1. The Great Shark Hunt: Gonzo Papers, Volume 1, Hunter S. Thompson, 602 pg.
2. The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man, Guy Owen, 277 pg.
3. Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav, 376 pg.
4. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, 268 pg.
5. Cities of the Plain, Cormac McCarthy, 304 pg.
6. Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse, 152 pg.
7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz, 340 pg.
8. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Carlos Castaneda, 210 pg.
9. The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, Alex Ross, 624 pg.
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling, 309 pg.
11. Island, Aldous Huxley, 354 pg.
12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling, 341 pg.
13. Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne, 176 pg.
14. The Harvard Psychedelic Club, Don Lattin, 256 pg.
15. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowlings, 435 pg.
The best book in the series so far in my opinion. I can only hope it continues to get better! You can read my review here.
The 50 Book Challenge 2010
1. Lao She - Beneath the Red Banner 187p.
2. Martin Amis - The Second Plane 206p.
3. Kingsley Amis - The Alteration 208p.
4. Robert van Gulik - Richter Di bei der Arbeit (Judge Dee at work) 221p.
5. Miriam Colleé - In China essen sie den Mond 266p.
6. Philip Roth - Portnoy's Complaint 274p.
7. Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash 470p.
8. Fritz Sitte - Die Roten Khmer (The Khmer Rouge) 202p.
9. John Barth - The Sot-Weed Factor 756p.
10. Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle 236p.
Additional Readings:
1. E.T.A. Hoffmann - Der Sandmann 30p.
2. Ben Kiernan - The Pol Pot Regime
3. David Chandler - A Political Biography of Pol Pot
2. Martin Amis - The Second Plane 206p.
3. Kingsley Amis - The Alteration 208p.
4. Robert van Gulik - Richter Di bei der Arbeit (Judge Dee at work) 221p.
5. Miriam Colleé - In China essen sie den Mond 266p.
6. Philip Roth - Portnoy's Complaint 274p.
7. Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash 470p.
8. Fritz Sitte - Die Roten Khmer (The Khmer Rouge) 202p.
9. John Barth - The Sot-Weed Factor 756p.
10. Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle 236p.
Additional Readings:
1. E.T.A. Hoffmann - Der Sandmann 30p.
2. Ben Kiernan - The Pol Pot Regime
3. David Chandler - A Political Biography of Pol Pot
Simon Kittlaus aka å£å£«è
1. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith 222pg
2. Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber 238pg
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
David Foster Wallace is amazing. This book is similar to "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" which I read at the end of 2009. The essays in this book are on a more consistent level, although A Supposedly Fun Thing had two absolutely knock out essays.
The essays in this book address:
-The Porn industry and what happens when porn fans meet porn stars
-John Updike and what assholes his characters are
-How funny Kafka is and why it's difficult to teach
-A Dictionary of Modern American Usage and why it's such a kickass book
-Reflections on September 11th from the perspective the Midwest
-a crappy ghostwritten tennis stars autobiography and why the whole genre sucks
-following McCain around on the campaign trail in the 2000 Republican Primary
-The moral implications of the lobster trade
-Dostoevsky
-Right wing talk radio
David Foster Wallace is a genius! Read work by him!
2. Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber 238pg
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
David Foster Wallace is amazing. This book is similar to "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" which I read at the end of 2009. The essays in this book are on a more consistent level, although A Supposedly Fun Thing had two absolutely knock out essays.
The essays in this book address:
-The Porn industry and what happens when porn fans meet porn stars
-John Updike and what assholes his characters are
-How funny Kafka is and why it's difficult to teach
-A Dictionary of Modern American Usage and why it's such a kickass book
-Reflections on September 11th from the perspective the Midwest
-a crappy ghostwritten tennis stars autobiography and why the whole genre sucks
-following McCain around on the campaign trail in the 2000 Republican Primary
-The moral implications of the lobster trade
-Dostoevsky
-Right wing talk radio
David Foster Wallace is a genius! Read work by him!
Danny P.
1. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith 222pg
2. Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber 238pg
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
15. Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell 248pg
2. Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber 238pg
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
15. Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell 248pg
Danny P.
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1. A Confederacy of Dunces- John Kennedy Toole- 352 pages
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey- 312 pages
3. The Bodysurfers- Robert Drew- 180 pages
4. Down and Out In Paris And London- George Orwell- 228 pages
5. My So-Called Punk: How Punk Stagedived into the Mainstream- Matt Diehl- 272 pages
6. The Lucky Country- Donald Horne- 250 pages
7. The Big Sleep- Raymond Chandler- 139 pages
8. Tender Is The Night- F Scott Fitzgerald- 300 pages
I haven't been keeping track of my books this year, I know I have read more but I'm struggling to remember them at the moment.
Most of those are from the "Penguin Classics" $10 range, and a lot of them have been great. I might write a little more on them later.
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey- 312 pages
3. The Bodysurfers- Robert Drew- 180 pages
4. Down and Out In Paris And London- George Orwell- 228 pages
5. My So-Called Punk: How Punk Stagedived into the Mainstream- Matt Diehl- 272 pages
6. The Lucky Country- Donald Horne- 250 pages
7. The Big Sleep- Raymond Chandler- 139 pages
8. Tender Is The Night- F Scott Fitzgerald- 300 pages
I haven't been keeping track of my books this year, I know I have read more but I'm struggling to remember them at the moment.
Most of those are from the "Penguin Classics" $10 range, and a lot of them have been great. I might write a little more on them later.
1. Storms of my Grandchildren: The truth about the come climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity - James Hansen 277pg
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
Only read this because the mum of my girlfriend lent it to me, and I felt obliged to read it quickly. Old book, published in the 1920s. I would never usually read something like this, so I guess it was a little eye opening. It really just explained in very specific detail just how inaccurate and contradictory the Bible is. There are many different current and historical versions of both testaments that contradict each other, and in some cases it's obvious which the errors are while in others its not. It's more about the old testament, which was originally written in Hebrew without vowels or spaces. SSNTNCWLDLKLKTHS (so a sentence would look like this) and then people had to interpret it. While the context makes much of the document understandable, in other parts there are multiple interpretations that make sense either way. The book is rather annoying because the author is a dogmatic Christian, and often just states that particular interpretations must be correct because he knows his religion is correct - especially the interpretation over whether Mary was a virgin or just a young woman. Anyway, I don't know if I'd recommend you read this unless theology is your thing. It's not mine
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
Only read this because the mum of my girlfriend lent it to me, and I felt obliged to read it quickly. Old book, published in the 1920s. I would never usually read something like this, so I guess it was a little eye opening. It really just explained in very specific detail just how inaccurate and contradictory the Bible is. There are many different current and historical versions of both testaments that contradict each other, and in some cases it's obvious which the errors are while in others its not. It's more about the old testament, which was originally written in Hebrew without vowels or spaces. SSNTNCWLDLKLKTHS (so a sentence would look like this) and then people had to interpret it. While the context makes much of the document understandable, in other parts there are multiple interpretations that make sense either way. The book is rather annoying because the author is a dogmatic Christian, and often just states that particular interpretations must be correct because he knows his religion is correct - especially the interpretation over whether Mary was a virgin or just a young woman. Anyway, I don't know if I'd recommend you read this unless theology is your thing. It's not mine
1. Jørgen Leth & Morten Sabroe - "That's why they fuck so much in this country" (333 pages)
2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
Through readings, travels and interviews describes Lars Movin the beat phenomenon. Great read.
2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
Through readings, travels and interviews describes Lars Movin the beat phenomenon. Great read.
1. Jørgen Leth & Morten Sabroe - "That's why they fuck so much in this country" (333 pages)
2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
7. Paul Auster -"Invisible" (345 pages)
2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
7. Paul Auster -"Invisible" (345 pages)
1. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith 222pg
2. Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber 238pg
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
15. Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell 248pg
16. Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow 341pg
In between #15 and #16 I also read the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection, so that partially excuses the long delay between books.
2. Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber 238pg
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
15. Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell 248pg
16. Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow 341pg
In between #15 and #16 I also read the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection, so that partially excuses the long delay between books.
Danny P.
@Ramen - yeah it's incredible. Gave me such a better insight into the holocaust. Just recently I saw somebody describe one of our politicians as a "Nazi" and although I completely despise that politician, I couldn't help but feel a little offended since it seems to trivialise those events.
1. Storms of my Grandchildren: The truth about the come climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity - James Hansen 277pg
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
12. The Inflammable Adams - Phillip Adams 232pg
A very dated collection of columns by Phillip Adams, who is a great writer, but this is the other book that I was lent by this girls mother. A few of the columns were amazing, but most were fairly boring and based on current events from the 1980s that I couldn't understand at all.
1. Storms of my Grandchildren: The truth about the come climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity - James Hansen 277pg
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
12. The Inflammable Adams - Phillip Adams 232pg
A very dated collection of columns by Phillip Adams, who is a great writer, but this is the other book that I was lent by this girls mother. A few of the columns were amazing, but most were fairly boring and based on current events from the 1980s that I couldn't understand at all.
1. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith 222pg
2. Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber 238pg
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
15. Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell 248pg
16. Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow 341pg
17. Post Office by Charles Bukowski 196pg
2. Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber 238pg
3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
15. Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell 248pg
16. Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow 341pg
17. Post Office by Charles Bukowski 196pg
Danny P.
1. Jørgen Leth & Morten Sabroe - "That's why they fuck so much in this country" (333 pages)
2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
7. Paul Auster -"Invisible" (345 pages)
8. Enki Bilal - "Hatzfeld Tetralogy" (260 pages)
Comic series by my favorite comic artist Enki Bilal.
You can't fuck with this:
And these covers are panels from the story, everything looks as good as these.
2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
7. Paul Auster -"Invisible" (345 pages)
8. Enki Bilal - "Hatzfeld Tetralogy" (260 pages)
Comic series by my favorite comic artist Enki Bilal.
You can't fuck with this:
And these covers are panels from the story, everything looks as good as these.
1. Storms of my Grandchildren: The truth about the come climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity - James Hansen 277pg
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
12. The Inflammable Adams - Phillip Adams 232pg
13. Hitch-22: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens 424pg
Brilliant. Maybe Hitchens' best book, and I think the best book I've read this year. He is an amazing writer, and an inspiring person. Convincing too, on a lot of points that I would have disagreed with. I guess in some ways he's managed to instil a (stronger) sense of elitism in me. This book makes me want to spend more time with my more intellectual friends, and a lot less with the less intellectual. Also to have some kind of weekly gathering for Lunch on Fridays. This book is hilarious, and tragic. I can't recommend it enough.
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
12. The Inflammable Adams - Phillip Adams 232pg
13. Hitch-22: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens 424pg
Brilliant. Maybe Hitchens' best book, and I think the best book I've read this year. He is an amazing writer, and an inspiring person. Convincing too, on a lot of points that I would have disagreed with. I guess in some ways he's managed to instil a (stronger
) sense of elitism in me. This book makes me want to spend more time with my more intellectual friends, and a lot less with the less intellectual. Also to have some kind of weekly gathering for Lunch on Fridays. This book is hilarious, and tragic. I can't recommend it enough.1. Storms of my Grandchildren: The truth about the come climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity - James Hansen 277pg
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
12. The Inflammable Adams - Phillip Adams 232pg
13. Hitch-22: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens 424pg
14. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan 434pg.
I don't know what to write about this. I just finished it a couple of minutes ago and I'm a bit lost for words. It's the best argument for why science and skepticism are so important. I wish everybody could read this book. This a book describing everything I stand for and believe in, and linking them together into one idea. It's brilliantly constructed - starting out with debunking UFOs and moving slowly towards finally tackling politics, it moves from the laughable to the serious. Science and rational thought is responsible for almost every aspect of our lives - from our communications to our food and water. We not only need it, we need to all understand it or we risk destruction. In Australia right now we have a federal election just weeks away. It's been the most dispiriting and disheartening election campaign in my life. Only if we had an educated population that had the skills to understand the issues and hold the politicians to account could we change this situation. The last chapter of this book could almost be written about the current situation in Australia.
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
12. The Inflammable Adams - Phillip Adams 232pg
13. Hitch-22: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens 424pg
14. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan 434pg.
I don't know what to write about this. I just finished it a couple of minutes ago and I'm a bit lost for words. It's the best argument for why science and skepticism are so important. I wish everybody could read this book. This a book describing everything I stand for and believe in, and linking them together into one idea. It's brilliantly constructed - starting out with debunking UFOs and moving slowly towards finally tackling politics, it moves from the laughable to the serious. Science and rational thought is responsible for almost every aspect of our lives - from our communications to our food and water. We not only need it, we need to all understand it or we risk destruction. In Australia right now we have a federal election just weeks away. It's been the most dispiriting and disheartening election campaign in my life. Only if we had an educated population that had the skills to understand the issues and hold the politicians to account could we change this situation. The last chapter of this book could almost be written about the current situation in Australia.
1. Storms of my Grandchildren: The truth about the come climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity - James Hansen 277pg
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
12. The Inflammable Adams - Phillip Adams 232pg
13. Hitch-22: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens 424pg
14. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan 434pg.
15. Denialism - Michael Specter 263pg
Made me furious, but I think that's the point. A really great book. Similar to Demon-Haunted World. Looked at the anti-science movement, especially in regards to vaccines, alternative medicine and biotechnology though. It's incredible how many people have died because of opposition to vaccines. Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. Compelling.
2. Concrete Island - James Ballard 176pg
3. House of Meetings - Martin Amis 196pg
4. The Necessary Revolution; How individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world - Peter Senge 416pg
5. Is There A Creator Who Cares About You? - Watchtower 191 pg
6. Requiem for a Species - Clive Hamilton 240 pg
7. In Defence of Food - Michael Pollan 201 pg
8. The Road - Cormack McCarthy 256 pg
9. Safarnama - Ikram Naqvi 174 pg
10. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale - Art Spiegelman 296 pg
11. The Ancient Documents and the Modern Bible - J. Paterson Smyth 210pg
12. The Inflammable Adams - Phillip Adams 232pg
13. Hitch-22: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens 424pg
14. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan 434pg.
15. Denialism - Michael Specter 263pg
Made me furious, but I think that's the point. A really great book. Similar to Demon-Haunted World. Looked at the anti-science movement, especially in regards to vaccines, alternative medicine and biotechnology though. It's incredible how many people have died because of opposition to vaccines. Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. Compelling.
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4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
7. Paul Auster -"Invisible" (345 pages)
8. Enki Bilal - "Hatzfeld Tetralogy" (260 pages)
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2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
7. Paul Auster -"Invisible" (345 pages)
8. Enki Bilal - "Hatzfeld Tetralogy" (260 pages)
7. Ernest Hemingway - "After The Storm" (171 pages)
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18. Night by Elie Weisel 120pg
I've been feeling a little down recently and somehow I didn't realize reading a book about the holocaust would just make me feel worse.
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3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 449pg
4. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 230pg
5. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 152pg
6. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 1079pg
7. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway 157pg
8. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller 233pg
9. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck 275pg
10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 329pg
11. River Town by Peter Hessler 402pg
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 287pg
13. White Noise by Don DeLillo 326pg
14. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace 343pg
15. Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell 248pg
16. Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow 341pg
17. Post Office by Charles Bukowski 196pg
18. Night by Elie Weisel 120pg
I've been feeling a little down recently and somehow I didn't realize reading a book about the holocaust would just make me feel worse.
Danny P.
. Jørgen Leth & Morten Sabroe - "That's why they fuck so much in this country" (333 pages)
2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
7. Paul Auster -"Invisible" (345 pages)
8. Enki Bilal - "Hatzfeld Tetralogy" (260 pages)
7. Ernest Hemingway - "After The Storm" (171 pages)
8. Paul Auster - "Moon Palace" (306 pages)
2. Malcolm Jacobson - "Writers United: The WUFC Story. A Swedish Graffiti Crew" (160 pages)
3. Lars Movin - "Torben Ulrich: Jazz, ball and buddhism" (491 pages)
4. Carsten René Nielsen - "Circles" (70 pages)
5. Jack Kerouac - "On The Road (The Original Scroll)" (199 pages)
6. Lars Movin - "Beat" (621 pages)
7. Paul Auster -"Invisible" (345 pages)
8. Enki Bilal - "Hatzfeld Tetralogy" (260 pages)
7. Ernest Hemingway - "After The Storm" (171 pages)
8. Paul Auster - "Moon Palace" (306 pages)