Books I'm reading now...

[bodean]

I figured that I would make a new thread for this one.... I finished "Critical Mass" and another one named "Bad Men" in about three days. I'm starting "The Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace, "Caddilac Jukebox" by James Lee Burke and "The Investigators" by W.E.B. Griffith. What are you reading?

[JBMoney]

<p><b><u>Recently Finished</u></b></p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>Story of Civilization, Vol X: Rousseau and Revolution (W. Durant) </td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another (W. Travis, III)</td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>The Great Chinese Revolution 1800-1985 (J.K. Fairbank)</td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)</td></tr></table><p><b><u>In Progress</u></b></p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>Mao : A Life (P. Short)</td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>The Great Shark Hunt : Strange Tales from a Strange Time (H. Thompson)</td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>History of the Arab Peoples (Albert Hourani)</td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)</td></tr></table><p><b><u>On The Shelf</u></b></p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia (F. Wood) </td></tr><tr align="left" valign="top"><td><b>*</b></td><td>Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 (B.W. Tuchman) </td></tr></table>

[STIBROKER]

Sex and the Perfect Lover : Tao, Tantra, and the Kama Sutra

[JBMoney]

Sex and the Perfect Lover : Tao, Tantra, and the Kama Sutra

Where's Mel when you need here?

[STIBROKER]

Where's Mel when you need here?


that would be the waist high, no teeth, and has a flat head so you can rest a drink on chapter.....

[brianw13a]

In progress:
Psycho Cybernetics
Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters -- and One Man's Search to Find Them
Dinosaur Brains : Dealing with All THOSE Impossible People at Work

It's been too long since I read anything to comment on it :cry:

[Tabby]

At the moment, I'm reading Understanding the Tarot Court by Mary Greer.

[DMS]

John chapter 3

[Kim Possible]

Genesis

[gopsdragon]

Just Finished:
Frederic Bastiat: A Man Alone (Biography)

In progress:
Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warfare - The First English Translation Incorporating the Recently Discovered Yin-ch'ueh-shan Texts. (Lot's on the digs and Chinese interpretations, not just Sun-Tzu.)

Ghost Wars (History of CIA in Afghanistan.)

My Utmost for His Highest

On shelf:
Hundreds but thinking I'll finally read Tolkien's Silmarillion.

[Barb101]

On shelf:
Hundreds but thinking I'll finally read Tolkien's Silmarillion.

You'll definately enjoy it! I've read it several times & each time come away with a much better understanding of Middle Earth's geneology & lore. Tolkien was pure genius.

[Ojive]

Sorry but I'm jammed up in Textbooks and research, How do you all find time to read for leisure? I read manuals and MILSPECs and MIL-STD's all the time, but it ain't for fun. Although I did read the old man and the sea recently, pretty good read from Hemmingway. And I read the life story of Junior Johnson: Brave in life. A racers must read :thumbsup: (Spotter)

[gopsdragon]

Sorry but I'm jammed up in Textbooks and research, How do you all find time to read for leisure?

Finished thesis in May. Reading list for January through May consisted of

Nothing.

In the previous two years, I've read I think one book for pleasure just because I needed a break from studying.

[Farouka Hookah]

I made the mistake of going on Amazon last week while ill still reading three other books. I have a tendency to read more than one book at a time.

Current:

Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon by Robert Fisk

Sorrows of Empire: Chamlers Johnson

Chain of Command :The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh (Had to put it down for a while casue it overlaps with some other stuff I read.

On the way from Amazon
The Great War for Civilisation : The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk (I just realized its over 1000 pages..... :scary: )

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies [Paperback]
By: Jared Diamond

The Truth About Camp David : The Untold Story About the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process [Paperback]
By: Clayton E. Swisher

[JBMoney]

Jeez, and I thought my books were boring. *poke*

[Farouka Hookah]

Jeez, and I thought my books were boring. *poke*

My wife calls me nerd often. :p :nerd:

[bodean]

I read one over the weekend called "One Shot, One Kill" about snipers from WWI all the way up to Beirut. Really interesting reading.

Still reading the other 3 and added one more...

Deception Point by Dan Brown.

[Ojive]

I just received this one called Battle-Tested By rebecca Grant, it is about Carrier Aviation in Afghanistan and Iraq. Although I'll have to take a number on this one.

[Freak]

I thought I would finally see what all the hoopla is about Harry Potter and am halfway through The Sorcerer's Stone. Not a bad read I suppose. When Hermione is talked about in the book, I can't stop thinking about the Lindsay Lohan/Harry Potter skit on Saturday Night Live. :Boobies: :laugh:

[bodean]

I finished "Deception Point". Good book. Just realized that I have already read "Caddilac Jukebox" but, it's good enough to read again. And, I'm starting "Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain ,again, for the umpteenth time. :thumbsup:

[melendipity]

Where's Mel when you need her?

oh do behave! You're behaving badly lately. I may have to report you to the Goddess of the Underworld :laugh: :laugh:

Reading matter for moi

1. Odin's Last Rune by Almis Simankevicius
2. Ecopsychology (Restoring the Earth/Healing the Mind) by collection of quacks
3. Psychotherpay of Addicted Persons by Dr. Edward Kaufman
4. The Mind in the Cave by Thames & Hudson << me likes this one. :thumbsup:


awaiting to be taken off bookshelf

On Alexanders Track to the Indus by Auriel Stein

[Ita]

Currently half way through "Lance Armstrong Tour de Force" by Daniel Coyle. A very interesting read based around the 2004 professional cycling season and Lance's 6th Tour de France win...

Ita