What book are you reading?

[rajpoot]

Hajo Holborn--A history of Modern Germany (reformation up to 1945). Excellent book. Huge time frame to cover, but it's really nice to get the whole thing in a continuous telling.

Wish I could find something like this for the other major European countries.

A History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. Four volumes, with excellent narrative and covers it right from Caesar to WW1. Makes for a relatively light, fun read.

[Kralizec]

Just started reading The Kite Runner. I just hope that having seen the movie before doesn't ruin the book for me.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Nietzsche: a philosophical biography-- by Rudiger Safranski. Goes through the development of Nietzsche's ideas by placing them in context of what was going on in his life at the time, e.g. he'll quote from the book he was writing and then from his notes or letters. The first half was very enjoyable and interesting, second half shows the strangeness of Nietzsche. Also the second half spends more time on the parts of Nietzsche's philosophy that I don't find very interesting.

[Jack50]

I read at least 3 books at once Currently in order of depth of time reading them ie-which one I have read the most. In Search of the Dark Ages - Michael Wood; Sex with Kings - Eleanor Herman, and Sixth Edition of The Western Experience Volume I to the Eighteenth Century - several writers,authors. Ther ewas a large book sale 2 weeks ago and I spent $30 USD on books at 50 cents USD to $2 USD My best pick up for $1 USD is Teach Yourself Latin by Gavin Betts. Believe me I'm taking a whole salt shaker to make sure I don't stumble

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Media Madness: James Bowman. Excellent book, short at 100 or so pages but that's all the longer it needed to be. Avoids wasting time talking about liberal bias in the media, instead he talks about how the need to pretend to be objective causes a wide variety of problems.

[Vlixes]

Husserl's "Philosophy as strict science"; possibilty of philosophy beyond counterphilosophies of old and new like naturalism, psychologism and historicism, all forms of scepticism.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Heaven's Command: an imperial progress--Jan Morris. One of my favorite history books that I've read so far. Covers the first 60 years of Victoria's reign, following the growth of the British Empire. Morris has a real knack for painting a lively and interesting portrait without much straining. First book in a trilogy.