Current Non-Fiction reads

[funes]

Right now I'm reading Søren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. I read he explored the nature of Evil in Mankind using Abhram and Isaac's story (Mr. Kierkegaard was very religious), which seemed fascinating. But it started disappointingly. I've only just read 27 pages, though.

It's many years since I read Kierkegaard, but I would have said that Fear and Trembling (like many of his other books) were more about the problem of faith. That is, how hard it is to really believe, to make the requisite "leap of faith".

 

[Fantasy Moon]

I'm starting The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier. I didn't think that I would receive it through the ILL this quickly.

 

[vsop44]

I've just read Sam Harris ,letter to a christian nation and Bart D. Ehrman 's Misquoting Jesus , I recommend them to believers and non believers. I am now re-reading Bill Bryson 's a short story of nearly everything , there are so many interesting facts in this book that are worth being reminded !

 

[SFG75]

I've just read Sam Harris ,letter to a christian nation and Bart D. Ehrman 's Misquoting Jesus , I recommend them to believers and non believers. I am now re-reading Bill Bryson 's a short story of nearly everything , there are so many interesting facts in this book that are worth being reminded !

Only Harris that I've read was his The End of Faith. There is some fascinating lectures and public debate clips of him on youtube. He reminds me of Ken Wilber in a way, though without the Buddhism. An excellent thinker and a persuasive person.

 

[letterHead]

I'm reading There Shall Be Wings by Max Arthur. It was released in 1993 for the RAF's 75th anniversary, and is 500 pages of personal accounts from 1918 to 1993.

This is one of my non-fiction months, so I have also read The Real Rule of Four by Joscelyn Godwin, and Fire Trap by Sean Flynn.

 

[PhilW]

"Sir Thomas More and his friends" by E.M.G. Routh. A first edition too, 1934, picked up in a secondhand bookshop for the princely sum of £4. On Abebooks it comes in around four times that price!

 

[novella]

Only Harris that I've read was his The End of Faith. .

Wow, my eyes are tired. I just read that as The End of Fish. I thought it would be about overfishing the North Atlantic. Now I have a whole book in my head that doesn't exist.

 

[abecedarian]

Wow, my eyes are tired. I just read that as The End of Fish. I thought it would be about overfishing the North Atlantic. Now I have a whole book in my head that doesn't exist.

But you're a smart cookie with a pen and big chief tablet, I bet you could create a great book out that misread title.

 

[beer good]

I'm reading Bruce Campbell's autobiography If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of A B-Movie Actor. Pretty much what I expected from a guy who's always seemed very down-to-earth, realistic and funny: down-to-earth, realistic and funny. He says at the beginning that he's writing it to draw attention to all the hard-working nobodies in showbusiness (or something to that effect), and it really does come across as a somewhat bemused view of the movie and TV business from a grassroots perspective. Plus, it makes me want to re-watch the Evil Dead movies once again, even though I know them by heart.

 

[abecedarian]

I'm reading Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. It's an enjoyable read focusing on McCourt's 30+ years as a NYC high school teacher.

 

[Peronel]

If texts count, I'm reading Psychological Testing and Assessment by Cohen and Swerdlik, and Current Psychotherapies by a few people.

And I'm always re-reading A Short History of Nearly Everything.

 

[lynn_relyt]

If texts count, I'm reading Psychological Testing and Assessment by Cohen and Swerdlik, and Current Psychotherapies by a few people.

And I'm always re-reading A Short History of Nearly Everything.

A short history of nearly everything is a GREAT book. I was first introduced to it when it was assigned reading for my University's Biology course 2 years ago. I've kept the book and go back and read selected chapters every once in a while. It's fantastic.

I just finished reading The Innocent Man by John Grisham. Yes, it's non-fiction, its about a man that was wrongfully accused of committing murder and was sent to death row. Great story, however since it was written by John Grisham I couldn't help thinking it was fiction the entire way through. It wasn't until the end when he wrote about how he went to meet with the actually people involved in the story to do his research that it hit me that the book was actually non-fiction.

 

[bren]

The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell.

 

[veniqe]

I'm reading End of Faith by Sam Harris.

 

[Ell]

Just getting into The God Delusion by Dawkins.

I see there's already a thread started, so will pop over and post comments there if I've anything worthwhile to add.

 

[MonkeyCatcher]

I'm reading a whole bunch of Philosophy texts at the moment, mostly on Epistemology and Metaphysics (we have a test on Wednesday involving both of these for my Philosophy class). I haven't really read much on this before, so I'm finding it really interesting.
I'm also slowly working my way through the main course text, How to Think About Wierd Things. It's a book that uses paranormal and supernatural examples to explain the basics of logic, reasoning and different philiosphical topics or arguments. It's fantastic as an introduction into philiosophy because the topics are just so interesting. They cover things like time travel, ESP, cold readings, UFOs...

 

[elflady]

I love history and especially medieval history, so: Alison Weir's Isabella, She-wolf of France, Queen of England. A good biography, proving how much history wronged her.

 

[nomadic myth]

We Were Not the Savages by Daniel N. Paul, which is an eye-opening look at the atrocities inflicted upon the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia by European, especially English, colonists and colonial governments.

 

[Saffyre Tempest]

Hmm.... well, I've been reading a book for adult children of alcoholics and I started reading a book on chakras, but I forgot about it when I started on The Stand.

 

[Anamnesis]

Bono: In Conversation. It's a series of interviews French journalist Michka Assayas conducted with Bono. Recommended reading if you're a fan of U2's music, Bono's charity work (or both of these things).