/his book suggestions thread

http://www.amazon.com/Ottoman-Empire-Classical-Age-1300-1600/dp/1842124420/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460935667&sr=8-1&keywords=Halil+%C4%B0nalc%C4%B1k

A classical masterpiece on the Ottoman Empire. Recommended 9/10

Caesar : Life of a Colossus.

Will Durant's The Story of Civilization

http://www.amazon.com/Line-Sand-Anglo-French-Struggle-1914-1948/dp/0393344258/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460935856&sr=8-1&keywords=line+in+the+sand

Good one on WW1 and results in Middle East

Any good books on American pop culture/television?

>>999553
Also comics

The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington.

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>>999554
>>999553

pic related

>>999554
>comics
Sandman
Watchmen
Killing Joke
V for Vendetta

>>999771
Thanks

>>999871
Meant books on comics

Alfred the Great: The man who made England by Justin Pollard

>>999432

Everyone should check out Blood, Goats, and Children: A history of modern pornography.

>>999771
Jesus, how shit is your taste anon?

Bar-Kochva's The Seleucid Army is a good read.

>>999871
>Killing Joke

Literal trash

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I need some books on the Hundred Years War. Only ones I've found are the series written by one of the judges on the UK Judiciary.

The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz.

The Great Game by Peter Hopkins

Stalingrad - Antony Beevor
The Face of Battle - John Keegan
Acts of War - Richard Holmes

>>999553
Most books by Pynchon

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>>999432
The Histories - Polybius

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>>1002372
Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War - Wagner

a history of western philosophy

>>999432

is Gibbon's Decline and Fall recommended? I know it's considered the first great modern historigraphical text, but is it outdated by our standards? Is it worth reading to learn stuff, or just for the historical significance/appreciation aspect?

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A Critical History of Early Rome for anyone interested in that period but unable to really find much on it

>>1002967
reading Gibbon with the butthurt footnotes from 20th century priests was pretty funny
a lot of what he says is outdated by now I'm quite sure, good for laying a groundwork though so you can fill in the potholes later

>>1002967
You could probably get an edition with notes if you're worried about inaccuracies.

I'd personally read a more contemporary history first. Gibbon's is a great read, but yes, it's better read for its significance rather than to use it as your main source.

>>1003015

is "Early Rome" the Kingdom and early Republic? What's the exact timeline? I've been on a Roman history phase lately and have been reading a lot about the early/mid Empire.

>>999875
>>999554
All people interested in comics should read Alan Moore's Writing for Comics. And if you want to see his ideas put in practice, read his Promethea, too.

Which is also /occultism & magick/ related, as Moore loves all that shit.

>>1003031
Kingdom and Early Republic, late Republic is very well documented so he leaves off before or around the Second Punic War

>>1002967
From what I understand, much of the information is correct. It's just that it goes into a lot of philosophy than a more pure historical look.

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>>999875

>>1002372
annotated bibliography on it
http://pastebin.com/ajDGmXmg

>>999771
This man really has a broad curriculum.