Books to read

These are books I've read or intend to read, fiction and non-fiction

Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently

  | Jul 15, 2009

Anti-intellectualism in American Life - Wikipedia

  | Jul 5, 2009

Carmillia by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Prologue

An original vampire novel, 1872

  | Apr 19, 2008

"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, 1932

  | Feb 28, 2008

"The Valley of Silent Men" by James Oliver Curwood

Written in 1921, this is a great little story of adventure in northern Canada. My favorite character is the mystery girl, Marette Radisson.

  | Jul 25, 2007

Raw Food/Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow

by Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis. My friend Thea worked for Sarma in NYC.

  | Jun 26, 2007

"Welcome to the Monkey House" by Kurt Vonnegut

a collection of short stories including "Harrison Bergeron", "Welcome to the Monkey House", and "Manned Missiles".

  | May 31, 2007

"Fight Club", Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club is one of my favorite movies and I'm currently reading the book.

  | Mar 15, 2007

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - Wikipedia

Everyone needs to read this one, especially today!

  | Feb 22, 2007

"The Trial", Franz Kafka

  | Feb 19, 2007

Amazon.com: The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg

Exposes the myths promoted by many environmentalists.

  | Dec 6, 2006

"H. P. Lovecraft: Tales"

"The darkside of the dreamlife, reminiscent of the "Black" paintings of Goya, are conjured on the page with an obsessive richness that one would have to go back to Poe to find the equal."

  | Aug 15, 2006

"Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution"

I was going to read this book and I still might, but after reading the review by Jerry A. Coyne, this book is no longer on my list of priorities.

  | Aug 14, 2006

"Letters From Earth", Mark Twain

  | Aug 4, 2006

Art of War by SunTzu [SunZi] -English Hypertext

This is just amazing and it was written in 600 BC!

  | Jul 23, 2006

"The Prophet", Kahlil Gibran (1923)

This is an amazing book! So many things he wrote can be applied today.

  | Jul 4, 2006

"The Life You Were Born to Live", Dan Millman

Talks about The Life Purpose System, a method of life-purpose analysis that is similar to numerology yet more practical, using your date of birth as the indicator of the right livelihood.

Kind of interesting. Says I'm supposed to be a teacher.

  | Jun 17, 2006

"The Way to Love", Anthony De Mello

This is a great little pocket sized book containing a number of meditations that teach you not to be consumed by the desire for material possessions, recognition, or attention.

  | Jun 17, 2006

"Never Be Sick Again: Health is a Choice...", Raymond Francis

I know Raymond personally. He's been friends with my family for many years. Everyone should read this book and take what he says seriously. Be aware that we live in a toxic world and most of what you buy in the grocery store has no value.

  | Jun 17, 2006

"Snow Crash", Neal Stephenson

This is one of my all time favorite books! It was written in 1992 but parodies our present day world, dominated by the internet, hackers, virtual reality, and gated communities that declare independence from the United States, lol.

  | Jun 17, 2006

"Pattern Recognition", William Gibson

Great book!! A woman who gets paid to tell big ad agencies whats "cool", is hired by a mysterious wealthy man to find the source of strange video clips that are circulating around the internet.

  | Jun 17, 2006

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