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re: Looking for a book to read - nonfiction
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:17 pm to Theboot32
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:17 pm to Theboot32
I'm reading this right now:
Pretty interesting.
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.
Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers...
Pretty interesting.
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Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:18 pm to Theboot32
I strongly recommend "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It's an Abraham Lincoln biography that focuses on his strength as a politician.
If you are a fan of Revolutionary history, "John Adams" by David McCullough and "Washington: A Life" by Ron Chernow are both excellent reads.
If you are a fan of Revolutionary history, "John Adams" by David McCullough and "Washington: A Life" by Ron Chernow are both excellent reads.
This post was edited on 1/9/17 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:18 pm to Theboot32
amazon. Great stories about buccaneers and pirates. Lots of history from a different perspective.
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:20 pm to Theboot32
Ron Hubbard has a great collection you should try
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:21 pm to Theboot32
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Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians, his memoirs of this eventful period of U.S. history have become the single most important record of the war. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as Eisenhower planned and lived it. Through his eyes, the enormous scope and drama of the war—strategy, battles, moments of fateful decision—become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory.
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:24 pm to Theboot32
One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey, 'The Kid', Ungar, The World's Greatest Poker Player
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:25 pm to Theboot32
Art Bell
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:25 pm to Theboot32
"the bounty" by Caroline Alexander
William Bligh was every bit the badass...3600 miles over open ocean in a wooden launch with hand instruments
William Bligh was every bit the badass...3600 miles over open ocean in a wooden launch with hand instruments
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:26 pm to Theboot32
Last Days Of Last Isle
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:30 pm to Theboot32
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:40 pm to Theboot32
I saw a couple of mentions of Rebel Yell by Sam Gwynne, which is an absolutely fabulous biography of Stonewall Jackson. An earlier book that he wrote that you will never forget if you read it is Empire of the Summer Moon which is about the Comanche tribe and their resistance to the westward expansion of the white man. The book is "badass" and a great read.
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:43 pm to SEClint
Mein Kampf is a piece of shite. Hitler = terrible writer. I recommend Lawrence of Arabia's autobiography "Seven Pillars of Wisdom."
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:44 pm to teatiger
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Will have to check it out, going to be busy reading all these!
I get obsessed with a subject for about a week or two at a time so the variance in topics is beneficial
This post was edited on 1/9/17 at 9:45 pm
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:45 pm to JumpingTheShark
"Born Fighting" by Jim Webb, former presidential candidate
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:46 pm to JumpingTheShark
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Mein Kampf is a piece of shite. Hitler = terrible writer.
Agreed, it was a horrible read
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:46 pm to Theboot32
If you like the old west you should check out Blood and Thunder about Kit Carson or A Terrible Glory about Custer. That one gives a different perspective on the man. Both were great reads.
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:47 pm to Theboot32
Ed kugler. Dead center.
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:52 pm to Theboot32
Johnny Got His Gun
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:52 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Will check those out, I don't think I am as interested in the Indian wars as I am in the outlaws and their interactions with each other and crimes. Like I said, I know most of what we think we know are embellished campfire stories, but I'd like to learn the real stories...
Similar to the Caribbean pirates, I want to know more about how it really was, not how we see them today
Similar to the Caribbean pirates, I want to know more about how it really was, not how we see them today
This post was edited on 1/9/17 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 1/9/17 at 9:55 pm to Theboot32
Amazing what this dude accomplished. Interesting and entertaining read.
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