6/29/08

New list of books to check out

The Narrows by Alexander C. Irvine
Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease by Dr. Dean Ornish
Eat More, Weigh Less by Dr. Dean Ornish
Love & Survival by Dr. Dean Ornish
Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates co-author Donald Rumbelow
Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn
Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffery Friedel (macbreak weekly pick on episode 80)  
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday
Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn also lots of other books and CDs
The Best of Technology Writing 2007 edited by Steven Levy
The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism by Matt Mason
Death From the Skies! by Phil Plait
Common Wealth by Jeffery D. Sachs
The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby
"Thunder and Lightning" books (Rolling Thunder being the latest by John Varley
Mammoth by John Varley available at FH and F
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Rod A. Bekstrom
The New Space Opera by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan
Cronos (1993 film) directed by Guillermo del Toro
The Great Warming by Brian Fagen
Accelerendo by Charles Stross
Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan by Lisa Katayama
Woman's World: A Novel by Graham Rawle
Donald Westlake (didn't like Westlake book I tried) and pseudonym Richard Stark
QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson 
The Book of General Ignorance by John Mitchinson and John Lloyd
The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain
Video Game Play and Addiction by Koroush Dini
Krakatoa by Simon Winchester
Dragon Bones by Lisa See
A Body to Die For by Kate White
The Postman Always Rings Twice ed by James Cain
Amelia Peabody's Egypt by Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread
Prisoner of Vandam Street by Kinky Friedman (anything really by Kinky is great)
The Battle For Christmas by Stephen Nissenbaum
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception by Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary
The Three Pound Enigma by Dr. Shannon Moffett
The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr. Norman Doidge
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain by Sharon Begley
Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights by Bill Ivey
Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan by Lisa Katayama Illustrator Joel Holland
The Life of the Cosmos by Lee Smolin
The Virgin Homeowner: The Essential Guide to Owning, Maintaining, and Surviving Your Home by Janice Papolos
State of War by James Risen
Hollywood Science: Movies, Science and the End of the World by Sidney Perkowitz
The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davis
How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back by Ruth Stout
One Straw Reveloution by Masanobu Fukuoka
The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy
A Trouble of Fools, The Snake Tatoo, Coyote, Steel Guitar, Snapshot, Hardware, Coldcase, Flashpoint, Big Dig (liked Big Dig) all by Linda Barns (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries)
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
Them: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson
The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Student's Vegetarian Cookbook: Quick, Easy, Cheap and Tasty Vegetarian Recipes by Carole Raymond
More-With-Less Cookbook by ?
Top Secret Recipes by ?
The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults by Jacques Vallée
Architecture of Change: Sustainablility and Humanity in the Built Environement by Kristin Feireiss and Lukas Feireiss