General knowledge

Things I think I should know more about. If you know of a book, let me know!

• History of and analysis of unions in the U.S. Either with a neutral author or one who fairly represents the pros and cons.
• Germany! Being there with someone who knows a lot of history gave me a new perspective on war and history. The U.S. is young and we do not have much evidence in our own land of modern wars, save places like Pearl Harbor. There, you see an old church with half of it gone and you know it was damaged by a bomb in WWII. (The destroyed part is to the right of where the photo ends.)So probably a book with a quick summary of pre-1700/1800 and more detailed of modern history would be good.
• What the heck I should be doing with my finances. I found this and it looks pretty good. I am mostly able to keep up with life, but what with the price of airplane tickets, a foreign BF's family to visit and being a LONG drive or a plane trip from my family and any weddings I have or will need to travel to, I still am way past the age when I should be building my savings.This article also reminded me that I need to have a plan and savings. It is actually a good article for anyone to read, as it brings up important issues such as salaries freezing and possibly decreasing thanks to our wonderful economy and what people have had to accept as job prospects after being laid off and out of work for a long time. Plus I know the reporter personally, so that is cool. :-)