Summer Reading - ideas

[Nateddi]

Anyone have a particular historic or political work in mind for me to spend the summer on?

[Supermodel]

I bet you've read them all, let's think:

Look in Amazon for books about the Irish Potato Famine.

Also I just ordered a ton of books about the "dirty war" in Argentina. Just search under Argentina and you'll see lots of stuff about torture and "desparecidos". How I wish Che could have been around to stop that.

[tyronelad]

try nelson mandelas long walk to freedom. it is v.long, but enjoyable and shows how much dedication is required to fight a oppressive state.
(one of the more emotional moments is when he meets his daughter for the first time in 20 years his grand-daughter who is the same age as his daughter was when he last saw her)

[I Bow 4 Che]

I have one...might be a LITTLE too advanced for you tho...its titled "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" hrm the authors name is Dr.Seuss....amazing book may take more than just this summer to read tho

[abstractmentality]

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn. i have only read pieces of it while on break at work, but plan on reading it this summer.

[Nickademus]

really good holocuast book: Auschwitz and After by charlotte delbo

political: against empire by Michael Parenti

Others:
The struggle to be human
No Logo
Prison Writings, My life is my sundance (Leonard Peltier)
Hitler's Willing Executioners (but if you read that you also have to read Ordinary men)

Have fun

[peaccenicked]

Treasure of the Seirra Madre Ben Traven
Ben Traven was a member of the Sparticus League and Fled germany 1919. Great film Bogie and Edward G

(Edited by peaccenicked at 4:07 am on July 1, 2002)