Cambridge history of Islam
Cambridge History of Israel.
Cambridge history of Islam
Cambridge History of Israel.
Revival (that's what I'm reading now)
Finders Keepers
Fight Club 2
So far, I have completed:
1421: The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Now I'm starting 1434: The Year A Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance, also by Gavin Menzies.
"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
- Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926), five-time Socialist Party candidate for U.S. President
I read for entertainment, I do not ready POLITICAL stuff, I get enough of that online. I dont read intellectual stuff, im not an intellectual and I dont read history and books of learning because Im too old and dont give a hoot anymore. So I read
Stephen King, Coontz and I reread book series like Nero Wolfe and Mike Hammer both detectives.
If you want to try reading a book for entertainment try reading one Rex Stouts, Nero Wolfe series that are unique about NYC in the 40s I would say. Nero wolfe is an obese Intellectual maybe a genius who never leaves the house, sits in a chair and can solve the most involved crimes. Really fun to read.
LETS GO BRANDON
F Joe Biden
Green Arrow (03-19-2015)
What the Arabs think of America, Andrew Hammond - 2007 - skimming, because it's after the Arab Spring
Embedded - a Marine Corps adviser inside the Iraqi army - Wesley Gray
Dirty little secrets of the Vietnam War - Dunnigan & Nofi - a favorite, rereading before looking @ VN in depth
George Washington's secret six - the spy ring that saved the American Revolution - Brian Kilmeade
Operation Dark Heart - Spycraft & SpOps in Afghan - Anthony Shaffer
Art of War - Sun Tzu - reread
There's not much on TV that bears watching. We're lucky that the public library has a good selection.
Crime and Punishment and Dracula are two of my favorite novels. Let me know how #11 is. I was looking at this which is along similar lines:
http://www.amazon.com/Germanization-...Transformation
Russell argues that Christianity (i.e. Catholicism) underwent a very significant transformation in its contact with European cultures.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Green Arrow (03-19-2015)
Well, not the list for 2015. It's just what I happen to be interested in @ the moment.
Also read for entertainment - Traitor, Coontz; Strands of Sorrow, J. Ringo (conclusion to zombie apocalypse series); Brass man (reread - didn't recognize @ first, excellent story), Dark intelligence, both by Neal Asher, SF, & whatever catches my eye. I'll look for more Asher - these two are the only ones in our public library.
Reading up on preliminary to VN - I have S. Karnow's VN a history on hold, I've seen the first two episodes of the PBS TV series from the same book (I think).
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781-1997
A History of War in 100 Battles
Life in Biblical Israel
Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe
Almanac of World History
The Secret History of the World
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
The People Have Spoken (and they are wrong)
The Beauty and the Sarrow: An Intimate History of the First World War
The Classic Slave Narratives
Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare is Becoming Our Reality
Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and Ingenuity Can Change the World
The World's Bloodiest History: Massacre, Genocide, and the Scars They Left on Civilization
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
All The President's Bankers: The Hidden Alliances That Drive American Power
The World's Greatest Conspiracies: History's Biggest Mysteries, Cover-Ups, and Cabals
"Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing." -Herodotus
"Nobody seems to care. That’s what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes every day, because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream, 'cause you have to be asleep to believe it. " -George Carlin