NSR: Literature thread

That was the best chapter of the book probably, the Serbia one. But he comes off as rather anti-Ukrainian but maybe it isn't so bad if I read it again.

 

As I remember it, (I read the book several years ago), it was mostly about how some black players were essentially novelty items to the locals.

 

I would say that's putting it rather likely. From my viewpoint he has an axe to grind with Ukrainians, it's not just racism that he mentions. But again, maybe I'll have to read the chapter again but I think I remember the tone pretty clearly.

 

I haven't read it for awhile like I said, but I don't remember it being all that bad.

 

I just finished a boring treatise on Maimonides and a pretty good read on the Decline and Fall of Ottoman Empire.

P.S. Anyone familiar with Absurdistan?

 

I suggest picking it up. I can not imagine a better book of fiction describing the chaos and absurd of the post-Soviet Russia and CIS. I finished it last month and planning to buy the follow-up tome.

 

written by?

 

I'm assuming that no one here has read Irvine Welsh's stuff. He's the author of Trainspotting.

 

Is that the book/movie about heroin addiction. You know someone told me about this a month ago and now your'e the third independent source I've heard this from. I guess I have to see it now

 

You haven't seen it? It's like my favorite movie ever man. The book itself is just as good and I highly recommend it. I love Scotland.

 

Nope. My russian reading skills are below average. I can navigate my way through an Azbuka, but something as heavy as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, forget about it. Whenever my buddy sees me reading a russian authors in english, his now predictable response is "you know how much is lost in translation, you really should be reading it in Russian." Ironically, he's never read much russian lit. As for poetry...I try to read the likes of Lermentov, Mayakovsky, and Ahmetova in russian.

 

I've not read it myself, but I've heard the Steinberg biography of Bismarck is excellent.

 

I would stay away from Jewish author German history books.

 

Why?

 

I think you stay away from books in general.

 

I have several Jewish historian authored books on German history on my shelf. I would say they're quite good. A good historian should have no bias.

 

"No Easy Day" by former SEAL Mark Owen
If you are into these type of book - it's an awesome read. Special kind of men ...

 

To me there's only one Spec Ops book worth reading - Dick Marcinko "Rogue Warrior". That book is a riot. He is the legendary founder of Seal Team 6.