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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2767369" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>Here's my top five:</p><p></p><p>1. The Bible (even for the non-religious), ok so it is a collection of books/letters/epistles, anyone in Western Europe or the USA who is ignorant of the basic stories of the Bible is ignorant of his own culture. (My only recommendation is don't try to read it end to end unless you are a very disciplined reader, look at the summaries and pick a book that piques your interest)</p><p></p><p>2. <em>U.S. Grant's Memoirs</em> - edited by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). Surprisingly well written and, unlike most Civil War memoirs, it doesn't read as if written just to settle a score. </p><p></p><p>3. Any of the C.S. Forester <em>Horatio Hornblower</em> novels - anything useful I know about tall-ships and naval warfighting came from these books. Also, Gene Roddenberry based the Star trek character Capt. Kirk on Capt Hornblower.</p><p></p><p>4. <em>The Way Things Work</em> - by David Macaulay. Everything I should have learned in school.</p><p></p><p>5. For local history buffs try <em>The Carbine and the Lance</em> by Wilbur Nye. One of the most even handedly written histories of the interactions and conflict between the U.S., the settled tribes, and the wild tribes of Oklahoma. </p><p></p><p>OK, that's my two cents - what's yours?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2767369, member: 18914"] Here's my top five: 1. The Bible (even for the non-religious), ok so it is a collection of books/letters/epistles, anyone in Western Europe or the USA who is ignorant of the basic stories of the Bible is ignorant of his own culture. (My only recommendation is don't try to read it end to end unless you are a very disciplined reader, look at the summaries and pick a book that piques your interest) 2. [I]U.S. Grant's Memoirs[/I] - edited by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). Surprisingly well written and, unlike most Civil War memoirs, it doesn't read as if written just to settle a score. 3. Any of the C.S. Forester [I]Horatio Hornblower[/I] novels - anything useful I know about tall-ships and naval warfighting came from these books. Also, Gene Roddenberry based the Star trek character Capt. Kirk on Capt Hornblower. 4. [I]The Way Things Work[/I] - by David Macaulay. Everything I should have learned in school. 5. For local history buffs try [I]The Carbine and the Lance[/I] by Wilbur Nye. One of the most even handedly written histories of the interactions and conflict between the U.S., the settled tribes, and the wild tribes of Oklahoma. OK, that's my two cents - what's yours? [/QUOTE]
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