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"Dresden"...for those who read Slaughterhouse Five, as I did many years ago, it sheds light on the premise that the firebombing of Dresden in WWII was a war crime... puts it in context of the war with facts that i never knew.
"The Ghost Soldiers" the basis for the movie ,"the Great Raid" ; it is the story of the Ranger raid on the Cabanatuan POW camp in the Phillipines in WWII. A great story.

[quote="Christian"]"Dresden"...for those who read Slaughterhouse Five, as I did many years ago, it sheds light on the premise that the firebombing of Dresden in WWII was a war crime... puts it in context of the war with facts that i never knew.

I know a gentleman who survived the bombing of Dresden, he was 4 years-old at the time and still remembers it vividly.

Ah, "Dresden Corner" is a super-sweet mixed route at New River...

Oh yeah, now I'm reading "Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life" by Stephen Jay Gould.

Also, "50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know" by Russ Kick.

Meadows wrote:Why is Sex Fun? The evolution of human sexual behavior by Jared Diamond

At Borders a couple weeks back I saw a book on how animals do it. I thought whoa, I don't think I'm quite that curious.

There's a book that's been out for many years called The Naked Ape, by Desmond Morris. I reread it here lately and thought it still interesting. Morris essentially looks at humans through the analytical eye of a zoologist. It's not heavy reading, but yet it's still insightful. I recommend it.

Come to think of it, more sex might be good for you, Steph. If you had your ankles up over your head more, they might not get injured as often.

ZSpider

J-Rock wrote: Oh yeah, now I'm reading "Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life" by Stephen Jay Gould.

Gould's name seems to keep popping up. I've got something by him, I think called The Panda's Thumb.

ZSpider

Christian wrote:"In the Words of the Buddha" an anthology by Bhikku Bodhi, a translation of some the Buddha's discourses. EXCELLENT!
"The Fate of Africa" the history of Africa since "independence". EXCELLENT but very sad.
"Aristotle's Children" discusses the impact of Aristotle's writings/philosophy (which the Moors translated from Greek to Arabic and Europeans translated into Latin) on Catholicism beginning in the 11th century ntil just before Luther et al. Very wll researched and interesting but I sometimes wonder still what alll the arguing was about...

That's some ass-kicking reading you've been doing! I can't remember the title, but there's a psychoanalytical biography of Martin Luther that is a blast. Short but outrageous. Martin was a colorful character. He had regular conversations with the devil. The author claims that his Protestant ideals were provoked by his chronic problem with constipation.

ZSpider

Just finished "Ill Equipped for a Life of Sex" Jennifer Lehr's memoir, kinda Judy Blume for adults.

Have started United States of Appalachia by Jeff Biggers.

Zspider wrote: If you had your ankles up over your head more, they might not get injured as often.

ZSpider

And you be careful when you're bending over grabbing your ankles.

I agree ... Naked Ape is a good read if you're curious about how the study of animal's behavior relates to ours.

I don't really read all these books....I just look up interesting titles and put them on here so I appear to be better than you guys at something....

meetVA wrote:

Christian wrote:"Dresden"...for those who read Slaughterhouse Five, as I did many years ago, it sheds light on the premise that the firebombing of Dresden in WWII was a war crime... puts it in context of the war with facts that i never knew.

I know a gentleman who survived the bombing of Dresden, he was 4 years-old at the time and still remembers it vividly.

I cannot imagine experiencing the horror of that experience.(wow that sounds like George W). But those years were filled with unimaginable horror.