tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post6496209664084307757..comments2023-12-23T02:10:09.875-05:00Comments on howl at pluto: Book notesLFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-27891559819436137842011-10-06T22:01:07.196-04:002011-10-06T22:01:07.196-04:00P.s. A friend mentioned Sylvia Nasar's recent ...P.s. A friend mentioned Sylvia Nasar's recent <i>Grand Pursuit</i>. It's being widely reviewed (e.g. I saw a link to a review by R. Solow) but I haven't read the reviews.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-33207257215843242912011-10-06T21:55:22.281-04:002011-10-06T21:55:22.281-04:00Hank,
thanks.
I own a paperback copy of The Fourt...Hank,<br />thanks. <br />I own a paperback copy of <i>The Fourth Turning</i> -- I bought it a few years ago after seeing Strauss and Howe frequently referenced by David Kaiser at his blog -- and have dipped into it. I take it with a <i>huge</i> grain of salt. <br />I don't have a copy of the Bernard Fall and haven't read it. (Not by any means the only classic I haven't read, alas.)LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-66455572657162042062011-10-06T20:11:37.831-04:002011-10-06T20:11:37.831-04:00LFC
Dreadnaught Robert K Massie
I read the chapte...LFC<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dreadnought-Robert-K-Massie/dp/0345375564/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317943899&sr=1-2" rel="nofollow">Dreadnaught</a> Robert K Massie<br />I read the chapter on the ship which is excellent<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Marking-Hours-English-Prayers-1240-1570/dp/0300170580/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317944118&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers, 1240-1570</a> Eamon Duffy. Glorious photographs of Mideival books, a coffee table book with intelligent text. A follow up on aspects of his ground breaking “Striping of the Altars“. I reviwed the related “Voices of Moorbath <a href="http://eclecticmeanderings.blogspot.com/2006/02/book-review-voices-of-morebath.html" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Testament-People-Christian-Origins-Question/dp/0800626818/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317944441&sr=1-4" rel="nofollow">The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God)</a>N.T. Wright. A major reappraisal.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Path-Between-Seas-Creation-1870-1914/dp/0671244094/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317944590&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914</a> David McCullough <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Very-Small-Place-Siege/dp/030681157X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317944742&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Hell In A Very Small Place: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu</a> Bernard B Fall. I’m sure I read it back when it was much more topical But I don’t have a copy, and it is a classic.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Demise-British-Lessons-Global/dp/0465023290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317946202&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"><br />Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power </a>Niall Ferguson.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Pagan-Julian-Apostate-Ancient/dp/1594772266/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317945007&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World</a>Mostly war and politics. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317945166&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny</a> William Strauss, Neil Howe. Popular social science, take with a grain of salt. But the predictions made the 1990’seem unexpectedly accurate.<br /><br />I’m thinking I will reread the Horatio Hornblower and Richard Sharpe series front to back and then donate them to the charity resale center. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://eclecticmeanderings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Hank’s Eclectic Meanderings</a>hank_F_Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851295792702162861noreply@blogger.com