false 115651 30 male Seattle, WA 06/2007 11/2009 34 125 111 true 5748697 read 5 true 233200 currently-reading 9 true 233199 to-read 16 false 233643 fiction 5 false 233642 computers 2 false 233648 business 1 false 233644 design 0 false 233645 money Nerds on Wall Street: How Robots, Computers, and Mathematics Have Wired the Markets (Hardcover) by David J. Leinweber]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78699347 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V7Dsrk8EL._SL75_.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:48:28 -0800 more...]]> Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) by Orson Scott Card]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72026291 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165651993s/7967.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:48:47 -0700 Xenocide (Ender's Saga, Book 3) by Orson Scott Card]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72026264 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165699601s/8648.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:48:38 -0700 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Mass Market Paperback) by Terry Pratchett]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71565684 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255627540s/12067.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:35:31 -0700 Infidel (Hardcover) by Ayaan Hirsi Ali]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71563784 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170995660s/81227.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:33:08 -0700
...more...]]> Little Brother (Hardcover) by Cory Doctorow]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63285904 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255817214s/954674.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:55:44 -0700 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Paperback) by Seth Grahame-Smith]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60602107 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:15:40 -0700 The Bennet girls are at a ball. They are upset because Mr. Darcy made some disparaging remark about one of them or their mum. Blah blah blah.
Suddenly, the windows are shattered and the person nearest the window falls victim to the unmentionables, who quickly devour their bra...more...]]> Forever Peace (Paperback) by Joe Haldeman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54602653 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322728s/21618.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Fri, 01 May 2009 11:16:35 -0700 more...]]> Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-and Found Unexpected Peace (Hardcover) by William Lobdell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51823761 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255802774s/4597270.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:35:53 -0700
It really is a book in 3 distinct Acts:
Act 1 - From arreligious to an evangelical to (almost) a Catholic:
Its unclear w...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45964649 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172347633s/166434.jpg 115651 Rushabh http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180985746p2/115651.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115651-rushabh Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:51:13 -0700
I think I agree with his greater point - belief that any set of peoples, across history, were anything but violent and brutal is naive. Everyone was (and is), but thats besides the point of this book. Its not meant to be an apology for the empire and I don't see why he or anyone else for that matter should.]]>