We haven’t had a thread about books for a while - Yes E, [I]The Serpent’s Coil, [/I] read it a long time ago, don’t recall the details, maybe time to read it again. It might still be here in the house somewhere.

I was just looking thru some of my old jump drives at my massive collection of book mark saves and found this. A website of vintage pulp paperback novels from the late 1930’s to the late 70’s. This at a time people were reading just for pleasure, entertainment, and just to pass time. Just clickin…

The rise of Athens (everitt) and “so you want to be a gladiator” …or maybe just “gladiator”

I just reread Home Before Morning by Linda Van Devanter

Read On the Road by Jack Kerouac on my last ship. He just happened to be a Merchant Mariner in WW2, most likely with the NMU. Fantastic writer.

On the Road is absolutely brilliant, especially considering that the style wasn’t invented at the time of writing. It brought me closer to understanding what’s wrong with me. When I was done with it, I passed it on to a German philosopher struggling with his PhD while stuck in the Palermitan expat p…

Agreed. I re-read it about every 10 years or so.

The closing paragraph alone stuck with me after all these years. I think the first time I read it, I recall closing the book and thinking, "Wow."

My small understanding of the Roman Empire is the following: It was an agriculture/non-nomadic based cluster of societies dominated by the military centered in Rome. IMO, the social profile of Roman society was less like a pyramid and more like an obelisk.

Books currently reading: Holistic Land Management by Savory & Butterfield, and it’s about grass and cattle and management. Next book I intend to read is “Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal” by Joel Salatin. If you don’t know who Joel Salatin is, my suggestion is to watch his videos on Youtube. He’s…

So Uncle John Ross (imagineer of mountains) gets his hands on an old ferry: the paddle steamer Victory. Then he gets Buddy Felix Booth (distiller of gin) to outfit Victory for a voyage of exploration. Nephew James Ross (heartthrob of the fleet) to come along as Chief Mate. Off they go. But not v…

What books are you reading or have finished lately

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