05-20-2010, 12:57 PM
I liked Fahrenheit 451. I too skipped it in school for some reason.
I want to read "On the Wings of Eagles" now, it sounds good and I had no clue that Perot was involved anything of the sort - neat.
Here's my list for the last 6 months or so:
Books:
-Snowball / Alice Schroeder
Snowball is awesome for Buffet fans if you want to know about his life and not just a picked apart picture of his investing prowess.
-Alexander Hamilton / Ron Chernow
Chernow's Hamitlon was my favorite and has completely converted me to a Hamilton fan. He is so blatently pro Hamilton that its almost irrirating, but the sheer amount of information he bring forward is amazing.
-The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin / H.W. Brands
My first full Franklin biography so I can't say too much, its certainly seems well done to me.
Audio Books (titles are self explanatory, recommended ones in bold):
-A history of Ancient Rome / by Frances Titchener
-Great minds of the Western intellectual tradition. Part 4 of 7
-Waking dragon : the emerging Chinese economy and its impact on the world / Peter Navarro
-Argumentation : the study of effective reasoning / David Zarefsky
-Civil liberties and the Bill of Rights Part 1 of 3 / John E. Finn.
-Civil liberties and the Bill of Rights Part 2 of 3 / John E. Finn.
-Founding brothers : the revolutionary generation / by Joseph J. Ellis
-Brotherhood of the revolution : how America's founders forged a new nation / Joseph Ellis
-High seas, high stakes : naval battles that changed history / Timothy B. Shutt
edit:
Forgot "Outliers" and "Atlas Shrugged" -- recommend them both. Gladwell goes too far imo pushing luck over hard work, but he at least acknowledges the importance of both. I only differ with him on the societal implications of success and what people "owe" back to the society that created the condintions for them to be successful. As far as Atlas Shrugged goes, now I know why Jake has called me Ayn Rand several times in the past. =)
I want to read "On the Wings of Eagles" now, it sounds good and I had no clue that Perot was involved anything of the sort - neat.
Here's my list for the last 6 months or so:
Books:
-Snowball / Alice Schroeder
Snowball is awesome for Buffet fans if you want to know about his life and not just a picked apart picture of his investing prowess.
-Alexander Hamilton / Ron Chernow
Chernow's Hamitlon was my favorite and has completely converted me to a Hamilton fan. He is so blatently pro Hamilton that its almost irrirating, but the sheer amount of information he bring forward is amazing.
-The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin / H.W. Brands
My first full Franklin biography so I can't say too much, its certainly seems well done to me.
Audio Books (titles are self explanatory, recommended ones in bold):
-A history of Ancient Rome / by Frances Titchener
-Great minds of the Western intellectual tradition. Part 4 of 7
-Waking dragon : the emerging Chinese economy and its impact on the world / Peter Navarro
-Argumentation : the study of effective reasoning / David Zarefsky
-Civil liberties and the Bill of Rights Part 1 of 3 / John E. Finn.
-Civil liberties and the Bill of Rights Part 2 of 3 / John E. Finn.
-Founding brothers : the revolutionary generation / by Joseph J. Ellis
-Brotherhood of the revolution : how America's founders forged a new nation / Joseph Ellis
-High seas, high stakes : naval battles that changed history / Timothy B. Shutt
edit:
Forgot "Outliers" and "Atlas Shrugged" -- recommend them both. Gladwell goes too far imo pushing luck over hard work, but he at least acknowledges the importance of both. I only differ with him on the societal implications of success and what people "owe" back to the society that created the condintions for them to be successful. As far as Atlas Shrugged goes, now I know why Jake has called me Ayn Rand several times in the past. =)
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison