I am reading Revolutions in World History by Michael D. Richards- it is just an overview of major revolutions but it is interesting and makes you want to find out more about some of the information. No, I am not planning a revolution- not yet anyway.
No matter what else I am reading I always have a crime drama in progress and right now it is Double Take by Catherine Coulter- it is just ok nothing special. Good enough to keep reading and not so good that I can’t put it down when I need to do something else.
Books in the field of education that I have read recently include Bending the Twig by Augustine Rudd (Heritage Foundation, 1957), Educational Wastelands; The Retreat from Learning in our Public Schools (University of Illinois Press, 1953), The Diminished Mind: A Study of Planned Mediocrity in Our Schools (Regnery, 1954), and Crisis in Education: a study in American Complacency (Whittlesey, 1950). These are classic critiques of "progressive" education that are about as relevant today as when they were written. I eventually hope to be brought up to date when I get around to reading The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30) (Tarcher, 2008).
I don't read much fiction, but earlier this year, I finished The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas (Houghton Mifflin, 1948), a novel based on the life of the apostle Peter, but which left me disappointed due to its historical and biblical inaccuracies.
In the field of politics, I started the year reading The Romney Riddle (Berwyn, 1967), a "campaign" book that provides an unflattering look at Mitt Romney's father George, who was gearing up for a run for the presidency in 1968. I also read Not Without Honor--The History of American Angi-Communism by Richard Gid Powers (Free Press, 1996), a scholarly analysis of "good" and "bad" anti-Communism.
In the near future, I'm planning to read The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama's War on American Values by Brad O'Leary (WND, 2008) and The Theory of Education in the United States by Albert J. Nock (Regnery, 1949)
I also just finished listening to “Reliquary” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
This time of year I looooove getting out a good horror book, especially on audio. “Carrie” by Stephan King is on my re-listen list and I just re-listened to “Rosemary’s Baby” by Ira Levin. Both are sooo much better then their movies.
Mia Farrow saying, “Those eyes! What’s wrong with his eyes!?!?!” will forever creep me out.
(I had to balance out all the smart people books with some good mindless fiction! ;-))
Just finished reading “Tailspin” by Catherine Coulter.
Now, I’m reading “Heat Lightning” by John Sandford.
Waiting impatiently for another Camel Club book by David Baldacci called “Divine Justice” to be released election day.
And, Vince Flynn’s next book will be released Oct 21, titled “Extreme Measures”. Will be among the first in line to make the purchase.
Hoping to learn of a new book by Brad Thor. If anyone likes Vince Flynn, you will most likely enjoy Brad Thor. His latest book is called “The Last Patriot” and is excellent reading.
The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity
Satan: The Early Christian Tradition
Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages
Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World
In that respective order. So far I am halfway through the second book. Very well written and researched with copious source citations. Early in the first book it is easy to become disheartened because he feigns a more liberal stance towards the devil, but towards the end he reveals his true thoughts on a more conservative view towards evil and the personification of it.
Just finished Michelle Malkin’s “In Defense of Internment” and Jerome Corsi’s “Abama Nation”.
Malkin’s book is an excellent re-telling of the internment of ethnic Japanese folks in the West in WWII. She explodes the PC myth that the internment was racially motivate or that the treatment of the people involved was inordinately harsh. The decision on internment came from the top, including FDR, Marshall and Marshall’s deputy, McCloy. It was based on actual evidence of espionage activities and plans by Japan to engage in espionage and/or sabotage based on the affinities of many of the ethnic Japanese in the US for their home country.
The internment facilities were not luxurious or even particularly comfortable, but neither were they “American Concentration Camps” as characterized by the left and advocates for reparations.
Critics of the internment are using the propaganda version of the case to argue against many different anti-Terrorism policies, such as any kind of profiling or detention of terror suspects.
-PJ
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“Don’t Let Science Get You Down, Timothy: A Light-hearted (but Deadly Serious) Dialogue on Science, Faith, and Culture” by Jean Drew and Sandi Venable — FREEPERS Alamo-Girl and Betty Boop (Paperback - Jan 27, 2007)
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Science-Down-Timothy-Light-hearted/dp/1430304693/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222706727&sr=1-1
“Natural Process” by Mark Edward Vande Pol — FREEPER CarrieOkie
“Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes in you and your kids” by Turansky and Miller
“He Has Made Me Glad: Enjoying God’s Goodness With Reckless Abandon” (Saltshaker Books) by Ben Patterson
http://www.amazon.com/He-Has-Made-Glad-Saltshaker/dp/0830817433/ref=sr_1_1?
“False Assumptions” by Cloud/Townsend it’s about bible believers struggling with emotional issues.
“The Nature of God in Plain Language” by Hocking, re-reading it.
Several books on Solar Power installation.
I recently posted a top ten list of books I recommend to read. I’ll see if I can find it.
I found the thread...
10 Books Not To Read Before You Die
The Times (UK) ^ | September 17, 2008 | Richard Wilson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085511/posts?page=97#97
Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:41:41 PM by PotatoHeadMick
To: BilLies; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
Same here. But my exceptions are probably a little longer.
So which nonfiction books would you say were a waste of your time? I’m having trouble coming up with some. The cool thing about nonfiction is that if you wade through the drudgery when you don’t like it, at least you learned some history.
Here are 10 nonfiction titles that I recommend TO READ...
1) “Intercept UFO” by Renato Vesco. It’s not what you think, very surprising book about how flying saucers are secret weapons.
2) “Late Great Planet Earth” by Hal Lindsay. Highest selling title of the entire decade of 1970’s. Changed my life.
3) “Jesus: God, Ghost or Guru” by Buell & Hyder. The basics — that Jesus claimed to be God. Simple, clear reading.
4) “Evidence that Demands a Verdict” by Josh McDowell. Reinforcement of #3.
5) Nam (Some collection of first person stories about soldiers in Viet Nam. I found it compelling. I wonder if there’s a corollary for Iraq? )
6) “The Ultra Secret” by Winterbotham. How the brits broke the NAZI code.
7) “Excess Heat: Why Cold Fusion Research Prevailed” Beaudette, C.G. Read it here for free:
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BeaudetteCexcessheat.pdf
8) “Don’t Let Science Get You Down, Timothy: A Light-hearted (but Deadly Serious) Dialogue on Science, Faith, and Culture” by Jean Drew and Sandi Venable (Two of my favorite Freepers, pinging them also. I haven’t read the book all the way through yet.)
9) “The Spymasters of Israel” forgot author.
10) “Hackers” by Steven Levy in the same vein, “Fire in the Valley” and “Hard Drive”
Then there’s Biographies: Wright Brothers, Hudson Taylor, Brother Andrew, Corrie Ten Boom, Thomas Townsend Browne, Chuck Yeager, Chesty Puller, Congressional Medal of Honor winners, Bismarck, Hitler, Napoleon, Caesar, Christopher Columbus, Francis Drake, Audie Murphy, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Nicola Tesla, Bill Gates.
97 posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 2:42:51 PM by Kevmo (Obama Birth Certificate is a Forgery. http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/certifigate/index?tab=articles)
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Just finished:
Stephen Hunter—”Pale Horse Coming” An Earl Swagger novel
Just started:
Greg Iles—”Third Degree”
Both are pulp of the best kind.
Check out my new tagline. It is a quote from Robert Heinlein
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer....Riders of the Purple Wage, to be precise.
Well, other than my textbooks, here’s what I’ve been reading:
Just finished:
Watchmen by Alan Moore - I highly recommend this for people who like film noir style stuff, or deep philosophical stuff. It’s a graphic novel, which is really interesting because there’s lots of stuff that the author does that couldn’t be done in any other format.
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Currently reading:
Seize the Night by Dean Koontz
Next up:
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs (I find forensic anthropology to be fascinating in real life)
World War Z by Max Brooks
If anyone’s got any further recommendations, preferably of the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or nonfiction science genres, let me know. Although, don’t bother suggesting The Road, as I read it about a year ago and intensely disliked it.
Helfort’s War: The Battle of the Hammer Worlds.
A nice space opera.
Also listening to “Books on MP3” from librivox.org. I recommend “Ghost Stories of an Antiquary.” Also the books by Garrett P. Serviss, The Moon Metal and Edison’s Conquest of Mars. Both are Ancient SF and good for a laugh.
'Mediterranean Summer' by David Shalleck -- an American chef cooks aboard a French yacht
I just finished “The Kite Runner”, and have started “The Art of Dying”, by Peter and Elizabeth Fenwick. “Liberal Fascism”, by Goldberg is next.