I'm thirsty!!! Want some more!!

[Lost-in-FL]

I just finished reading "Confesions of an Economic Hit Man" and I need another book!!!
Suggestions are now needed, what should I read next???

[Bluebear]

1. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805063897/103-8315066-9431826?v=glance&n=283155

[Lost-in-FL]

2. I almost bought that one!!! Wow!!

[Poiuyt]

3. Proud to be Liberal

I just heard about this today. Don't know much about it:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975251767/sr=8-1/qid=1141169353/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6585219-9908803?%5Fencoding=UTF8

[nomo]

4. VoteScam

http://www.votescam.com/

[texastoast]

5. This is way off topic, but I enjoyed the heck out of it

Da Vinci Code. Lots of history, fast read, and good fun.

[Lost-in-FL]

6. How about "Independent Nation"?

Has anyone heard about it?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

7. Anything by Kurt Vonnegut,

but his most recent, "A Man Without A Country," is remarkable.

[stillcool]

8. My favorite book about all this mess...

still is Chalmers Johnson's "The Sorrows of Empire". Lately I've been stuck in the 80's with Reagan...Iran/Contra and the BCCI...and just got Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance", and "A Full Service Bank"...if you're into CIA stuff they've compiled a reading list at this site...
http://www.serendipity.li/cia.html

[liveoaktx]

9. "No place to hide" and "State of War"

[zanne]

10. I know how you feel.

I hate being bookless.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. Check out the book forums...

Lots of recommendations. :)

non-fiction
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=209

fiction
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=208

[Lost-in-FL]

13. Thanks for the suggestion!

[doublethink]

12. "They Thought They Were Free" The Germans 1933-1945.

Check it out in this thread here ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=190088

A must read. Peace. :)

[Dr.Phool]

14. I just finished Scott Ritter's "Iraq Confidential"

Very illuminating.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

15. "The Sparrow"

by Mary Doria Russell.

Trust me on this one.

[CrispyQ]

19. Trust. . . . . . . This is a great read!

Some of the best sci fi I've ever read. :smoke:

[Richardo]

16. Freakonomics and/or Blink

Both excellent, easy, yet thought provoking reads. :thumbsup:

[Lost-in-FL]

20. I read Freakconomics... great read isn't it?

[Richardo]

22. Excellent. Do yourself a favor and read 'Blink' now.

I loved it.

[unhappycamper]

17. Some (American) Civil War titles:

The Sword of Lincoln - a good overview on the Army of the Potomac
Nothing but Victory - a very good read on the Army of the Tennessee
Glory Enough for All - a pretty good account of the seige of Petersburg

[cobalt1999]

18. A fun read...

The Devil's Picnic : Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit

My wife and I actually went out and bought the French Cheese mentioned (double wrapped and had to be opened on the porch).

[PaDem]

21. "What's the Matter with Kansas"

Was spot on.

[Odin2005]

23. The Clash of Civilizations, by Samuel Huntington.

The book is around ten years old, but it's still a very good book on the post-Cold War world. Huntington chastises the western universalism (treating western values such as democracy, religious pluralism, and freedom of expression as universal human values) That leads to the "spreading freedom and democracy" wild goose chase. He beleives that the West is entering it's "universal state" phase and that most of the conflicts and problems western countries will participate in will be with countries or populations of other civilizations.