I’ve been on a Russian history kick lately - very readable and helps one understand how the country got to have an autocrat like Putin:
TL;DR, "Russians are the most fucked up white people on the planet."
Pretty much...but it’s the most fascinating train wreck of a dynasty. It’s also interesting seeing how the politics were influenced by the Russian Orthodox Church.
I’ve been on a Russian history kick lately - very readable and helps one understand how the country got to have an autocrat like Putin:
TL;DR, "Russians are the most fucked up white people on the planet."
Pretty much...but it’s the most fascinating train wreck of a dynasty. It’s also interesting seeing how the politics were influenced by the Russian Orthodox Church.
I’ve been on a Russian history kick lately - very readable and helps one understand how the country got to have an autocrat like Putin:
TL;DR, "Russians are the most fucked up white people on the planet."
Pretty much...but it’s the most fascinating train wreck of a dynasty. It’s also interesting seeing how the politics were influenced by the Russian Orthodox Church.
I’ve been on a Russian history kick lately - very readable and helps one understand how the country got to have an autocrat like Putin:
TL;DR, "Russians are the most fucked up white people on the planet."
Pretty much...but it’s the most fascinating train wreck of a dynasty. It’s also interesting seeing how the politics were influenced by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Have you read this @PurpleThrobber yet? Got it for my dad last year...
That looks chinteresting...
There are too many good books to read. I used to be a voracious reader and then tech, hi fi and kids...
Maybe I should be like you and just starting listening to them in the car.
Wallace, ID is a funny little town if you're ever driving I-90. For decades it was the only remaining stop light on I-90 between Seattle and Boston. Up until about the mid-90's, brothels still openly operated with relatively immunity to prosecution. Uber wealthy guy named Harry Magnuson headquartered in Wallace - at one time the largest private land owner in the country.
There's a ski resort (Silver Mountain) about 5 miles down the road in Kellogg, ID. If one were so inclined, one would purchase either a condo or home there. Still pretty affordable and a kick ass ski hill with solid snow. Gondola runs straight from the parking lot on the freeway up to the lodge at the top of the hill. Hasn't been Aspened/Sun Valley'd yet.
Solid elk hunting as well. Worked a couple years about 30 miles north for the Forest service at Shoshone Camp. The North fork of the Cda isn't bad for little cutthroat trout either!
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The TV pairing (free on Amazon Prime, Russian with English subtitles):
Prepping for the Catherine the Great series coming to HBO.
Malazan Book of the Fallen and the Expanse series are also on the docket.
But First Law is definitely next up. It came highly recommended.
The Financial Lives of the Poets, Citizen Vince, Ruby Ridge The Last Tsar on Netflix is pretty solid.
https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/61712/book-review-beautiful-life-and-tragic-death-of-parker-moore#latest
Wheel of Time lame, but I read it
First law good
Everything he does is good. Love me some elantris