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This should be on the list of any basecamp attendee.

One of my all time favorite books that just happens to be about meandering up a mountain in Vermont.

This should be on the list of any basecamp attendee.

One of my all time favorite books that just happens to be about meandering up a mountain in Vermont.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9781611800166&i=stripbooks&linkCode=qs

On Living and Dying Well, Cicero

Been meaning to read this for awhile, and now I am

I just reread rainbow fish, and forgot about the subtle communist undertones

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ros is incredible— I feel like I’m being teleported into another dimension. 

I’ve been trying to study it, to pick apart the alchemy of how a novel captivates from the start where so many others fail but the momentum is such that it makes it hard to step out, and that’s just it. There are small things but it boils down to how those things are stacked in succession to create a momentum that doesn’t let up. 

I feel the more conscious I get I put books through the absolute ringer, it’s a straight 10 for what I’m seeking at the time (which changes) or I’m out. 

so far, 10.

Curious about any works exploring non-imperial pan-Americanism

Almost done. Thoroughly enjoying. Wild ride.

Words Only

it’s pretty cool books don’t turn off

Another weekend rec here 
Must read for everyone

"I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies"

I read Foundation books as a teenager, many years ago. I remembered them to be full of insights and smart comments on history and politics, while at the same time, true science fiction (how could something coming from Asimov not have a solid scientific foundation).

I did not get this from the Apple TV series. Both seasons were interesting, technically impeccable, and I watched them with pleasure. But I could not find in them not a single grain of what made me love the books.

I'm re-reading them in audiobook format. Yes, my recollection is right, they are amazing. Classics.

If you use audible, there are two narrations, one from William Hope and one from Scott Brick. Use the previews to pick the one you like more.

Classical pianist and composer🎹
I do audio for games👾
and treat my cats as biological babies🐈💕
Crypto hater😇
Allegedly forming a cult👁️

“It is another of the miraculous things about mankind that there is no pain nor passion that does not radiate to the ends of the earth.”

- Winds, sand, stars, Antoine Saint-Exupéry

If true…

Mind Your Body by Nicole Sachs

The Cost of These Dreams by Wright Thompson

$100 Million Dollar Offers by Alex Hormazi 

hbu?

the “rarest” book I own. I got pretty lucky finding this in a library used book store couple years back

While not necessarily “rare” this is definitely one of the more obscure ones I have. Idk if a “new” condition of this one even exists

An incredible work of historical scholarship

Love Death + Explosives: Thomas Pynchon's Polipsychology

eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMYPDRQ6

Apple Audiobook: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/love-death-explosives-thomas-pynchons-polipsychology/id1839252577