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09-08-2022, 06:16 PM
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The End of the World is Just the Beginning - Peter Zeihan
https://www.amazon.com/End-World-Jus.../dp/006323047X Highly recommended. Be sure to have a beer (or three) handy, it's brilliant but heavy reading on where this world is all headed. 
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#977
12-08-2022, 10:50 AM
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Currently I'm on Great Expectations.
I started listening to audiobooks regularly earlier this year and have been going through a lot books I've always wanted to have read but haven't taken the time to actually do it. Mostly classics but other stuff as well.
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12-08-2022, 01:54 PM
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#979
03-15-2024, 04:42 PM
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Maybe someone could combine the threads!? William also started a good one on movies but my search-fu is weak…
Forgot to add what I’m reading: The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest by Alvin M. Josephy, JR. It’s my second reading. I found the book in late ‘99 at a take one leave one book exchange. It was a huge influence in my many backpacking trips in the PNW. Last edited by dustyrider; 03-15-2024 at 07:27 PM.
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#980
03-15-2024, 06:51 PM
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Bad Blood Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup.
The story of Theranos. Incredible stuff!
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Today, 08:43 AM
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Went looking for a couple of recommendations...found them!
Just borrowed a couple of Richard Feynman books via Libby for a solo roadtrip this weekend. Recently read Will It Make The Boat Go Faster. This is a great story on many levels!
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#982
Today, 09:49 AM
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I've probably mentioned it before, but Ned Blackhawk's Rediscovering America looks at American History from the Native perspective. This book inspired me to write a thesis about the root cause of the American Revolution by combining the view looking west with the view looking east to find a more accurate way of describing history instead of relying on the winner's pov.
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#983
Today, 10:05 AM
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Most books I read are nonfiction dealing with the civil war or antebellum south. But right now (on the recommendation of our daughter) I am reading The Gulf: The Making of a American Sea by Jack Davis. It won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 2018.
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/jack-e-davis
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#986
Today, 11:16 AM
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Here is the latest
1, Once they moved like the wind. Am re-reading. Read this about 25 years ago. Very colorful and detailed history of the Apache wars late 19th century. As a kid I lived in Fort Sill Oklahoma, where Geronimo is buried, and his presence loomed large. 2. When Pride Still Mattered. Just finished. (may have posted already?) Vince Lombardi bio. Is portrait of the legend but also the human. This is the flip side of Instant Replay, which I read as a child. 3. "Erasing History: How fascists rewrite the past to control the future", This is hot off the press by Yale philosopher Jason Stanley. Lets just say its timely. 4. "Son of Hamas". 2010 but relevant. Mosab Hasaan Yousef. Interesting description of life growing up Palestinian, and as son of a Hamas founder no less. The author eventually flipped sides. I read about half then lost interest 5. My Eff'in Life. Geddy Lee. Great read even as a non-fan.
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Today, 11:21 AM
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