Nonfiction November: My 2024 TBR

[@billruttenberg]

Oh! I love Bruce Chadwick. Thank you for bringing that to our attention. Nicholas II book looks good as well. Look forward to our buddy read on An Uncommon Woman. Thanks Peg!

[@BookishTexan]

An Uncommon Woman sounds fascinating.

[@ariannefowler455]

I'll be curious what your final thoughts are of The Last Tsar. I'm curious how it differs from other books about Nicholas 2. That period in Russia is of particular interest to me. I'm interested in the reading challenge for next year, if it's the one you mentioned in a previous video that will include The Eastern Front, I think.

[@foxglovelone4827]

I read the Ralph Ellison biography, and it was good

[@ba-gg6jo]

Another book about the Czar, I will get this when it comes out in the UK. I have read quite a few books on the Romanovs. It will be an interesting read I am sure. In my humble opinion it will have to be good to beat Robert Service and Edvard Radzinskii's offerings.

[@BryanM.R.-prionic1]

There's that fuzzy little bagel again. 🐶 Sorry again for bailin' on y'all. Makes me feel even trashier than usual. And not with my usual proud air of trashiness either. 😔 But enough of that ... I look forward to hearing the book chat. The books all sound great, but Nicholas II is a subject I'd like to read more about. And I'm definitely in the mood for some terrifying and debaucherous seasonal traditions, especially after hearing about that "Eurasian Century" book. Hope you enjoy your Nonfiction November. I'm trying to (very slowly) pick away at a biography of Dmitri Mendeleev -- yeah, the Periodic Table guy. I know it doesn't sound thrilling to you well adjusted human types, but I guess it's a pale and haggard chemistry nerd thing. 😉 Have a good one.

[@user-iz6cc6lz3j-Vickie]

Cute little boomer. Glad he is on the video he is so cute

[@johndillon8051]

I will be interested in your thoughts on the Eurasian book and whether many new insights are included in it. A book I recently read is one that I would recommend to someone interested in dipping their toe in military history. It's John Bruning's "Fifty-three Days on Starvation Island" (Hatchette Books, 2024). It covers the hasty deployment of two Marine squadrons to Guadalcanal shortly after the initial invasion by US forces. All too often, military history books are dry recitations of facts, but this one is very readable and concentrates on the personalities of the Marine pilots and the many hardships faced with little supplies, regular bombardment from air and sea, and near constant flight demands that wore down pilots and ground crews . I hope I'm not covering territory already reviewed as I'm a fairly new subscriber.

[@susprime7018]

I'm reading The China Mirage, by James Bradley, which covers the Russo-Japanese War rather well , interesting that Teddy Roosevelt is not doing too well in this book. Bad news for Korea. It covers both Roosevelts in relation to Asia.

[@kathleencook9186]

Does anyone know of a book on publishing houses?