[ChocChipCookie]

I haven’t read anything just for fun in a long time, so I just finished Michael Crichton’s State of Fear and started Sahara by Clive Cussler. Both are quick reads and fairly entertaining.

[Fractal Trader]

Ping for later

[aomagrat]

“Catlow” by Louis Lamour

[chilepepper]

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Fantastic book...

[LakeLady]

Brave Companions - David McCullough

[Oratam]

I just finished I Heard You Paint Houses the story of Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran who was a leading Teamsters figure in Philly and Delaware (Yes Sen. Biden makes an appearance) and a confidant of Hoffa. It's part memoir part investigative journalism. I recommend it to anyone who loves reading true crime, mafia, or theories about Hoffa's disappearance. It's also a quick read.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

John Steinbeck — “East of Eden”
Nikos Kazantzakis — “Zorba the Greek”
Short stories by William Faulkner and Anton Chekov.
Ulysses S. Grant — “Personal Memoirs”

[Skooz]

“The One Hundred Days” by Patrick O’Brian

[Just Another Hick]

The Last Lion - biography of Winston Churchill. Also, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades).

[CharonofStyx]

Just finished: America Alone - Mark Steyn
Just started: The Whole Shebang - Timothy Ferris

[mirkwood]

Darkness and Dawn by
George Allan England

[sarajeen]

Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives

[mjp]

Philosophy, The Federalist, and the Constitution By Morton White

[RobRoy]

The American Front - Harry Turtledove.

[griswold3]

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash (Hardcover)
by Charles R. Morris (Author)

Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics (Paperback)
by John R. Talbott (Author)

Your worst nightmare is about to come true!-gris

[mirkwood]

Some great sci-fi can be found here: http://www.freesfonline.de/

[anonsquared]

A Patriot’s History of the United States
http://www.amazon.com/Patriots-History-United-States-Columbuss/dp/1595230327/

and re-reading
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
http://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense-Thomas-Paine/dp/0977798208/

which the House and Senate should be required to read along with the Constitution before voting on this bill.

[griswold3]

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash (Hardcover)
by Charles R. Morris (Author)

Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics (Paperback)
by John R. Talbott (Author)

Your worst nightmare is about to come true!-gris

[imfrmdixie]

Romanov Bride
Remembering Hypatia

Starting: World Without End

[pierrem15]

Just finished, "Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World" and "Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity" both by J E Lendon.

Highly recommended if you are interested in how and why the Roman Empire and ancient Greek societies and armies functioned, but as they were understood to function by the Greeks and Romans themselves, rather than through the prism of modern theories of society or the state.

Just started re-reading Heiddegger's lectures on Plato's Sophist.