February's books

Mar 10, 2014 22:22

Here are my February books and mini-reviews.

The History of Money by Jack Weatherford )

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pax_athena March 11 2014, 03:17:36 UTC
I thought the "Romance" was a reference to the medieval (or was it after?) verse stories (argh, there is a German word for them, but I don't know the English one).

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mabith March 11 2014, 03:34:06 UTC
Yeah, I was reminded on LibraryThing that it was a general term for fiction outside of everyday life.

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mabith March 11 2014, 13:45:05 UTC
I may just be a boring person... It was neat though, seeing all the places paper money was tried first when and why it succeeded, how the currency in devalued in different ways...

If you see Debt: The First 5,000 Years though, pick that up instead. Differently subject of course, but I had numerous laugh-out-loud moments there, and it's a bit more relevant to current events.

Weatherford's book Indian Givers, on the other hand, I whole-heartedly recommend.

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