Book Recommendations

[protohistorian]

Poor Women's Lives by Andrew August.

[corey123]

Hello Dr.Paul,


Looks a good book, will check it out sometime.

[DrPL]

Pehaps I could be so bold as to recommend my own book....? http://www.paullee.com/book_details.php - there are links to Kindle (with a 15% discount) and electronic (Kindle etc.) versions from there.

[c.d.]

I am half way through "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis. It is a best selling non-fiction account of the recent stock market crash and the ensuing worldwide economic crisis. I find it to be completely fascinating. It details what was happening on Wall Street and the greed, stupidity and utter incompetence that led to disaster as a result of bad loans based on subprime real estate mortgages. It is told from the perspective of major players on Wall Street and reads like a novel. Absolutely amazing that this stuff went on.

In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000.

Highly recommended.

c.d.

[c.d.]

I am about 3/4 of the way through "Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse" by James Swanson. Swanson is the author of "Manhunt" which told the true story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth. That was excellent and a real page turner. This is a follow up and tells about the end of the war. If you have any interest in the American Civil War, I defininitely recommend this one.

c.d.

[ChainzCooper]

I stated this earlier but I recommend Falling by Christopher Pike. I just finished it and really enjoyed it, it even has a serial killer in it named The Acid Man for all you Ripper fans. I really like all of the Pike books I've read,some more so than others, but hes my favorite author. Second and third would go to H.P. Lovecraft and then probably Jay Bennett. I also just recently finished The Cup ,the Blade or the Gun by Mignon Eberhart. I really liked it, its a murder mystery set on a plantation in Mississippi during the Civil War. The ending was particularly strong. I need to find some more books by her, I just recently discovered her books
Jordan

[Celesta]

I am very pleased you find it useful! Dave

The online version dates to the late 1870s, but is still very useful for anyone who doesn't want to spring for the 1888 copy. I got my 1888 Dictionary through Good Will online, of all places.

[protohistorian]

I am very pleased you find it useful! Dave

[Celesta]

The 1888 Dickens's Dictionary. Dave

http://www.amazon.com/Dickens-Dictio...9256387&sr=8-1

This is a great resource, and it's a pleasure to read through, just for fun. It's certainly one of the better resources I've bought. It's amazing how much information is packed into such a small book. They list clubs, churches, charities, businesses, courts, hospitals, police stations, you name it. They don't list many of the clubs in the Whitechapel area though. As an example: on page 244, they list where a person could find a United Telephone Company exchange station and brag that the number of calls where the caller actually speaks to someone is up to 10,000 a day! There are maps in the front of the book.

[DVV]

Hou ! it sure looks awesome, truly !

[protohistorian]

It's pretty damned awesome! Your very welcome DVV. Dave

[belinda]

The 1888 Dickens's Dictionary. Dave

http://www.amazon.com/Dickens-Dictio...9256387&sr=8-1

That looks great

[DVV]

Waow ! thanks for that Dave.

[protohistorian]

The 1888 Dickens's Dictionary. Dave

http://www.amazon.com/Dickens-Dictionary-London-1888-Charles/dp/1873590040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289256387&sr=8-1

[DVV]

Just finished Peter Robinson's "Piece of my Heart".
Echoes of the Manson murders, of Brian Jones' death, etc.
Excellent.