Happy Boxing Day!
Here are five non-fiction titles that I particularly enjoyed in 2003. Listed alphabetically by author.
By the Sword, Richard Cohen — A fascinating, if sometimes confusing, history of dueling. Focuses primarily on the Western world.
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder — Paul Farmer makes you want to go out and change the world. This story is amazing, even more so because it's true. I'm still chewing over this one and how it is changing my view of the world.
Between Silk and Cyanide, Leo Marks — The story of a British World War II code maker and breaker. Very neat.
1421: The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies — The evidence is still being collected (and some of it will be wrong), but Menzie's theory definitely bears investigating, and I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually proves to be true. Well written with fascinating ideas. Menzies's naval experience offers a fresh interpretation medieval and rennaisance era sea cartography that a land lubber historian would miss.
Fast Food Nation, Eric Scholsser — At its most basic level, this book not just about fast food in and of itself, but how fast food has changed all facets of our food industry as well as its tremendous impact on many other facets of our lives. Now that I know how mass produced meat is handled in this country, the recent discovery of Mad Cow, and how our government is responding to it, is even scarier. (Thank goodness for locally raised free-range, small production beef.)
I'm actually gnetitg tired of all the back and forth about ultimately insignificant issues because it takes away the focus from the real issues and what each candidate wants to do. Not trying to dismiss the issue I brought up, but it wasn't suppose to expand into specifics of the presidential debate, just the dismal state of the media.So far the media coverage isn't hurting the Republicans considering so who cares. From now on any of my politically oriented posts will be firmly targeted at the issues.And the previous comment wasn't from the Mike we all know.
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