Check out Abebooks, venture out on what sparks your interest and buy books new/like new/gently used for literal ¢ on the $. Of course I’ll splurge on books at fav BS but sometimes you wont know the quality/depth of a book until you use it and experience its nuances. This way (Abe) lessens the risk.
None of my bookshelves’ top shelves look like yours! I’ve only read Walter Isaacson’s excellent Ben Franklin bio! Thanks- I’ve added some to my reading list.
German language history books about the former provinces of East Prussia, Silesia, and Pomerania and the experiences of Germans living there between the world wars, during WWII, and the later ethnic cleansing of Germans in those areas. Parallels to today.
Upstairs is all Star Wars.
Downstairs is first person war accounts, Holocaust and historical books like The color of law and At the dark end of the street.
My stepson gifted me with Harkness’ A Discovery of Witches. It’s outside of my normal genre, but initially reminds me of The Historian. https://images.app.goo.gl/dQvNzZCeHELwpMNc9
Do you mean books like Jon Krakauer into thin air stuff?
I loved this: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why: True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death by Laurence Gonzales
Will be buying that one too! That question has been with me since I was a kid …
Viktor Frankl - Man’s search for meaning about survive Nazi concentration camp is phenomenal
Here is my bookshelf. Recommend all these to anyone who wants to better understand the political mess we’re in. Autocracy, Inc. by Applebaum is a must read.
Serious reading. It’s why you are always on point and why I like reading your posts. Most of my books are on kindle and I move a lot, but l have a few out of the box here.
I'm cataloging my dad's and the first row is weapons and the second row is ships...and 2 Star wars books that I quietly removed for my nephew. Now what to do with the Buck Rogers in the 25th century compendium???
That's a great book. Slaughterhouse-five was my introduction to real literature when I was 17. I've read most of his books, even the less than great ones 😂.
That part in slaughterhouse five where he explains that men like his father just sat silently in their rockers after coming home from the war all fucked up from ptsd and slowly making their way to suicide radicalized me at a young age
Ha! I have read some of these a long time ago. I do read a lot about Churchill and WW2. It’s my favorite subject. I have these from my dad who bought them in 1954 at a garage sale $1.00 for the whole set. For that reason, they are on the top shelf.
Library haul on the reading chair … mysteries for speed reading, contemplating a coconut cake (fires have me wanting to bake, flashback to pandemic banana bread), Morrison for book club …
Fantastic list! If I may, I'd recommend you add "They Knew" by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social to your readings. She's another worthy writer on today's issues.
I think I have 1/4 of your books. My Life is signed; moved to DC almost 32 years ago to work for Clinton. But I admit didn't read more than a few pages. Liz's book is fascinating. Cassidy's book should be among yours. Quite a read, finished in two days.
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Here’s (one of) my to-be-read piles. Mostly fiction at the bedside.
Downstairs is first person war accounts, Holocaust and historical books like The color of law and At the dark end of the street.
2nd bookcase top is all King and Simmons.
I need best “biography/ survival” non fiction recommendations!
I loved this: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why: True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death by Laurence Gonzales
Viktor Frankl - Man’s search for meaning about survive Nazi concentration camp is phenomenal
Krakauer is great - any biography of survival I love
Will check that out thanks
Its great 👍
Alive - I met Nando Parrado - he survived 72 days and walked out of the Andes
You're a better man than I, gunga din!
https://Fixingamericathebook.com
Like visiting an old friend 🩵
However, I see we have at least one title in common.
I could only do a handful of actual hardbound books like two of the most recent Woodward books.