Grand unified books thread

[Habbaku]

Jesus Christ, he's hit a new low.

[The Brain]

Sweet.

[Maladict]

 

[The Minsky Moment]

Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

[Savonarola]

Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Everglades

This is a series of reminisces by Rob Storter, a man who had lived in the Everglades from the beginning of the 20th century until his death in the 1980s.  He made a series of drawings about his life, which were featured at the Mennello Museum of American Folk Art in Orlando; this book includes the drawings and the stories behind them.  The Everglades, prior to the Second World War, were largely the wild west.  In fact Storter's father was a good friend of EB Watson, the bandit who killed Belle Star.  He fled to the Everglades because Oklahoma was becoming to civilized.

One thing I learned was that during the Theodore Roosevelt administration hunting birds for their plumage in the Everglades was outlawed.  Egret feathers went for $5 a piece, a fortune at the beginning of the 20th century.  So three bird commissioners were gunned down between 1900 and 1915.

I also learned that whooping cranes are good eatin'.

[The Brain]

Cough.

[garbon]

A friend just messaged me that progress has finally caught up with my favorite second hand bookstore in SF and they are going to be closing. Goodbye, Aardvark Books! Without you I'd never have had to create a personal rule that I'm not allowed to buy more than 3-4 books at a given time.

I guess I talked about this place a lot. Just had another friend email me about it.

[jimmy olsen]

Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

No one.

[jimmy olsen]

Currently reading The Goddess and the Bull: Çatalhöyük.

Very good book about the Neolithic Revolution in Anatolia.

Apparently the bull and goddess theory was quite oversold by the first archaeologist to find the site. Quite a flamboyant figure.

[Razgovory]

Mother Goddess theories do tend to be bullshit.

[jimmy olsen]

Çatalhöyük Research Project has a ton of great videos by the way.

https://www.youtube.com/user/catalhoyukmedia/videos

You can also read the original data from the dig

http://www.catalhoyuk.com/research

Project Database

Here you can find our primary archaeological data in the form of unit sheets, diaries, lab data and associated excavation records.

Archive Reports

Here you can find links to our Archive Reports, produced each year to summarise the activities, finds and interpretations of each team and excavation area.

Here's an 80 minute presentation on their work from 2014
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bst5px48M4w

[Ed Anger]

Nerd

[Eddie Teach]

He can't be a nerd, he's in the NFL. 

[Savonarola]

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

This is the basis for the PBS American Experience documentary "The Boys of '36."  It goes much more in depth than the documentary and focuses on Joe Rantz (the guy abandoned by his parents in the documentary.)  Brown manages to build some real excitement into the races and imparts a great deal of information about crew and rowing in general (and keeps it interesting).  I recommend seeing the documentary first; if you're want to know more this is a great follow-up.

[jimmy olsen]

Nerd

Every languish poster is a nerd