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we have the same bookshelf apparently! have you read any other non-fiction greatest hits tomes, like Power Broker?
by disantlor 8y ago
we have the same bookshelf apparently! have you read any other non-fiction greatest hits tomes, like Power Broker?
- atombender 8y agoThe Power Broker is a great, huge read. Another good one that I got recently is Arabia Felix [1], a rather obscure Danish book from 1962 from NYRB. A minor classic. I'm not a war buff by any stretch, but I can recommend Antony Beevor. Sometimes his books devolve into exhausting, never-ending play-by-plays of tank and troop movements, but both Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin [3] and were fascinating just for his ability to conjure up the time and place. Inside the Third Reich was similarly interesting, even it's known to be a flawed narrative. I also recently read Bad Blood, about Theranos, which was excellent. Literary-wise not quite on the same level, though. Got any recommendations? [1] https://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/531929925/in-the-refrains-of-arabia-felix-a-reminder-often-the-end-is-just-a-start https://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/531929925/in-the-refrains-of-... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Fateful-1942-1943-Antony-Beevor/dp/0140284583 https://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Fateful-1942-1943-Antony-B... [3] https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Berlin-1945-Antony-Beevor https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Berlin-1945-Antony-Beevor
- vpribish 8y agoas we all have the same bookshelf here, the next brick over on mine is Daniel Yergin's "The Prize". amazing work on the history of oil
- stochastician 8y ago"The Prize" is fantastic, as is the associated (7 hour!) PBS-produced documentary that's available in its entirety on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1stQW6i1Ko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1stQW6i1Ko The actual in-person interviews with oil execs who were in the room during nationalization are amazing!