward Crankshaw. A very accessible once-over of Russian history to and through the Revolution. Not as heavy as "Gulag Archipelago" (which everyone ought to read), could be viewed as sort of a prologue to it-- Follow with "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman. At the end you will know a hell of a lot more about why the world is the way it is today, and they are all damn good reads. May as well throw "Nicholas and Alexandra" on the pile too. I swear, science fiction has nothing on Russian history for weird plot twists-- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! The March of Folly Also very good. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 7:11:01 PM EDT
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"The Kings Depart" How and why did Germany embrace Hitler and the Nazis? You'll find out in this excellent book about the Treaty of Versailles, it's effect and conditions in Germany following WW1. Should be required reading in every High School in the US.
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Posted: 1/30/2021 6:38:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistorySecond on March of Folly. The lady absolutely went scorched Earth on the politicians responsible for the Vietnam War. Democrat and Republican alike. RIP Ms. Tuchman. |
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Posted: 1/31/2021 1:10:40 AM EDT
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Walter Isaacson has written a good number of very excellent biographies, including such people as Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Henry Kissinger and Leonardo Da Vinci.
At the very minimum, that's a wide range of characters from which to choose. I'd start with Franklin. |
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