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mc Wed Dec 15 22:18:06 2010 No.1363746 [Reply] [Original]

Hey guys. Like several of the threads I'm seeing, I'm trying to do some personal reading and not sure where to start. I'm looking for books concerning topics in history, social issues, economics, politics, and the like. Since I have a great capacity and enjoyment for analysis and understanding, I read books thoroughly, often rereading sections and annotating things. For the same reason, I'll limit myself to one or two substantial books per season. So far I have lined up:

The American Political Tradition (finishing that up now)
The Cash Nexus
Guns, Germs, and Steel

And I'm looking for suggestions. I'm up for modern social issues, or historical stuff. And though beggars can't be choosers, I'd really enjoy a good analysis of China's modern history, or a wide survey of world history.

Thanks all.

Pic totally unrelated, but it's a great shoe that, after hundreds of miles of backpacking and cycling, looks like new after a wash.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 22:23:06 2010 No.1363767 I recommend Ernest Gellner's book "Thought and Change." Really interesting book. Generally an examination of political philosophy in the modern world from a sociological viewpoint.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 22:24:06 2010 No.1363768 >ecco boots Rich cunt.

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Wed Dec 15 22:29:06 2010 No.1363786 File: 26 KB, 500x500, goretex boots.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] post your boots thread

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 22:33:06 2010 No.1363803 File: 18 KB, 265x400, Decline_of_the_West_1922.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I don't wear boots.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 22:34:06 2010 No.1363808 File: 4 KB, 105x126, smartdog.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	mc Wed Dec 15 22:35:06 2010 No.1363813 >>1363768 Well... some people in my place, and who do what I do, would own tennis shoes, hiking boots, and cycling cleats. I just wear one pair and it last forever for the same price, maybe less, than three different pairs that last a year each.

>>	ty Wed Dec 15 22:37:06 2010 No.1363823 >>1363786 what would you need boots for? dont tell me your into that mall-goth kind of thing some of the /fa/ people go for.

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Wed Dec 15 22:42:06 2010 No.1363843 >>1363823 handy to have is all, they also go well with slim fitting jeans

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 22:43:06 2010 No.1363846 >>1363823 /fa/ allows mallgoths now? Used to be they only liked 110 lb traps who wore hats.

>>	mc Wed Dec 15 22:46:06 2010 No.1363861 >>1363823 Because I enjoy hiking in the Appalachians.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 22:50:06 2010 No.1363875 File: 97 KB, 960x720, 1179172-p-2x (1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth

>>	mc Wed Dec 15 22:50:06 2010 No.1363877 >>1363767 Excellent, thanks. Any other suggestions?

>>	mc Wed Dec 15 22:52:06 2010 No.1363883 >>1363875 Thanks to you yoo.

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ty Wed Dec 15 22:55:06 2010 No.1363898

>>1363861
yeah but d&e doesnt leave his dorm thats why i ask.

i wonder if i will every be brave enough to go hiking or just for a nice hill walk. i have to walk through suburbia to get to the nice hills here though & that lovely wide patcjh of land might have a farmer wanting to shoot me with a shotgun. i might bump into people kitted up for the walk while im wearing hipster/aspie hybrid clothes ;_;

>>	mc Wed Dec 15 22:57:06 2010 No.1363900 >>1363823 And no, I know how to dress properly without making a spectacle of myself.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 22:57:06 2010 No.1363904 >>1363898 You mean DEEP AND EDGY is a GUY? He tricked me into believing otherwise in an AIM conversation. So you mean... I unkowingly had gay cybersex? :/

>>	ty Wed Dec 15 22:59:06 2010 No.1363912 >>1363904 fuck im so jelly. was it kinky as shit? bdsm? bald head fetish?

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Wed Dec 15 23:00:06 2010 No.1363914 haven't used AIM since maybe the start of last summer when I was still on /r9k/. It was real depressing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:01:06 2010 No.1363918 >>1363912 I jizzed on his (well, her, I thought) nipples Then he tongued me in the center of my penis Thank god it was all pretend, though. I just hate that I was tricked into thinking it was a chick.

>>	ty Wed Dec 15 23:02:06 2010 No.1363920 >>1363914 i find it ok since i can just go invisible if im reading or something. i might meet up with another guy from here. i might send a girl to go this time so im more mysterious to you guys.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:03:06 2010 No.1363924 >>1363920 if you're not a girl i wish you were but even if you're not a girl you're still really cute

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:05:06 2010 No.1363930 >>1363918 hahahahaha faggot

>>	mc Wed Dec 15 23:07:06 2010 No.1363934 >>1363912 >>1363914 >>1363918 >>1363920 >>1363924 ...uh... let's go back to talking about history and sociology? Or even books? P.S. You guys make a great first impression.

>>	ty Wed Dec 15 23:08:06 2010 No.1363937 >>1363934 hey its 4am & i get emotional sometimes. this is what i come to /lit/ for really, that & the lulz.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:10:06 2010 No.1363942 >>1363937 Why is a fellow UK fag up now?

>>	ty Wed Dec 15 23:13:06 2010 No.1363958 >>1363942 so ronery. >>1363924 :(

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:15:06 2010 No.1363965 $200 for hiking boots? What the fuck is wrong with you? http://www.eccousa.com/shoes/mens/outdoor/track-iv-high/483/detail.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_me dium=merchant&utm_campaign=merchant

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:16:06 2010 No.1363971 >>1363958 Then... er... go out somewhere. Or read something.

>>	mc Wed Dec 15 23:16:06 2010 No.1363975 >>1363965 I use them in place of hiking books, tennis shoes, and cycling cleats, which overall cost the same or more as these boots. Plus the boots last longer.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:17:06 2010 No.1363979 >>1363965 That's pretty normal. Much lower and you'l have to chuck them away pretty quickly.

>>	ty Wed Dec 15 23:18:06 2010 No.1363985 >>1363971 >go out at 4am no i cant really sneak out practically or want to. too tired to read & read alot already today. but i do really need to try & make real friends or something my brain might be dying on here.

>>	mc Wed Dec 15 23:21:06 2010 No.1363999 >>1363985 Then why do you go on here?

>>	ty Wed Dec 15 23:24:06 2010 No.1364010 File: 48 KB, 780x620, 12654217212.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1363999 ~for love~

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:26:06 2010 No.1364018 >>1363985 If you're lonely now, and that's why your up, I was suggesting you go out earlier. Most of the UK's pretty dead at 4.

>>	ty Wed Dec 15 23:29:06 2010 No.1364027 >>1364018 i actually prefer night time because i feel more insecure in the daylight/summer. also i went out to the library 15 hours ago which was day time so there. im not just going to talk to random people.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 15 23:30:06 2010 No.1364034 >>1364027 You shouldn't be talking in the library anyhow. And it's mostly night time now.