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| April 14, 2005 |
Four More Books You Should Be Reading
My recent reading list below. I'll try to make this a regular feature as I burn through the books, so long as I can do it without sacrificing heartier postings about the particularly special books.
1. God's Politics, by Jim Wallis - Progressives are a bit sore. Two very bruising elections in a row aren't helping, but Jim Wallis thinks the shellacking liberals got in 2004 on "moral values" is actually an opportunity to use the language of faith to reconnect with truly progressive politics. He's even got a blueprint for how to do it. [ Amazon link ]
 2. Nazi Chic? Fashioning Women in the Third Reich, Irene Guenther - Germany was, believe it or not, a fashion capital of Europe once. Leave it to the Nazis to ruin it with their meddling. Guenther's new book lays out how German fashion was hijacked and turned into conformist crap by Hitler's tailors. [ Amazon link ]
 3. The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life, by Tom Reiss - Talk about a con job. Lev Nussibaum fled the Russian Revolution, ended up in Germany and fooled the Nazis into thinking he was a Muslim prince -- and buying many, many of his books. He was found out right before he became Mussolini's official biographer, and this biography is a gripping retelling of his very interesting life. [ Amazon link ]
 4. Matzo Balls for Breakfast and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish, by Alan King - Before Alan King died, he managed to get more than a few celebrities to write about being Jewish. His last work is that collection, and its humor is matched only by its warmth. [ Amazon link ]
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