Comments on: A Book Meme http://system13.org/2007/02/26/a-book-meme/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:50:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/02/26/a-book-meme/#comment-642 Josh Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:27:33 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=271#comment-642 Nils: Giving away books is actually a good idea. I could handle that, particularly if I thought a person would find a book very enjoyable, or benefit a lot from it. I've never read Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie or Tuchman. Would you recommend any of their books in particular? Also, sorry to hear your History degree from the university didn't work out. You could always return, you know. :) Fest's biography of Hitler (and along with him, the rise and fall of the Third Reich) was quite a long read, chock full of details, but it was worth the effort. Regarding scientific but understandable writers, I've written about him in the past here on my blog, but I found both of the books I've read by Antony Beevor to be quite excellent. They were The Fall of Berlin 1945, and Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942 - 1943. Looking at amazon.com, it appears he's written quite a few other history books, not necessarily dealing with the Second World War. Zeitlos: Of course! :) Nils: Giving away books is actually a good idea. I could handle that, particularly if I thought a person would find a book very enjoyable, or benefit a lot from it.

I’ve never read Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie or Tuchman. Would you recommend any of their books in particular? Also, sorry to hear your History degree from the university didn’t work out. You could always return, you know. :)
Fest’s biography of Hitler (and along with him, the rise and fall of the Third Reich) was quite a long read, chock full of details, but it was worth the effort. Regarding scientific but understandable writers, I’ve written about him in the past here on my blog, but I found both of the books I’ve read by Antony Beevor to be quite excellent. They were The Fall of Berlin 1945, and Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942 - 1943. Looking at amazon.com, it appears he’s written quite a few other history books, not necessarily dealing with the Second World War.

Zeitlos: Of course! :)

]]> By: Zeitlos http://system13.org/2007/02/26/a-book-meme/#comment-641 Zeitlos Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:58:15 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=271#comment-641 i love this meme. Can I copy it? i love this meme. Can I copy it?

]]> By: Nils http://system13.org/2007/02/26/a-book-meme/#comment-640 Nils Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:24:57 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=271#comment-640 Sell, throw away or keep, there is another option I never considered when I did this, which is give away. What do you think? My historical interests focus on the Middle Ages and WWII as well, reading Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and Tuchman when I was quite young. I even enrolled for History at Uni (as a second education) but things went wrong and it never happened. A short stint in Literature and Linguistics was all I managed a few years afterwards. When it comes to WWII I read all of Ambrose, disputed and populist as he may be, and was rather surprisingly taken in with Armageddon by Max Hastings. I've never read a Hitler biography, but since I now have a recommendation I may try that. I do think it's hard to find something that is scientific yet understandable in this field, though. Maybe you'll advise some more in future? Sell, throw away or keep, there is another option I never considered when I did this, which is give away. What do you think?

My historical interests focus on the Middle Ages and WWII as well, reading Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and Tuchman when I was quite young. I even enrolled for History at Uni (as a second education) but things went wrong and it never happened. A short stint in Literature and Linguistics was all I managed a few years afterwards.

When it comes to WWII I read all of Ambrose, disputed and populist as he may be, and was rather surprisingly taken in with Armageddon by Max Hastings. I’ve never read a Hitler biography, but since I now have a recommendation I may try that. I do think it’s hard to find something that is scientific yet understandable in this field, though. Maybe you’ll advise some more in future?

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2007/02/26/a-book-meme/#comment-644 Josh Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:31:32 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=271#comment-644 What's scary? What’s scary?

]]> By: Fig http://system13.org/2007/02/26/a-book-meme/#comment-643 Fig Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:10:45 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=271#comment-643 Scary, Josh, very scary. Scary, Josh, very scary.

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