This month, Major Styles has read the following books:
- Richard Wagner’s My Life (Part 1)
- PT Barnum’s The Art of Getting Money
- Marcus Aurelius Meditations
All of these were great. With Richard Wagner, we read about a man that rose into greatness: how he overcame a myriad of obstacles on his journey. With PT Barnum, we get advice on financial matters – how to increase your wealth and, subsequently, your life. And with Marcus Aurelius, we read about the worldview of a famous Roman leader: and we find how his theories are closely related to Buddhism.
What are you reading this month?
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Major Styles 
Tom sawyer (kids lit assignment at school)
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Hippies of the Religious Right
Fierce Angels (research for book project)
Elspeth…you’re running ahead of me. I applaud you, but now feel like an underachiever. 🙂
Just curious…which one did you like the most?
Tom Sawyer, of course!
To be fair, I’m not done with the last one yet, and I won’t be finished with it before midnight tonight. So I’m not ahead of you.
Currently Reading:
Buddha’s Brain by Richard Hanson, Why You Like the Wines You Like by Tim Hanni, How to Grow Old by Cicero.
That Cicero one has my attention. I will have to add that to my list.
Here’s another from Cicero I’ve read extracts from but not bought yet https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Be-Friend-Ancient-Friendship/dp/0691177198/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541075106&sr=8-1-fkmr1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=cicero+how+to+be+a+good+friend
That’s great. He was the pre-eminent orator of ancient Rome (in addition to Quintilian). I have been meaning to add more Cicero to my library.
Read Medations a lomg time ago. Occasionaly threaten myself with reading it again
Outside of news and local events….. a shit ton on welding equipment and technology to make sure our fab shop stays on top, not books per say though
SFC Ton, Meditations is good, but it was brought to my attention that Aurelius was a leader during Rome’s decline and was seen, by his peers, as being very liberal. Thus, his Buddhist type of thinking can be seen as a kind of defeatism/passivity and unwillingness to defend the empire from barbaric hordes in need of a good pummeling.