oldtimer Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Looks like a great gift idea, Chris. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I just finished "Last Days of Night" by Graham Moore. It's a fictional account of the patent wars between Edison and Westinghouse told through the eyes of a young patent attorney. It also has Dave Mallett's hero, Nicholas Telsa. A fun and informative read. Sometimes historical fiction can be flesh out history in ways a dry tome wouldn't. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Just finished The Undoing Project. It's fascinating, albeit tedious at times. The powerful friendship between Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman is chronicled. Their ideas and contributions color decisions regarding the predicted success of everything from Israeli fighter pilots to NBA draft choices. Michael Lews also wrote Moneyball, The Big Short, and The Blind Side, among others. Just started Never A Dull Moment, an interesting look at rock music in 1971. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADman Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I just finished 'Liberation Road' after reading the 3 earlier books in this series about WW2 by David L. Robbins Lots of fact-a little fiction. 5 stars from me. Ant suggestions for more on this theme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Chris A, I had Mortimer Adler's book on a shelf in my English classroom. A student with a puzzled look asked, "Don't you know how to read a book?" I simply replied, "Yes, I do". SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I'm about to start Thornton Wilder's The Eighth Day. I'm not sure why, except that it was on a shelf of my "have not reads". SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 does a book of matches count as a book? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC39693 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 For those who like Roman historical fiction, Conn Iggulden’s Emperor series. Also the “Eagles” trilogy by Ben Kane and Empire series by Anthony Riches. Together give an interesting view of the Roman military. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 1 minute ago, MC39693 said: For those who like Roman historical fiction, Conn Iggulden’s Emperor series. Also the “Eagles” trilogy by Ben Kane and Empire series by Anthony Riches. Together give an interesting view of the Roman military. Colleen McCullough's Rome series is also excellent and very well researched. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC39693 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Andy Weir’s The Martian and less famous Artemis are fun science fiction/drama. If you’ve seen/read The Martian, read Artemis...different but a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Leadership In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It’s an interesting comparison of the circumstances confronted by Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR and LBJ, and their respective leadership styles. I plan to read One Giant Leap before the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 The greatest cook in the world by Rick Bragg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Friday morning comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 21 hours ago, ssh said: Chris A, I had Mortimer Adler's book on a shelf in my English classroom. A student with a puzzled look asked, "Don't you know how to read a book?" I simply replied, "Yes, I do". SSH I'll reveal a poorly held secret: I basically don't read fiction. I get a lot of that in real time through the Klipsch surround sound system and flat panel TV in the form of acting: movies and other cable/TV entertainment. I find that I really don't equate taking the time to read a book with reading fiction. I instead read to "enrich myself" on how to make better sense of that that I already see and have to deal with. Favorite subjects include "how did we get to this point today", "why do we (collectively) believe what we believe?". I find these subjects are useful to spend some time on...that is, reading in codex format. Nowadays, I rarely come across books of high-enough value to mention, and curiously even less so as time goes on with the general quality of writing noticeably deteriorating over time. I attribute this to much lower levels of expertise by the authors on the subjects being discussed. Ostensibly this is because it is so much easier to publish a book nowadays, i.e., any fool can publish a book now. The last dozen or so books that I've acquired via Amazon have not been good, so I've become much more selective of late. However, Guns, Germs, and Steel is one such "rare" book, IME, Management and Machiavelli is another. Sources of Power--How People Make Decisions is yet another...with many later authors having ripped-off the ideas from this book, including Thinking, Fast and Slow (by a Nobel Prize winner...if you can believe it), Blink (a very poor ripoff) and The Tipping Point. The Wisdom of Crowds however is in part a very good read that draws on related but new ideas of how people think and make decisions. It's always mystified me how people make decisions. There's a lot of bad decision making in the world--really bad. More recently, I've taken to the subject of music reproduction in small rooms, a subject that I've approached like a new profession for ~5 years now. Toole's book is a good start that includes how we hear (psychoacoustics) but it's really severely limited. Also Acoustics by Beranek, Elements of Acoustical Engineering by Olson, and Recording Studio Design by Newell--the last three of which are usually available in complete text online in PDF format). This is my current passion...especially how to design and implement better loudspeakers, and not just different designs. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleJ Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 On Book #4 of "The Remaining" series by D.J. Molles. Not sure if it's me "reading" more into it but it seems like a blatant rip-off of the "Walking Dead". Despite that, it well written. Thanks JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 A great deal of my decision making is distilled from reading poets, novelists, and playwrights who, in my opinion, have captured and shared the repetitive nature of humanity throughout history. To each, his/her own, I guess. SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 For those looking for some direction in the SC-Fi genre. https://www.bookbub.com/blog/best-sci-fi-book-series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted July 3, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 5/21/2017 at 9:22 AM, thebes said: I just finished "Last Days of Night" by Graham Moore. It's a fictional account of the patent wars between Edison and Westinghouse told through the eyes of a young patent attorney. It also has Dave Mallett's hero, Nicholas Telsa. A fun and informative read. Sometimes historical fiction can be flesh out history in ways a dry tome wouldn't. Bought it today, it better be good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted July 3, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 6/28/2019 at 1:43 PM, ssh said: A great deal of my decision making is distilled from reading poets, novelists, and playwrights who, in my opinion, have captured and shared the repetitive nature of humanity throughout history. To each, his/her own, I guess. SSH Give me a short list please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 8 hours ago, dwilawyer said: Bought it today, it better be good. Is that a threat? From a lawyer no less. I eat lawyers for lunch.😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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