Niven and Pournelle rule!
Working on The Logic of American Politics by Samuel Kernell, Gary C. Jacobson
And I keep handy for short reads, How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter
John Adams...by McCullough...great
The 12 Caesars..by Seurtorius...fascinating, but weird.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell..by S. Clarke...excellent writing.
The Greek City States...by ???
I am reading "Post Captain" by Patrick O'Brian
and I will also start reading "For Love of Mother-Not" by Alan Dean Foster when it comes in from Amazon.
I have just finished reading TO my daughter "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander.
I am slowly making my third pass through the Aubreiad by O'Brian. I ADORE those books.
Re-reading "A Parliament of Whores"- P.J. O'Rourke- The single funniest book I have ever read- even though it is also the BEST book on politics your will ever read.
THIS SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ALL FREEPERS!!!
I just finished "The Constant Princess" by Phillipa Gregory. It's about Katherine of Aragon.
Not sure what's next.
Becky
Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace Revisited and Grisham's Painted House (or a variation of it). going to getting Dan Miller's 48 days to finding the work you love.
J. Edgar Hoover, The Man and The Secrets
by Curt Gentry
I've recently signed on with The Conservative Book Club and I get three free books for my membership. I've ordered the following:
-The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History/Thomas Woods
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the crusades) by Robert Spencer
- Do as I say not as I do (about that hypocrit Michael Moore) by Peter Schweizer
- Creation Geology by Charlie Liebert
- Whatever It Takes (Illegal Immigration) by J.D. Hayworth
- Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion/Edward Larson
I guess I went a little wild..... :-)))
Anybody else read any of these? What was your opinion?
Just finished Barbara Tuchman's "Distant Mirror". Highly recommended; history of 14th century France, England, Italy (mainly).
Now reading Roy Medvedev's "Let History Judge". All about Stalin's crimes, written by a Soviet historian in the late '60s. The perspective is a bit odd, since he's a devout Communist, but his insights into Stalin and his henchmen is excellent.
I'm reading a series of books concerning hieroglyphs. I plan on being able to passably read same by the end of 2006.
Propaganda-Ellul
Image of the Beast-Philip Jose Farmer
Reading my uncles's book that finally got published. Hard since he had a bad stroke a few years ago. About the second attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese and other perpetrated or planned attacks on the mainland. By Steve Horn.
"The Queen's Bastard" by Robin Maxwell
ficiton about the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth and Robin Dudlely.
Niven and Pournelle rule!
Finished 'The Warlord' by Malcolm Bosse last week. Good book set in China in the 1920's. Great characters.
Currently reading 'Shanghai' by Christopher New. About 250 pages into it. First 200 pages were great but it's been downhill since.
Polio An American Story by David Oshinsky, Oxford University Press
Linux for Non-Geeks by Rickford Grant, No Starch Press
Marianne in Chains: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation by Robert Gildea
Wounds Our Hearts by Petronski (incomplete)
I'm currently reading:
"Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of Psychopaths Among Us"
"Breaking the Habit of Adult Under-Achievement"
"Anne of the Island" (part of the Anne of Green Gables series which I am re-reading)