What book(s) are you reading now?

[Desert Snake]

gonna start the "Dialogues of Plato"

 

[biased]

Bertrand Russell's The History of Western Philosophy,
Philip K. Dick's VALIS (I got the whole trilogy in memory of a friend who passed away and just been getting around to reading it) and I'm off and on reading C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters.

 

[MoonWater]

The mists of Avalon by Marion zimmer bradley

 

[Infinitum]

I started today on Jerusalem - the Biography by Simon Sebag Montefoire. I can't wait finding some time to just sit (lay) down and spend a few hours with it.

 

[apophenia]

Mindswap by Robert Sheckley. The original master of satirical SF. I found a brand new copy which was a 1981 edition of the 1966 novel *, bundled with his short story collection The People Trap. It must have been in a warehouse for about 30 years !

Reading it, I realise that he was obviously an inspiration to Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Which I found interesting, since they were both English, and their work seemed to represent a very English kind of humor, but Sheckley was American.

* And this my 1966th post !

 

[Wu Wei]

In Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan by Yang Chengfu (Author), Louis Swaim (Translator)

Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan by Fu Zhongwen (Author), Louis Swaim (Translator)

 

[Caladan]

I started today on Jerusalem - the Biography by Simon Sebag Montefoire. I can't wait finding some time to just sit (lay) down and spend a few hours with it.

My wife bought it recently, she's also waiting to finish some of her academic duties and find some time to sit and spend a few hours with the book.
I'd love to hear some of your takes on the book and its content once you find the time.

 

[Infinitum]

My wife bought it recently, she's also waiting to finish some of her academic duties and find some time to sit and spend a few hours with the book.
I'd love to hear some of your takes on the book and its content once you find the time.

I'd love to! Currently I've not even past the preface, but I took a long look at the maps and family trees, purring like a kitten on catnip. I love books with maps.

 

[SageTree]

This book was amazing.

 

[LuisDantas]

I have finished "Autumn", as well as its two immediate sequels ("Autumn: the City" and "Autumn: Purification").

If anything, the series has become more exciting and intriguing with each installment. Highly recommended for fans of the zombie genre who enjoy the more introspective aspects of such tales.

Now, to start at "Autumn: Disintegration"...

 

[methylatedghosts]

Just started Een Meeuw Die Vliegt Over Zee. Literally: A Gull That Flies Over the Sea

A story from a fathers point of view of his sons slow death at 12 years old

 

[Wherenextcolumbus]

Life and Death Andrea Dworkin

 

[Wu Wei]

Network Security Architecture - Expert guidance on designing secure networks
Cisco

 

[Saggio]

Sandstorm by James Rollins

 

[Rakhel]

Just finished the Fifty Shades series.

Very sappy ending

 

[Falvlun]

The Once and Future King, by T.H. White.

It is marvelous. Full of British humor, surprisingly insightful perceptions, and who doesn't like the story of King Arthur? I've been laughing out loud at some points, and it's got me thinking at others.

 

[Mr Spinkles]

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, by John Meacham
Very well-researched, concise biography of Jefferson

The Age of Reason, by Thomas Paine
Way ahead of its time, this is a very persuasive (and often hilarious) argument for Deism. He expresses almost exactly all the problems that caused me to start doubting Christianity, but with an economy of words I could never match. This would be a perfect book for any American who admires the revolution and science, and is beginning to doubt Christianity but still believes in God.

Bad Science, by Ben Goldacre
A funny and enlightening skeptical guide to all the medical hocus-pocus one encounters in newspapers and pop culture these days. The later chapters dealing with the shenanigans of the pharmaceutical industry are very important.

 

[Wu Wei]

Mindfulness for Beginners
by: Jon Kabat-Zinn

 

[methylatedghosts]

Just started Een Meeuw Die Vliegt Over Zee. Literally: A Gull That Flies Over the Sea

A story from a fathers point of view of his sons slow death at 12 years old

I read the last 3 or so chapters with a slow steady stream of tears. It was very moving...

Right now I'm about 1/3rd the way through 20,000 leagues under the sea

 

[Wherenextcolumbus]

The internal desire machines of doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter