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Post by AYC on Dec 16, 2015 0:04:18 GMT
Just wanted to see what my fellow Altrians enjoying perusing in their spare time.
I'm currently reading Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green. It's a bit dummed down, given that it was written for kids, but it's still really interesting.
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Mathuen
Junior Member
马萨诸塞州, 中华人民共和国 (Trapped Yo)
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Post by Mathuen on Dec 16, 2015 0:33:25 GMT
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia by Pankaj Mishra
I find the idea or marking the Battle of Tsushima as being the beginning of the "New Asia" as interesting but logical as Tsushima was basically the birthplace of the idea that the East could not only take on the West but also defeat it. I was surprised, though not in hindsight, how well known the battle was outside of the West though.
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TheAven
New Member
Exhausted. That is all.
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Post by TheAven on Dec 16, 2015 1:58:57 GMT
My kind of thread Currently reading Frogs in a Storm: Operation Barbarossa Backwards (Žáby v bouři: Operace Barbarossa naruby) by Jan Drnek. It's an alt. history where WWII is against the USSR.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Dec 16, 2015 5:10:50 GMT
I am currently reading a thread about what other people are reading
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Post by aolbain on Dec 16, 2015 18:44:10 GMT
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia by Pankaj Mishra I find the idea or marking the Battle of Tsushima as being the beginning of the "New Asia" as interesting but logical as Tsushima was basically the birthplace of the idea that the East could not only take on the West but also defeat it. I was surprised, though not in hindsight, how well known the battle was outside of the West though. *puts on list*
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Post by azathoth on Dec 17, 2015 3:57:44 GMT
Mostly reading some fanfiction and rereading a alternate history story called Decisive Darkness.
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Post by machinekng on Dec 17, 2015 15:05:35 GMT
Now that school is over, I can finally finish up reading The Three Body Problem.
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Post by Krall on Dec 17, 2015 15:39:38 GMT
I'm having a go at reading through the Harry Potter series, since I never got further than the second book when I was young. Currently about a quarter of the way into the fourth one - Goblet of Fire.
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Post by Mooncat on Dec 19, 2015 12:02:41 GMT
The Secret History of the World by Jonathan Black.
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Post by guinazacity on Dec 23, 2015 12:08:37 GMT
Just finished "the wretched of the earth" by frantz fanon
I got stuck on the second tome of "the philosophy of misery" by proudhon and am too lazy to go back to it
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Post by Mooncat on Dec 24, 2015 23:28:43 GMT
The Secret History of the World by Jonathan Black. It's crazy but interesting.
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Post by fluttersky on Dec 30, 2015 11:15:53 GMT
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Post by orvillethird on Jan 1, 2016 22:35:33 GMT
Strangers Below:Primitive Baptists and American Culture by Joshua Guthman. It's far from comprehensive, and certainly does not cover the whole story, but it has a number of fascinating incidents and insights.
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Post by ToixStory on Jan 2, 2016 4:01:23 GMT
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford. Probably one of the most detailed and comprehensive one volume books on Genghis (Chinggis) Khan and the Mongolian Empire that I have yet read. Absolutely fantastic book.
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Post by Jasen777 on Jan 2, 2016 4:28:51 GMT
Flowers for Algernon
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Post by orvillethird on Jan 2, 2016 5:33:07 GMT
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford. Probably one of the most detailed and comprehensive one volume books on Genghis (Chinggis) Khan and the Mongolian Empire that I have yet read. Absolutely fantastic book. My dad would like that, if he doesn't have it already!
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Post by heliosmegistos on Jan 2, 2016 6:28:07 GMT
Fragment & Pandemonium by Warren Fahy
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Post by spanishspy on Jan 6, 2016 3:07:10 GMT
Back in the USSA by Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman.
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Post by Jasen777 on Jan 6, 2016 4:54:35 GMT
The short story was better.
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Post by Southpaw on Jan 7, 2016 9:49:28 GMT
Currently rereading the Colonization series by Turtledove. Bought myself From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne yesterday .
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