What Are You Reading Right Now?
Fred Cole ·
July 31, 2012 at 10:01pm
I figured I'd just put this question out there. It might stimulate some fun discussion.
What are you reading right now?
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Jul '12
Re: What Are You Reading Right Now?
Misthiocracy
The nextbook I intend to read is Edison's Conquest of Mars, an unauthorized sort-of sequel to War of the Worlds, written in 1898.
Another Cracked.com fan, I see.
Nov '10
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Falling Up the Stairs on my Kindle, The Well-Trained Mind (a book about homeschooling) from the library, and Thomas Sowell's Intellectuals and Society on Audible. Oh, and I always have a kids' book on Audible that I listen to while falling asleep; right now it's Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan, which I have read and know well enough that there's no suspense to keep me awake.
Aug '11
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Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars, Jon D. Mikalson. This very interesting study documents calls upon oracles and deities, describing the similarity of circumstances that led the ancient Greeks to select one religious rite over another in the stressful and bloody times of the Persian invasions under Xerxes of Greece, 490 - 479 BC.
Edited on July 31, 2012 at 11:54pmRe: What Are You Reading Right Now?
Recently finished Tyranny of Cliches (Jonah's parenthetical when discussing the Oakeshott footnote in the ideology chapter -- "and who wouldn't look to the seventy-year-old manual laborer as the genius here?" had me howling for at least five minutes ), and can't recommend it enough. I'm now on Jean Edward Smith's Eisenhower in War and Peace. It's a thorough biography, but one that definitely raises the blood pressure of conservative readers (the intro has lengthy praise for the legacy of the Warren Court). I'm holding off on a recommendation until I finish that one.
Feb '12
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On Jews and Judaism in Crisis, selected essays by Gershom Scholem;
and Lincoln: A Documentary Portrait through his Speeches and Writings, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher.
May '10
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Re-reading Orwell's 1984 (on part 3), and Modoc, by Ralph Helfer - "The True Story of the Greatest Elephant ever lived."
Just finished Jonah Goldberg's The Tyranny of Cliches. Ripping good.
Oct '10
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Yesterday I finished Newt Gingrich's Valley Forge. Today I start on McCullough's The Greater Journey.
Mar '11
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I'm currently reading Rising '44 by Norman Davies, a history of the Warsaw Uprising by the Polish Underground Army, which the Soviets so graciously allowed the Germans to crush.
Apr '12
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*Takes bow.*
Apr '12
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Beyond Entrepreneurship by James Collins and William Lazier, an oldie but Goldie I use for my work. Just finished Charles Murray's book, Coming Apart. The Glass Room for my book club but I have not started. Podcasts are taking over my time.
Mar '11
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The Greater Journey is wonderful. You will enjoy it.
Jul '10
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Fateful Lightning, Allen Guelzo's history of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Man oh man, Guelzo can just, flat, write!
Apr '11
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Sowell: Intellectuals and Society
Goldberg: Tyranny of Cliches
Feser: The Last Superstition
Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales (my free pick from Audible) in the truck
Just finished the SPQR series.
Edited on August 1, 2012 at 12:49amJun '10
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Troy, I can strongly recommend Smith's Grant. It is superb. It launched me into more reading of the Civil War and it increased my respect for Lincoln.
May '11
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CJ Box's "Cold Wind". Just finished Eliot Pattinson's "Lord of Death", and am looking forward to Colin Cotterill's "Granddad There's A Head On The Beach".
Dec '11
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I've made a detour from my usual historical biographies and have returned to my roots: fiction. Re-reading the great novels of Wallace Stegner: Angle of Repose, Crossing To Safety, and A Shooting Star.
Jul '10
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Working my way through Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series and enjoying every minute of it.
May '10
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The Hobbit. I had a beautifully illustrated "comic book" style version as a kid, but I never read the novel. I am trying to finish it before the movie comes out.
Feb '11
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Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley on my IPOD. Fascinating !
Jun '12
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Arthur Brooks, The Road to Freedom