What Books are you interested in reading over the Christmas Holidays & New Year?

[J0E]

Here's a couple I'd like dig into:



1) The War of the World by Niall Ferguson - because it helps us to better understand the times we live in. Endless war, endless conflict, clash of the civilizations.



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2) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - because it describes how the social fabric of the United States is about to unfold & how it may look in the future.



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3) Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie - because it portrays the source of fury behind Fundamentalist Islam and how we and even the Muslim World can better cope with it.



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4) The Koran - in order to understand what may soon become the world's dominant religion & why it is causing so much unrest in the world today



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[Anonymous]

Here's a couple I'd like dig into:



1) The War of the World by Niall Ferguson - because it helps us to better understand the times we live in. Endless war, endless conflict, clash of the civilizations.



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2) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - because it describes how the social fabric of the United States is about to unfold & how it may look in the future.



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3) Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie - because it portrays the source of fury behind Fundamentalist Islam and how we and even the Muslim World can better cope with it.



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4) The Koran - in order to understand what may soon become the world's dominant religion & why it is causing so much unrest in the world today



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IS this a hint for your special lady to buy you JOE?

 

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

[Anonymous]

All the books I have read recently have been informational. I have not read a book just for the enjoyment of it in some time.

[Anonymous]

All the books I have read recently have been informational. I have not read a book just for the enjoyment of it in some time.

I mostly do my daily devotionals, but I have many inspirational books at home and on our Kobo reader written by Christian writers..



I should buy one of ghost's books for my daughter.

[Anonymous]

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

No, they are not. They are books you would see in boxes at yard sales.

[Anonymous]

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

No, they are not. They are books you would see in boxes at yard sales.

 :001_rolleyes:

[Renee]

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

No, they are not. They are books you would see in boxes at yard sales.

 :001_rolleyes:

Sorry, I have to agree with Shen on that. They are all volumes of bullshit, bound in speculative hogwash, written to capitalize monetarily on the geopolitical tribulations of our current time and nothing more.

[Anonymous]

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

No, they are not. They are books you would see in boxes at yard sales.

 :001_rolleyes:

Sorry, I have to agree with Shen on that. They are all volumes of bullshit, bound in speculative hogwash, written to capitalize monetarily on the geopolitical tribulations of our current time and nothing more.

I haven't read any of them, so I can't dispute that.

[Renee]

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

No, they are not. They are books you would see in boxes at yard sales.

 :001_rolleyes:

Sorry, I have to agree with Shen on that. They are all volumes of bullshit, bound in speculative hogwash, written to capitalize monetarily on the geopolitical tribulations of our current time and nothing more.

I haven't read any of them, so I can't dispute that.

I haven't read any of them either but I'm familiar with couple of the authors and their political and ideological stance. I have no doubt their writings are slanted toward their political and social point of view. The value these books have in a historical or real world sense is dubious at best.



I'm pretty sure Joe pulled them off of the Amazon Kindle free book list.  



As for me...I think I'm going to read the "Tartan Dragon".   ac_biggrin

[Anonymous]

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

No, they are not. They are books you would see in boxes at yard sales.

 :001_rolleyes:

Sorry, I have to agree with Shen on that. They are all volumes of bullshit, bound in speculative hogwash, written to capitalize monetarily on the geopolitical tribulations of our current time and nothing more.

I haven't read any of them, so I can't dispute that.

I haven't read any of them either but I'm familiar with couple of the authors and their political and ideological stance. I have no doubt their writings are slanted toward their political and social point of view. The value these books have in a historical or real world sense is dubious at best.



I'm pretty sure Joe pulled them off of the Amazon Kindle free book list.  

That could be Renee..



It doesn't matter because I was not thinking of buying any of them..



Nobody in my family has been asking for any of those books for Christmas.

[J0E]

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

No, they are not. They are books you would see in boxes at yard sales.

 :001_rolleyes:

Sorry, I have to agree with Shen on that. They are all volumes of bullshit, bound in speculative hogwash, written to capitalize monetarily on the geopolitical tribulations of our current time and nothing more.

I haven't read any of them, so I can't dispute that.

I haven't read any of them either but I'm familiar with couple of the authors and their political and ideological stance. I have no doubt their writings are slanted toward their political and social point of view. The value these books have in a historical or real world sense is dubious at best.



I'm pretty sure Joe pulled them off of the Amazon Kindle free book list.  :laugh:



As for me...I think I'm going to read the "Tartan Dragon".   ac_biggrin

...Not really, Renn.



War of the World was authored by noted British Historian Niall Ferguson in which he essentially describes the 20th century & perhaps the one we're living in, as 100+ years of continuous non-stop war. It was even made into a TV series on the BBC:

[Anonymous]

These are excellent Christmas gift suggestions and thank you.

 ac_smile

No, they are not. They are books you would see in boxes at yard sales.

 :001_rolleyes:

Sorry, I have to agree with Shen on that. They are all volumes of bullshit, bound in speculative hogwash, written to capitalize monetarily on the geopolitical tribulations of our current time and nothing more.

I haven't read any of them, so I can't dispute that.

I haven't read any of them either but I'm familiar with couple of the authors and their political and ideological stance. I have no doubt their writings are slanted toward their political and social point of view. The value these books have in a historical or real world sense is dubious at best.



I'm pretty sure Joe pulled them off of the Amazon Kindle free book list.  :laugh:



As for me...I think I'm going to read the "Tartan Dragon".   ac_biggrin

...Not really, Renn.



War of the World was authored by noted British Historian Niall Ferguson in which he essentially describes the 20th century & perhaps the one we're living in, as 100+ years of continuous non-stop war. It was even made into a TV series on the BBC:

[Renee]

Since Joe wants to know some of my must reads, here they are but NOT limited to:



Historical:



Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond



The Founding of a Nation: A History of the American Revolution, 1763-1776

by Merrill Jensen



1776

by David McCullough



Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (All four volumes)

by Carl Sandburg



Theodore Rex

by Edmund Morris



A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

by Barbara W. Tuchman



The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

by Barbara W. Tuchman



If you read the above works you get real history, not some history fit for a dumbed-down TV program or some science fiction crap disguised as social commentary.  



Lighter fair

Historical / Fiction:



Gods and Generals....The Killer Angels....The Last Full Measure

by Jeff Shaara



Harold the King

by Helen Hollick



Hollow Crown

by Helen Hollick



The Classics:



Moby Dick

by Herman Melville



The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas



Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë



Science Fiction / Fantasy:



The Merlin Trilogy....(The Chrystal Cave, the Hollow Hills, The last Enchantment)

by Mary Stewart



Dune (skip the follow-up books)

by Frank Herbert



The Saxon Chronicles.....The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, The Lords of the North, Sword Song, The Burning Land

by Bernard Cornwell



These are books that I have already read and would read again if time allowed. As for new reads, I haven't give it much thought. Too busy with life right now to sit on my fat ass and immerse myself in a book.

[Anonymous]

Since Joe wants to know some of my must reads, here they are but NOT limited to:



Historical:



Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond



The Founding of a Nation: A History of the American Revolution, 1763-1776

by Merrill Jensen



1776

by David McCullough



Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (All four volumes)

by Carl Sandburg



Theodore Rex

by Edmund Morris



A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

by Barbara W. Tuchman



The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

by Barbara W. Tuchman



If you read the above works you get real history, not some history fit for a dumbed-down TV program or some science fiction crap disguised as social commentary.  



Lighter fair

Historical / Fiction:



Gods and Generals....The Killer Angels....The Last Full Measure

by Jeff Shaara



Harold the King

by Helen Hollick



Hollow Crown

by Helen Hollick



The Classics:



Moby Dick

by Herman Melville



The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas



Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë



Science Fiction / Fantasy:



The Merlin Trilogy....(The Chrystal Cave, the Hollow Hills, The last Enchantment)

by Mary Stewart



Dune (skip the follow-up books)

by Frank Herbert



The Saxon Chronicles.....The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, The Lords of the North, Sword Song, The Burning Land

by Bernard Cornwell



These are books that I have already read and would read again if time allowed. As for new reads, I haven't give it much thought. Too busy with life right now to sit on my fat ass and immerse myself in a book.

Thank you Renee.

 

[RW]

I wish I could finish Crime and Punishment.  I fall asleep when I read now :(