^^^that sounds really interesting, good? what does it touch upon
What if it hadn\'t rained at Agincourt in 1415 and the French had, as expected, won the day? What if one of Napoleon\'s most trusted commanders had spiked Wellington\'s guns with a handful of nails at Waterloo in 1815, providing his emperor with victory? What if Hitler hadn\'t paused for three vital days during his invasion of France in May 1940, allowing the British Expeditionary Force precious time to evacuate from Dunkirk? Moments like these, argues Erik Durschmied, provide the hinge factor in history: examples of stupidity, chance, or accident that have irrevocably changed the outcome of human history, for better or worse.
Drawing on his extensive experience as a war correspondent with the BBC and CBS, Durschmied moves from ancient Troy and the Trojan Horse to Iraq and Operation Desert Storm, offering a persuasive and at times wry account of the ways in which chance affects the unfolding of history. Recounting 17 key moments in human conflict and warfare, The Hinge Factor is not just an amusing meditation on what might have been; it is also a poignant and vivid account of the brutality and stupidity of war. More than just an account of accidents in history, this is a thoughtful and absorbing book.
Kinda of the "what if" factor
finished Diary by Chuck Palahniuk a month or so ago, just started Electroboy by Andy Somethingorother, its a memoir of a manic-depresant who underwent electric shock therapy after years of being misdiagnosed by psychologists and psychiatrists, the author is a graduate of CT\'s own Wesleyan.
Wesleyan=Most pretentious school in the country..
Wesleyan=Most pretentious school in the country..
Pretentious = way too big of a word for this guy :lol: I remember it being the most expensive school in the country for tuition when I was in high school.
im just finishing the fabric of the cosmos by brian greene and i just started the plauge by albert camus
i\'m in the middle of A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
a robert ludlum spy novel and an awesome short story by a local author. just finished a book about the 112 minutes from when the first plane hit the wtc until the buildings fell. very intense.
finished Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
my favorite author!! as you can see by my signature, did you like it??
Music and Miracles, compiled By Don Cambell
Voices Of A People\'s History of The United States by Howard Zinn
finished Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
my favorite author!! as you can see by my signature, did you like it??
Mine too. Behind Ms. Rowling, of course. I don\'t really read much so I haven\'t read much of his stuff yet, but am trying to catch up.
As for Diary, loved it. Enjoyed it much more than Lullaby, though I still liked Lullaby. It would definitely make a cool screenplay, too. I got Diary from bn.com (had a gift card, sorry dave for not usin amazon), hard cover 1st ed for like $3 or something, also bought Fugitives and Refugees at the same time, read that first, well more or less skimmed through it. It wasn\'t bad for a non-fiction, just didn\'t capture my attention. Also read Survivor again before xmas.
Next up is Haunted and Invisible Monsters, putting them on order within the next week or so, unless you have a copy I can borrow
. My top list of what I have read by him:
1. Choke
2. Diary
3. Survivor
4. Lullaby
5. Fugitives and Refugees
Voices Of A People\'s History of The United States by Howard Zinn
Read this book for a history class once.
Haunted was def my least fav chuck book
Choke def should be at the top of that list
I have and and have read all his books including his walkthrough of Portland Oregon (Fugitives and Refugees), so your welcome to borrow any of them.
Any Dark Tower fans, besides Paul Ryan
Haunted was def my least fav chuck book
Choke def should be at the top of that list
I have and and have read all his books including his walkthrough of Portland Oregon (Fugitives and Refugees), so your welcome to borrow any of them.
Cool. You gonna be at Iron Horse tomorrow? If so, ya think you can bring me Haunted and/or Invisible Monsters? I\'d offer up something in exchange for you to borrow, but my book collection isn\'t all that big