Written by: Harriet Beecher Stowe Very good character development and depiction of life for various slaves in the United States before the Civil War / War Between the States / War of Northern Aggression / Mississippi Fight Club Jamboree. Actual human beings as property, with every aspect of their lives hanging on the whims of […]
Written by: Edmund Morris Holy crap Theodore Roosevelt is a total badass. He started as a sickly child, but decided instead he would be awesome and made it happen. Great stories like when he was District Attorney and his way for getting rid of the stupid Blue Laws in New York was to prosecute the […]
Written by: Cyril Robinson This is what happens when two little kids are raised by wolves next to a big river. Basically they build a bunch of cool shit out of rocks, but later turn into Nazis, and then an evil space empire. It’s definitely a good listen, but you can also just watch the […]
Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky This really long book is read by an old Russian guy (or at least in the voice of one) who speaks slowly and quietly, drawing the listener deep into every drawn out word. The result is a narration that takes forever to get through, but totally pulls you deep into the […]
Written by: David McCullough Having earlier read McCullough’s “John Adams” and both enjoyed it and learned a lot about the time period in which Adams lived, I was looking forward to this book both from a biography and historical knowledge perspective around the end of World War II and U.S. history. It was a big […]
Written by: Ayn Rand If you can ignore the hype and circumstances surrounding Ayn Rand and Objectivism for 32 hours, this is actually a very entertaining book. Good plot, clear characters, and an enjoyable listen overall. It’s mostly about an idealistic architect (Howard Roark) who the world is trying to exploit and crush who apparently […]
Written by: Douglas Adams Some good stories but like many other post-mortem publications it isn’t so much a cohesive work as a bunch of stuff found under the couch. This doesn’t make it not good stuff, just don’t eat the cheetos. Length: 8 hrs 8/2002: I really don’t remember this one except for the one […]
Written by: David McCullough One thing is certain, John Adams was a small, small man. Seriously, he was like 4 feet tall. His story is really a backdrop for an excellent history of the United States (and parts of Europe) during the time he lived. You really get a feel for what was going on, […]
Written by: Stephen E. Ambrose Really good book about what was going on during World War II. Lots of in depth personal perspectives, amazing descriptions, and compelling stories. It’s both historical and entertaining (not so much “ha ha” entertaining as “holy crap there is some f**ked up sh*t going on right here!” entertaining). If you […]
Written by: Dr. Edgar Mitchell with Dwight Williams With both astronauts and hippies, this book has two elements of the holy trinity. It’s neat and does have several worthwhile points of universal connectedness, with lots of details about the founding and goings on at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (not to be confused with the storied halls […]
whispered words from literary masters, cheesy hacks, inspirational gurus, and fluffy crap artists into my ears. These are there stories.