books to read

ask the dust   ohn fante

sherman: soldier, realist, american   b.h. liddel hart

the tiger: the true story of vengeance and survival  - ohn vaillant read first

the fish that ate the whale: the life aVd times of america's banana king - rich cohen

titan: life of ohn d. rockefeller sr.  - ron chernow, probably read last, 800 pages

lincoln's melancholy: How Depression challenged a president avd fueld his greatness - oshua wolf shenk - probably a book about depression if anything

philosophy as a way of life: spiritual exercises from socrates to foucalt -  Pierre Hadot, arnold davidson's translation

man-eaters of kumaon - im corbett, short book

The Start Up of You by Ben Casnocha and The Education of Millionaires by Michael Ellsberg, practical advice for how to make money or at least live? something like that

the warrior ethos - steven pressfield

the gift of fear - gavin de becker

the flinch - ulien smith   133 pages

Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky by Paul Johnson 

the book of five rings  - miyamoto musashi , thomas cleary's translation

Why Don't We Learn from History by BH Liddell Hart

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely

Self Help: With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance by Samuel Smiles

The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL by Eric Greitens (better than "my war I miss it so")

Levels of the Game by John McPhee

The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex Kershaw

Laphams Quartlery: Animal Issue

I had this list for a while but couldn't find them online : 

Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd's The Time Paradox

the lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors, and architects by Giorgio Vasara (Titian, Michelangelo, and Da Vinci are the best stories)

company K - there's a book called Company K that isn't this one.. i forget the author but I'll find it osmeday - so far I've only found the other book

The Power Tactics of Jesus Christ and Other Essays by Jay Haley

The Authenticity Hoax: Howe we get lost finding ourselves by Andrew Potter

War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges

My War Gone By, I miss it so by Anthony Loyd

On Killing by Lt. Dave Grossman  - ah, I read this one.. it's good if you want a thorough explanation of the psychology of how soldiers (or anyone) is able to kill without remorse.  too textbook though