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Your favorite Histories

Started by Mcrow, March 16, 2009, 12:10:01 PM

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Joshua Ford

#15
March 17, 2009, 05:32:28 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;290481Fucking A.

We agree on the important things then ;)
 

jeff37923

#16
March 17, 2009, 06:51:10 PM
I can't remember the author, but the book was called Armor and followed the historical development of weapons in Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the Rennaissance. Great book with awesome illustrations. Surprised the Hellout of me that it was in my High School's library.
"Meh."

Aos

#17
March 17, 2009, 10:06:02 PM
I'm all about prehistory.
You are posting in a troll thread.

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droog

#18
March 17, 2009, 10:49:39 PM
Quote from: Aos;290613I'm all about prehistory.
References, man? Have you read Archaeology of the Dreamtime?
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

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Aos

#19
March 17, 2009, 11:44:54 PM
No I haven't read that; sounds cool, though.  I do old Stone Age Europe (it's my job/school/curse), and most of what I read is journal articles. However, there are a few books, here are some amazon links for stuff you should be able to find in a good university library. Golden Age of The Hunters is especially interesting (IMO) because it talks about the Gravettian "culture" of the early upper paleolithic, which is pretty fucking fascinating. Lots of shared characteristics, art styles, personal ornamentation styles spread over a vast distance.


http://www.amazon.com/Hunters-Golden-Age-Palaeolithic-Eurasia/dp/9073368154/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237347347&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Earliest-Occupation-Europe-PA-INT/dp/9073368065/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237347411&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Middle-Palaeolithic-Occupation-Europe/dp/907336812X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237347411&sr=1-4
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Balbinus

#20
March 18, 2009, 08:43:28 AM
Quote from: One Horse Town;290481Fucking A.

Indeed, absofuckinglutely.

Plus Patrick O'Brian.

Imperator

#21
March 18, 2009, 08:49:00 AM
Quote from: Balbinus;290723Indeed, absofuckinglutely.

Plus Patrick O'Brian.

And Bernard Cornwell, specially writing about Arthur or Vikings. Sweet.
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Balbinus

#22
March 18, 2009, 12:15:37 PM
Quote from: Imperator;290727And Bernard Cornwell, specially writing about Arthur or Vikings. Sweet.

I loved the Arthur books, didn't take to Sharpe in the end, Sharpe himself was too much of a Mary Sue for me.

The vikings ones work do they then?

jhkim

#23
March 18, 2009, 12:30:55 PM
To counterbalance the prehistory bit, I'd put in a plug for some modern histories, like the book of Blackhawk Down (ignore the trashy film) or Godfather of the Kremlin.  One of the cool things is the sense of hearing the words of people on both sides of a war.

Imperator

#24
March 18, 2009, 12:35:11 PM
Quote from: Balbinus;290771I loved the Arthur books, didn't take to Sharpe in the end, Sharpe himself was too much of a Mary Sue for me.

The vikings ones work do they then?
Yes. They are similar to the Arthur ones: there's this English boy who's captured by Danes and then he gets to experiment both sides of the war, in time of Alfred the Great. They're really good.
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beejazz

#25
March 19, 2009, 12:46:45 PM
I'm currently reading Howard Zinn's book, A People's History of the United States and Paul Johnson's A History of the American People. Both for my US History class. I strongly favor Zinn's book. I especially like all the info on class struggles and labor movements and things.

And it's not really "History" per se, but I've got this book full of John Sloane's illustrations in publications, mostly between 1904 and 1916. Really interesting stuff.
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