― Jessa (Jessa), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 18:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Sven Linquist, A History of Bombing is much shorter, and an interesting read - for its subject matter, as well as the way the book is structured.
― Paul M, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 22:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Docpacey (docpacey), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link
Robert Massie - both Dreadnought (about the lead up to WW1) and Peter the Great were excellentDaniel Yergin's - The Prize. Who would have thought that the history of the oil industry could be fascinatingJared Diamond - Guns Germs and Steel, a geographers explanation of history, which I found very convincing Peter Robb - noticed someone mentioned Midnight in Sicily, also try M the enigma of CarrevagioPaul Kennedy's - Rise and Fall of Great PowersJohn Julius Norwich - his histories of Byzantium and Venice, and Shakespeares Kings about the lead up to and outcome of the war of the roses.
― oblomov, Thursday, 24 March 2005 05:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 24 March 2005 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link
John Steinbeck - A Russian JournalRyszard Kapuscinski - ImperiumSteven Pinker - The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates LanguageJohn McWhorter - The Power of Babel: A Natural History of LanguagePaul Theroux's travel writing
― zan, Thursday, 24 March 2005 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Arjun S, Saturday, 26 March 2005 12:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 26 March 2005 12:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Timmy
― Timothy Bushnell, Tuesday, 29 March 2005 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 19:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 03:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mark Klobas, Sunday, 3 April 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 22:41 (nineteen years ago) link
I am looking for a recommendation for a non-fiction book for a gift. Preferably history, social science, biography, or political science and slight preference to American subject matter.
Warmth of Other Suns was my first choice, but giftee has already read it.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Monday, 9 December 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
Just discovering Tristan Gooley who writes about being able to read significance of various parts of nature/geology /meteorology and related for walkers etc.Not sure if he's more UK based or what but pretty informative.
― Stevolende, Monday, 9 December 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
i wanna read something gnarly & factual abt surviving harsh winters before the advent of modern living, electricity etc; thinking more pioneer ish times rather than earlier ~ recs?
― johnny crunch, Monday, 23 December 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link