I've got Tocqueville's Democracy in America going now. I haven't got quite through the first part yet, but it's both fascinating and overwhelming. After I get through the First Part, I'm going to take a break and read John Campbell's Who Goes There, which was the basis for John Carpenter's The Thing.
What good books have you lately read or are currently reading?
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The House of Leaves is wicked. I still need to read his other two books.
I just finished 'World without End' by Ken Follett. It's a follow up to the 'Pillars of the Earth,' which is about the building of the Kingsbridge cathedral. I highly suggest reading both (or actually any of Ken Follett's work).
Hmmm, this Wetlands sounds interesting. Very, very interesting. That's going on my reading list.
I read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich years ago: I don't remember much about it, but it is a great book.
I'll have to add House of Leaves, World Without End, and Pillars of the Earth to my reading list.
I read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich years ago: I don't remember much about it, but it is a great book.
I'll have to add House of Leaves, World Without End, and Pillars of the Earth to my reading list.
I'd second that. Especially "Pillars of the Earth". :thumbsup:
doclocke, If you're reading Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" and are interested in these things, I'd suggest you read the works of some others on political philosophy and the theory of democracy as well, like John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu, Jean-Jaques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Max Weber, Giovanni Sartori, Ernst Fraenkel, Ralf Dahrendorf, Iris Marion Young etc. I could give you loads of tips what to read, but it's mostly in German, so....probaby no use for you there.
I recently read James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me". Currently, I'm reading mostly stuff for "work", like Wolfgang Münchau's "Flächenbrand - Krise im Finanzsystem" (could be translated as "Conflagration - Crisis in the financial system"), David Seed's "American Science-Fiction and the Cold War" or Hiroshi Koyama's "Kyôgen kanshô annai" (that title is too complex to put in just a few short words, maybe something like "A Guide and Further Reading for the Appreciation and Understanding of Kyôgen").
Could have told you that.
I took a copy of Liberty and Tyranny to read during a meeting of some liberal organization here in South Texas... I got some nasty looks 
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