. >> i'm going to start by finishing up the essayist of mon mon tan montagna and then my research and studies i've been doing on the 1960s, particularly the '60 and the '68 election, and so i began there with gary wills' discussion of the conventions in miami and chicago and 68, and then fog cemetery and then a couple of michael crichton. >> what's the purpose of reading the first two book? >> the montagne book i'm reading because he is right at the nascent period of moving into the enlightenment era. very -- considered to be a prototypical humanist. i think to be educated on the western civilization, you should probably read montadne. the fooled firebrands and whatever else they're calling these folks, it's a look at the new left, taking us through the -- from probably the 1920's forward and the new left and how that developed. >> how many books do you have going at one time? >> i think i have six books going. so,. >> how too you manage that? >> i don't sleep much. you read whatever you're in the mood to road. montagne, i'm mostly done with it but have 75-80 pays to go but i'm taking