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It's not quite from 2009 (late 2008) but I really, really enjoyed The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson.
He's too right wing, and too imperialist for my tastes in anything else, but it's a very compelling economic yarn, as well as a bit of historical analysis to some of the most interesting times in history (Renaissance Banking, Dutch Stock Market etc).
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. - John Stuart Mill.
Does it have to be a non-fiction book? The best book I read last year (and finished!) was "The Kindly Ones", by Jonathan Littell. Very interesting. It is a fictional novel, with a lot of detail (992 pages worth!), but it provides something of a view into the mind of a Nazi bureuacrat during WWII. Fascinating.
"There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge
Does it have to be a non-fiction book? The best book I read last year (and finished!) was "The Kindly Ones", by Jonathan Littell. Very interesting. It is a fictional novel, with a lot of detail (992 pages worth!), but it provides something of a view into the mind of a Nazi bureuacrat during WWII. Fascinating.
Nope can be any sort of book, just the one that you found to be the best read .
For Gallifrey! For Victory! For the end of time itself!!
I read the three books on Genghis Khan by Conn Iggulden. It is historical fiction like his empire series.
Damn good read and tells the amazing tale of the rise of a fascinating people.
I think he might be due for a new novel...
Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
(Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)
For those that do not know it's about a pilot of Huey's during the Viet Nam War. It was so exciting and the Huey is my favorite of all helicopters. No idea why but I just think it looks and sounds cool.
Originally posted by GVChamp
College students are very, very, very dumb. But that's what you get when the government subsidizes children to sit in the middle of a corn field to drink alcohol and fuck.
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