Future Reads
Planned Titles:
2024
- Dec 3rd - Articles of interest - the group
- Jan 7th - Judgement at Tokyo. Gary J. Bass - Presented by Roger
- Feb - His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope. By Jon Meacham. Presented by Scott
- March - Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied The South, by Elizabeth Varon. Presented by John
- April - Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues, by Johnathon Kennedy. Presented by Dave
- May - Patriot: A Memoir, by Alexei Navalny. Presented by Mike
- June - Existential Physics: A Scientists Guide to Life's Biggest Questions, by Sabine Hossefelder. Presented by Gary
FUTURE READS
Recommended future Books:
- Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes: David L. Nicandri. The history of Captain Cook's three ocean exploration voyages, commissioned by the British government, are exceptionally well researched, described, and discussed. He includes references to debates among historians about the significance of various aspects of these historic voyages. Of great interest are reports of Captain Cook's and officers' and crew members' reactions to many of the discoveries and non-discoveries.. Dave Nicandri lives in Tumwater and could be invited to present his book.
- Wild New World, The Epic Story of Animals and People in America: Dan Flores. Distinguished author Dan Flores’s ambitious history chronicles the epoch in which humans and animals have coexisted in the “wild new world” of North America—a place shaped both by its own grand evolutionary forces and by momentous arrivals from Asia, Africa, and Europe. With portraits of iconic creatures such as mammoths, horses, wolves, and bison, Flores describes the evolution and historical ecology of North America like never before.
- The Bright Ages, A New History of Medieval Europe: Matthew Gabriel and David Perry. This revisionist history of medieval Europe takes apart the myth of a savage, primitive period, but there are so many more great stories to be told
- Maoism: A Global History: Julia Lovell has given us a masterful corrective to the greatest misconception about today’s China. For too long, visitors who marveled at China’s new luxuries and capitalist zeal assumed that Maoism had gone the way of its creator. That was a mistake. Lovell’s account—eloquent, engrossing, intelligent—not only explains why Xi Jinping has revived some of Mao’s techniques, but also why Mao’s playbook for the ‘People’s War’ retains an intoxicating and tragic appeal to marginalized people the world over.”
- Courting India: England, Mughal India, and the origins of Empire:In Nandini Das's fascinating history of Roe's four years in India, she offers an insider's view of a Britain in the making, a country whose imperial seeds were just being sown. It is a story of palace intrigue and scandal, lotteries and wagers that unfolds as global trade begins to stretch from Russia to Virginia, from West Africa to the Spice Islands of Indonesia.