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rise and fall of the great powers. about 450 pages in so i'm getting there. very dense, a lot of history from 1500-1980s. mostly european imperialism. not for the casual reader.

Read "Little Fires Everywhere" this weekend. Good.

Life and Adventures of Jack Engle: An Autobio ...


Written by Walt Whitman though only recently rediscovered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_and_ ... Jack_Engle

https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cg ... ntext=wwqr




A good read, indeed ~ after all, it's author was from Brooklyn. But in all honesty, I wonder if it is entirely authentic since some of the words and usage appear to be from the modern era. A very quick read which you will likely complete in just a couple of sittings.

An interesting, quick read:

“Between Lonliness and Solitude”

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... ss_1-visit

Anyone else read this book: The Killing of the Flower Moon, by David Grann?

https://www.amazon.com/Killers-Flower-M ... B01CWZFBZ4

Very readable page-turner about a series of two dozen murders of members of the Osage tribe in the early 1920s, and the early FBI's investigation to find the culprits.

seacoaster wrote:Anyone else read this book: The Killing of the Flower Moon, by David Grann?

https://www.amazon.com/Killers-Flower-M ... B01CWZFBZ4

Very readable page-turner about a series of two dozen murders of members of the Osage tribe in the early 1920s, and the early FBI's investigation to find the culprits.

I have it but have not started it yet. What a story....a colleague recommended it.

Just starting “All the light we cannot see” by Anthony Doerr. Only 50 pages in but so far so good.

Great story, YA. You’ll like it.

seacoaster wrote:Anyone else read this book: The Killing of the Flower Moon, by David Grann?

https://www.amazon.com/Killers-Flower-M ... B01CWZFBZ4

Very readable page-turner about a series of two dozen murders of members of the Osage tribe in the early 1920s, and the early FBI's investigation to find the culprits.

Yes, read it a few months ago. Shocking to learn what had happened in northern Oklahoma, circa 1920...with not only FBI investigations but the actual birth of the FBI during that period. The familiar plight of Native Americans practically lost in the battle between the murderist/capitalistic Wild West vs the fledgling FBI. Good, informative read IMO...

tech37 wrote:

seacoaster wrote:Anyone else read this book: The Killing of the Flower Moon, by David Grann?

https://www.amazon.com/Killers-Flower-M ... B01CWZFBZ4

Very readable page-turner about a series of two dozen murders of members of the Osage tribe in the early 1920s, and the early FBI's investigation to find the culprits.

Yes, read it a few months ago. Shocking to learn what had happened in northern Oklahoma, circa 1920...with not only FBI investigations but the actual birth of the FBI during that period. The familiar plight of Native Americans practically lost in the battle between the murderist/capitalistic Wild West vs the fledgling FBI. Good, informative read IMO...

Cow college.

analysis:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_Wine_(novel)

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_ ... -socialism

Not me.

Please no photos.

fine,fine.

Maude Gonne.

Janesville - An American Story by Amy Goldstein


review:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... n-optimism


When the jobs are plentiful, these suburbanites thrive. When the jobs disappear, disaster takes place. Same as in Detroit or anywhere else. Small wonder why a place like Janesville evolves into the state capitol of the KKK.


The book reminds me of a while back when I mentioned this last point about Janesville in the old forum and the moderator censored my post. In fact he even gave me a yellow tag and told me in a PM that my post violated the TOS. bs

Any opinions on: 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson?

Alberto Moravia's book was made into a movie starring Sophia Loren



summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Women_(novel)

Brooklyn wrote:Janesville - An American Story by Amy Goldstein


review:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... n-optimism


When the jobs are plentiful, these suburbanites thrive. When the jobs disappear, disaster takes place. Same as in Detroit or anywhere else. Small wonder why a place like Janesville evolves into the state capitol of the KKK.


The book reminds me of a while back when I mentioned this last point about Janesville in the old forum and the moderator censored my post. In fact he even gave me a yellow tag and told me in a PM that my post violated the TOS. bs

The New Yorker article is very good. What is described is what brought us Trump. The corporate raider/maximize shareholder value/export jobs and consumerism driven mentality of the 80's and 90's destroyed our blue collar middle class. The results weren't broadly felt until really 2008 when consumer debt and mortgage over-lending could no longer artificially prop up huge swaths of the dead-on-the-vine middle class. The mortgage driven meltdown exposed the intelligentsia-elite emperor and "his" lack of clothes....