What's on your bookshelf? What is your next purchase?

[Horse with no Name]

You are what you read.

Looking up at my shelves, in no particular order:

Best Loved Garden Plants
What's so Amazing about Grace
Gynecology--Well Woman Care
Holy Bible
Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Websters Dictionary
Websters Thesaurus
My Life--Bill Clinton
Crossing the Rubicon--Michael Ruppert
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas--Hunter S. Thompson
Plausible Denial--Mark Lane
Earth in the Balance--Al Gore
Our Endangered Values--Jimmy Carter
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Poems of Childhood

I have decided after all of the debate that my next literary purchase will be "Remembering the Alamo:Memory, Modernity, and the Master Symbol"
by Richard R. Flores.

http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/florem.html

[chancew]

1. Well....

I will have to write a list but I am reading A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut.

[Horse with no Name]

2. Great book

:thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

3. Well, I have over 1,000 books, so I'll do categories

Politics (I have a mini-GWB library)
Native American Myth and Culture
Spiritual Books
Biography
Research Books
Books on Psychology (I was a psych major in college)
Mystery and Detective Fiction
True Crime

Edited to add: Not sure what my next purchase will be.

[notadmblnd]

4. you don't even want me to go to the book shelf

here's just the ones that are lying on my bed

Americas Secret Establishment
An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones, Anthony C Sutton

The Hiram Key
Pharoah, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secrect Scrolls of Jesus, Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas

State of War
The secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration, James Risen

Writing to Learn, William Zinsser

The CD player has Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins in it and in my car, Sorrows of the Empire by Chalmers Johnson.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. Girl?! Were we twins separated at birth or something?

I have 2 of those within arms reach... and if I roll my chair a few feet...

:)

[notadmblnd]

12. Wow! we must be

Hi sis! :hi:

[LSK]

5. i've got tons on my bookshelf

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer (done)
Big Lies by Joe Conason (done)
1984 by Orwell (done)
The Great Unraveling by Paul Krugman (almost done)
My Life by Bill Clinton (half way thru)
European Dream by Jeremy Rifkin (half way thru)
Fooled Again by Mark Crispin Miller (next?)
The Politics of Truth by Joe Wilson
The Truth with Jokes by Al Franken
Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Plus more...

[Katherine Brengle]

6. My master list:

I am a bookie... :)

Recent/current reads:

***Cunt: A Declaration of Independence (Inga Muscio)***
Crashing the Gate (Jerome Armstrong and Kos)
Transforming a Rape Culture (collected essays)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Mismeasure of Woman (Carol Tavris)
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (Wilhelm Reich) *heavy read warning

On the Shelf/Soon to be Read:

The Second Stage (Betty Friedan)
Real Rape (Susan Estrich)

Suggested Reading:

Don't Think of an Elephant (George Lakoff)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville--just bc it is truly amazing)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
Passionate Declarations/People's History of the US (both Howard Zinn)
Understanding Power (Noam Chomsky)
Propaganda and the Public Mind (Chomsky)
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (Wilhelm Reich)


(At this point, I also rec that every living human being read Muscio--it may seem like a crazy title, but I guarantee your entire world will be shaken by this little book.)

I am too lazy to go in the other room and actually look, but I am sure there are more I should add...

[newspeak]

37. YES, I've read

Wilhelm Reich's "The Mass Psychology of Fascism"--also, read the "Handmaids Tale". Have you read "Into the Forest?" My book is packed away, so I don't remember the author. It's about two sisters in the San Francisco area when energy is depleted. They wind up surviving in the forest.

[Katherine Brengle]

45. That sounds really interesting--I'm gonna look it up

Thanks! :hi:

[pauliedangerously]

8. Too lazy to type

[alfredo]

9. Right now I'm reading "American Theocracy" Kevin Phillips

From where I am sitting I see:
"I Didn't do it for You" Michela Wrong, (history of colonialism in Eritrea) Knew people interviewed for this book
"Pax Atomica" Campbell McGrath (poetry) One of my favorite poets
"AppleScript For Dummies" tom Trinko (need help with a script)
"The Human Condition" Hannah Arendt (self flagalation)
"Body of Secrets" James Bamford (lived part of this book)
"Buddhism without Belief" Stephen Batchelor (I feel so centered)
there's a bunch other books, but it's getting late.

[liveoaktx]

10. Cobra 3 and, when it comes out in US, "Lawless World"

[BeHereNow]

11. #1 can't put it down? David Halberstam: The Fifties

Amazing read.
BHN

[liveoaktx]

18. What's the gist of it?

[BeHereNow]

20. An incredibly insightful summary of what happened

during the fifties, chapter by chapter, with glimmers that
lead the reader to understand how those years have impacted our culture (good and bad)
and collective consciousness as "Americans."
What I particularly like about the book is that he simply
narrates history in a was that can not fail to illuminate the reader
in regards to current events, without pushing you to the obvious
deduction of HOW the fifties impacted the "American dream" that
we all grew up believing, yet is no longer even remotely realistic.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
BHN

[Swamp Rat]

13. I have about 400 books in my bedroom alone

Probably about 3-5,000 in the house (that were't destroyed by Katrina-threw out about 1,000 or more). Years ago I had to add a column and structural support to the house so it would not collapse from the weight of all the books... and that was after I gave away, donated, and threw out about 1,000 journals and books.

[BeHereNow]

15. LOL- I know how you feel...

Sorry you lost some to the storm, but laughing because
you sound like me...I couldn't beging to count my books.
I finally had to spring for someone to come in and build five
huge installations (bookshelves) for them all...
and don't get me started on my 78 record collection...
I will have to make a LOT more money to house them
properly.
Of all the things in the world to collect,
why did I choose the heaviest?
Books and 78 records?
How can I ever move?
BHN

[Swamp Rat]

17. These are the texts I have read in the last few weeks:

(reposted from another thread asking if I read any social science books lately... I think they were expecting me to mention just one. :D)

In addition to the books, I have read dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles and hundreds of newspaper articles.

Durkheim, Emile. 1997. The Division of Labor in Society. New York: The Free Press. ISBN: 0684836386.

Geertz, Clifford. 1973. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books. ISBN: 0465097197.

Graeber, David. 2001. Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value. New York: Palgrave. ISBN: 0312240457.

Harvey, David. 1990. The Condition of Postmodernity. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN: 0631162941.

Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. 2003. Global Transformations: Anthropology and the Modern World. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 0312295219.

Tucker, Robert C., ed. 1978. The Marx-Engels Reader. New York: Norton. ISBN: 0-393-09040-X.

Weber, Max. 1958. From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. New York: Oxford. ISBN: 0195004620.

The titles pretty much describe the contents.

I have also read a few more books, but they concern GIScience, remote sensing, and GIS software.

I am a reading machine.

[BeHereNow]

19. Now I'm the jealous one! You have a LOT more time to read than I do...

and I am a FAST reader...
BHN

[Swamp Rat]

21. I do not sleep, though I lOVE to sleep.

To be fair, I am working on both a masters degree and PhD (piled high and deep! :D) right now, and a GIS certification. So it is my job to read, as well as my joy... if only I could earn money this way! ;)

[BeHereNow]

23. What is your Masters/PhD in?

That sounds exciting- after years of stay home momness,
I am thinking of completing my masters.
I don't sleep either, as you can tell...
LOL
BHN

[Swamp Rat]

29. I suppose one could

call me a professional student. Maybe one could call it creative procrastination, or "How To Not Pay Back Student Loans: A guide For The Unemployed Graduate." :D

I have a couple degrees in music, and am currently working in anthropology/computer science/sociology/urban planning... and a I have a few degrees from the school of hard knocks. Cher, I want diplomas for surviving the LATTER!!! :D

When I split New Orleans (Katrina) I left my diplomas hanging on the wall. I didn't even think about that. I was only worried about my family, including my dogs, and finding a safe route outta town. I did rue, however, leaving thousands of pieces of sheet music, and all my translation work and research in medaeval/renaissance music manuscripts, and musical instruments. Fortunately I saved most of my important belongings! ... though hurricane season is coming and the levees are NOT fixed! :scared:

[Reader Rabbit]

33. Are you at the University of Chicago?

Your books sound like they came directly from the reading list of my Masters program there!

LOL

[Name removed]

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[BeHereNow]

16. Uh...what was that? A freeper troll jealous of people who CAN read?

Missed it while I was replying to Swamprat,
but jealous freeper that CAN'T read would be my first guess...

BHN

[Viva_La_Revolution]

22. It drives me nuts...

not knowing what they said.

is that wrong of me? :)

[BeHereNow]

24. No, you're not nuts-curiousity is a sign of intelligence!

A thinking person can't help but wonder about the
context of a deleted post in a "what's on your book shelf" thread...
I mean, think about it.
And you did.
BHN

[Viva_La_Revolution]

26. ...

:hug:

[BeHereNow]

27. Back at ya-

:hug:
BHN

[Syrinx]

25. you might think I'm obsessed or something

"The Bush Betrayal," James Boval

"Sore Winners," John Powers

"The Politics Of Deceit," Glenn Smith

"State Of War: The Secret History Of the CIA And The Bush Administration," James Risen

"Fraud: The Strategy Behind The Bush Lies And Why The Media Didn't Tell You," Paul Waldman

"Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women And The Rise Of Raunch Culture," Ariel Levy

"Here's Johnny," Ed McMahon

"Gasping For Airtime: Two Years In The Trenches Of Saturday Night Live," Jay Mohr

[suffragette]

28. If I started listing what's on my bookshelf, I'd sound just like

the beginning of Italo Calvino"s "If on a winter's night a traveler." It was so eerie when I began that book since I'd prepared just as the reader had and he described my bookshelf perfectly.
Here's the beginning of that: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0156439611/ref=sib_dp_pop_ex/102-0516808-1929752?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S00G#reader-link
The bookshelf description is a couple pages in.

My current read is actually a re-read. I saw a used copy of "He, She and It" by Marge Piercy and picked it up since I gave my last one away. Took a bus, started reading and, again, can not put it down. With what's been going on the last few years, it's even more powerful this time around.

[H2O Man]

30. My house has

17 rooms; there are book shelves in every room. I look forward to the local libraries having "book sales" each spring, when I stock up on dozens of new "old" books. Most months, I go to a local bookstore and buy a pile of books. I order others through the mail.

Books allow one to converse with the greatest minds in history.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

31. I went to Hay-on-Wye - which is a 2nd hand book Mecca - on Saturday

where I picked up the following for just under £15:

Richard Dawkins - The Ancestor's Tale
Molly Ivins - Who Let The Dogs In
Larry Flynt - Sex, Lies and Politics
Bremner, Bird & Fortune - You Are Here
Ron Suskind - The Price of Loyalty
Joseph Heller - Good as Gold
Hubert Selby Jr - Last Exit To Brooklyn
Dennis Cooper - Try (which I didn't think I had, but I do)
Robert Littell - Legends
Peter Farelly - The Comedy Writer
Will Ferguson - Happiness


... however (aside from "You Are Here" which I read Sunday, and is excellent) they will just join the creeping pile of books I'm still yet to read.

I'm currently reading Sam Harris' The End of Faith and Sunshine on Putty (which is just awful) by Ben Thompson.

[Reader Rabbit]

34. Plan to go there during X-mas holidays in Wales!

It sounds like an entire town full of Powell's City of Books!

http://www.powells.com/

Any suggestions or recommendations?

[fed-up]

32. I have over 20,000 books and am moving in a month or two-time to read???

I only get to read about 4 pages a night lately before I fall asleep. Right now reading Joseph Wilson's book which I got autographed last week.

Am in the beginning stages of boxing/sorting what will get moved to storage and what will move into boyfriend's with me...

And I think I will be ready to list my house in a month or two-hahahaha

[newspeak]

35. oh no,

I can't list all of the books I have--we recently moved and are renting until our house is built--I have over forty boxes of books. Fiction, philosophy, theology, spirituality, history, political, astronomy--you name it!!! I just ordered "They Thought They Were Free." It hasn't come in yet. And, just last night bought "Off Center" by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson. My hubby is reading "Man Without a Country" by Kurt Vonnegut. After he reads it, it's my turn.

[trackfan]

36. It's hell to move. We had 4,000 books last time we moved

and it took about a month of pre-move to get all the books boxed up.

[newspeak]

40. yep, we rented a storage facility

and I was driving back and forth to unload boxes and boxes of books. Unfortunately, we got a second level storage locker--boy, oh boy, what a mistake!!!! Climbing those stairs with heavy boxes of books. My hubby is going to build me a ceiling to floor, wall to wall bookshelf!!!! I can't wait!

[fed-up]

44. Upstairs!!!!! My storage is at ground level, so far I have mostly filled a

10x20 and will soon rent another one.

The good news is that I will have a 11x23 Den, plus plans to build (after my house sells) a 10x40 storage room for my books to be on shelves. That way I won't have to pay yearly storage fees except for the books that I will slowly sell off at the local flea market.

[fed-up]

43. I've been packing for last few months-ones to sell at flea market, I have

huge collections of Pol Sci, Earthquakes, San Francisco, California, gardening, cookbooks, health and science fiction.

So many books, so little time....

Almost all were obtained at garage sales, thrift stores, rummage sales, estate sales and of course the local library sale.

The only books that I have bought new recently (last few years), were Tom Hartman's book-We The People, The Terror Timeline-from cooperativeresearch, Crossing the Rubicon (fromthewilderness) and a few on genetically engineered foods.

I can't wait til I get my house sold and get into a smaller mortgage, then I will have time to read again!

Good news is that neighbor's house just sold in 3 weeks for the asking price!! Market is still strong in my neighborhood, here in northern CA.

[Sammy Pepys]

38. A sample

Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Battle Cry of Freedom - James McPherson (reading this right now)
John Adams - David McCullough
Two Volumes of Sherlock Holmes stories
Various David Sedaris titles
Various Chuck Klosterman titles
The Big Oyster - Mark Kurlansky (probably my next read)
Various Viking Portable readers
Mason and Dixon - Thomas Pynchon

[gatorboy]

39. Currently I'm reading several books.

But it depends on which bathroom I'm in at the time :P

Just finished "I Am Legend" and "Cell"

Now reading: "God's Politics" and "The Last Templar"

[Odin2005]

41. Too many books to post all of them.

A Study of History -Arnold Toynbee
The Ancestor's Tale -Richard Dawkins
A Brief History of Time -Stephen Hawking
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory -Steven J. Gould
Our Inner Ape -Frans De Waal (Human Evolution)
Cradle of Life -Bill Schoff (Precambrian life)
The Diversity of Life -E. O. Wilson
Hyperspace -Micho Kaku (theoratical physics)
The Journey of Man -Spencer Wells (the genetic history of modern humans)
The Weather Makers -Tim Flannery (global warming)
The Clash of Civlizations -Samuel Huntington (modern geopolitics)
Earth: An Intimate History -Richard Fortey
Dinosaurs of the Air -Gergory Paul (bird-like dinosaurs and the origion of birds)
Guns, Germs, and Steel -Jared Diamond
Red Mars; Green Mars; Blue Marse; Forty Signs of Rain -Kin Stanley Robinson

[walldude]

42. My bookshelves are sagging

I need to build more. They are full of everything from Biographies and Political Commentaries to Romance Novels and Star Wars books. I just finally broke down and read the Da Vinci Code, which read more like a screenplay than a book. My oldest son (11) has just turned to the classics, he's reading Around The World in 80 Days and Gullivers Travels. I was so proud when I took him to the bookstore and he bypassed his usual humor section and went for the classics. Oh and Harry Potter is very popular in our house...

[ThomWV]

46. Just Bought A Classic: Plato's Republic

For whatever reason I have never read it. No one made me and I just never did read it. Within 3 pages I knew I was dealing with the real thing.

Why didn't someone make me read this when I was a kid?