The Official HH Book Club List

This might have been a suggestion by @Doog_de_Jour .https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6306969-an-edible-history-of-humanity

Good chit. And not all happy eatings either. Some seriously dark shit including Holodomor.
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And if you like that one, this one is a good follow up:

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@pawz recommended this book somewheres, maybe the late @creepycoug's shitty bored. Anyhow, really good, thanks.
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I just got done reading this too. Thank you @pawz. I appreciated how Voss acknowledged (unlike most business books) that there *is* quite a bit of emotion involved in negotiating. I almost wish we could do this as a book club selection.
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Book club selection...

How am I supposed to do that?
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Yore* the mod[/b], make it so.
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Ps,
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How am I supposed to accept that answer when you organized the last book club read?
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Book club read...
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You can hang on your own ellipses*... ANSWER THE QUESTION!

*NTSD technique noted
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Nice to meet you, my name is Grundle. I'd sure like to do that, it's a fair request, but I simply have used all my bandwidth.
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*Late night DJ voice* @pawz is gone now. I’m Doog__de_Jour, you’ll be talking to me now.
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Deserves another bolton. Funny AF
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion​

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11324722-the-righteous-mind

If Iº were to do another book clerb, I think this would be the book. However, since we do not deal in hypotheticals, I'll give my own little report.

This book is relatively low on engagement, or rather, engrossing. I wasn't itching to pick it back up every time. It's rather weighty and perhaps not best suited for audiobook.

However, informative and challenging.

The author claims to have been a standard issue proggies prior to working on this subject. Now he says he's more independent minded.

The basis of the book are his moral foundations theory, consisting of 6 factors.
  1. Care v. Harm
  2. Liberty v. Oppression
  3. Fairness v. Cheating
  4. Loyalty v. Betrayal
  5. Authority v. Subversion
  6. Sanctity v. Degradation

He claims that Liberal politicians do better on the first 3, while largely ignoring the last 3, where Republicans do far better.

Eh, I'm already out of steam on this one.

I did not see the reviews on GoodReads prior to reading. Some progressives kinda butt hurt there.
 

Relentless Strike​

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24019181-relentless-strike

A political and operational history of Joint Special Operations Command. Really good book. It starts with, naturally, the creation of JSOC following Operation Eagle Claw. After the first-third of book or so, kicks into military pr0n describing operations. Big chunk of book covers Iraq & Afghanistan. One of the most notable things for me is that this is most I've ever read[/s] listened about Delta Force, the D Boys if you will. The SEALs got most of the free pub.

On a scale of 1 = I hate America and 10 = Ooorah!, this book probably comes in around 5.5 - 6. It's gracious to frontline individuals but unafraid to criticism leadership, strategy and certain tactics.

 

Relentless Strike​

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24019181-relentless-strike

A political and operational history of Joint Special Operations Command. Really good book. It starts with, naturally, the creation of JSOC following Operation Eagle Claw. After the first-third of book or so, kicks into military pr0n describing operations. Big chunk of book covers Iraq & Afghanistan. One of the most notable things for me is that this is most I've ever read[/s] listened about Delta Force, the D Boys if you will. The SEALs got most of the free pub.

On a scale of 1 = I hate America and 10 = Ooorah!, this book probably comes in around 5.5 - 6. It's gracious to frontline individuals but unafraid to criticism leadership, strategy and certain tactics.
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SEALs are great at self promotion. You don’t hear much from former Delta operators.
 

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion​

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11324722-the-righteous-mind

If Iº were to do another book clerb, I think this would be the book. However, since we do not deal in hypotheticals, I'll give my own little report.

This book is relatively low on engagement, or rather, engrossing. I wasn't itching to pick it back up every time. It's rather weighty and perhaps not best suited for audiobook.

However, informative and challenging.

The author claims to have been a standard issue proggies prior to working on this subject. Now he says he's more independent minded.

The basis of the book are his moral foundations theory, consisting of 6 factors.
  1. Care v. Harm
  2. Liberty v. Oppression
  3. Fairness v. Cheating
  4. Loyalty v. Betrayal
  5. Authority v. Subversion
  6. Sanctity v. Degradation

He claims that Liberal politicians do better on the first 3, while largely ignoring the last 3, where Republicans do far better.

Eh, I'm already out of steam on this one.

I did not see the reviews on GoodReads prior to reading. Some progressives kinda butt hurt there.
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Progressives are always butt hurt.

TTTTT, I know.

 

Relentless Strike​

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24019181-relentless-strike

A political and operational history of Joint Special Operations Command. Really good book. It starts with, naturally, the creation of JSOC following Operation Eagle Claw. After the first-third of book or so, kicks into military pr0n describing operations. Big chunk of book covers Iraq & Afghanistan. One of the most notable things for me is that this is most I've ever read[/s] listened about Delta Force, the D Boys if you will. The SEALs got most of the free pub.

On a scale of 1 = I hate America and 10 = Ooorah!, this book probably comes in around 5.5 - 6. It's gracious to frontline individuals but unafraid to criticism leadership, strategy and certain tactics.
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SEALs are great at self promotion. You don’t hear much from former Delta operators.
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Interviewed a former SEAL for a position recently.

Dude walked on his own water. May have got the job done but the carnage in his wake wouldn't have been worth it.

 
Walked out of the wakanda bookseller yesterday @GrundleStiltzkin with the Quanah Parker book. Real page turner thus far.

Them Comanches were some mean sum bitches.
 
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