WHAT TO READ
TTPers are readers and thinkers. A number of you have asked what I've been reading lately. I thought that now would be a good time, as we start a new year, to answer. It's also a chance to take a break from the general insanity of current events.
What follows is not advice for you. Your interests are specifically yours, and none of these books may ring your bell. But they all rang mine to various degrees. There are too many to provide reviews. The link for each is to the listing on Amazon containing a multitude of comments and quotes.
The list here is the books I read in 2012. Most of them, I bought the Kindle version and read them on my iPad. I really recommend this.
Yet I also re-read favorites ensconced in my library - such as Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (the link is to the Kindle edition, at $4.27). Also on Kindle now is Ludwig von Mises' compact classic, The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality. This should be required reading for every conservative.
About once a decade I complete Will Durant's entire The Story of Civilization. This takes some time, as it's eleven volumes, 10,000 pages, and four million words. I've had the set in my library for 40 years, and last year I finished it once again. Amazon has The Story of Civilization (11 Volume Set) in hardcover for $439 - but the Kindle edition is only $12.74 per volume.
OK, so here we go - one year's reading. I think you'll find at least some things here that will intrigue you. And now, please tell us what your favorite books are on the Forum!


