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War and Peace by Tolstoy - Amazing battle scenes, characters that really grow on you, the classic questions of man's existence are tackled throughout--HIGHLY recommended read.

The Eternal Husband by Dostoevsky - Considered by some critics as one of the more cogent and economical short masterpieces of this author. I'm a 1/3 of the way in and the story is setting up nicely with the two tortured characters. It promises to be a desperate tale of sad events--PERFECT!
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LanDroid wrote: You might enjoy checking out the BookTalk discussion of Guns, Germs, and Steel from a loooong time ago.
Jared Diamond has a new book out last year, "Upheaval". It looks interesting, though more about history and politics than his former anthropology and geography works. I hope to read it before too many months go by, but Haidt is top of the list for now.
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I’m reading „A new earth“ by Eckhart Tolle - a really good Book!
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I've been reading this book by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch called "The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington" and it is really fascinating. I normally don't read nonfiction, but this book has been so intriguing and fun to read. I highly, highly recommend this book to literally anyone!
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msignorotti wrote:I've been reading this book by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch called "The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington" and it is really fascinating. I normally don't read nonfiction, but this book has been so intriguing and fun to read. I highly, highly recommend this book to literally anyone!
You probably like "Heritage of Stone" by Jim Garrison as well. Garrison's District Attorney office was one of the few independent investigations of the JFK assassination. The book reveals some amazing things about Oswald's time spent in New Orleans in the months leading up to his move to Dallas.

https://www.amazon.com/Heritage-Stone-J ... 0399103988
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I like reference books and lately I've been reading from one called The Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, by George Kohn. Fascinating entries. Well worth having if you ever come across a copy.
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Right now I am looking for a good book to read. While I will read almost anything I would like to have a recommendation in general fiction, of possible something in the history vein in non-fiction. Any suggestions?
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There's a novel called Ivory by Mike Resnick that I enjoyed. Read it years ago and liked it so much I read it twice. Saw a copy the other day and should have picked it up.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1823535.Ivory

And there's Harry Turtledove. He was a trailblazer in "alternate history." Wrote (still is writing I guess) "what if" novels about the Civil War, the Roman Empire, WW2 and so on. I know people who are addicted to his stuff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Turtledove
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Cattleman wrote:Right now I am looking for a good book to read. While I will read almost anything I would like to have a recommendation in general fiction, of possible something in the history vein in non-fiction. Any suggestions?
I'm reading Book Three of Ursula le Guin's Earthsea trilogy. Even if fantasy isn't your thing, this is a remarkable series. I see that Harry mentioned it recently on another thread.

Othewise, if history is your thing, you can't go wrong with David McCullough. I'm thinking of reading this one . . .

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