About 200 pages into The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and enjoying the shit out of it so far. So well-written.
I forgot about this, thanks. Just started Outer Dark by McCarthy. Am half way through it but am having a tough time to get into it because i only have a few minutes to read it here and there. His writing is a little tough to get used to.
Best and Brightest is a must read. I thought War in a Time of Peace was amazing as well. Coldest Winter was decent.
I just started reading Delillo. I started with White Noise and then decided to go back to Americana and go from there in chronological order.
just got 24 books for 2 bucks a few notable ones that i havent read...devil in the white city, clan of the cave bear, lonesome dove, i am legend, dispatches, alice in wonderland, canticle for leibowitz, contact, the demon-haunted world, the killer angels, and basin and range
I just finished The Lincoln Lawyer. Pretty good book that kept my interest throughout the entire read. I need another book that keeps my interest. Anybody have any good recommendations?
Just bought unbroken, gates of fire and world war z based on the recommendations itt. Hope I have time to read them this summer.
anyone ever read Scorecasting? i've had it for about two days and i'm almost done. Some interesting stuff about sports in there, even though i don't agree with all of it.
I enjoyed WWZ I've been meaning to pick this up. Busy with the Song of Ice and Fire series right now tho.
I downloaded the audio version of wwz a while back and never really got into it. I'm hoping that reading it will be different.
http://tuebl.com/ Anyone been here before? I found it looking for sources for stanza on my iphone. They have a pretty decent size library of epubs for anyone with an ebook reader or app on their iphone/android.
For the record guys, I started the book "Shantaram" and so far it's one of the best I've ever read. Amazing.
Holy shit. Thats a strong list for 2 bucks. I'm about to start the killer angels and have heard it was great.
havent read any of his books but i took two history classes from a professor, one on the vietnam war and the other on the U.S. as a world power since 1900 and he basically used "the best and the brightest" along with his own research and book to explain the kennedy era. from everything i've heard its extremely informative. like i said i havent read it but my teacher raved about it and basically used it as a guide for a couple of weeks of lessons.
I finish TNOW and agree with you it reminded me of Harry potter and nothing like A song of fire and ice. I really wasnt a huge fan of TNOW but I d/l the second one "Wise mans fear" and am reading it now. Wise mans fear is way more enjoyable to me so far.
Just finished "Bloodlands: Between Hitler and Stalin" by Tim Snyder. Great book, but a very tough read. Very deep, and it's taxing to read accounts of people getting killed by the tens of thousands just because of where they lived, what their heritage was, or what their religion was.
Loved the first two kingkiller books Think I'm going to read the Prince of Nothing series soon. Supposed to be dark and pretty deep
if you liked it you should read "death by design." dont remember who wrote it but it was basically the nazi perspective of how best to go about killing people in concentration camps. was very chilling because it was all about diary excerpts and plans by the nazis that showed next to no emotion about how best to build a furnace for cremation and shit like that. fuckin crazy.
Peoples history of the US by Howard zinn (full version or graphic novel) Guns germs and steel by Jared diamond The histories by Herodotus History of south Carolina by Walter edgar
Just bought this, I am excite. Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, and the Sting that Launched the War on Drugs Read more: http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/04/24/1629690/author-strikes-jackpot-with-book.html#ixzz1O3QRDhDq
Going to pre order Tyler Cowens new book The Great Stagnation in hardcover It's been out in digital form for a few months, any other Economics people read it? If it's good I may read his other one Create Your Own Economy
I just liked it because it was an alternate account from what you've always heard. He started off with Columbus stopping off in the Caribbean to enslave some natives and rape some women. I like to hear multiple sides to a story. I can think for myself politically.
The only way to put out the volume of work he did was to copy himself :) But really, how many D-Day books are needed? The Longest Day was epic, as was a Bridge Too Far. I enjoyed Ambrose's books and the oral history he captured, but nothing ground breaking.
Actually, Ambrose also wrote Nothing Like It in the World, about the transcontinental railroad, and Undaunted Courage about America's westward expansion. Both great books.
Alright, I've been working on my cart on Amazon for quite a while now, and I think I've settled on a solid 10ish books based on this thread and the internet, lemme know what yall think, if one isn't worth it and whatnot The Moviegoer-Walker Percy All The King's Men-Robert Penn Warren The Man in the Rockefeller Suit-Mark Seal Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee-Elizabeth Pryor Stonewall Jackson: The Good Soldier-Allen Tate Freakonomics-Levitt Happy Hour is for Amateurs-P. Laywer Origins of Political Order-Fukuyama New ESPN book Blood Meridian-Cormac McCarthy
Should get that jackpot book I posted fm. About when the country's biggets marijuana and hash ring ran through charleston/the lowcountry
really want to read The Power Broker by Robert Caro....going to be a huge commitment though made a few trips to Borders on West End before they closed and snatched some great books for cheap
Nah different story. This was late 70's to mid 80's. One of the guys is my best friends uncle. He's cool as fuck