Kindle
My Father’s Day Gift this year, from my always thoughtful, technophile spouse, Mrs. Zenpundit.
I would expound at length on the wonders of The Kindle
The Eldest and the Son of Zenpundit gave me the following (with a little “help” from me):
The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia
The biography of “the Mad Baron” of the Russian civil war, General Baron Ungern von Sternberg of the White armies, a Cossack host and eventually, the Mongols. One of the strangest warlords of the 20th century.
* some books you need to own. Others can just be read. I put most fiction in that category, along with contemporary hyperpartisan politics, business books, memoirs of the niche famous and misc. subjects.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 am
Zen,
Thought about getting the White Baron after reading a review in the Economist but decided that other books had priority, particularly as the protagonist seems so unpleasant. Maybe I was wrong though.
How about a review ? I wd value yr opinion.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
While you are giving the kindle a test drive, I wanted to let you know my blog looks super sexy on Kindle. Just saying 😉
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Heh. Thanks for the heads up G. ID will be the first on the blogreader. 🙂
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FMC. I may bump something from my summer reading list to get to the Baron in a timely fashion. I first heard of him from occasionally sitting in the lectures of W. Bruce Lincoln. a late eminent historian of old Russia
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