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March of
Folly: From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara W. Tuchman, Reissue Edition,
Paperback, 447 pages, List: $15.00
This book examines
repeated examples of incredible behavior by governments and people
that are contrary to their own interests. History-turning events
are the consequence of such behavior. In the process, this gives
you an interesting review of a great deal of history in a painless
format.
The Devil
Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton by Fawn McKay Brodie, Reprint
Edition, Paperback, List: $12.95
Fawn Brodie was
a historian who specialized in writing psychological-based biographies.
She, unfortunately, died in 1981 shortly after completing a biography
of Richard Nixon. This book is about Richard Burton. He was an adventurer,
explorer, writer, interpreter and a brilliant linguist. He was the
first Westerner to make the pilgrimage to Mecca by traveling undetected
with a group of Arabs (detection would have meant instant death).
This is an interesting biography of a very interesting man.
New Lies
for Old: The Communist Strategy of Deception and Disinformation
by Anatoliy Golitsyn, Hardcover, List: $22.95
This one is for
you conspiracy fans, and it's a good one. Mr. Golitsyn is an ex-KGB
agent who defected in the late 1960's and in 1968 wrote the essence
of this book (published in 1984). His basic premise is that the
current course of Russia (Soviet Union) was laid out in the late
1950s. The collapse of the Soviet Union is all part of their plan
to ultimately conquer the West (remember this was written 20 years
before that collapse occurred...).
A Prayer
for Owen Meany: A Novel by John Irving, Reissue Edition, Mass
Market Paperback, List: $6.99
A novel about
predestination and fate that is warm, funny and tragic. Also good
for rainy days.
Extraordinary
Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay,
Reprint Edition, Paperback, 740 pages, List: $14.00
Greed, deception
and mania: human nature is a wondrous thing. This book was first
published in 1841, and its descriptions of human folly are still
germane today. A description of spectacular schemes destined to
fail. Is it applicable to today's stock market?
Sardonic
Humor of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce, Paperback, List:
$6.95
Ambrose Bierce
was an acute observer of the Human condition. The verbal brilliance
exhibited in this book originated largely in short pieces originally
published in magazines of his time. (The dislike of his verbal victims
made it hard for him to publish books). Bad poets, bad novelists,
politicians, corruption and hypocrisy are his normal victims. Funny,
entertaining and thought provoking.
Last, but certainly
not least, The Magnus List of Texts Available from Amazon.com
on the Subject of Environmental Science. Click "Search"
below to see the list. As emphasized during your IET training program,
be appropriately skeptical of all radical claims made in many of
the texts prepared by advocacy-driven agendi. You have been taught
to discriminate between natural science and junk science. Try not
to be persuaded too easily.
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