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Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by krishna2 » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 8:40 PM UTC

Currently reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".

Would appreciate more suggestions for World War 1, World War 2 histories, especially Russian History books.

Already on my reading list (a few related to the above):

- Gulag

- Guns of August

- Churchill

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by jdalgetty » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 8:40 PM UTC

Mike Tyson's Undisputed Truth.

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by exar0815 » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 8:40 PM UTC

iN7h33nD wrote: post #201

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The Martian... Just wow! I got totally hooked!

And a book I would recommend to you is Enders Game and the following ones... They are just great!

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by pdiddy » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 8:41 PM UTC

blwsk wrote: post #72

Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme - a collection of short stories Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon - an encyclopedic novel, to say the least

Barthelme is the best. My wife and I love the story Conversations with Goethe. We frequently get it off the shelf and read it to one another. "Youth," Goethe said, "is the silky apple butter on the good brown bread of possibility."

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by pbiggar » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 8:44 PM UTC

krishna2 wrote: post #311

Currently reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich". Would appreciate more suggestions for World War 1, World War 2 histories, especially Russian History books. Already on my reading list (a few related to the above): - Gulag - Guns of August - Churchill

Try "the kings depart: The Tragedy of Germany - Versailles and the German Revolution" - http://www.amazon.com/The-Kings-Depart-Versailles-Revolution...

Also, if you like podcasts, try Hardcore History - http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series. There's a 5 part Series on WW1 called "Blueprint for armageddon".

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by pdiddy » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 8:45 PM UTC

Currently reading: The House of Life, Mario Praz; Spring and All (try to read it every spring)

Recently finished: 1089 and All That (finished today), The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Gibson's The Peripheral

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by mandlar » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 8:46 PM UTC

krishna2 wrote: post #311

Currently reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich". Would appreciate more suggestions for World War 1, World War 2 histories, especially Russian History books. Already on my reading list (a few related to the above): - Gulag - Guns of August - Churchill

Peeling the Onion, Gunter Grass or any other books by him (My Century is an interesting read on 100 years of Germany).

Re: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

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Post by pbiggar » Thu, Apr 09, 2015, 8:46 PM UTC

pnathan wrote: post #102

"Guns of August", Barbara Tuchman I am particularly interest in rereading it and paying particular attention to the question of judgement and how poor judgements were formed. World War 1 is notable for its poor judgements. This interest is sparked by my recently listening to [1], which was very enlightening. The essential question in our field often is not how fast we work, but if we're working on tasks worthy of att…

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