Tainter's Collapse, Record's Wins, Bazin's Cinema

I finished Tainter's study of collapsing societies, which unfortunately didn't include Greenland. I also read Jeffrey Record's Why Insurgencies Win, which uses the same strong- and weak- side strategy nomenclature that I do. I am also reveling in Rene Bazin's collected review of post-war French films. I am reading it for the same reason I read Saint-Simon: it's gorgeously written. I also read the latest New Yorker, and on my night table are three volumes of the complete works of Maritain, which I've been trying to get for a long time. However, the kayaking season is upon us, and I expect to have less time to read. On the other hand, there is still no working TV in the house...