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12-11-2012, 05:51 PM
I've always been into biographies of great figures. Usually I have one or two guys I'm really interested in at a time. It doesn't matter if they're a hero or a villain really, just someone who did a lot of shit. Like I had a Warren Buffett phase, a Steve Jobs phase, a several Roman Emperor phases, etc.
Note: currently reading "Civilization: The West And The Rest" by Niall Ferguson.
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12-11-2012, 06:00 PM
Good Post.
I love reading bios of great figures, although it's been some time since I've read a big ass book.
This is a good reminder.
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12-11-2012, 06:29 PM
There's that track jacket again, fucking love that one.
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12-11-2012, 07:08 PM
Anybody ever read Hope and Tragedy cover to cover ? The full version with all 1300 pages ? I have been staring at it for a couple months now.
When is this challenge starting ? Might be the motivation I need to rip thru it
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12-11-2012, 08:35 PM
I read "Watch My Back" in two or three days. Not exactly a huge-ass book but I also read "Centennial" and "The Covenant" in under ten days. When you get your ass snowed in and there's nothing to do outside of chip ice off the car so you can get groceries and heave wood into a stove, you need something to fill in the dead time or you'll pull a "Ma Grebe" on everybody.
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12-11-2012, 11:32 PM
Nice. I'll give this a shot. Definitely a few figures I'd like to read about. Great post.
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12-12-2012, 03:06 AM
Heh, the James Clavell or George R R Martin books are page turners that I've comfortably been finishing within 14 days previously. These days I have problems finding good new material though.
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12-12-2012, 06:52 AM
I actually read Stalingrad: The Fateful siege in 2 weeks after your recommendation.
Couldn't put it down.
Seeing as you like those genres Roosh, try 'Stuka Pilot' by Heinz Ulrich Rudel a German dive bomber pilot stationed on the Eastern Front. It talks about his exploits. I've almost finished it, I'm sure you'll like it.
The next one I intend to read is 'Panzer Leader' by Heinz Guderian. I find books about the Wehrmacht fascinating. A mighty military machine.
I'm gonna pick another one of those from your recommendations and go for the 2 week challenge.
I read The Peloponesian war which in parts was interesting. But I couldn't hack the matter of fact prose it's written in to maintain my interest for the whole book.
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12-12-2012, 07:37 AM
Currently reading Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - doesn't get much bigger than that.
Lots of great men in there and an incredibly broad sweep about an important time in history most people know very little about. Highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/Decline-Empire-Mod...0375758119
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12-12-2012, 08:25 AM
I ordered the Marx and Engles reader after watching Roosh's video. I won't be able to finish it in fourteen days though (currently working through an audio book and a literature book).
I do like how Roosh set the bar though.
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12-12-2012, 05:02 PM
Go read about sula, he was a badass roman general/consul
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12-12-2012, 05:42 PM
Does a large stack of Hustler Magazine's count?
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12-12-2012, 05:52 PM
Check out The Winds of War by Herman Wouk. It's about 1,000 pages but it moves pretty quick.
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12-12-2012, 07:55 PM
Currently reading Blood & Rage: a cultural history of terrorism by Michael Burleigh. I can't put it down.
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12-12-2012, 08:01 PM
Quote: (12-12-2012 07:37 AM)Caligula Wrote:
Currently reading Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - doesn't get much bigger than that.
Lots of great men in there and an incredibly broad sweep about an important time in history most people know very little about. Highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/Decline-Empire-Mod...0375758119
Good recommendation Caligula. I will pick this up this weekend and get started. Thanks bro!
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12-12-2012, 08:25 PM
Just under halfway through Stalingrad. The scope of the battle is awesome.
On the topic of history I have recently been listening to history lectures from coursera.com while I commute. Very cool, I recommend the history of the world since 1300. It's heavily market-oriented, and the lecturer is an old friend of Bernanke.
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12-12-2012, 11:39 PM
I'm reading "Men of Wealth" by Flynn right now(550 pages or so). Next is "Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism" by Jorg Guido Hulsmann which is nearly 1200 pages.
I really wish more people would read Rothbard and Mises. This world would be a lot less 'blue pill'.
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