[servomoore]

The Cartoon History of The Universe Volumes 1 & 2 by Larry Gonick.
My personal favorite is early Chinese history, since it's fairly unfamiliar territory and Gonick seems to have been very taken with it to and here he pauses to really illustrate the personalities. The emergence of the Chin empire deserves it's own I, Claudius equivalent (which I'm sure it has, I just don't know about it.) I will never forget learning about Lu Pu-Wei, Hsiang Yu's epic rivalry with Liu Pang, Li Ssu's brilliant and eloquent defense of tyranny and evil in a ruler centuries ahead of Machiavelli.

I will concede Gonick does not have the most sophisticated sense of humor (ugh, puns are reprehensible things) and sometimes it might seem intrusive. Still, recommended reading even if you usually hate comics.

[Night Lord]

I'm reading Omnivore's Dilemma right now. It's quite good.

[homevintner]

The Complete Hammer's Slammers   Vol. 2 by David Drake

[homevintner]

Clear The Decks - Daniel V. Gallery

[solvegas]

Clear The Decks - Daniel V. Gallery

He wrote a book a long time ago called " Capt'n Fatso " which I still laugh about when I think about it. Admiral Gallery has the distiction of being the only US Navy Captain which captured an enemy ship and brought it back as war booty in WW2. It was the first time it had been done since the war of 1812. The U boat now sits as a exhibit in Chicago's Museum of Science and Technology.

[homevintner]

1635 : The Dreeson Incident Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce

[Zealot]

Just finished "The Sharp End",the most recent book in Drake's "Hammer's Slammers" series.In the future drug cartels will be at war over planets to grow their illicit crops.

[brakblake]

Geopolitics of Emotion by Dominique Moisi

[Shara]

Making my way through the dickensian library

[espy]

"Anatomy of a Fraud Investigation" by Stephen Pedneault

If it's not already on your Christmas wish list, don't delay... I bet they're flying off the shelves.

[pedonbio]

For decades I've believed the U.S. intelligence factory should hire John LeCarre. How else to explain that the week after a network of Russian sleeper agents is rolled up, his publisher brings out Our Kind of Traitor about... rolling up a network of Russian sleeper agents?

[DruulEmpire]

If only "The Tailor of Panama" had been "The Tailor of Iraq" ...

[pedonbio]

If only "The Tailor of Panama" had been "The Tailor of Iraq" ...

Interesting. I think the LeCarre myth started with Panama, because we invaded later that year, but you're absolutely correct--The theme of the book was false intelligence manufactured by careerists to preserve their jobs, and that was certainly what happened in Iraq.

For having been with British intelligence for only a few years, he certainly came to understand it well.

[Ouroboros]

Edit: Wow i suck, someone K.O. this for me.

In my interminable quest to find new interesting books to read I thought that I would ask the bearchive community if you've read anything good lately?

I just finished off two novels, Alan Greenspan's autobiographical The Age of Turbulence and John Ringo's Live Free or Die. Greenspan's book gave quite an interesting view behind one of the preemininet economic forces who's tenure spanned from President Regan to the second President Bush. Although I may not agree with all of his views it was a much more interesting read than I expected when I picked the book up. Ringo's Live free or Die was a quick science fiction romp that reminded me a bit of Asimov's foundation series in following the development of civilization albeit over a shorter time span.

So what are you reading?

[Shara]

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