alt Hacker NewsEverything I've read by Kurlansky has been awesome. Big fan of the thematic history genre. Simply great stuff. Gives adequate scope for authors to connect various dots without going all dry or embellishment.
Everything I've read by Kurlansky has been awesome. Big fan of the thematic history genre. Simply great stuff. Gives adequate scope for authors to connect various dots without going all dry or embellishment.
> connect various dots without going all dry
As long as you keep in mind that what you come away with are shallow, incomplete views of nuanced topics.
Unfortunately, many come away from these popular summaries believing 101-level knowledge makes them subject experts.