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Prophesy's lullaby

Patti Smith • 7527 implied HN points • 06 Feb 24
📚 Literature Books Authors Reading Biographies
  1. Patti Smith shares her daily activities and wishes readers a good night.
  2. She prepared cod, purple sweet potatoes, and micro greens for the evening meal.
  3. Patti Smith's publication is reader-supported, and readers can subscribe to support her work.

The CASEY Award!

JoeBlogs • 2712 implied HN points • 25 Jan 24
🎾 Sports Baseball Books Awards History Biographies
  1. The CASEY Award is a prestigious honor for baseball books, with a history dating back to 1983.
  2. MLB sponsorship for the CASEY Award could be beneficial in promoting baseball literature.
  3. The list of past CASEY Award winners showcases a diverse range of baseball books over the years.

Did Mercantilism Cause the Napoleonic Wars?

Richard Hanania's Newsletter • 950 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24
💾 History Wars Historiography Biographies
  1. Napoleon was a brilliant general, winning 47 out of 60 battles he fought, showing his outstanding strategic and tactical skills.
  2. The French during Napoleon's time were more open-minded towards sexual indiscretions, contrasting with the stricter norms of later Victorian eras.
  3. Andrew Roberts is working on a book about Napoleon and his marshals, exploring the dynamics between them during the Napoleonic Wars.

A Year in Books

ChinaTalk • 326 implied HN points • 13 Feb 24
📚 Literature Biographies War Technology Strategy History
  1. Enjoyed using Audible and Voicedream app to power through a lot of text this year.
  2. Trended towards reading about war and technology rather than China books due to current events.
  3. Found 'The Social History of the Machine Gun' and 'Eye-Deep In Hell' insightful and impactful in understanding warfare.
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The Top Ten Books on British Politics

Comment is Freed • 82 implied HN points • 09 Dec 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Biographies Policy Communications Political Humor
  1. The list provides a variety of book recommendations on British politics, including biographies, histories, and memoirs.
  2. The books cover a wide range of topics from British political figures to the impact of policies on the welfare state.
  3. The post also highlights the importance of personal reflections and honesty in political diaries and memoirs to gain insights into politicians and civil servants.

What book legitimately changed your life?

kalanis • 19 implied HN points • 09 Apr 23
📚 Literature Classic literature Biographies Investing Science Self-Improvement
  1. The post provides a list of books that have changed lives, spanning various genres like classic literature, biographies, investing, self-improvement, science, and religion.
  2. The recommendations are compiled from Patrick OShaughnessy's tweet asking for life-changing book suggestions.
  3. The post includes Amazon affiliate links for the recommended books, making it easy for readers to access and purchase them.

The Gears of the Machine

The Golden Notebooks • 0 implied HN points • 23 Jan 24
🎭️ Culture Books Activism Biographies Art Poetry
  1. Comparison across different regimes and movements helps us understand the world better.
  2. Nonfiction works like Schulman's ACT-UP oral history and Royko's biography of Daley focus on collective stories and illuminate social structures.
  3. Writing collectively about people without becoming abstract requires forms like collective biographies and oral histories.