Both fiction and non-fiction are welcome.
I'm looking to really pad my reading list now that I have money.
>>903740
some of my favorite books on hoplology/marital arts history.
http://www.freelanceacademypress.com/oldschool-ebook.aspx
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-133-9780824818791.aspx
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1220405.Comprehensive_Asian_Fighting_Arts
Draeger's work is dated but still pretty good
>>903740
Great book but based Magee made an updated version of it which is equally as good
>>903740
If you're interested in even more history of philosophy I'd recommend The History of Philosophy by Julian Marias. Durant's book used to be my favorite because I read it as a kid, then I read Marias'and it was terrific.
>>903740
>Durant
Yep, that's fiction.
>>904069
>bashing Durant
Well, I don't know anon, who do you think does it better?
The Politics of Revenge
Saïd K Aburish
>>904208
OP said /his/, not /gsg/
>>903740
>>903811
>survive weeks of god-awful shitposting on this terrible board
>eventually someone posts a good book recommendation
Fucking finally
"Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy"
Brendan Simms
>>904122
Anyone who doesn't skip directly from Aristotle to Bacon.
>>904733
Reading that now, really good. Quite the page turner, surprisingly.
The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and Its Impact on World History.
A pretty big tome, but worth quite the reading.
>>903740
A different mirror by Ronald Takaki
![0136246028[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cCBe9st.jpg "0136246028[1].jpg")
There's no reason why you wouldn't have read this book before you take part in any kind of intellectual discussion.
>>904208
Beady.
>The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
>Post Roman Britain, Arthur, Saxons, decline of civilization.
>Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
>Henry VIII, Catholic church, English aristocracy, wife and family.
>A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
>French revolution and counter-revolution, Louis XVI, French aristocracy, conflict and mood.
>Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
>18th century, British Empire, British colonial North America, progressive neo-liberal, enlightenment.
>The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
>Second World War from the perspective of an SS officer, fascism, Holocaust, Eastern front.
>>908066
Hilary Mantel's books are horridly inaccurate and biased, even for fiction.
>>903740
Anabasis by Xenophon.
>>908106
You should be able to separate your personal subjective opinions on ethics, religion and family life, and what we can safely assume was the realty of the English court at the time based on historical sources.
You don't need to agree with a book to enjoy it.
