[quote]Soulja874 wrote:
Has anyone every read any good ninja or samurai books? The Art of War by Sun Tzu doesn’t count.[/quote]
moving zen, karate a path to gentleness by Nicol
karate do my way of life by gichin funaoshi
stan schmidt ‘spirit of the empty hand’
all biography’s very good and easy to read.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]sen say wrote:
God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchins
The End of Faith by Sam Harris
Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Pig Perfect by Peter Kaminsky
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
The Angels Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafÃ??Ã?³n (thought this sucked but read all 700 pages, so it couldn’t have sucked that bad)[/quote]
Lawl…atheist.[/quote]
With a penchant for the best pork money can buy!
Just got a Kindle about 2 weeks ago. Since then, I’ve been reading so much more.
Finished in the last few days
Getting Things Done, david Allen.
One second After, william forthschen
Why we get fat: and what to do about it, Gary Taubes
On killing, dave grossman
In progress
Westside Barbell Book of Methods, Louie Simmons
7 habits of highly effective people
Scalia and Garner’s Making your Case: the art of persuading judges
“Cold Warrior”
A history of James Jesus Angleton’s molehunt within the CIA in the 60s and 70s in an attempt to purge the Agency of KGB-placed spies.
[quote]Racer377 wrote:
Just got a Kindle about 2 weeks ago. Since then, I’ve been reading so much more.
Finished in the last few days
Getting Things Done, david Allen.
One second After, william forthschen
Why we get fat: and what to do about it, Gary Taubes
On killing, dave grossman
In progress
Westside Barbell Book of Methods, Louie Simmons
7 habits of highly effective people
Scalia and Garner’s Making your Case: the art of persuading judges
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I just got a Kindle as well and have been adding a shitload of stuff to it. I spent a few hours when I first got it just adding all those free books to it that are available. Lots of classics. I also got the CIA Factbook, 2007. It’s pretty cool.
[quote]Racer377 wrote:
Getting Things Done, david Allen.
7 habits of highly effective people [/quote]
What did you think of these? I couldn’t finish either one, they really just didn’t “click” with me.
If you’re interested in the art of persuasion, you might want to check out The Psychology of Persuasion by Cialdini. Really, really good read and well worth the ~$12 Kindle price, IMO. One of the best books I’ve read in a couple years.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]Racer377 wrote:
Just got a Kindle about 2 weeks ago. Since then, I’ve been reading so much more.
Finished in the last few days
Getting Things Done, david Allen.
One second After, william forthschen
Why we get fat: and what to do about it, Gary Taubes
On killing, dave grossman
In progress
Westside Barbell Book of Methods, Louie Simmons
7 habits of highly effective people
Scalia and Garner’s Making your Case: the art of persuading judges
[/quote]
I just got a Kindle as well and have been adding a shitload of stuff to it. I spent a few hours when I first got it just adding all those free books to it that are available. Lots of classics. I also got the CIA Factbook, 2007. It’s pretty cool. [/quote]
I just looked up the CIA factbook and was struck by the list price of $60 with a Kindle price of $2.
I think the Kindle is great but some of the books are still overpriced, IMO. If I can buy a like new hardback for <$5 I have a hard time spending $10-15 on the Kindle version.
“Where Men Win Glory”, by Jon Krakauer. About 1/3 of the way through, really fascinating.
Tells the real story of Pat Tillman (NFL guy who gave up the sport to fight in Afghanistan, was killed by friendly fire, and the gov’t covered it up so that his story would sound more heroic). Tells a duel story of Tillman’s life growing up and the history of war in Afghanistan. Love Krakauer.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
“Cold Warrior”
A history of James Jesus Angleton’s molehunt within the CIA in the 60s and 70s in an attempt to purge the Agency of KGB-placed spies.[/quote]
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This explains the extreme paranoia I’ve seen you display.
Last two fictions have been by Safran Foer.
Everything is Illuminated and his newest one I am readin right now, i FORGET the title, but it also is very funny.\
I got the 4 hour body. For a 400 page hardcover it was cheap and only a two to five hour read cover to cover, Yes, it’s gimmicky as discussed, but it goes down so quickly its not like you waste your time, and it’s got some fun sotries and anecdotes.
Been reading Stuart Mcgill… Truly one of the essentials for anyone in the fitness/rehab community. My training philosophy has gron tenfold since reading his material.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
“Where Men Win Glory”, by Jon Krakauer. About 1/3 of the way through, really fascinating.
Tells the real story of Pat Tillman (NFL guy who gave up the sport to fight in Afghanistan, was killed by friendly fire, and the gov’t covered it up so that his story would sound more heroic). Tells a duel story of Tillman’s life growing up and the history of war in Afghanistan. Love Krakauer.[/quote]
read that a few months ago. I also recommend. Krakauer is great, he does a great job of parrelling PATs life story with the events in and leading up to u going into Iraq and Afghanistan
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]Racer377 wrote:
Getting Things Done, david Allen.
7 habits of highly effective people [/quote]
What did you think of these? I couldn’t finish either one, they really just didn’t “click” with me.
If you’re interested in the art of persuasion, you might want to check out The Psychology of Persuasion by Cialdini. Really, really good read and well worth the ~$12 Kindle price, IMO. One of the best books I’ve read in a couple years.[/quote]
I’ll second that. I have seen a number of those techniques used on others to great effect, and can think of a few times they’ve been used on me as well.
I have been reading a lot of Peanuts comic
Beside that I dont read fiction anymore even essays on real world subject by author/expert. Anything that involves a story.
Since Nards got me interested in Lee Childs a few months ago I am catching up. I have a Nook instead of a Kindle. Next is catching up on Stephen Hunter.
I spent 14 years in college, I just cannot read Non-Fiction any more.
Kingdom of Shadows
Satanic Bible
Horror XXX
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]Racer377 wrote:
Getting Things Done, david Allen.
7 habits of highly effective people [/quote]
What did you think of these? I couldn’t finish either one, they really just didn’t “click” with me.
If you’re interested in the art of persuasion, you might want to check out The Psychology of Persuasion by Cialdini. Really, really good read and well worth the ~$12 Kindle price, IMO. One of the best books I’ve read in a couple years.[/quote]
Getting Things done was pretty good, actually. For me it had a lot of good take-aways that were easy to implement.
I just started 7 habits, and I’m wading through all the psychobabble at the beginning.
Thanks for rec on Cialdini. That one has been sitting on my wishlist for awhile now.
This kindle is pure genious for amazon. I’ve spent more in the last 2 weeks than in the year prior, and I’m happy about it, no less.
Slumberland - about a black, american dj in Berlin. Pretty awesome.
“How to Survive the IRS”- Michael Louis Minns
I’m one book shy of polishing off all of Hemingway’s novels; my favorite was For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Really enjoyed 1491: New Revelations About America Before Columbus (title may not be entirely accurate off the top of my head.
Sitting on my shelf right now, waiting to be read:
Complications by Atul Gawande
The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
New Sun series by Gene Wolfe
1776 by David McCullough
A trilogy of books by Orhan Pamuk
I’ve also had the Koran and the Bhagavad-Gita laying around for forever, waiting to be read.
I need a vacation so I can find time to read them.
Just started The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis.
Pretty good so far.
Currently reading The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
I am having fun reading this book. Wolf Larson is one hell of a tough SOB.