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Another Book Thread

Hey all, any recommendations on good books about Napoleon, Alexander The Great, and Operation Barbarossa? Also, books on WWII from the perspective of Japan?

thanks in advance!
 
Not a book, but supernova in the east by Dan Carlin does a pretty amazing job including the Japanese perspective in his podcast. If nothing else, he publishes the list of books he used as reference material. If there's a good book from the Japanese perspective, it will be on that list.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Not a book, but supernova in the east by Dan Carlin does a pretty amazing job including the Japanese perspective in his podcast. If nothing else, he publishes the list of books he used as reference material. If there's a good book from the Japanese perspective, it will be on that list.
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Thanks, I’ll check out his source material.
 
Books on anti-racism:

Was considering both White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and How to be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi, but wanted thoughts...
 
Accurate:

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Brief and frail and blue
Little loves, I am too.
You are Heaven's masterpieces.
Little loves, the likeness ceases.

I've become a huge fan of Dorothy Parker.
 
I picked up a collection of short mystery fiction by Cornell Woolrich and love it so far. Death Escapes the Eye is a perfect story.
 
I'm early into reading Enchantments, by Kathryn Harrison. The narrator is the 18-year-old daughter of Rasputin, and the book begins immediately following his death when she and her younger sister are taken in by the Czar and his wife before his abdication. My first read of Harrison. She's a superb writer. The following is Masha's own reflection of how she is dealing with her father's death:

In truth, I couldn't think of any but one thing, my mind prodding and poking, tonguelike, at the absence of my father, pressing up against what was no longer
there and trying to measure the loss.

Good stuff.
 
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Following the whole Brandon Sanderson Kickstarter campaign has been interesting.

There's been the inevitable backlashes and backlashes to the backlashes. But $22 million and counting in less than a week is kinda amazing regardless, even for someone as prolific an author as he is. I read one article that this still might mean he gets less money than if he just got them published traditionally, given that he's taking on all of the expenses, too.

Haven't decided if I'm going to jump in or not. Would only buy the books themselves, not the extras. But while I enjoy most of his stuff, there are some I can't get into. And I always worry about the editing in a self published book like this, even if he is likely to hire editors.
 
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I have many conflicting thoughts about Sanderson. I think self publishing his books will turn out fine. I don't think he is that good of a writer, but his books are always good enough. If that makes sense.
 
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I have many conflicting thoughts about Sanderson. I think self publishing his books will turn out fine. I don't think he is that good of a writer, but his books are always good enough. If that makes sense.
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He's a good world builder and his magic systems are normally well thought out. I love the original Mistborn trilogy. But yeah, I understand he's not winning a Nobel for literature.
 
Oh yes, everyone praised this book (Fifty Shades) so much but when I read it I was very disappointed. In general, I love reading books. It's quite interesting for me. I work and study a lot and want to have more time for books, so I try this for help with studying. Сan anyone recommend some good novel and adventure book?
 
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