Books! ALways an interesting subject! Two tips that you must consider in your channel: 1- Try to recommend books that you have actually read and give a short review with bullet-point, and pros and cons, not 'it's a cool book' or 'I don't agree with everything in it!'. 2-If you are going to reccommend a book that you have not read, then tells us what led you to buy it, not 'I went to the bookshop 4 times and it was always there so I bought it'. Show us the table of contents, read the blurb abstract, tell us about the author, etc.
@IdeasInHat
Жыл бұрын
Haha. I do that. This is just my library, people ask to see it a lot on my Instagram. Check out my other videos. I do longer reviews and what not.
@HowieHellbent
4 ай бұрын
I have john lewis gaddis' on grand strategy book but I didn't think it was history when i got it. Still havent read it but i do look forward to reading it.
@BookLabBjorn
2 жыл бұрын
Conflict Resolution and the Modernization of Japan sounds like gems! Thanks for bringing them to my attention. These days I’m reading my first Schopenhauer nook and two terrific biographies; one on scientist otto Warburg and one on Freidrich Nietzsche. Great video man!
@IdeasInHat
2 жыл бұрын
Schopenhauer has some interesting philosophy, just avoid his takes on women, lol. Unless you want to get a good laugh.
@aviknaha4604
3 жыл бұрын
i always look forward to your post on Instagram and greatly admire your collections and the way of your presentation.!!.
@IdeasInHat
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I love getting feedback so I can improve myself!
@aviknaha4604
3 жыл бұрын
@@IdeasInHat i feel that what you are already doing is top of the line..!!.. I really enjoy the simplicity and elegance of your collections.
@devanshugautam753
3 жыл бұрын
Found out your instagram account today, I thought just another guy who reads self improvement books and shits on everyone. But I must say when I saw the books that you have read or are reading, I was taken aback. Great man!!! you deserve more views. You can always start a podcast about books you have read, because some people really don't have time for reading and will really enjoy a 1-2 hour podcast about a book.
@IdeasInHat
3 жыл бұрын
In the future, I will! Btw, I know the accounts you speak of. I am fine with SOME self help....but not 300 posts of self help, lol.
@devanshugautam753
3 жыл бұрын
@@IdeasInHat Thanks for replying and motivation for reading and learning more BTW I have subscribed to you and hope you will keep on uploading videos.
@IdeasInHat
3 жыл бұрын
@@devanshugautam753 thanks. I will!
@BookLabBjorn
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely not the usual personal development stuff! This channel have added countless books to my to-read list that I’ve would never encountered otherwise. Keep it up!
@richarddelanet
2 жыл бұрын
My copy of a History of the Middle East just arrived today. Thanks for the recommend friend. I opened it up and read p119. That is enough for me. Patently and has to be a good book.
@IdeasInHat
2 жыл бұрын
Its one of my all time favs. I hope a new edition is published soon, I will be buying it!
@skiphoffenflaven8004
2 жыл бұрын
I read From Beirut to Jerusalem when it came out. I liked it but it was frustrating. Failed Nations and Hegemony or Survival by Chomsky are both pretty good reads.
@IdeasInHat
2 жыл бұрын
I have a massive stack of Chomsky books to chomp on. He either writes pamphlets or tombs.
@skiphoffenflaven8004
2 жыл бұрын
@@IdeasInHat He does! I tried reading his book On Anarchism. Seemed slender enough. Oofduh!! Dense!! Heha!!
@IdeasInHat
2 жыл бұрын
@@skiphoffenflaven8004 I will read Fateful triangle from him next. I am not ready, though.
@paytonh2
2 жыл бұрын
Have you read ‘Healing the Soul of America’ or ‘A Politics of Love’ by Marianne Williamson? I highly recommend! Curious what your takes are.
@IdeasInHat
2 жыл бұрын
I will add them to an American history list. I want to study Canadian and American history more thoroughly at some point in my life!
@AmanKumar-rf3il
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Jordan , great picks as usual! . If you don’t mind can you suggest some more books like Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow ?
@IdeasInHat
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I can do that!
@AmanKumar-rf3il
3 жыл бұрын
@@IdeasInHat Thank you so much .
@richarddelanet
2 жыл бұрын
The Balfour Declaration (not overly surprisingly) has a review on Amazon that starts as follows: 'My wife bought this for our son. I started reading it on the tube, without any knowledge of the author. Just from reading the introduction I realised it was going down the line that Zionism in Mandatory Palestine was some sort of neo-colonial accident of which the Palestinians are the eternal victims. I skipped to the final page and the final paragraph on page 208 reads: "The British set out to use a surrogate settler community to secure a land base from which to manage their interests in the Near East and protect their lifeline to the empire in East Africa and India. The contradictions created by the Balfour Declaration remain as much of a challenge today as they did when it was adopted by the British Cabinet in November 1917." So there you have it. So far as I can see the book fails to provide the readily available population statistics that show that by far the largest influx of Jews into Mandatory Palestine were around 1924/25 due to Stalin's policies in Russia and from 1933 due to Hitler's racist laws. There were similar if smaller inflows in the 25 years before Balfour. The British actually limited immigration despite Balfour, sometimes to around 2,000 annually. The conclusion therefore appears fatally flawed and, frankly, dishonest.' Objective? comprehensive? Thoughts?
@IdeasInHat
2 жыл бұрын
I will let you know when I read it! I will keep these points in mind!
@richarddelanet
2 жыл бұрын
@@IdeasInHat Looking at Palestine/Israel and the Middle East book-wise - being cautious is an instinct. The temptation to propagandise must be a factor to reckon with even when writing a proper academic objective history.
@IdeasInHat
2 жыл бұрын
@@richarddelanet Yeah. This is why I prefer more sources on average. Eventually I can get a better perspective.
@richarddelanet
2 жыл бұрын
@@IdeasInHat That's the only way, or our only way forward. However of course we don't have time to read every voice, so we have to make sound judgements. One of mine is never to buy anything written by a journalist. : )
@IdeasInHat
2 жыл бұрын
@@richarddelanet haha. Some of my favorite books are written by Journalists. But yeah, Journalists, politicians, business gurus, psychologists, and medical doctors are generally behind super popular yet low quality books. Sometimes historians as well.
@Tarsun19
Жыл бұрын
I have a question: what did you studied in the university? History?
@IdeasInHat
Жыл бұрын
No. I did Neuropsychology and Economics.
@jdmk20guy
Жыл бұрын
Why so many books about trying to understand that one populations politics and their history. I am talking about Israel, just curious honestly.
@IdeasInHat
Жыл бұрын
That's how I study histories. One country at a time.
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