What are you reading now?
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Just finished kind of an "academic" book - Germany 1923
Interesting, but also kind of a hard read for me. Not surprise, but it goes into depth about 1923 Germany (and a little bit of the year before and after) and some of the causes for the problems they had in economics, politics, etc.
As I said, and interesting book about that period of history and gave me a bit of background on that part of the world in that period of time.
Glad I read it, but probably will not read it again. LOL
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Interesting. My bedside read is a very academic book called The Nazi Seizure of Power that goes into great detail of how a single town (Northeim) got Nazified. Down to what local personalities, businesses, newspapers, etc did at the end of the republic through the transition and terror and finally through the end of the regime. It was written within 15-20 years of the war’s end and relies on months of local interviews as well as archives.
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@jon-nyc It was interesting to read about the "hyper inflation" and how incredibly bad it was. Prices were initially changed monthly, then weekly, and then hourly. There was a story about how a diner went to a restaurant, and when they got the bill, it was like twice what they thought. They complained, and the waiter asked what time they arrived, and gave them that price. LOL
I think I mentioned before that I knew a guy who was in Brazil during the early 1990's when they had a similar (but not as bad) inflation. He was with TECO (Taiwan Economic and Cooperation Office) and they would regularly have to carry in large amounts of cash (US$) as most places stopped accepting credit cards as the period of time between charging and getting reimbursed meant that their money was worth so much less. When they would go buy something, the money would be changed right before purchasing anything so as to get the current "best" rate.
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A friend of mine lived in Argentina during their hyperinflation. Grocery stores would announce new prices on a loud speaker throughout the day. He remembers seeing a woman crying while putting back some groceries she could no longer afford after the latest announcement.
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I’ve read the whole series. In general I like king, not because I’m a horror fan, I’m not, but I find his literary style so accessible, readable. Just a great story teller.
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When I was in my late teens and 20's I read everything King wrote as soon as it came out. I absolutely love his storytelling, and his description of characters. Now I read him occasionally. I might give that one a go.
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