Thanks Republic_Venom, glad someone is back to posting these.
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 Breakout and Pursuit by Martin Blumenson
Ha. Good one.
Currently reading the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
I don’t recommend you get it. LOL
Worthy books ...
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.
The Bell Curve
Shattered Sword (a history of the war in the Pacific, especially the Battle of Midway)
Anthem, by Ayn Rand
I just got: “Stars Upstream. Life Along an Ozark River” by Leonard Hall,from 1958. Great reading.
Surprised he can read.
Moving Mountains- John Eldredge
The Case For Nuclear Weapons In The 21st Century by Brad Roberts.
Last summer, I read Peter the Great: The Man and His World. It was fantastic.
Just finished “Everyday Millionaires” and several Peter Drucker books.
Currently reading:
Jonathan Haidt’s “The Righteous Mind”
Thomas Sowell’s “Conquests and Cultures”
OMG. I wish I had been drinking something so I could have spit it out, cartoon-style. GOOD ONE.
I recommend Dr. Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life”. Finished it not too long ago.
Was disappointed by “Everyday Millionaires” by Scott Hogan. It felt like a mash up of his “Retire Inspired” and Dave Ramsey’s FPU books with a smattering of statistics. It really fell short of the updated study of millionaires.
Rereading “Angela’s Ashes”, Frank McCourt
“A Life of Impact”. By Deborah Shisler. (My daughter) written about her dad and the impact as a dad, teacher, coach, role model and also a look at Heavenly Father relationship viewed thru the lens of her earthly father...
Amazon and Barnes and Knoble. Oh, and I wrote the last chapter...
Who Killed the Congo? By Philippa Schuyler (New York: Devin Adair, 1962)
An analysis of the Belgian Congo (now Congo Kinshasa) and how meddling by the United Nations, Belgian socialists and outside powers from both the West and the Communist bloc contributed to the chaos that engulfed the country following its independence in 1960. The author, daughter of George Schuyler, a prominent Harlem Renaissance writer and longtime conservative pundit and raconteur, was killed while on a humanitarian mission in Vietnam in 1968.Total Terror: An Exposé of Genocide in the Baltics by Albert Kalme (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1951)
An account of the Soviet occupation of the Baltic statesWinning’s a Lot More Fun by Stephen C. Shadegg (New York: Macmillan, 1969)
The story of Richard Nixon’s successful campaign for the presidency in 1968A Death in Washington: Walter G. Krivitsky and the Stalin Terror by Gary Kern (New York: Enigma, 2003)
The story of Walter Krivitsky, the Soviet spy who defected to the West and exposed dozens of Soviet agents before his mysterious death in a Washington, DC hotel room in 1941Resistance Is Futile! How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind by Ann Coulter (New York: Penguin, 2018)
A witty polemic in defense of President Trump and his policies
The sound and the fury
Andrew jackson American lion
I listened to Shantaram on audio book a couple of years ago - it was an amazing story.
Anne might want to add her own name into the title.
As for me; I’m currently reading the “Rembrandt Affair” by Daniel Silva. Part of the Gabriel Allon series.
Thanks Republic_Venom, glad someone is back to posting these.
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