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What's a good book you've read and would recommend that is > 50 years old?
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So many books - so little time - what kind of books are you looking for
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I'm a very open minded and curious person, so feel free to go wild and surprise me!
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anyway - I have more rec's but you'll need to be more specific - i can keep going and going
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Other random books: - Martin Luther (Eric Metaxas) - Arabs (Tim Mackintosh-Smith) - The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present (Eric R. Kandel) - Longitude (Dava Sobel) - The Emperor Charlemagne (Chamberlin) - The Fall of the Ottomans (Rogan)
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If you like Tom Holland: - In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire (was great) - Millenium The end of the world and forging christendom - Rubicon - Persian Fire - Dynasty
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I also love Adrian Goldsworthy Books: - In the name of Rome - Augustus: First Emperor of Rome - Caesar: Life of a Colossus - The Fall of Carthage - Philip and Alexander - Pax Romana - How Rome Fell
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If you read about the Peloponnesian war though, my favorite is undoubtedly Donald Kagan - the man is a living treasure and legend when it comes to knowledge about the Peloponnesian War: https://www.amazon.com/The-Peloponnesian-War-audiobook/dp/B004EIMGTC
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I previously had a minor unhealthy obsession with the Peloponnesian War, of course reading Thucydides is a must: https://www.amazon.com/History-Peloponnesian-War-Thucydides/dp/0140440399
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The battle of thermopylae that 300 is based on: https://www.amazon.com/Thermopylae-Battle-West-Ernle-Bradford/dp/0306813602
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If you want to have the father of history provide an account I'd say Herodotus and The Histories https://www.amazon.com/Histories-Herodotus/dp/0140449086
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