Digest of the Broken Road Traveler: Fifty-Two Truths, Tenets, and Teachings to Heal the Troubled Soul
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Posted on 03/06/2024 7:09:18 AM PST by Tanniker Smith
Brutal Minds: The Dark World of Left-Wing Brainwashing in Our Universities
Also Last Hope Island about the roles played by spy services of both Britain and the countries conquered by the Nazis, as well as the roles played by governments in exile. Some of it is distressing, as she recounts the utter incompetence of the British MI6, and how Bletchley Park took credit for the cracking of the Enigma code when it was actually done by the Poles before the war began. FDR comes off rather badly as well. Some lessons for our time.
I love reading historical accounts,
You’d love The Boys in the Boat.
Uplifting, powerful story of men who achieved what most snowflakes at university would not even attempt today.
With the recent news that someone claims to have found Amelia Earhart’s plane on the seafloor, I recommend “Amelia Earhart - Mystery Solved” by Elgen M. Long and his wife Maria K. Long.
Although I wouldn’t call it “mystery solved” I call it a good book by a professional navigator. In addition to the Howland Island leg, he covers the entire flight and even the start of their original flight which would’ve gone in the other direction.
As far as this new sighting goes, I’m skeptical because it’s 100 miles from Howland Island and I don’t think Fred Noonan would get them that lost. We’ll see.
Other than that, I always recommend “The Clan of the Cave Bear”.
“Storm Kings” by Lee Sandlin- a history of meteorology in the United States, focusing on Tornadoes, especially.
Death of a Spy
I read for enjoyment/relaxation mostly.
Burke’s Lore Briefs is on Kindle Unlimited. It’s self-published.
The other one is published by a small press, which doesn’t participate in Kindle Unlimited.
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That’s a new list.
I try to track my reading, too, because some books are quite forgettable and I forget that I’ve read them. Others are good, but they just slip my mind.
However, I am WRITING one.
Beside the Bible and associated commentaries, historical archaeology, ethics, etc....
Song of the Cell by Mukherjee ....cruising through the historical discovery of biological cells. More top heavy on newer medical therapeutic uses of cells. Alternate title should be “Cool info about Cells, and recent medical therapies using cells”
The Kingdom of Speech... Tom Wolfes’ last book. His easy reading and humorous analysis of the evolutionary linguists,, who admit that they don’t know how human language developed or evolved and what physiological brain structure(s) host “speech”. That there are no other life forms with human ability to communicate as richly as humans do through speech. No communication in the animal or plant world comes close.
Slaughterhouse Five....Kurt Vonnegut...very kooky but interesting read...his experience as a POW kept in a real abbatoir in Dresden...while the city was destroyed by allied bombing during WW2. Most of the book is about human, and social abnormalities, curiosities ,other world imaginations, and bizarre twist and turns, and the ultimate destiny of death. Book is all over the place.
everything by jonathon Maybery
They are all great!
Digest of the Broken Road Traveler: Fifty-Two Truths, Tenets, and Teachings to Heal the Troubled Soul
Free on Kindle Unlimited - As one reviewer wrote, "...a chicken soup like book but with way more substance.
Thanks!
I’ve been listening to the audiobook version of “The Year of Lear”, and I think I did some other audiobook since the 1st of the year. I’ve been working on a book on ancient Thebes for some months now, mostly in doctor waiting rooms, restaurants, and so forth. :^)
Note that I don't speak for FR in this regard, but I don't think it's a problem. (I hope it isn't!)
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