So, What Are You Reading?

Hannah Arendt was one of those women who, unfairly, initially became known more by her association with a great man. A little like Simone de Beauvoir in that way.

 

Read Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Philosophy of Right.

 

I am currently rereading "The Travels of Lao Can" by Liu E

Each chapter usually concludes with something like "If you want to know what happened next, you must read the next chapter". :smile:

After that, I think I will go back and reread "The Plague Dogs". The last time I read it was when I was ten or eleven years old.

 

Read Charles Higham's The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life.

 

Read Karl Marx' Manifesto of the Communist Party.

 

Just finished reading 2666, by Roberto Bolano.
It's a rampant mix of horror, suspense, beauty and depravity.
A contemporary piece of fiction that is a must read for all you book lovers.

Thank me later.

 

So I guess that you and Ted belong to different book clubs . . . :wave:

Thanks, I'll put that on my list.

 

The week's haul from Thrift stores. All mint, all interesting - to me, at least. Total cost - around $12. Many are not one-sitting reads, or read-throughs. I like books that can be dipped into many, many times.

Fundamentals of Computer Science Using Java - David Hughes
The Silk Road - Photography by Jacky Yip
La Cucina Italiana, Italian Cooking - Crescent Books
The Mystical Life of Jesus - Sylvia Browne
The Encyclopedia of Woodworking - Ed. Mark Ramuz
Williamsburg, a Picture Memory - Bill Harris
Pierre Berton's Seacoasts of Canada - Photos by André Gallant
Home Made, Best Made - Reader's Digest
Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide - Patrick Lima / Turid Forsysthe
Strasbourg - François Nussbaumer

J.

 

Read Bill O'Reilly's Killing Jesus.

 

finally finished with reading Karl Marx' Capital.

 

Wow, really quite beautiful.

 

Well, I'm done with my reading list of great political theorists of the Western world. What should I read next?

 

I dunno, Ted. It's not very original perhaps, but what about great political theorists of the Eastern world. You could probably put together a good reading list from this essay:

http://sites01.lsu.edu/faculty/voegelin/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2015/09/Timothy-Lomperis.pdf

A quote, so you'll see a bit of what you're getting into, here:

"The epic Mahabharata contains long political essays on statecraft, kingship, and military strategy. One ancient text, Kautilya's Arthashastra, introduces all of Machiavelli's ideas about political survival over a thousand years earlier than The Prince."

When you find a good book on Juche studies (North Korea's system, translates as "self reliance") ... well maybe that's a good time to stop. :smile:

J.

 

Or maybe I could work up a reading list from Saint John's College's MA in Eastern Classics.

 

Read Charles Bracelen Flood's Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year.

 

Read Charles Bracelen Flood's Lee: The Last Years.

 

Wow! Now that sounds VERY interesting. I like the sounds of it.