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"Empire of the Summer Moon" https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Summer-Moon-Comanches-Powerful... This would make an epic miniseries!
It is an Apple movie coming out shortly with Leonardo DiCaprio, or am I mistaken?
"Fatherland" by Robert Harris, 1992. Alternative history detective novel set in a universe in which Nazi Germany won World War II. "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. I re-read this every 4-5 years just to enjoy the discussions about quality and why it matters.
"Fatherland" by Robert Harris, 1992. Alternative history detective novel set in a universe in which Nazi Germany won World War II. "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. I re-read this every 4-5 years just to enjoy the discussions about quality and why it matters.
I see recommendation of that motorcycle book too often for some book about something I am not interesting about, what is interesting in it for non-motorcycle person?
You could always dive in, read the wikipedia article or lookup a literary review. It may or may not be to your taste but I for one enjoyed it.
Just finished my third reading of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. It really ruined most other history books for me by setting the bar so high.
Breath by James Nestor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath:_The_New_Science_of_a...
Capitalism and Desire by Todd Mcgowan An interesting perspective on the psychic appeal of capitalism + an approachable introduction to lacanian psychoanalysis -- if you're into that sort of stuff.
"Empire of the Summer Moon" https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Summer-Moon-Comanches-Powerful... This would make an epic miniseries!
It is an Apple movie coming out shortly with Leonardo DiCaprio, or am I mistaken?
I recently read two books about industries that previously seemed dreadfully boring: property/casualty insurance, and community banking. I'm not sure what possessed me to read these books but I was curious about both industries since they are significant parts of the economy but I knew next to nothing about them. The banking book is called "The Most Fun I Never Want To Have Again: A Mid-Life Crisis in Community Banki…
Finished reading The Three-Body Problem (Book 1) and it's such a fascinating read! https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths...
I enjoyed most of book 1, then it suddenly went "slapstick" with the alien engineers at the end. That really turned me off to the rest of the series. However, for those who have read books 2 and beyond, does the writing return to serious and deep or does a slapstick element remain?