Posted on 01/28/2019 5:41:19 PM PST by Republic_Venom
Freepers, what books have you read recently and would recommend them for the rest of us? My list includes:
1. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt 2. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari 3. Stand Out of Our Light by James Williams 4. The Feminist Lie: It Was Never About Equality by Bob Lewis
Currently reading Nos4a2 but mixed on it.
Love most books by Douglas e. Richards. Check out the Nick Hall trio. The first and 3rd are excellent.
Trying to decide what to read next. An older book I never made it to, or a new one...
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture by Marvin Harris.
Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark - and Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine
I really liked, “The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road,” by Finn Murphy
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Haul-Truckers-Tales-Life/dp/0393608719/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1548726561&sr=1-1
And “Educated,” by Tara Westover was quite interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/Educated-Memoir-Tara-Westover/dp/0399590501/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1548726652&sr=1-3
I give both of them 5 stars out of 5 stars
Just finished the definitive biography on Wm. J. Donovan by Richard Dunlop. I have never heard of any other American with even half his energy and important accomplishments.
Fearless guy, and one who kept running into bureaucrats wherever he went and whatever he did. He busted through them though.
I am reading “Licensed to Lie” by Sidney Powell.
To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign, by Stephen Sears.
“The Three Musketeers” and “The Man in the Iron Mask,” by Dumas.
The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico - edited from the only exact copy of the orignal by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Valiant Ambition - George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Fate of the Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes - 37 stories and one novel as printed in The Strand Magazine by Arthur Conan Doyle.
“The Alienist” by Caleb Carr.
I only read blogs.
A Nefarious Plot by Steve Deace. For the 3rd time. Gets more real each time.
American Entrepreneur: How 400 Years of Risk-Takers, Innovators, and Business Visionaries Built the U.S.A.
A good short read....a lot of history in the book...
First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by Victor H. Krulak.
Book full of, like it says, insider info on the Corps. Good stories of some of the real characters that made the Corps work, the quirks and weirdness.
It also covers the transition of the Corps from a couple Brigades to multiple divisions in WW2, as well as the cost of the draw down post WW2 and the compromises required to meet Korea manpower needs.
I read Thucydides twice while in high school. It is both fascinating and difficult at the same time.
I really think everyone should read Churchill’s 6, or was it 5, volume History Of WWII. Extremely long but very readable.
I have read all of Bracken’s novels. My favorites are “Red Cliffs Of Zerhoun” and “Castigo Cay’.
Based on his life story....escapes an Aussie jail, becomes an unsanctioned doctor in an Indian Slum. And that is just the start.
What a story.
Currently reading Pyrates by George Macdonald Fraser(his Flashman series is hilarious). A comedy swashbuckler.
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