Comments on: Currently Reading

By: snow

snow — Wed, 30 May 2007 02:41:16 +0000

Fascinating book choices by all. My background is a probably bit different than most here (arts, fine arts) and I don’t have time to read books much, but have been reading the collected works of Shakespeare, recently read Miles Davis autobiography (with Quincy Troupe, in Miles’ own words), want to start C.S. Lewis “Mere Christianity” and am looking for a book on the life of Cole Porter. I also read The Economist and the International Herald Tribune (Asian edition) regularly and various websites on a regular basis. I would love to read many of those suggested by everyone here. So many great books, so little time.

By: Younghusband

Younghusband — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:43:56 +0000

Phil posts as well.

By: Younghusband

Younghusband — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:33:52 +0000

KI posts their stack and tags a few others to boot.

By: ElamBend

ElamBend — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:37:43 +0000

“China Hands”, James Lilley
“And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)”, Paul Blustein
“Sacred Games”, Vikram Chandra

Next up:
“Black Swan” Naseem Taleb
Probably some Pratchet book
Plus, I’ve been meaning to read “The Prize.” Maybe after “Black Swan.”

When I have to make long road trips, I usually download a Patrick O’Brien novel.

By: Bill Petti

Bill Petti — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:16:45 +0000

Peter Singer, Corporate Warriors
Moises Naim, Illicit
Robert Pape, Dying to Win
Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:26:11 +0000

Rajiv Chandrasekaran – Imperial Life in the Emerald City;
Brett Easton Ellis – Lunar Park;
Andrew Harvey – A Journey in Ladakh;
Granta No. 34 – Death of a Harvard Man;
John Cowper Powys – A Glastonbury Romance;
Ivan Turgenev – Fathers and Sons.

Some I have started, some I haven’t. However, they will get read – eventually!

By: A.E

A.E — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:36:48 +0000

I used to really enjoy reading the Economist. I would get extremely excited whenever a copy came in the mail. Sometime after 2003, I lost interest in them. The only magazine I get genuinely excited about (in the same sense) is Foreign Affairs.

By: Lexington Green

Lexington Green — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:17:14 +0000

Dude, sorry, here's the correct link.

By: Lexington Green

Lexington Green — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:15:46 +0000

I put up my own current list in response.

By: Chicago Boyz » Blog Archive » Books, books and more books

Chicago Boyz » Blog Archive » Books, books and more books — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:13:36 +0000

[...] at Coming Anarchy has a post about what he is currently reading. I am a sucker for that kind of thing … [...]

By: subadei

subadei — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:58:20 +0000

YH, remind me not to try and kick your ass anytime soon. I wrestled in high school and watched Royce Gracie take apart (and set combative precedence) his victims using the Brazilian form of jiujitsu in the UFC.

Mark, eat your Wheaties, you’ll need ‘em!

By: Younghusband

Younghusband — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:07:22 +0000

@subadei: I did do classical jujutsu for a number of years. Now I just concentrate on nogi grappling and BJJ. (@zenpundit: I think you are referring to Capoeira, which is very different to BJJ. Think Pankration)

@AE: I agree wholly with Curzon, The Prize is brilliant. (@Curzon: recognize the turtle in the plant?)

By: Chirol

Chirol — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:49:03 +0000

Finally got around to Brave New War here and just finished Licensed to Kill by RYP. Have a huge stack back in Germany to pick back up when I return.

By: zenpundit

zenpundit — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:07:50 +0000

Is the Brazilian grappling that ridiculous monkey-style crap ? Good luck with that. I swear, if someone ever tried that with me, I’d put a 230 lb stomp on their supraorbital ridge.

Currently reading: Medici Effect, Learning to Eat Soup With A Knife., Hitler and his Generals.

By: strategist

strategist — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:50:33 +0000

Younghusband – that’s a varied list of books you’ve got there.

My pile consists of:

- David Strahan, The Last Oil Shock (2007);
- Sebastian de Grazia, Machiavelli in Hell (1989);
- Anton Chekhov, Ward No.6 and other Stories 1892-1895;
- Fernand Braudel, The Mediterranean – I randomly dip into Braudel most days.

By: a517dogg

a517dogg — Mon, 28 May 2007 01:05:09 +0000

Currently reading Phillip Bobbitt’s “The Shield of Achilles.”

By: kende

kende — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:30:06 +0000

Hmm… Who’s up for a Coming Anarchy poker night in a year or two? Location: war zone of your choice.

By: Curzon

Curzon — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:25:38 +0000

The Prize is one of the best books out there. And the Economist is a great weekly read too.

By: A.E

A.E — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:50:57 +0000

Let me know if the Yergin book is good. I’m thinking of buying it for a friend.

By: subadei

subadei — Sun, 27 May 2007 15:42:47 +0000

You’d mentioned before that you were a grappler. Do you practice a specific form (jiu jitsu or aikido?) or compete?

Your reading habits are similar to my own in that you’re inclined to read more than one book at a time. I’ll have a post up later on today with my own list.