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Abigail Adams asks…
“What is everyone here at TBP currently reading? I’m curious to know what’s in the reading stack for those who come here often.”
I’ve been reading Living in the Long Emergency by Jim Kunstler this week on the beach in Wildwood.
I have finished this one, Admin – an excellent book about real life IMHO! I have mailed a proof copy of my book to his publisher in the hope that they might wish to take it on – never give up!
That’s a very interesting book, not least because a fair number of his predictions were flat-out wrong. But the overall picture he paints is definitely on point.
you misspelled “Childwood ” lol
Live Not By Lies.
How communist dissidents resisted against Communism, Marxism, and Totalitarianism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc , how the US is now deeply in the grips of a Marxist soft-totalitarian takeover and how Christians should prepare.
The phrase alone “Live Not by Lies” should be the theme to rally all rational Americans to resist against the never ending lies coming at our society now (Fauci, Covid 19, the CDC lies on HCQ & Ivermectin, Vaccines, Bill Gates, Claus Schwab, the Biden victory, LGBT+Q, Critical Race Theory, White blame, Social Justice, etc.).
A great read.
Dean…I’m reading this right now too! I love it!
I’m in a group called Defenders of Western Culture and we’re reading/discussing this together.
Awesome. My wife suggested it for me. She listens to some great podcasts on a regular basis (Tom Woods, Heidi St John, and others).
Is your wife pretty. Are you getting a divorce? Asking for a friend.
STOP HITTING ON THE WIVES OF OTHERS HERE!!!
Jeez, we’re not running a dating service. You might want to take a peek at AshleyMadison.com
🙂
‘Water Codes: The Science of Health, Consciousness, and Enlightenment’
by Carly Nuday
All the Bosch novels by Michael Connelly and all the Travis McGee. Overs by John D. MacDonald. In order.
*novels.
J D MacDonald my favorite
Stuck, you should write a book “How To Be Shit”. Truly, your calling.
The Story of Shit by Midas Dekker. Very informative and well written book about the intricate workings of the alimentary canal from beginning to the end product and so wickedly funny while doing so….one of my best reads ever.
I may read that book next Stucky, it is more of a survival guide around here where people go out of their way to treat you like shit.
Of course it would have nothing to do with Stucky’s treatment of others would it?
Good one Stucky – I can relate to that!
Stucky I found this on goodread
“Robert I. Thanks so much. I am the author. I tried very hard to make clear that people who feel oppressed by jerks are often part or all of the problem. Thanks for asking, an great point. At the end of the first chapter –because of the tendency to blame others too much and not look in the mirror– my suggestion is that readers adopt the mantra “Be slow to label others as assholes, and quick to label yourself.” I touch on this constantly throughout the book, it is a major theme in the last chapter, and I wrote an article based on the book that was aimed at senior executives for the McKinsey Quarterly that suggests that they are considerable risk of acting like oppressive jerks, and need to recruit trusted people to call them out. I tried hard to strike a balance.(less)”
It was right after the first comment:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33503509-the-asshole-survival-guide
Maybe I should get my wife this one. She was just telling me what an asshole I am yesterday.
I continue to read the works of George Gissing, who was far superior to Dickens, as well as Resistance To Tyranny, by Martino.
Never read Gissing. Will start now…especially based on your comment that he’s superior to Dickens. Intriguing.
Hinds feet on high places.
a lovely allegory. it’s a quick read
This book is next in que for me
Cz…looks like I need to add this one to my list.
Civil Defense manual by Jack Lawson
Abigal- I am rereading the Foxfire Collection of books, twelve volumes. I have owned them for years and I have not read them in a long time.
“The White Scourge: Mexicans, blacks and poor whites in Texas cotton culture” by Neil Foley. A little dry, but great Texas history.
Interesting. I’ll have to check this out.
Currently reading a couple of books; The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis, The American Black Chamber by Herbert Yardley, Vol de Nuit by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone in Spanish. I have a difficult time reading only one book at a time.
I’m reading five books right now, but I don’t remember the titles.
I’m reading “How To Win Friends and Influence People”.
I read that …..and lost all my friends! 🙂
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Steph…I have to read multiples at a time too for work and various groups, and then for pleasure.
C.S.Lewis is my fav. He’s always in my stack. I may not always agree with him, but he’s a master at logic and reason…IMO. He led me to George MacDonald and G.K. Chesterton. Chesterton’s series of essays found in Defense of Sanity are superb.
C.S. Lewis is becoming my fav too. He’s a very good writer. I just started reading his books this year when I bought a box set. I’ll have to look into MacDonald and GK Chesterton too. Thank you for the suggestions.
What are these womenz that recognize ‘a master at logic and reason’? I had given up on such unicorns existing.
The Bible; We Travel an Appointed Way, The Set of the Sail, The Warfare of the Spirit, all by A. W. Tozer. I’m re-reading EINSTEIN, Walter Isaacson; Great American Folklore, compiled by Kemp P. Battle; and the Martian Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I’m on The Warlord of Mars right now.
“the Martian Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs”
My absolute favorites as a kid. I need to re-read them.
Phantom Soldier by H. John Poole
“The Hundred-Year Marathon.”
~Michael Pillsbury
Tom Baugh- Starving the Monkey. Oldie but goodie…
Man and Woman and Child by Harold Percival
The Salish Sea, Jewel of the Pacific by Audrey Benedict and Joseph Gaydos
30,000 B.C. Chronicles, New York (fifth in a series) by Mathew Thayer
The Contagion Myth by T. Cowan and S. Morell
Reading L’Histoire Secrete de la Provence. Interesting book about hidden history. The book is showing some of the fallacies of the traditional history.
Who is to be Master of the World by Anthony Ludovici
Gary Bell’s crime novels, Theodore Dalrymple on UK’s downgrade of the lower classes, The Message.
I replied to you on the other site; great project idea AA and gives me lots of insights! One might be able to do a psychological profile of all the Monkeys!
Peter…I saw your reply and responded. Thank you!
The Bible, Herodotus, and The Puritan Revolution 1605-1660.
If you are interested in the Puritan Revolution, you should read the Revolution of the Saints by Michael Walzer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/844853.The_Revolution_of_the_Saints
A Pail Of Air by Fritz Leiber
Mitsubishi mini split AC installation instructions.
Sweating the details as its my first install.
My condolences
As 30+ year supermarket service technician, I hate the things. Bigger is always better
Just finished Bright Green Lies which was very interesting. Now started “How to be a Stoic”.
Been reading Daily Stoic. I’m coming to realize I don’t have a Stoic temperament. Not sure if I even want to be a Stoic. I’m a passionate person. How to you show passion as a Stoic???
You don’t, it emanates from you.
http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Charlemagne-Derek-Wilson/pkOQCyfEFec/
He allegedly invented public schools.. Actually no it’s common misconception that most people were illiterate in the Middle Ages. He made sure that monasteries open the doors of their schools to all people.
I heard he was particularly welcoming to Saxons.
He was a Carolingian who had lots in common with the Saxons. He ruled in Half Germany and was buried at Aix La Chapelle which is in Germany.
He was so involved with Saxons, Germans’ today call him a German emperor.
Strange attribution for someone who inherited a stolen Merovingian crown.
Not to worry George, the Merovingians snuck back in through marriage and it’s business as usual. It’s all very fascinating and I wish I had known sooner. So much we were never taught or told about from those days. I only dabble in it because my eyes aren’t up to reading all day anymore and priorities get in the way. Only so much we can learn in one life. Tis a pitty too.
I can only agree with you. Thank goodness my eyesight is still OK. History of the Middle Ages have always been my hobby since childhood but I’ve learned more in the last 10 years.
Me too but I also have the time now that I’m retired and I like to think I’ve learned how to learn better(lol).
To learn better LOL… I think we are paying attention better. I’m retired too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Verden
Remember, in the year 800 the pope crowned Charlemagne emperor and wanted to recreate the “Holy Roman Empire”. Those who weren’t Christian needed to be wiped out. Papal orders.
Gregoire de Tours threatened the French Merovingian king Chilperic of excommunication for Arianism (not to be confused with aryanism) just like his father was (Charibert died excommunicated in 567 AD).
There is great misconception about the France becoming Christian in 507 when the 1st Merovingian king was baptized. Near by Piennes, the town I live in for the moment, there is a Merovingian cemetery which I visited few years back. Although closed to the public, I was allowed to enter and I was able to see that most graves still had Pagan markings and many had statues of Isis (Egyptian goddess not the ragged head).
Huh! And here I thought Mary Magdalene converted most of France to Christianity. Read it in a novel.
Which means you can’t believe everything you read, specifically if it comes out of a Dan Brown book.
It’s difficult to get an idea of what the Magdalene did in France. One thing for sure the early church of Southern France really messed up by creating false narrative. (Already)
The story of Saintes Maries de la Mer, where the Magdalene supposedly landed is so full of it I wouldn’t know where to begin. According to the tradition three Mary arrived in Saintes. Without going into full details (a book would be necessary) they had one child, daughter of Mary Magdalene named Sarah which means Princess in Hebrew and a servant (black slave?) named Sarah as well. Why in the world would anyone name a servant Princess in a very cast oriented society?
Another fact missed by the vivid imagination in chief, Saintes Maries de la Mer was for at least 400 years prior to the landing a city dedicated to Isis (her again). It may very well be possible the church itself was build on the remnants of a Pagan temple. (I have a book somewhere written by a priest in the late XIX century about the town of Saintes Maries de la Mer, need to find it to be more specific)
In Marseille , the Magdalene went on preaching Christianity near the Saint Victor Church which was a the time another Isis Temple.
Weird.
Anyhow, thanks for your comment.
Daily, the Bible(NASB). Currently, The Prince by Machiavelli.
Xenophon’s Retreat by Robin Waterfield
I don’t know anything about that version, but I would always suggest to people who are reading old authors like Xenophon, to try reading an old translation without lots of add-ons and interpretation and let it speak for itself. Too much of what we call history (not even talking about modern history) are just modern psychologizing and spin.
HS; you’ve probably read Xenephon’s The Persian Expedition. The translation by Rex Warner is excellent.
Re-reading Slouching Towards Gomorrah and a handful of essays on the Reformation.
Disintegration (Inicators of the Coming American Collapse)
by Andrei Martyanov
Me and Lee by Judyth Vary Baker. Lee Harvey’s mistress, Ferrie, Jack Ruby. 1000’s of mice developing cancer as a bioweapon to infect Castro. This book has the plot and cast of characters and detail to be the weirdest book about the Kennedy assassination and I won’t look at it the same ever again.
I’ve been re-reading the works of the American historian John Mosier, which are a good corrective to the views commonly expressed about the World Wars.
Savage Continent by Keith Lowe, Europe in the aftermath of WW2. Kind of let’s you realize what we may be in for.
It was really bad all over, reconstruction was slow and people were living in very poor condition. In France the situation was so bad, the prime minister wanted to sell the country to UK. No joke:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6261885.stm
The Anarchist Handbook by Michael Malice
A good ‘future-looking’ choice!
“The Spinoza Problem” Irvin D. Yalom
Communism: a history, by Richard Pipes. Interesting to see the parallels between historical totalitarian regimes and the current ones.
Steven Mithen – After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000–5,000 BC.
Interesting read – the author describes the global warmings which occurred during this part of history . Spoiler, they were all extremely beneficial to the planet and human beings.
Motorcycle Fuel Systems Techbook by John Robinson.
I have read sooooo many books in the past few years about our current f’ed up situation and related topics. I think I get the gist of where things are headed. For now I’m taking a break from all that, at least the books.
The most recent reading rabbit hole I went down was scientific papers regarding the interfacing of brain cells to electronic transducer grids. Brain to electronics interfacing stuff. I’m hoping for a cosmic catastrophe before that shit goes too far.
“Reaper Man” Terry Pratchett. “SJW Always Lie” Theodore Beale. Just light entertainment reading right now.
Have not read books in years. In the 5th grade my reading comp level was that of a 12th grader.
now i read online.
last reading was ” The Adam & Eve Story: A History of Cataclysmic Events” by Chan Thomas 1966. scary stuff.
you never stop learning.
That is an interesting and scary book. I think the information in it was suppressed and government classified when it was first discovered. You might check out the ‘Suspicious Observers’ YouTube channel if you are interested in these catastrophe cycles.
Actually there are still 52 pages of that book missing
The Mandibles – 2029-2047
The book of Genesis right out of this concordance.
https://biblehub.com/concordance/
For those who’ve been spiritually crippled by the KJV and all the other mainstream bibles taken from the grossly and willfully mistranslated Masoretic Text.
Translate any bible verse by verse and do a million other things with this one. Easily the most complete “Free” online concordance I’ve been able to locate. Takes a bit to get to know your way around but well worth it.
Then read “A history of Central Banking and The Enslavement of Mankind” by Stephan M. Goodson and everything happening today will make sense.
The war we are in started long before Adam was “Formed” and long before humans were created.
I have just gotten US Grant’s memoirs, both volumes.
I was considering re-reading either Memoirs or Longstreet’s From Manassas to Appomattox just a few days ago. I’m leaning toward Grant.
“Licensed to Lie” by Sydney Powell. Confirm why you believe the Dept of Injustice and the Court system is not your friend.
On deck: “Saving Freedom” by Jim Demint.
Currently reading: Making Sense of Race by Edward Dutton. A 340 page, detailed, meticulously citated book about racial differences. Not intended as a political book, nor any sort of white supremacy, but won’t appeal to the “facts are racist” crowd.
SJWs Always Lie, by “Vox Day” – how to deal with SJW attacks
HIGHLY recommend both of the above, particularly for the kind of people who read TBP or post here.
Next on deck:
Disintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse, by Andrei Martyanov. Title should be self-explanatory.
Working my way through “Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes” by Jacques Ellul, also “The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of VS Naipaul” by Patrick French.
Just finished the excellent “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium” by Martin Gurri. It helps a bit if you have previously read the classic “Revolt of the Masses” by Jose Ortega y Gasset.
The Truth About Covid-19 by Dr. Mercola.
Wife is reading-I get it next
Rereads for me:
Fiction:
Blood Meridian
Dune
World War Z
Catch-22
The Road
Starship Troopers
Non-fiction:
Beyond Good and Evil
The Conquest of Happiness
Rochefoucauld’s Maxims
Fourth Turning
Anything on machining and cad
Anything on anatomy and physiology.
Anything on field craft and survival
The Accidental Guerilla
Bear Over the Mountain
The Histories by Herodotus
Earth chemistry
Currently reading:
The Saga of the Volsunga
ZFG, out.
P.S. a good read is all you need aside from food, water and firearms.
John Sandford novels. My favorite fiction author lately, with his hero Lucas Davenport, and that fuckin’ Virgil Flowers. Based in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and roaming into Iowa, Wisconsin and South Dakota. Good stuff…
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Desolation Island by Patrick O’Brien, Facing Reality, by Charles Murray…
who would want or need to read anything other than tbp?