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Quote: Originally Posted by PRBRT33 Hey Joel, that sounds interesting to me...as I have a B.A. in music, but I did minor in Philosophy...I've heard good things about that book...worth picking up a copy? Most certainly. I myself have a BA in Film and German Studies, but I had a minor in Poli Sci, so just like you, Im a decadent liberal arts type who dabbles in realer-world pursuits. I really like Fukuyama, and see his End of History to have been less aligned with conventional neo-conservative theory than people make it out to have been. America at the Crossroads is great, a bold step further from the ranks of hardline NeoCons, and its a very quick read.
hope this post isnt too political for this board...

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I am going to finish An Open Heart this weekend and then move on to another book based on the Dali Lama's speaches.

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Quote: Originally Posted by radix023 Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
pulpy scifi, I've got the next two in the series too This was the most amazingly dizzying book I've ever read - without giving anything away - with a 100 pages to go, I was wondering how on earth he was going to wind it up and finish it of as, peeking ahead, there clearly wasn't any sequel. It puts so many other books with limp endings to shame.
Renato

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"The Music Program" by Paul Micou
and
"Scepticism, Inc." by an English author who's name escapes me for the moment.
Both very funny, very off-kilter fiction novels. Grab 'em if you can.

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I'm reading the first volume of Winston Churchill's: "The Second World War " entitled " The Gathering Storm. "

Fan-Freakin-Tastic! Can't put it down.
What a tragedy!--- WW2 could have been stopped so easily. So many wasted chances . . .
"It is difficult to find a parallel to the unwisdom of the British and the weakness of the French Government. "
Referring to the years of 1931 to 1935 as Germany begins to re-arm, while the victors of 'The Great War' commit every imaginable blunder.
If you think the American Gov't subsidizing tobacco growers while at the same time spending millions in advertising to discourage people from smoking is, oh a little weird, it's NOTHING compared to the lunacy he lived through and which he chronicles in this book.
I always knew Churchill was a great orator but I had no idea what a great writer he was. WOW!
Cheers,
Mario

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I'm reading Papillon by Henri Charrière over the last few days. It's magnificent! A real non-fiction story, based on the experiences of a wrongfully accused (and convicted) French guy. You might have seen the movie with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.

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I've just finished a book of Oscar wilde's tales. Now I'm reading Charles Bukowski, I think the original title is "Ham on rye".

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Quote: Originally Posted by Adrian The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders Neat! I flip through that book almost every day.
Right now I'm reading 'Everything and More' by David Foster Wallace.

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'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts
'Vernon Little God' by DBC Pierre
Two well written great reads.

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Boileau-Narcejac: Sueurs froides
(better known as the film version: Hitchcock's Vertigo)