Hi, folks. For a variety of reasons I'll be (mostly) off LRC--and a lot of other sites--very soon. But before I go I want to tap LRC's collective wisdom.
Book recommendations? Could be fiction or nonfiction.
Movies? (Also TV, I guess.) Anything that's currently in theaters, or films/TV on HBO Max/Showtime/Cinemax/Prime.
Starting a job soon. Having gone down the rabbit hole at a previous job and burned out big time, I want to have some distraction/entertainment to balance things better this time.
Thanks for any recommendations. BTW I have looked at previous threads on this topic, but am interested in recommendations that are possibly more recent.
Books:
The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot. The history of the CIA and America's shadow government. The most scandalous true story of all time.
Brothers by David Talbot. Arguably the best book ever written about the Kennedy brothers. If you want to know who killed them, this book has the most likely clues to the answers to that question.
Profiles in Courage by John F Kennedy. This book will explain how politics work in this country and quite amazing true stories of overwhelming courage and principle against all odds.
The Enemy Within by Robert F Kennedy. His book about his battle against the mafia corrupting labor unions across the country. This includes stories of murder, assault, domestic terrorism, and torture.
Amazon Prime: Before they take them off, Watch any films by Sergio Corbucci. The Mercenary and Navajo Joe are fantastic films that greatly influenced Tarantino.
Also on Prime the movie Marighella. This is the film multiple governments don't want you to see about a freedom fighter in Brazil.
Besides that you should know that you can always do a write up after a movie, I taught myself to do this after following the steps given here https://nilsenreport.ca/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-write-an-essay-about-a-movie/ and now I'm pretty good at it plus it's much more interesting to watch this and do writing than reading.
Netflix: Watch Surviving Death episode 6. Real life cases of verified reincarnation.
Thanks for these recommendations, they were all pretty good, the least I liked was Amazon Prime - but that's just my taste, I think all of these are worth reading, if you have any more recommendations I'd love to see them, thanks!