false 25 12 8 true 5721815 read 3 true 612856 currently-reading 1 true 612855 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31697361 The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes and Its Implications (Paperback) by David Deutsch
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31662236 to: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Hardcover) by Barbara Kingsolver
Her family spent a year eating only foods produced within 75 miles of their Virginia farm, producing most of their food themselves. Good information about growing, preserving, and preparing food, when to plant what, how to prepare for the winter, raising chickens and turkeys, etc. Fascinating and fun to read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15040819 to: Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant (Hardcover) by Daniel Tammet
A fascinating life. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15040622 to: After Dark (Hardcover) by Haruki Murakami
Too short, and kind of light, but still good Murakami. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12549522 to: Fast Food Nation (Paperback) by Eric Schlosser
The meat industry is unsanitary, dangerous to workers and consumers, anti-union, and generally disgusting. The USDA protects the corporations against consumers, not the other way around (big surprise). There is poop in the meat. Fast food serves as a starting point for an examination of what exactly is wrong with our society - it's ruled by corporations making huge profits at our expense, in collusion with the government, and most people have no idea what's going on but just thoughtlessly keep consuming the garbage they're selling us. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9994373 to: Meditations on the Tarot (Paperback) by Anonymous
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This book is not about fortune-telling; the symbols from the Tarot are used as the starting points for a series of spiritual exercises intended to immerse the reader in the living tradition of Christian Hermeticism. Absorbing the knowlege in this book is a lifelong project. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9994156 to: Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War (Hardcover) by Michael Isikoff
This book presents overwhelming evidence that the Bush and Cheney decided to go to war in Iraq a long time ago, even before 9/11, and details exactly how they strong-armed intelligence officials into delivering any scraps that could be distorted into evidence in favor of the predetermined decision to invade. They lied, they covered up their lies, they got away with it, and it is happening again. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9994117 to: Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks (Contemporary Film and Television Series) by David Lavery
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9993262 to: A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn
Do you think the U.S. government's domination by business interests and the wealthy is a relatively recent development? Think the founding fathers would be appalled by the current situation? Think Republicans are responsible for tax cuts for the rich? Think Democrats are the party of the working class? Think JFK was a pretty good guy? Think U.S. involvementin WWII was morally motivated?
If you want to find out why you're wrong about all these things, if you want clear evidence that our government was created precisely to protect the interests of the wealthy elite against the working people, and is currently functioning exactly according to plan, if you know that the two-party system is a con game but aren't exactly sure how it works, if you want to understand what 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are really about, then you need to read this book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5586798 to: The God Delusion (Hardcover) by Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins, the evolution scientist, makes a compelling case for atheism. Some of his arguments: It is not true to say that the question existence of a supreme being who created the universe is beyond the reach of scientific investigation; a scientific argument can be made that the probability of such a being's existence is very close to zero. It is not true to say that even if God doesn't exist, we may as well believe in his existence; in fact such beliefs have caused immeasurable harm throughout history, and moreover, the very proposition that faith - unquestioning belief without evidence - is a virtue to be respected is inherently dangerous and destructive.
This book is not intended to convert religious people to atheism; it is meant to solidify the latent atheism of agnostics and pseudo-theists among intellectuals, and to begin eroding the stigma attached to atheism. ]]>