OT: So what's everyone currently reading?

cacheman

Against my better judgement, I posed this question to the OF first...I think comic books rule over there


I don't know if it is considered good or bad but I have always had a number of books opened and read simultaneously. I have the following books opened in various reading areas of my home:

Nightstand: The God Gene "How Faith is Hardwired into Our Genes Dean Hamer
Livingroom: Blood and Iron; From Bismarck to Hitler the von Moltke Family's Impact on German History Otto Friedrich
Office Desk: Creating Web Sites Bible David Crowder and Andrew Bailey
Office Desk: The Metalcaster's Bible C.W. Ammen

What are you reading currently?

sumnom

I am reading an intellectual history of late 18th century Korea.

goldrush00013

I'm reading Archaeology and Artifacts of Darke County. by Elaine Holzapfel.

A 12,000 year history of human occupation in West-Central Ohio.

boz

Political and Commemorative Pieces Simulating Simulating Tradesman Tokens 1770-1802
By R.C. Bell

CIVITAS

Currently I'm reading the forums. Ha! (I can't believe some other smartass hasn't already said that.)

Anyway, I don't read entire books too much. The last item of substance that I finished was Homer's Iliad. I think I finished that in September. I've been meaning to get around to a copy of the historical biography of Julian II, but haven't got past page 12 yet. And I think I started over a year ago.

cacheman

"Currently I'm reading the forums. Ha! (I can't believe some other smartass hasn't already said that.)"

They did...on the OF...and that's why I posted over here...

MacCrimmon

.....tea leaves! How's that.

MacCrimmon

OK,OK!

Here's a good read; Condemned to Repeat it,by Allison, Adams, and Hambly.

Professor Adams taught a class I elected on 'The Age of the Crusades' at University.

MSD61

The Roots of American Democracy by Jim Allison after that I'll be reading my runes

shirohniichan

World War II: Day by Day by Antony Shaw (it was a birthday present)

Without a Doubt: Answering the 20 Toughest Faith Questions by Kenneth Richard Samples

Working at Play: A History of Vacations in the United States by Cindy S. Aron

Coming up are When Hitler Fought Stalin and Zhukov's Greatest Defeat.

notlogical

A Hardy Boy's mystery about the firebird rocket.

newsman

I'm currently re-reading these books to refresh my memory:
"Covering Islam," by Edward Said
"The Arabs in History," by Bernard Lewis

Most recently finished book: "Confederates in the Attic," by Tony Horwitz

cosmicdebris

Nothing except the forums right now. Last month I finished Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

1jester

The Bible (King James Version, my favorite). Currently nothing else earth-shattering. Working on writing and publishing some more poetry.

JZrarities

Historia Numorum by Barclay Head.

Online version here: Linkeeeee

Trying to memorize the Greek alphabet.... (Why is an 'R' spelled like a 'P').... this is gonna take forever.

CIVITAS

Perhaps it's "Why is a pi spelled like a rho?"

(Man I'm in a weird mood today. Must be the 25K worth of liteside stuff we just got. It plays tricks on your mind. "What's that Ms. Morgan dollar? You want me to burn them all.......?")

guysmy

I just started on a new set. I read a number of books simultaneously too.

The Coin Collector's Survival Manual by Scott A. Travers
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephen Nachmanovitch
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda

AuldFartte

"The Lord of the Rings" ... for about the eighth time.

rhound1977

Recently or presently:

Manual for Adobe Page Mill

World Coin Atlas

Mac World Magazine

Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins

Spink 2004

World Coin News

Lots of technical junk at work....

farthing

Night Mare by Piers Anthony

laurentyvan

Comedy, The Irrational vision by Morton Gurewitch

ColinCMR

Hey JZrarities, I too have been brushing up my Greek, neat language.

I found this site to be useful, it aids in learning. Link
If anybody knows any other online free resources for learning Greek I'd love to check it out,

I've also been reading a NASA site about the magnetosphere. LINK

Book-wise, my lovely stack of course texts have been calling my name for exam time.

I always read through the latest Canadian Coin News and my latest purchases The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins (Van Meter) and the Currency of the far east (Schjoth).

docday2003

I'm reading The Book of Mormon, and a commentary on the Book of Isaiah.

Aethelred

Most of the time I have several books going at once, right now I am reading:

"The Wine Bible" by Karen MacNeil

"My Life" by William J. Clinton

&

"Murdering McKinley" by Eric Rauchway

tbirde56

I've been slowly progressing (at work) through Harry Turtledove's series of World War and Civil War alternate histories (sci-fi).
Other material at home includes World Coin News and of course, the Standard Catalog of World Coins.
Nobody reading palms?

bosox

"A New History Of The Royal Mint" edited by C. E. Challis

syraq

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TECHNOGNOSIS,
Myth,Magic,and Mysticism in the age of information


by Erik DAVIS

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THE ART OF DECEPTION: Controlling the Human Element of Security



by Kevin D. Mitnick

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PuddlePirate

Just finished "The Teeth of the Tiger" Tom Clancy.

Now I have to go through a contract proposition from Tor Books. My First Novel "Ismeraldis" has made it out of the slush pile and is getting serious attention and they want to see book two "FaldeNoren"

I've been writing for years and it looks like I'm finally going to break out! Manuscript Submission is worse than when I packed my 7 year old daughter off to the first day of first grade ohh so many years ago.

Shipcoin

Thor Heyerdhal's "Ra"

Askari

Right now I'm slowly making my way through Kenneth Scott Latourette's A History of Christianity, Vol. I: Beginnings to 1500. I started it over Thanksgiving, but haven't had much free time since then.

Makarovii

Just finished "All The Way To Berlin, A Paratrooper at War in Europe" by James Megellas and started "We Die Alone, A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance" by David Howarth

On the to-do pile:
Bob Dylan, Behind The Shades Revisited by Clinton Heylin
First Light by Geoffrey Wellum
The Russians In Germany, A History of the Soviet Zone of Occupation, 1945-1949 by Norman Naimark

I'm sure to receive more titles this Christmas.