Preachin' The Blues: The Life And Times Of Son House by Daniel Beaumont http://www.preachingtheblues.com/
I know right? I just did not get "hooked" until about midway through. Meh. Now I'm itching for the next one though. The ending was...both unexpected and awesome.
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Dr. Paul Farmer Biography) The Inner Workings of the Brain and the Spinal Cord The Holy Bible
Faith, Power, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the present - Michael Oren. So far so good, next book is going to probably be The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel - someone from work said it is a really good read about an atheist who travels the world interviewing a variety of people and ending up a "saved" Christian.
Not to start some sort of flame war, but after that you can also check out the impressive rebuttal by Price.
The Name of the Wind Its really slow at the beginning and I must admit I only read it on the toilet right now because it hasn't exactly captivated me yet.
Currently reading A River Runs Through it... It is alright, I guess. I am being forced to read it. For personal reading, I am about to start:
So many things. Lincoln's Melancholy Various Jung Various Freud Various Artaud Various Kafka Robin: Year One Batgirl: Year One A book about the importance of Vitamin B-12 And maybe twenty other things. I read from 1-50 pages of one or the other daily, hourly, or at least weekly.
Why read the one if he even wants to read the other? Normally, in cases of choosing to read a book with a title beginning "The Case For..." one is inclined to want to believe that case and to arm oneself with information supporting it, rather than reading the case for the thing they want to believe and then reading the case that thwarts that case. Particularly in the case of religion I would think. Unless it is for a debate class or something. This is the case with me, at any rate, when it comes to Lincoln's Melancholy. There are those that, not terribly convincingly in my mind, make moves intended to poke holes in this or that point in the book, but those holes do not interest me. I am looking for something in the book I am reading; I am looking to believe things more deeply than I already do believe them. I am not looking to be disabused of my necessary bias; I am looking to fortify it. I understand that this POV runs counter to any and all critical thinking and/or search for the 'facts.' But who cares about the facts v. the "Truth?" I guess smart people do but of them I am not one.
Sorry, I don't understand. You may be right, but I may have been simply trying to encourage (as you said) critical thinking. Maybe I should not have ventured so far (at least in this thread). YMMV.
Phantom by Jo Nesbo. Read The Snowman last year and promptly read every other book in the Harry Hole series that's been transcribed in English. Jo Nesbo is often called the next Stieg Larrson (of Millennium Trilogy/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo fame). The Snowman is supposed to be made into a movie directed by Scorsese. Hope he does it justice.
