Current Non-Fiction reads

[sparkchaser]

Currently working my way through Life Everywhere by David Darling.

 

[Disenthral]

Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu: Revolutionizing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Dave Camarillo

 

[brk_3]

I just started reading "I Am Ozzy"

 

[beer good]

The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria.

Did anyone else ever read it?

 

[NotTheDoctor]

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot

 

[chiangmaifalcon]

Mad About the Mekong which is about first European expedition to travel whole Mekong River.

 

[Gilgamesh]

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play by Neil A. Fiore

Offers you great strategies for attacking overwhelming large tasks, or smaller tasks that you detest to start.

 

[Gilgamesh]

I recently read Rachel's Children by Jonathon Kozol. Written in the 1980's so the information was dated but it also seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. It's about homeless people living in shelters and homeless hotels, how they got there and what is keeping them there.

Next on my list is All You Can Eat. Poverty and hunger in the USA.

Both are subject that often come along with the phrase "There but for the grace of God go I." My usual response is No Way! Not Me. That only happens to other people.

We'll see.

Read Rachel's children. I can see people losing jobs, losing health benefits, then losing their homes so easily. Especially in current economic times.

While reading Rachel's children, someone also recommended to me: A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne

 

[Cosimah2o]

Geometry, Topology and Physics by Mikio Nakahara.

 

[SFG75]

I'm enjoying The Commanders by Bob Woodward. It highlights how Dick Cheney, Brent Scowcroft, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, and other leaders made the decisions that they did during the Bush 41 administration. It was interesting to find out why certain decisions were made, especially when it came to taking out Manuel Noriega in Panama. If anything, the book makes you appreciate Cheney's acumen for foreign policy decisions decision making.

 

[abecedarian]

I'm reading Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz.

 

[beer good]

I'm doubling up on The Library At Night by Alberto Manguel and A Brief History Of Time by Stephen Hawking. They're oddly compatible. Sort of like an ever-expanding library with a few black holes strewn in.

 

[owljolson]

I'm reading Dorothy Parker " what fresh hell is this?" by Marion Meade

 

[MrMojoRisin]

"Kurt Cobain" by Christopher Sandford

Pretty good so far. Heard that Charles Cross's "Heavier Than Heaven" is a lot better of an account of Cobain's life, but I haven't read it yet.

 

[Blindsided]

I'm about to finish Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. It's pretty good if you are into hardcore philosophy.

 

[Knfmn]

I'm reading "The Routes of Man: How Roads are changing the World and how we live today" by Ted Conover. It's really good so far, showing the impact that roads have on mankind and how we live. I'd also highly recommend any of his earlier work. My only complaint about him is that he isn't prolific enough to keep up with my reading.

Kristopher

 

[SFG75]

The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria.

Did anyone else ever read it?

TIME printed an excerpt of the book. I really need to get down to the library and check the book out.

 

[mickie]

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

 

[Peder]

I have four new to start, and who knows when to finish:

Postwar, A History of Europe Since 1945 - Tony Judt

Reappraisals - Tony Judt

Ill Fares the Land - Tony Judt

Complexity, a Guided Tour - Melanie Mitchell

 

[tchintat]

I am reading How to Make Money in Stocks, by William J.Oneil.