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In all seriousness, The Grapes of Wrath is next on my list. I'm pretty well-read so can't believe that I've never read it!
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One fish
Two fish
Red fish
Blue fish
In all seriousness, The Grapes of Wrath is next on my list. I'm pretty well-read so can't believe that I've never read it!
I'm making my way through it - bookmarked it three times. Please don't give away the ending !
Yes! I am currently reading the Princeling of Nanjing.
I feel like it's a movie or tv series just waiting to be made.
I'm rereading all of Kurt Vonnegut. Presently Deadeye Dick. Love him or hate him, the man was a genius.
Now: A Gift from Darkness: How I Escaped with My Daughter from Boko Haram (Andrea C. Hoffmann and Patience Ibrahim)
Just finished: Grant by Ron Chernow
Just finished: Grant by Ron Chernow
I'm currently reading The Dawn Watch by Maya Jasanoff. It's about Joseph Conrad's time spent in the British Navy. An engrossing read, I haven't gotten to his trip up the Congo river to Kisangani - the voyage that inspired Heart of Darkness.
Anthony Bourdain recently made that journey in reverse, traveling overland to Kisangani from Tanzania. I have never seen him suffer so much!
Anthony Bourdain recently made that journey in reverse, traveling overland to Kisangani from Tanzania. I have never seen him suffer so much!
I think im gonna go re-read SH5 after im done the book i just started on.. I, Cladius
Robert Graves survived WW I and went on to become a foremost historical novelist. I Claudius is the first book on the Julian Emperors, it ends at the death of Caligula. Claudius The God deals with his reign as Emperor. Both great reads, also look for Count Belisarius.
The last Vonnegut book I read was Galapagos, bizarre and whimsical at the same time. His last public appearance was during the 2004 Presidential Election. He despaired that both candidates pitched themselves as War Presidents.
Reading The Count of Monte Cristo.
Always wanted to read it but I am struggling through the first few chapters. Will use the Christmas break to force my way to the point where you can’t put a book down
Always wanted to read it but I am struggling through the first few chapters. Will use the Christmas break to force my way to the point where you can’t put a book down
Summary/Review: "Shedding light onto sometimes sinister and coercive groups, Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites and Rituals is packed with details on nearly 200 organizations, religions and cults, government plots, and personalities, including their histories, beliefs, intentions, and impact. This important book uncovers and examines the hidden, overlooked, and buried history of some of the most notorious groups, including the Illuminati, the Freemasons, the Bilderberg Group, MKUltra, Skull and Bones, Ordo Templi Orientis, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Knights Templar, the Ku Klux Klan, La Cosa Nostra, the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Montauk Project, to name just a few." -- Back cover.
Summary
Turbulent times. Economic disruptions. Wars and civil strife. Hidden and secret cabals. Global elites. Mysterious symbols. Missing money. Surveillance and microchips. Where is the world heading? Just who has control, and what are their goals?
While we are assured by our leaders that global treaties and international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and United Nations are wholly benign and beneficial in nature, are they actually the foundation for an authoritarian world government? Are powerful cabals and front organizations orchestrating political and financial events in a nefarious attempt destroy individual nations and achieve world domination?
Uncovering more than 200 events, organizations, people, symbols, pop-cultural references, and other examples underlying suspicions of the looming New World Order,The New World Order Book reveals and uncovers the truth behind the disconcerting reasons for the rapidly expanding militarization of the police; the increase in doctors prescribing mood-changing drugs to the nation's children; the manipulative actions of the Illuminati and the Freemasons; population control; the surveillance of social media, emails, and phone calls; Project Blue Beam: an alleged, top secret program to create a faked alien invasion; the rise of a so-called Fourth Reich; the further expansion of the Patriot Act; suspicious deaths; "end times" scenarios; banking elites; and the microchipping and tracking of the human population; to name just a few.
Tracing the power and destructive effects of the global elite and their plots,The New World Order Book exposes their unpleasant reach into the daily operations of today's world. It also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.
I recently finished all 5 books of Game of Thrones and I am now about 1/3 of the way through Robbie Robertson's autobiography, Testimony.
I read a lot, always have and mostly stick to historical fiction. I get my books from the library and tend to go with novels that won some kind of literary award. IMO there's a lot of fluff on the bestseller list(s) so I usually avoid those.
Origin by Dan Brown
Straight talk on your money by Doug Hayes
The procrastinator’s guide to retirement by David Trahair
Straight talk on your money by Doug Hayes
The procrastinator’s guide to retirement by David Trahair