Hmm, I did not know about this, I'll look into it
Hmm, I did not know about this, I'll look into it
Hmm, I did not know about this, I'll look into it
People who DV'd, why? I'm trying to learn what Hitler was thinking. It's interesting.
Think after that, your about ready to take over the world.
If Hitler was a better author then I would be concerned. Literally cut that book into 1/3 and it would portray the same point but far more easily digestible. I'm on hour 4 of him just bitching about social democrats. I got it so long ago.
He was a far better orator than a writer. Even when he was in power, Mein Kampf was more of an unread shelf adornment, than something people actually read. I could never stomach more than the first 40 pages or so.
The Hagakure (the Japanese book of Samurai code)
Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power (his books a dense reads but packed with historical stories and anecdotes)
A Confederacy of Dunces (one of, if not the greatest piece of satire in the 20th century)
Confederacy of Dunces
One of my favorite books of all time.
The Prince and Discorsi by Machiavelli. The Prince was his readers digest of his ideas, to be easily accessible to Lorenzo Di Piero Medici. Discorsi is where the real meat is, and it will make more sense after you have read the (very short) Prince.
I have a cookbook called "50 Shades of Chicken", so that's close enough.
Hey :) if your looking for political books no one has mentioned yet:
-Brave New World (Huxley) (one of my favorites)
-The Communist Manifest (Marx/Engles)
-Common Sense (Paine)
-Democracy: The God That Failed (Hoppe) (What the NRx nonsense is about)
-Understanding Power (Chomsky)
Non-political but a couple of my favorite "classics":
-Heart of Darkness
-The Scarlet Letter
-The Stranger
-Crime and Punishment <-- this one's a fucking endeavor lol but worth it
I haven't read Huxley yet, but something I've been meaning to check out. Why is Crime And Punishment such an endeavor? Long? Difficult? Slow? I know nothing about it.
If you can, for The Art of War, read the ones that also include commentary from various Chinese scholars and such. That's the one I had, and their insight is interesting.
The Prince (in keeping with your theme)
1984 (a favorite)
Harrington on Hold 'Em (Poker's fun)
The Gulag Archipelago (On my list)