A historically interesting, yet somewhat disjointed, look at a man's hard life in the old west.
I love Heinlein. He is the Ron Paul of sci-fi. I wish I would have discovered this series of books, originally written for Boy's Life magazine, when I was younger.
This book is scary. According to the predictions of this self-described futurist, everyone that is currently under the age of fifty will live forever! But here is the rub: we get to live forever inside of computers.
If you enjoy reading military history, John Keegan has to be the best. This book studies three different historic battles in three different time periods from the point of view of those involved.
Scientific, humorous, political and moralistic; Dante puts it all into one little book. It is really worth reading once, so you can know which ring of hell to assign all the bastards you meet out there! For instance: with the current housing bubble crisis, the usurious lenders are assigned to the seventh circle, a desert of flaming sand with fiery flakes raining from the sky. :)
Does Bukowski's life reflect his childhood? Read this book to find out how bad both could be.
Waking up as a bug in a family that is not concerned can be a living hell.
When I read this book for the first time I thought, "This is just like me!" And that was a scary thought.
Did you know that bird people live in the Underground Kingdom? You would if you choose to 'Enter the Cave' and turned to page 5.