What book is everyone reading at the moment?

[Mishka Zaznaykin]

'The 9/11 Commission Report Omissions and Distortions' by David Ray Griffin. You can watch a video synopsis of this book by doing a google of "David Ray Griffin - 911 Commission Report: Ommissions and Distortions" and watch the google video result (yes, omissions is misspelled in the google video title).

 

[headscratcher4]

Just finished The Basillica, a history of the building of St. Peter's in Rome, and have begun Sailing From Byzantium, a history of the influence of Byzantium on western culture.

 

[Meffy]

Un soupçon de Dawkins. Yesterday my mate brought home from the library "The Ancestor's Tale." Shame it's not from the mephitic point of view but I understand that the author and the majority of readers are human.

 

[C S Costa]

Now that I finished "I, Claudius",
it's on to the sequel "Claudius the God".

 

[Meffy]

o/~ There was a Roman emperor
Who had a nasty temper... o/~

 

[Skeptic Guy]

Un soupçon de Dawkins. Yesterday my mate brought home from the library "The Ancestor's Tale." Shame it's not from the mephitic point of view but I understand that the author and the majority of readers are human.

Just read that one. Very good.

I've got:

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, by Thomas E. Ricks

Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction, by Eugenie Scott

Very good reading also

 

[Spidey13]

A Treasury of Deception by Michael Farquhar.

Randi is cited on page 3!

 

[kc440_]

Current Books

'The 9/11 Commission Report Omissions and Distortions' by David Ray Griffin. You can watch a video synopsis of this book by doing a google of "David Ray Griffin - 911 Commission Report: Ommissions and Distortions" and watch the google video result (yes, omissions is misspelled in the google video title).

Just a note. On September 11, 2006, CNN is going to broadcast all its 9-11 footage in real time beginning at 8:30 am as it happened in 2001.

I am currently reading the rare book, Harvey and Lee by John Armstrong. This book was written after much investigation. The premise is that 2 men were sharing the same identity. A CIA test, these 2 boys grew up to spy. It's believed they were cousins. I'm not sure if Harvey, who was shot by Ruby, knew of the existence of Lee Oswald. But Lee knew about Harvey and helped frame him as the killer of President John F. Kennedy. Lee also killed Officer Tippet. This is a true story. It's a huge book, about 1000 pages long and comes with a CD showing relevant documents and photos. jfkresearch.com sells it. Or you might try eBay.

I belong to a book discussion group, The Literature Circle. We're all women. Currently we are reading Zorro by Isabel Allende.

kc440

 

[Alareth]

Kiln People by David Brin

 

[T'ai Chi]

I may have mentioned either one of these before, but I'm reading them again:

The Tai Chi Book: Refining and Enjoying a Lifetime of Practice, Robert Chuckrow

and

Martial Musings, Robert W. Smith

 

[Palimpsest]

I've just finished reading At The Earth's Core (online) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of the Pellucidar series. I'm partway through the second book, Pellucidar. Neat stuff: old-school Victorian adventure with exotic lands, strange peoples and monsters, all with a satisfying sprinkle of sci-fi. Reminded me of Jules Verne's oeuvre (which is about all I've seen of Victorian proto-sci-fi).

 

[Spidey13]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

 

[elaine]

Why Darwin Matters - Micheal Shermer

 

[bruto]

Just finished My Life in Orange by Tim Guest. Nicely done memoir of growing up in a cult.

 

[kmortis]

"How the mind works" by Steven Pinker
"Handbook of Radiation Effects" by Andrew Holmes-Siedle and Len Adams
and
"Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder" by Jack McIaughlin

 

[tygirwulf]

Just started Colleen McCullough's First Man in Rome, and halfway through Harry Harrison's One King's Way, which is book 2 of the Hammer and the Cross trilogy.

 

[qayak]

1- Among Unknown Eskimo, JW Bilby

2- Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition, John Murdoch

3- Ancient People of the Arctic, Robert McGhee

4- Perfectly Reasonable Deviations (From the Beaten Track), Richard Feynman.

 

[qayak]

Martial Musings, Robert W. Smith

What do you think of this one? I passed up an opportunity to get a copy. Should I change my mind?

 

[Spidey13]

On The Road

 

[Serenity]

Innumeracy-John Allen Paulos

I have every respect for them - I used to BE one

Perhaps I wasn't as clear as I intended - Anthony Bourdain is one of the few chefs I admire for their attitude as much as their food.

(Gordon Ramsay is another one - but in a very different way)

Cool... me too. Check out Bourdain in Beirut if you have the chance. He and his film crew arrived just prior to the Lebanon and Israeli conflict; unbeknownst to them. He continued to film throughout the evacuation process. A sobering episode to say the least.