Re: Best Book You\'ve Read Recently (Political/History/Non-Fiction)
I'm currently multi-tabling the following:
On Bull***t, by Harry G. Frankfurter. Yes, that's seriously the title - except without the asterisks. He's a philosophy professor at Princeton, so the book is not simply intended for yuks; it's an on-the-level philosophical inquiry into the rising tide of you-know-what in today's society.
Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow. I'll fess up that it's the audiobook version -- but at least it's unabridged! Thoroughly researched, and definitely not a reiteration of info contained in the several other Revolutionary-era nonfictions of late. Even if it veers toward hagiography at times, it's very engaging and enjoyable stuff.
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, by Stephen Greenblatt. Fascinating and revelatory. Probably not for those who ain't much into Shakespeare.
Super/System 2, by Doyle Brunson, et. al
The Psychology of Poker, by Alan Schoonmaker
These last 2: self-explanatory.
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