Santa Cruz 08/08/05

Books

Some of the books I've read and recommend

     
 

Science Fiction

  • Adams, Douglas:
    • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    • Life, The Universe and Everything
    • So Long and Thanks For All the Fish
  • Asimov, Isaac:
    • Foundation
  • Barker, Clive:
    • The Thief of Always
  • Bradbury, Ray:
    • Farenheit 451
    • The Illustrated Man
  • Card, Orson Scott:
    • The Ender Quartet:
      • Ender's Game
      • Speaker for the Dead
      • Xenocide
      • Children of the Mind
    • The Shadow Quartet:
      • Ender's Shadow
      • Shadow of the Hegemon
      • Shadow Puppets
      • Shadow of the Giant
    • Homebody
  • Clarke, Arthur C.:
    • 3001
  • Crichton, Michael:
    • The Andromeda Strain
    • Congo
    • Jurassic Park
    • The Lost World
    • Prey
    • Sphere
    • Timeline
  • Huxley, Aldous:
    • A Brave New World
  • Jordan, Robert:
    • The Eye of the World
    • The Great Hunt
    • The Dragon Reborn
    • The Shadow Rising
    • The Fires of Heaven
    • Lord of Chaos
    • A Crown of Swords
    • The Path of Daggers
    • Winter's Heart
    • Crossroads of Twilight
    • Knife of Dreams
  • Lewis, C.S.:
    • The Magician's Nephew
    • The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
    • The Horse and His Boy
    • Prince Caspian
    • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
    • The Silver Chair
    • The Last Battle
  • Sagan, Carl:
    • Contact
  • Tolkien, J.R.R.:
    • The Hobbit
    • The Fellowship of the Ring
    • The Two Towers
    • The Return of the King
  • Wells, H.G.:
    • War of the Worlds

Fiction / Literature

  • Brown, Dan:
    • Angels & Demons
  • Crane, Stephen:
    • The Red Badge of Courage
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo:
    • Self Reliance
  • Martel, Yann:
    • The Life of Pi
  • Michener, James:
    • The Source
  • Rand, Ayn:
    • Atlas Shrugged
    • The Fountainhead
  • Styron, William:
    • Sophie's Choice
  • Vonnegut, Kurt:
    • Slaughterhouse-Five

Nonfiction

  • Ames, Roger:
    • The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation
    • The Art of War: Sun Tzu
  • Dalai Lama:
    • How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life
  • Ferris, Timothy:
    • The Whole Shebag
  • Feynman, Richard:
    • Lectures on Physics
    • Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman
    • What Do You Care What Other People Think?
  • Gleick, James:
    • Chaos
  • Greene, Brian:
    • The Elegant Universe
  • Hawking, Stephen:
    • The Universe in a Nutshell
  • Hickham, Homer H.:
    • Rocket Boys
  • Irwin, William:
    • The Matrix and Philosophy
  • Jago, Lucy:
    • The Northern Lights
  • Keirsey, David:
    • Please Understand Me II
  • Kolb, Rocky:
    • Blind Watchers of the Sky
  • Krauss, Lawrence:
    • The Physics of Star Trek
  • Lederman, Leon:
    • The God Particle
  • Leiber, Justin:
    • Can Animals and Machines Be Persons?
  • Lindberg, David C.:
    • The Beginnings of Western Science
  • McDonough, William & Braungart, Michael:
    • Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
  • Moore, Harold G. & Galloway, Joseph L.:
    • We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
  • Obama, Barack:
    • The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
  • Paulos, John Allen:
    • Innumeracy
  • Safire, William:
    • Lend Me Your Ears
  • Sagan, Carl:
    • The Demon Haunted World
    • The Dragons of Eden
  • Son, Duk Sung:
    • Korean Karate: The Art of Tae Kwon Do
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
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