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Posted: 6/6/2005 10:59:50 AM | majmike - thanks for the list. definitely will add to my reading list...
aloy - will look those authors up. some of the most amazing reads about contemporary "history" is well researched fiction. so it's all good...
lyrical - a picture! your face is as lovely as the poster you are! it's nice to put a face to the person i've admired for so long...
coati - you're back! wondered where you went off to. where do i know sinclair lewis from? will have to look him up - i'm sure i've read some of his stuff although i'm not particularly familiar with the title you recommended.
for what it's worth...i'd like to add an author who may be a little dated but he's amazing! he connects historical events - science, politics, economics, religion, literature, art...everything and comes up with how all of those things have led us to where we are now.
His name is james burke - and he's done lots of things for the bbc. a couple of his books include "the day the universe changed" and "connections". he has always struck me as a truly renaissance man.
and it goes without saying (if you've read my profile) that i think machiavelli's the prince is a must read. you can still see today's political machinations in what machiavelli wrote nearly 500 years ago. | |
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Posted: 6/6/2005 11:17:51 AM | Anyone read "Shake Hands With the Devil" by Romeo D'allaire at yet?
That will be my next real read.
I am wondering if it is "breaktime" reads, the type of book I wil wish to research while I read, or the type of book which I will stick to the whole damned weekned until it is done.
Feel free to tell me in my personal mail if needed too.
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Posted: 6/6/2005 12:19:36 PM | ffrosty: I haven't read it yet and the library seems to have lost my "hold" request. Nefarious goings on, or just some computer glitch. I'll have to request it again.
singlemaltgirl: Colour me flattered, because I am. I wonder if the Sinclair Lewis book you are thinking of is Elmer Gantry. Here's a quote on it from about.com.
ELMER GANTRY, Sinclair Lewis's satire of fundamentalist religion, the hero is not unlike today's corrupt and greedy TV evangelists. A charlatan and womanizer, Gantry begins as a Baptist, and rises to become the head of a Methodist church. Lewis's novel, which scandalized the churchgoing public when it was published in 1927, reveals the hypocrisy he found in organized religion.
Or maybe you are thinking of Main Street which skewered the pretensions of the American middle class.
Both are better than good.
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Posted: 6/6/2005 2:13:18 PM | MajMike, i noticed you've read a few of the classical era books, any suggestions of other good books from that period?
Has anyone red Gun, "Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" or "The Problem with Islam"? just curious as to whether or not they are worth the read. | |
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Posted: 6/7/2005 12:03:43 PM | [quote}Anyone read "Shake Hands With the Devil" by Romeo D'allaire at yet?
frrosty,
This book is utterly amazing/disturbing. It will make you feel sick to your stomach, but also with an incredible respect for Romeo D'allaire.
You won't be able to put it down.
I would also recommend "People Before Profit" by Charles Derber. It looks at how Globalisation has affected (destroyed) democracy and how it can be turned around. | |
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Posted: 6/9/2005 1:40:47 PM | here's a few more to consider:
noam chomsky - hegemony or survival?
he takes critical look at american foreign policy specifically as it relates to the war on terrorism. interesting arguments and will lead you to want to read more on the subject. he suggests some other books to read as well...(which i haven't gotten to, yet!)
natan sharansky (sp?) case for democracy: the power of freedom to overcome tyranny
interesting perspective on democracy and global governance...
john perkins - confessions of an economic hitman
some may say it's fiction but i think it has a liberal sprinkling of non-fiction. it's a quick read, not great literature, but fascinating look at how corrupt american corporations/gov't really are and the impacts in how the us big business deals with foreign affairs. | |
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