Author Topic: DansDeals Book Club (Read 84943 times)

sky121 · « **Reply #240 on:** February 05, 2018, 08:03:44 AM »

Quote from: etech0 on February 04, 2018, 11:29:03 PM

R' Akiva Tatz wrote some phenomenal books. 2 of my favorite are Living Inspired and The Thinking Jewish Teenager's Guide to Life (which is great even for post-teenagers)

I loved Living Inspired. Read that book multiple times when I was younger.

wayfe · « **Reply #241 on:** February 05, 2018, 09:15:16 AM »

I was on a R' Tatz kick a few years ago, read his "Guide for the Thinking Jewish Teenager", "Living Inspired" download a ton of his shiurim to my iPod...

@Definitions
I was also a little turned off by the title. People looked at me strangely when they saw me reading it (it's kind of like announcing 'I'm a thinking teenager and you guys are just morons') and I took to hiding the book behind a different jacket cover.

I never got to "Letters to a Buddhist Jew", though.

Should I look into it now?

I'd also recommend Tzvi Freeman's "Heaven Exposed" which is Jewish philosophy wrapped in funny short stories.

sky121 · « **Reply #242 on:** March 18, 2018, 10:12:09 PM »

Anyone have any new (or old) recommendations?

chinagel · « **Reply #243 on:** May 14, 2018, 10:15:42 PM »

anyone reading The Empty Wagon?
Riveting

gingyguy · « **Reply #244 on:** May 15, 2018, 12:21:06 AM »

Quote from: chinagel on May 14, 2018, 10:15:42 PM

anyone reading The Empty Wagon?
Riveting

all i know is they were selling in bmg for a cheaper price than what they were advertisied as selling in stores.
joke was because they were all used everyone was standing around and reading the whole day

damaxer91 · « **Reply #245 on:** May 17, 2018, 02:50:21 PM »

@JewReads on Instagram is pretty cool. Relatively new account but lots of content.

chevron · « **Reply #246 on:** May 18, 2018, 09:04:16 AM »

The wandering Jew has aarrived. The samurai of vishgrod

Azis Papa · « **Reply #247 on:** May 18, 2018, 10:14:02 AM »

Katerina by Aharon Appelfeld.

mercaz1 · « **Reply #248 on:** May 18, 2018, 11:24:42 AM »

Lioness
a biography of Golda Meir

Very good read

DTM · « **Reply #249 on:** May 23, 2018, 12:30:50 PM »

If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir, by Ilana Kurshan.
If you have done the Daf Yomi cycle (I'm on my 4th), and are in the mood for an unconventional, albeit earnest, approach, to be taken with a grain of salt, you will enjoy this.

elit · « **Reply #250 on:** May 23, 2018, 04:11:49 PM »

Quote from: damaxer91 on January 28, 2013, 09:40:23 PM

If anyone likes reading about Middle Eastern/Israeli History I can make a list here.

But you must start with The Prime Ministers

only 5 years later but finally got to reading it. what a book....

sky121 · « **Reply #251 on:** June 11, 2018, 10:26:24 PM »

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/kosher-usa/9780231158329

I enjoyed this a lot and found it super interesting.

Something Fishy · « **Reply #252 on:** September 03, 2018, 11:42:47 PM »

747 by Joe Sutter.

Wonderful book by the 747's chief engineer.

damaxer91 · « **Reply #253 on:** September 28, 2018, 11:24:57 AM »

Refugee & Survivor by Zerach Warhaftig

Amazing story of his rescue work during the Holocaust.

Something Fishy · « **Reply #254 on:** October 08, 2018, 11:23:47 PM »

Read two vastly different books over Yom Tov.

Whether you're going to Antarctica of just have FOMO, this is an epic read:

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

I didn't even know that the second book existed until last week, and then I devoured it in one sitting. Must-read for anyone even remotely interested in Jewish history. It's absolutely mind-blowing in its simplicity:

The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln

You could see the original in Yiddish here: http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/mshebr/content/pageview/1557447

Some background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%BCckel_of_Hameln

yoshyosh · « **Reply #255 on:** October 09, 2018, 12:40:01 AM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on October 08, 2018, 11:23:47 PM

Whether you're going to Antarctica of just have FOMO, this is an epic read:

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

+1 great book you can enjoy "their" drink while reading the books
https://www.theshackletonwhisky.com/the-legend/
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/drinking-ernest-shackletons-whisky.html
https://drizly.com/shackleton-blended-malt-scotch-whiskey/p81556
http://www.whisky-news.com/En/news14.html

Something Fishy · « **Reply #256 on:** October 09, 2018, 12:43:45 AM »

Quote from: yoshyosh on October 09, 2018, 12:40:01 AM

+1 great book you can enjoy "their" drink while reading the books
https://www.theshackletonwhisky.com/the-legend/
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/drinking-ernest-shackletons-whisky.html
https://drizly.com/shackleton-blended-malt-scotch-whiskey/p81556
http://www.whisky-news.com/En/news14.html

Sounds awesome. If only I drank

.

Something Fishy · « **Reply #257 on:** January 07, 2019, 12:55:44 AM »

Read Chicken Kiev today. Short yet wonderfully whimsical book.

thaber · « **Reply #258 on:** January 07, 2019, 03:00:47 AM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on October 08, 2018, 11:23:47 PM

Read two vastly different books over Yom Tov.

Whether you're going to Antarctica of just have FOMO, this is an epic read:

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

I didn't even know that the second book existed until last week, and then I devoured it in one sitting. Must-read for anyone even remotely interested in Jewish history. It's absolutely mind-blowing in its simplicity:

The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln

You could see the original in Yiddish here: http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/mshebr/content/pageview/1557447

Some background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%BCckel_of_Hameln

Gluckel. Loved that when I was a kid and have totally forgotten. Will need to find a copy now

SrulyS · « **Reply #259 on:** January 07, 2019, 03:24:24 AM »

I recently read The Prime Ministers based on all the many recommendations here.

I don't particularly follow politics yet I read this 700 page book in short order. Excellent.