Posted on 06/13/2018 11:56:53 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Good book. Read it last summer.................
“The Winning of the West” volume one- by Theodore Roosevelt
The Brothers Karamazov (Pevear & Volokhonsky translation)
This post.
“Basic Theology: A Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truth” by Charles Ryrie
If you read the entire series, the original three and then the prequels and sequels, bear in mind that they were not written serially and decades apart. So there will be some minor inconsistencies in them. Asimov’s reply to the critics: GIVE ME A BREAK!..................
I’m reading a worthless thread on Freerepublic right now.
All of them are good except for Foundation and Earth.
‘The Boys in the Boat’ by Daniel James Brown
Nine Americans and their epic Quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olynpics
The last novel I read was Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Crime And Punishment.” After a couple of weeks I’m still digesting it. :)
Currently reading Jordan B. Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life.”
Touching the Dragon
Highly recommend it to everyone
From now to the last three years...
THE WASHING OF THE SPEARS by Morris
ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK by Bourke
THE INDIAN WAR OF 1864 by Capt Eugene Ware
THE MASSACRES OF THE MOUNTAINS by Dunn Jr
CLAUDIUS THE GOD
I CLAUDIUS
THE AENEID
THE ODYSSEY
THE ILIAD.
THE BIBLE KJV from Gen-Rev including the Apocrypha
THE LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
MOBY DICK
MY LIFE ON THE PLAINS by CUSTER
HERODOTUS; THE STRUGGLE FOR GREECE.
And many many others. I would rather read than go to a movie or watch TV. I have read hundreds of other books over the last 60 years.
first serious book I ever read 1960 was...CAPTAIN BLOOD by SABATINI AND C.Blood 2&3.
BEAT TO QUARTERS TRILOLOGY
BEAU GEST TRILOLOGY
And hundreds of other non fiction books in between.
Somewhere in this mess was ...
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by FRASIER and
THE EVIL EYE.
Shirer’s “Collapse of the Third Republic.”
Read last year. The children of the depression to the greatest generation ever.
I just finished reading The 24-Hour Turnaround, Discovering the Power to Change by Jim Hartness.
- The 24-Hour Turnaround challenges people to spend one hour reading and contemplating each of the book’s 24 chapters and to make a heartfelt decision to change in the area each chapter addresses. The premise is that decisions made in those 24 hours will transform the reader’s career, health, relationships, and overall attitude.
Currently reading 2 -
The 5000 Year Leap by Glenn Skousen.
- The nation the Founders built is now in the throes of a political, economic, social, and spiritual crisis that has driven many to an almost frantic search for modern solutions. The truth is that the solutions have been available for a long time — in the writings of our Founding Fathers —
Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century by Sean Patrick.
- If you want to learn about one of history’s most fascinating minds and uncover some of his secrets of imagination—secrets that enabled him to invent machines light years ahead of his time and literally bring light to the world—then you want to read this book.
“Memoirs by Eugène François Vidocq”
Vidocq (1775-1857), the reformed French criminal who became a police spy, head of the Sûreté and later, private investigator. A controversial figure, he is generally recognized as a pioneer of modern police procedure, forensics and a system for maintaining records on known criminals, including detailed physical descriptions, aliases, disguises and methods of operation.
The Greatest Game Ever Pitched - Jim Kaplan.
We worry so about pitch counts today, Spahn threw 221 pitches and Marichal 201. Men of the game.
Thanks for the link, I’ll check it out.
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