Veritas
11/30/2008, 07:47 PM
It would be really interesting to have a running thread on what SO peeps are reading. Obviously people can do whatever they want, but here's what I'd like to specifically know:
Title and Author
Amazon link
Why you're reading it
And it would be really cool to have a post-read summary on your impressions of the book.
To wit, I've got two books I'm working through:
The Affluent Society (40th Anniv Edition) by John Kenneth Galbraith
http://www.amazon.com/Affluent-Society-John-Kenneth-Galbraith/dp/0395925002
I've read summaries and critiques of Galbraith's theories but have never taken the time to digest his most famous work. I've got a good friend who is center-left politically and basically said we can't talk about economics or politics until I get through reading.
Allies at War: The Bitter Rivalry Among Churchill, Roosevelt, and De Gaulle
http://www.amazon.com/Allies-War-Rivalry-Churchill-Roosevelt/dp/0786711353
I have developed the theory that De Gaulle was an obnoxious horse's *** who insinuated himself into a position of relative power in order to exert enough influence to manipulate the Big Three into giving in to his demands. Once his sorry *** had been saved, he then spent the next thirty years bitching and moaning and just generally crapping into the hand that fed him. So I'm reading books on the subject.
Title and Author
Amazon link
Why you're reading it
And it would be really cool to have a post-read summary on your impressions of the book.
To wit, I've got two books I'm working through:
The Affluent Society (40th Anniv Edition) by John Kenneth Galbraith
http://www.amazon.com/Affluent-Society-John-Kenneth-Galbraith/dp/0395925002
I've read summaries and critiques of Galbraith's theories but have never taken the time to digest his most famous work. I've got a good friend who is center-left politically and basically said we can't talk about economics or politics until I get through reading.
Allies at War: The Bitter Rivalry Among Churchill, Roosevelt, and De Gaulle
http://www.amazon.com/Allies-War-Rivalry-Churchill-Roosevelt/dp/0786711353
I have developed the theory that De Gaulle was an obnoxious horse's *** who insinuated himself into a position of relative power in order to exert enough influence to manipulate the Big Three into giving in to his demands. Once his sorry *** had been saved, he then spent the next thirty years bitching and moaning and just generally crapping into the hand that fed him. So I'm reading books on the subject.