{"id":7368,"date":"2020-04-09T16:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T23:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=7368"},"modified":"2020-04-09T16:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T23:43:26","slug":"quarantine-blues-read-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=7368","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine Blues? Read A Book!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The coronavirus has temporarily changed the way of life in America. Most states have issued stay at home orders and only essential businesses remain open. Americans are practicing social distancing and many people are reportedly getting the quarantine blues. What&#8217;s the solution?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a novel idea&#8230; read a book! Yes, that old tried and true way of obtaining information and entertaining oneself is still a wonderful way to pass the time.  We&#8217;ve compiled a list of some of our staff&#8217;s favorite books in science, nature, politics and history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The Great Influenza: John M. Barry &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JPY36N\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JPY36N<\/a><\/li><li>The Hot Zone: Richard Preston &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UZaALA\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UZaALA<\/a><\/li><li>Collapse: Jared Diamond &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VksjvR\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VksjvR<\/a><\/li><li>Guns, Germs and Steel: Jared Diamond &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XomaS0\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XomaS0<\/a><\/li><li>Cosmos: Carl Sagan &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3aX8jGh\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3aX8jGh<\/a><\/li><li>The World Without Us: Alan Weisman &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UUGGIi\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UUGGIi<\/a><\/li><li>Your Inner Fish: Neil Shubin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Xp0mpp\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Xp0mpp<\/a><\/li><li>Touching a Nerve &#8211; Our Brains, Our Selves: Patricia Churchland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Xk1ydA\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Xk1ydA<\/a><\/li><li>The God Delusion: Richard Dawkins &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3aWR3AJ\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3aWR3AJ<\/a><\/li><li>Silent Spring: Rachel Carson &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XsyqAP\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XsyqAP<\/a><\/li><li>Desert Solitaire: Edward Abbey &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2yPjqmp\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2yPjqmp<\/a><\/li><li>Sixth Extinction: Elizabeth Kolbert &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UVWzxU\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UVWzxU<\/a><\/li><li>Team of Rivals: Doris Kearns Goodwin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JTAGcq\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JTAGcq<\/a><\/li><li>Truman: David McCullough &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Vg6T2W\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Vg6T2W<\/a><\/li><li>Eisenhower in War and Peace: Jean Edward Smith &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VjcXYm\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VjcXYm<\/a><\/li><li>The Devil\u2019s Chessboard: David Talbot &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UVXbDH\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UVXbDH<\/a><\/li><li>The Rape of Nanking: Iris Chang &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34pY7Dz\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/34pY7Dz<\/a><\/li><li>Fiasco: Thomas E. Ricks &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34pYa2d\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/34pYa2d<\/a><\/li><li>The Wrecking Crew: Thomas Frank &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ecMzrG\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ecMzrG<\/a><\/li><li>The Republican War on Science: Chris Mooney &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3c0i2LU\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3c0i2LU<\/a><\/li><li>The Smartest Guys in the Room: Bethany McLean &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XmHK9h\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XmHK9h<\/a><\/li><li>Midnight in Chernobyl: Adam Higginbotham &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JPDp6C\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JPDp6C<\/a><\/li><li>Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Dee Brown &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34pMHzB\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/34pMHzB<\/a><\/li><li>It Can\u2019t Happen Here: Sinclair Lewis &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ecWLR1\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ecWLR1<\/a><\/li><li>The Coming of the Third Reich: Richard J. Evans \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Xp2tJR\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Xp2tJR<\/a><\/li><li>The Third Reich in Power: Richard J. Evans \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3e9GQ6a\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3e9GQ6a<\/a><\/li><li>The Third Reich at War: Richard J. Evans &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2RqyNIp\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2RqyNIp<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Or if you&#8217;re in the mood for lighter fare, check out the e-books available at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Copper Cactus E-books (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coppercactus.com\/ebooks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Copper Cactus E-books<\/a>, which includes the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tales of Zarkon science fiction series by S. Zarkon (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.szarkon.com\/toz.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tales of Zarkon science fiction series by Arizonan S. Zarkon<\/a>. As staff member Lamebeard the Pirate sez, &#8220;Arrrghhh! They&#8217;re ripping good yarns!&#8221; They&#8217;re affordably priced, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/szarkonebookstalesofzarkon.jpg\" alt=\"Got the coronavirus quarantine blues? Read a book like one of S. Zarkon's Tales of Zarkon at szarkon.com.\" class=\"wp-image-7378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/szarkonebookstalesofzarkon.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/szarkonebookstalesofzarkon-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Got the coronavirus quarantine blues? Read a book like one of S. 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