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"Så sänkte jag Sovjetunionen" by Jan Kallberg.
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"A Distant Mirror" by Barbara Tuchman, to be followed by Stiglitz' "Making Globalization Work", then "The March of Folly" by Tuchman again.Comment
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How is "A Distant Mirror"? It's next on my bookshelf.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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It's really good. Strong narrative, well researched, etc. One of the best pop history books I've read..."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-BokononComment
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Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. It's about the bifurcation of the American political consensus in the years following ~'64, and how the right (particularly, folks like Nixon and Reagan) nursed a sense of cultural dislocation among a "silent majority" to create the dominant electoral coalition over the next few decades. Perlstein also wrote the seminal book on the Goldwater revolution in the creation of the conservative movement, Against the Tide.
Gangleader for a Day by Suidhir Venkatesh. A sociology grad student at Chicago immersed himself in a slum and gained the confidence of a prominent gang leader for a few years. The title comes from a day during which the leader delegated full authority to Venkatesh for a day (with some exceptions). Venkatesh's research was cited in Freakanomics to explain why gangstas always lived with their moms (the answer is that the soldiers are extremely poor because the black market economy is as inegalitarian as corporate America).
Both books are absolutely awesome. Best I've read in a while."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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A postscript to Venkatesh's book:
He still keeps up with his "thugs," so during the last season of the Wire blogged about his experiences hanging out while watching the show. Lots of insight there (about the Wire and black markets).
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-BokononComment
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The Kite Runner -Khaled Hosseini
I guess it's a movie now? Has anyone seen it?Comment
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
One of my favorite all time books, every time Atticus speaks I hear Gregory Peck.
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Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!Comment
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Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe by Peter SpuffordOriginally posted by Serb:Please, remind me, how exactly and when exactly, Russia bullied its neighbors?
Originally posted by Ted Striker:Go Serb !
Originally posted by Pekka:If it was possible to capture the essentials of Sepultura in a dildo, I'd attach it to a bicycle and ride it up your azzes.Comment
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Great book. Great movie.Originally posted by Tuberski
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
One of my favorite all time books, every time Atticus speaks I hear Gregory Peck.
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BTW: Atticus Finch is Gregory Peck
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Sounds like it's on the same track as the book I'm reading, except from a different point of view.Originally posted by Ramo
Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. It's about the bifurcation of the American political consensus in the years following ~'64, and how the right (particularly, folks like Nixon and Reagan) nursed a sense of cultural dislocation among a "silent majority" to create the dominant electoral coalition over the next few decades. Perlstein also wrote the seminal book on the Goldwater revolution in the creation of the conservative movement, Against the Tide.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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Reading it in German. It's badly translated and has a boring theme - the French middle ages.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
How is "A Distant Mirror"? It's next on my bookshelf.
Hope that the March of Folly, which covers different ages, will be more interesting a read than this one.Comment
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Thud!You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.Comment
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Pierre Hadot - Exercices spirituels et philosophie antique
The guy's a eminent expert on the history of Greek philosophy. I don't believe there's an English translation of this particular book, but some of his other books were translated, books like:
- Philosophy as a Way of Life
- What Is Ancient Philosophy?Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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Hence, why I hear him every time Atticus speaks.Originally posted by Zkribbler
Great book. Great movie.
BTW: Atticus Finch is Gregory Peck
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