Some Late Summer Reading
I read more history and philosophy than anything else. Other topics of interest include psychology, astronomy, baseball, and classical literature. Every summer, usually in August, the History Book Club has a really terrific sale on books. So, I take advantage of the prices and inexpensive shipping to broaden my private library. Last Friday - just in time for the weekend - my recent order arrived. One way to tell that the Great Recession is still with us is that "standard" shipping gets to you as fast as "expedited" shipping. Nothing is in the delivery systems. There are comparatively few packages moving around. Consumers aren't buying. Anyway, this year I ordered four books - all military history (which is by far my favorite kind of history). The shipment included the third and final volume of Richard J. Evans' history of the Third Reich entitled The Third Reich at War . I immediately started reading this one and discovered that it is just as difficult to p