Thanks for another site. Bookshop.org is my go to…the unfortunate thing is Amazon has a second hand seller - bookworld ?? that has out if print books..try to find E Jean’s “Hunter” (it’s delightfully insane!). Impossible!
Really appreciate this, too. I don’t understand why people are still using Amazon and posting on Twitter. ( I know it’s currant name but I refuse to use it. )
I highly suggest the graphic edition of this book illustrated by Nora Krug. She wrote/illustrated a powerful book, "Belonging," charting her personal journey as a German-American to track down her German family's involvement in the war (were they Nazis?). So her contribution to On Tyranny makes the book FAR more impactful.
It's terrific. Loaned it to a friend and never got it back. Still hunting for a replacement...but not easy. Second hand bookstores just laugh. Nobody ever brings it in. And book stores tell me there will be a reprinted edition in September. In the meantime you can find it online in digital or an audio book. That works because it's short.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is terrific. I subscribe to her Substack, the paid version, and she does an hour-long Zoom every week, giving us so much context about history but also about what’s going on right now. I’m so glad Strongmen is up next!
I recommend “Who Could Ever Love You,” by Mary Trump, for your book group next or whenever you can.
I suggest Eric Larson's 'The Splendid and the Vile'. It is a fascinating telling of World War II with an emphasis on Winston Churchill from him his first day as prime minister until the end of the war. It is a great read.
I'm reading that one now. All of his books are great. 'Issac's Storm' is about a horrific hurricane in Galveston, TX. I live in south Louisiana and hurricanes are part of daily life. This book captures the power of those storms.
Try Thunderstruck, one of his earlier books about Marconi and the first transcontinental wire. On a ship leaving England, two killers escaped. But Marconi's wire transmission to the ship caught them. What I like about Lawson's books is you have two stories going on at the same time. He develops the story of these two non-descript Londoners burying bodies.
I finished 'Thunderstruck' about a month ago. It rates as my least favorite of Larson's books so far. Marconi was just so very unlikeable. But I soldiered on and finished it and now I know about Marconi, wireless radio, and the interesting little doctor and his girlfriend. No knowledge is wasted.
I'm in the middle of Profiles in Ignorance right now and I know you don't want to promote yourself but, honestly, I'm learning (or re-learning) and groaning and laughing so much that I can't help but recommend it. But here's serendipity for you---as I was moving stuff around recently, a book fell of my shelves that I had read some time ago and I decided to look at it again (in part, because of all the highlighting I did). It's called Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows. 185 pages. Brilliant. That's my second choice.
Hi Andy! My bookclub in Boquete Panama just finished Who is Government? by Michael Lewis which is a great read you might want to check out. There's also a YT video interview of him by Jon Stewart that is lively and interesting. Thanks for keeping us smiling in these dark times. Dictators hate being mocked, so keep it up!
Thank you for using your voice to encourage people to not buy books from Amazon! So appreciate this and all you do!
BetterWorldBooks.com is another great site, supporting libraries, donations and recycling whenever possible.
I use BWB all the time! For every book you buy they donate a book for literacy.
Thanks for another site. Bookshop.org is my go to…the unfortunate thing is Amazon has a second hand seller - bookworld ?? that has out if print books..try to find E Jean’s “Hunter” (it’s delightfully insane!). Impossible!
Stopped shopping there months ago. So happy to find ethical retailers.
Really appreciate this, too. I don’t understand why people are still using Amazon and posting on Twitter. ( I know it’s currant name but I refuse to use it. )
Book to read: On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons from the 20th Century, Timothy Snyder
I highly suggest the graphic edition of this book illustrated by Nora Krug. She wrote/illustrated a powerful book, "Belonging," charting her personal journey as a German-American to track down her German family's involvement in the war (were they Nazis?). So her contribution to On Tyranny makes the book FAR more impactful.
On Tyranny is a GREAT book
Frankly, it's frightening, because it outlines exactly what's already happening to our country.
I was going to recommend that one too.
The audiobook is definitely worth listening to.
This is a must read.
It's terrific. Loaned it to a friend and never got it back. Still hunting for a replacement...but not easy. Second hand bookstores just laugh. Nobody ever brings it in. And book stores tell me there will be a reprinted edition in September. In the meantime you can find it online in digital or an audio book. That works because it's short.
Yes!
And On Freedom, also by Snyder
On Call - autobiography of Dr. Fauci. Shows how a real public servant behaves.
I read it. Good book and filled with lots of info
Love this Book. Highly recommend. I hate how the Orange man is trying to make his live miserable. Fauci saved his ass during the pandemic!
Prequel by Rachel Maddow
Another brilliant woman who tells it like it is
Oh!! What a BRILLIANT selection, Andy!!!
Book to read: Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade (2024)
Imo, Barbara McQuade should run for office. A really brilliant woman with morals.
I agree with you!
Thank you for promoting books by women!!
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is terrific. I subscribe to her Substack, the paid version, and she does an hour-long Zoom every week, giving us so much context about history but also about what’s going on right now. I’m so glad Strongmen is up next!
I recommend “Who Could Ever Love You,” by Mary Trump, for your book group next or whenever you can.
How about Rachel Maddow's book Prequel?
Grateful for your shout out to local bookstores and bookshop.org and local libraries. Boycott Amazon. And READ!!!!!
Thank you for foregrounding the library as a first choice, not last resort!
I suggest Eric Larson's 'The Splendid and the Vile'. It is a fascinating telling of World War II with an emphasis on Winston Churchill from him his first day as prime minister until the end of the war. It is a great read.
Also by Erik Larson: In the Garden of Beasts, an account of "love, terror, and an American family in Berlin". Excellent read!
I'm reading that one now. All of his books are great. 'Issac's Storm' is about a horrific hurricane in Galveston, TX. I live in south Louisiana and hurricanes are part of daily life. This book captures the power of those storms.
His best IMO - Devil in the White City story of 1893 Chicago World's Fair and America's First Serial Killer
That was also very good. I find with Larson's work even if I never heard of the topic he makes me interested in it. Very good writer.
Try Thunderstruck, one of his earlier books about Marconi and the first transcontinental wire. On a ship leaving England, two killers escaped. But Marconi's wire transmission to the ship caught them. What I like about Lawson's books is you have two stories going on at the same time. He develops the story of these two non-descript Londoners burying bodies.
I finished 'Thunderstruck' about a month ago. It rates as my least favorite of Larson's books so far. Marconi was just so very unlikeable. But I soldiered on and finished it and now I know about Marconi, wireless radio, and the interesting little doctor and his girlfriend. No knowledge is wasted.
I have a small cottage on a NC barrier island. This book is shattering and with all the cuts to the NWS and NOAA could happen again.
That book was fantastic!
It Can't Happen Here
I read that in 9th grade, in 1963, and never forgot it. It sure is happening here, more than we could imagine.
It’s happening as we speak. We must stop it from continuing to happen.
I don't think Sinclair Lewis would interview well....
All the Presidents Men
I'm in the middle of Profiles in Ignorance right now and I know you don't want to promote yourself but, honestly, I'm learning (or re-learning) and groaning and laughing so much that I can't help but recommend it. But here's serendipity for you---as I was moving stuff around recently, a book fell of my shelves that I had read some time ago and I decided to look at it again (in part, because of all the highlighting I did). It's called Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows. 185 pages. Brilliant. That's my second choice.
Hi Andy! My bookclub in Boquete Panama just finished Who is Government? by Michael Lewis which is a great read you might want to check out. There's also a YT video interview of him by Jon Stewart that is lively and interesting. Thanks for keeping us smiling in these dark times. Dictators hate being mocked, so keep it up!