Must re-read "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T. E. Lawrence. Have read it more than once. He forsaw much of the chaos that would result from the division of the mid-east by the winning powers. If his remains could cry--

"Origin of Species"- get an unedited version. There are many interesting comments on the people and places he visited. He was a good writer as well as a scientist. I enjoyed the book.

Das Kapital- Marx was a dull writer, with no knowledge of the world except what he read in his studies. There is little new in his writings. My advice is "don't bother."
People quoted him in setting up their versions of communism, but the system had never worked except in a few small subsistance groups.


I guess each of us could make a long list of books that they would like to read (or have been told that they shold be read).

Chaucer in the original is difficult because of the old English usages; Robert Graves did an excellent transcription into modern English.