Posted on 01/08/2008 7:59:25 AM PST by MplsSteve
It's time again for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now?" inquiry.
I'm always curious as to what Freepers are reading and what they're recommending to others.
It can be anything...a classic novel, a scientific journal, a magazine, a cheap pulp novel...anything.
Do not deface this thread with a smart-ass answer like "I'm Reading this Thread". It became very un-original a long time ago.
I'll start. I'm reading "The Great Deluge: Hurrican Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast" by Douglas Brinkley.
This is a full account of Katrina striking the Gulf Coast. The book starts 48 hours before landfall and finishes one week after landfall. It a very good book.
Trust me, no one comes out of this looking good. Ray Nagin doesn't. FEMA doesn't, etc.
Well, what are YOU reading now?
“For Many Shall Come in My Name” by Ray Yungen.
It reveals what the New Age false religion (occultism in disguise) is all about, and how it has infiltrated almost all aspects of our society, including school, business, and health care, as well as Christian churches! Meditation is the key to the door of the occult. No Christian should ever practice New-Age meditation! (That includes “centering prayer” and “contemplative spirituality” and “breath prayers” among other trendy and dangerous practices sneaking into the church today.)
“Mother, The Frank Zappa Story”
Reading my new book “The Believer’s Guide to Legal Issues”, which is the subject of this thread from yesterday:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1949562/posts
The book is actually on pre-order status, with national release set for April 1 - - - and it is literally ALL I’ve been reading, as I just finished taking care of the final edits from my publisher this past weekend!
For Tolkien-philes, this series is a must read. Beware though, it is scholarly in its approach, so some parts are quite cumbersome. But the depth and length of the material allows the reader to fall deeper into the world of Middle Earth and get "into the mind" of J.R.R.Tolkien.
I’m Reading this Thread.
OK, sorry, but I HAD to say it.
I finished Donald Trump’s Think Big and Kick Ass.
Bloviating, but readable.
Reagan Diaries
Next up: “Ike: An American Hero” by Michael Korda
Condoleezza Rice: An American Life
Into Thin Air by Jon Krukauer.What a tragic misadventure but what a great read.
Lets see,I went to the library Sunday and got The Last Season by Eric Blehm and Bobby Womack’s autobio.
Recently - If Democrats Had Any Brains... by Ann Coulter. Pretty good. Term Limits By Vince Flynn. Raw but good. Reminded me of 24.
Planned - The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz, Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies by M. Stanton Evans, Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell, and Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell.
BOOK CLUB PING
“Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw”, by Mark Bowden. The book is about the Colombian cocaine kingpin, Pablo Escobar, and the joint U.S.-Colombian effort to eventually hunt him down. The author jumps around a bit - I would have preferred that he kept everything more linear in terms of when things happened, since it is sometimes confusing when he jumps back and forth in time. Still, it’s an interesting read. The level of corruption and violence in Colombia at the time (mid-70’s to early 1990’s) was astounding, as was Pablo’s utter ruthlessness.
“Into The Wild” by John Krakauer. A true story about a kid fresh out of Emory University that decides to hit the road of adventure in 1990. He leaves Atlanta, travels the West and SW and eventually is found dead in the wild country of Alaska not far from Denali. I highly recommend this book to those drawn to the Call of The Wild, if you know what I mean. This kid was a very interesting character of unusual constitution, determination, and a true believer in the austere lifestyle. This book was just recently made into a movie directed by the disgusting dirtbag, Sean Penn, who I am sure will take license with distorting the truth of the book. Best book I have read in the last 3 years. I usually read US history.
Covers not only Stalin's (and Lenin's and Trotsky's) crimes, but pays close attention to the men who implemented the commie plans to silence all dissent.
DK Eyewitness Travel: Italy
http://www.amazon.com/Italy-Eyewitness-Travel-Guides-Publishing/dp/0756615453
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