CS Political/History Book Club - July Edition

[Ivytalk]

Does Merlin Olsen visit your house? Will it smell of rich mahogany?

I have many leatherbound books.

I have a good library ranging from obscure, rare books, old Sears and Roebuck catalogs( oldest is 1902), books on history, real estate, war, religion, politics, very few fiction, reference, relationships, fitness, etc....Last time I took a count, I was close to 500. That was last year.


And no, none of them are coloring books or pop up books

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Correction: There is the pop up Kama Sutra

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You don't say! Way back when great-grandpappy Ibanez was taking 'em to the outhouse?

[BigSkyBears]

Just finished reading The Heningses of Monticello by Annette Gordon Reed. It was a really good book but it's quit lengthy, about 700 pages and she's a bit repetitive. I do recommend it. Citdog and other Neo-Confederates would hate it. Talks about all that hyper white supremacy (mainly in the south) and other stuff he wouldn't like.

[Cap'n Cat]

Just finished "The Complete History of Guys Full of Shit" by IP Freely. A lot of insight to the psyche of message board posters.

Autobiography?

[Ibanez]

I have many leatherbound books.

I have a good library ranging from obscure, rare books, old Sears and Roebuck catalogs( oldest is 1902), books on history, real estate, war, religion, politics, very few fiction, reference, relationships, fitness, etc....Last time I took a count, I was close to 500. That was last year.


And no, none of them are coloring books or pop up books

Spoiler: show

Correction: There is the pop up Kama Sutra

[/spoil]

You don't say! Way back when great-grandpappy Ibanez was taking 'em to the outhouse?

Prolly.

[Ibanez]

I normally purchase from Amazon, because they are super cheap. But, every other Sunday, we go to Barnes and Noble. Lately, they've had 3 tables of books for sale. IT started out as a 25% off sale and is now 75% off. THat's a steal when you're talking about getting a $25 book for cheap. Among the many I've purchased, I recently got this one.

In a Time of War

The West Point cadets Murphy follows through their baptism by fire are an admirable sample of young American men and women: intelligent, ambitious and intensely patriotic. Most come from career military families and hold conservative opinions. Murphy describes their four years at West Point with respect even when discussing their love lives and marriages. All yearn for battle, and most get their wish. The book's best passages describe the confusion of moving to Iraq or Afghanistan and fighting insurgents, for which they lack both training and equipment. All feel something is not right but concentrate on the job at hand; some inevitably die or are grievously wounded.

[Skjellyfetti]

In 1528, 300 conquistadores embarked on the ambitious mission of colonizing Florida. They all disappeared. Eight years later, a band of Spanish slave-traders were rounding up their fleeing human cargo in northwest Mexico when they espied a group of men who appeared to be natives approaching them. One was white. Just as astonishingly, a companion of his was African. Who were these strange figures? They, and two others, were the last survivors of the lost expedition. Their march across Florida, their voyage on spindly rafts across the Gulf of Mexico, their captivity in Texas and their trek across the southwest to the Pacific coast form the backbone of Reséndez's riveting account of the epic journey. The author, a history professor at the University of California–Davis, tells the tale from the Spanish, African and Indian points of view: Native Americans were just as amazed by the original visitors as the visitors were by them, and Reséndez focuses on how the interlopers remade themselves as medicine men and made sense of social worlds other Europeans could not even begin to fathom. Told from an intriguing and original perspective, Reséndez's narrative is a marvelous addition to the corpus of survival and adventure literature.

[Ibanez]

In 1528, 300 conquistadores embarked on the ambitious mission of colonizing Florida. They all disappeared. Eight years later, a band of Spanish slave-traders were rounding up their fleeing human cargo in northwest Mexico when they espied a group of men who appeared to be natives approaching them. One was white. Just as astonishingly, a companion of his was African. Who were these strange figures? They, and two others, were the last survivors of the lost expedition. Their march across Florida, their voyage on spindly rafts across the Gulf of Mexico, their captivity in Texas and their trek across the southwest to the Pacific coast form the backbone of Reséndez's riveting account of the epic journey. The author, a history professor at the University of California–Davis, tells the tale from the Spanish, African and Indian points of view: Native Americans were just as amazed by the original visitors as the visitors were by them, and Reséndez focuses on how the interlopers remade themselves as medicine men and made sense of social worlds other Europeans could not even begin to fathom. Told from an intriguing and original perspective, Reséndez's narrative is a marvelous addition to the corpus of survival and adventure literature.

[Ivytalk]

The State of Delaware is on pins and needles! Christine O'Donnell's "tell-all"(?) book is coming out!!

[BigSkyBears]

Does Merlin Olsen visit your house? Will it smell of rich mahogany?

I have many leatherbound books.

I have a good library ranging from obscure, rare books, old Sears and Roebuck catalogs( oldest is 1902), books on history, real estate, war, religion, politics, very few fiction, reference, relationships, fitness, etc....Last time I took a count, I was close to 500. That was last year.


And no, none of them are coloring books or pop up books

Spoiler: show

Correction: There is the pop up Kama Sutra

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It doesn't matter if you haven't read them.

[Ibanez]

I have many leatherbound books.

I have a good library ranging from obscure, rare books, old Sears and Roebuck catalogs( oldest is 1902), books on history, real estate, war, religion, politics, very few fiction, reference, relationships, fitness, etc....Last time I took a count, I was close to 500. That was last year.


And no, none of them are coloring books or pop up books

Spoiler: show

Correction: There is the pop up Kama Sutra

[/spoil]

It doesn't matter if you haven't read them.

And you are who? Shut your cock holster faggot.

[citdog]

Just finished reading The Heningses of Monticello by Annette Gordon Reed. It was a really good book but it's quit lengthy, about 700 pages and she's a bit repetitive. I do recommend it. Citdog and other Neo-Confederates would hate it. Talks about all that hyper white supremacy (mainly in the south) and other stuff he wouldn't like.

You should probably shut your stinking yankee head vagina lest someone take a peek at you and discover that you're 'PASSING'.

[Grizalltheway]

It doesn't matter if you haven't read them.

And you are who? Shut your cock holster faggot.

BSB.

[BigSkyBears]

Just finished reading The Heningses of Monticello by Annette Gordon Reed. It was a really good book but it's quit lengthy, about 700 pages and she's a bit repetitive. I do recommend it. Citdog and other Neo-Confederates would hate it. Talks about all that hyper white supremacy (mainly in the south) and other stuff he wouldn't like.

You should probably shut your stinking yankee head vagina lest someone take a peek at you and discover that you're 'PASSING'.

Hey, I'm just reporting what she wrote about.

[Ibanez]

Currently Reading this, The Epic of New York CIty. This was written in 1966 and i'm about 100 pages from completion. A very good, well thought out book. The author uses major milestones to give you the history instead of just disecting things into Social/Political/Military/Culture, etc... It's current upt o 1966, but it is full of great history and interesting facts.

I should be recieving these shortly and will begin them by weeks end. I read about 1-2 hours each night, btw.



Memoirs of General Sherman


Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American