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?
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - May 20, 2007 10:01:48 am PDT #2668 of 28497
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Strix - May 20, 2007 10:15:09 am PDT #2669 of 28497
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 28497
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
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 28497
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 28497
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 28497
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 28497
information libertarian
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 28497
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
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 28497
"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 28497
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.