It's time for the annual "crap, I have to get my dad a birthday present" post. Anyone have book recommendations in the sort of non-fiction, historical or political areas?
I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?
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Dana - May 20, 2007 10:01:48 am PDT #2668 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Strix - May 20, 2007 10:15:09 am PDT #2669 of 28176
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
What area of history or politics? Serious or satire?
Dana - May 20, 2007 10:16:08 am PDT #2670 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Either. I've given him a Molly Ivins book before. He's a leftie like me, obviously.
Strix - May 20, 2007 10:55:42 am PDT #2671 of 28176
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hmm. What about a collection of Sarah Voewll essays? Combine history and leftie politics? And she's a fun writer to read/
dcp - May 20, 2007 11:55:05 am PDT #2672 of 28176
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America is very good.
Hil R. - May 20, 2007 12:29:44 pm PDT #2673 of 28176
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I second dcp's recommendation. I only read about half of it (someone had left a copy in a dorm common room, and I started reading it, but then the next time I was in that lounge, it was gone), but it was very good.
flea - May 20, 2007 12:38:12 pm PDT #2674 of 28176
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I am generally pimping John Hope Franklin's Autobiography: [link]
My stepfather (age 75, likes history, lefty) seems to have liked it.
Dana - May 20, 2007 2:02:57 pm PDT #2675 of 28176
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That sounds like a great recommendation, dcp, though he might already have it. Which is the problem with my father.
Thanks for all of the recs. I'll check them out when I make it to the bookstore.
DavidS - May 20, 2007 4:52:40 pm PDT #2676 of 28176
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'll second the Sarah Vowell recommendation and specifically the book Assassination Vacation.
Kathy A - May 21, 2007 7:49:20 am PDT #2677 of 28176
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Has he already read Devil in the White City? My dad's into history books, as well, and I loaned him my copy a few years ago, and he loved it.