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Tai-Pan by James Clavell.

I just picked up Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. I hope it's good.
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I just finished reading that a week ago. Really interesting book, certainly convinced me that the environment plays a huge role in the development of "civilization." I'v been doing a little peripheral reading on the topics the book covers (namely the effect of environment on human populations) and I get a kick out of how people call Diamond a racist and/or Eurocentrist. The entire book he talks about Eurasian this and Eurasian that, always emphasizing the role of environment over people. Anyone that calls this guy a racist hasn't read his (pulitzer prize winning) book.
 
Pleasure : How to stop worrying a start living - Dale Carnegie (sp?)

School : The Prince by Machiavelli, Just and Unjust Wars (forgot the author's name)
 
just recently finished 'count of monte cristo' by alexandre dumas. was comteplating what to read next for a week or two, but now im awaiting my copy of 'diego rivera' by pete hamill to be delivered.
 
Bill Bryson- A Short History of Nearly Everything

I have about 15 pages left to read. A few parts were slow and tedious (depends on what subjects you find interesting though) but overall it's been a great read. Highly recommended
 
I also just finished A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Anyone thinking of reading this book should look elsewhere. Despite being a professor at Boston University, Zinn writes like a 15 year old. Critics call the book "readable," by this they mean it's written at an 8th grade level. Half the book consists of long block quotations; the other half consists of his overly blunt, painful to read prose. This is a shame really, as this could have been a great book.
 
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