Crystal's Reading List

[recently finished] [to read: fiction] [to read: nonfiction]

Currently reading:

Isolde: Queen of the Western Isle by Rosalind Miles

Babylon5 Legions of Fire: Book II Armies of Light and Dark by Peter David

Standardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture and What We Can Do To Change It Peter Sacks

Geek Love by Katheriine Dunn

Recently Finished:

Nevermore by Harold Schechter. A fictional account of a murder mystery solved by Edgar Allan Poe with the help of Davy Crocket which becomes source material for Poe's best work.(10/03) [rating 3.5]

Shield of Three Lions by Pamela Kaufman young girl disguised as a boy ends up on Crusade as King Richard's page. Entertaining. (9/03) [rating 3]

Patricia Cornwell, Unnatural Exposure (on tape, read by Blair Brown) (9/03) [rating 3.5]

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle (9/03) [rating 3.5]

Babylon5 Legions of Fire: Book I The Long Night of Centauri Prime, Peter David (8/03) [rating 3]

Tricky Business by Dave Barry (on tape read by Dick Hill) (8/03) [rating 3.5]

The Lecturer's Tale by (8/03) [rating 3]

Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondatje (on tape, read by Alan Cummngs)(8/03) [rating 3]

Paul Collins, Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books(8/03) [rating 3.5]

The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman (8/03) [rating 3.5]

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (7/03) [rating 4]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (7/03) [rating 4.5] -- I don't know when a book has captured my imagination more!

Heart of Glass by Diane Noble (07/01) [rating 4]

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier (6/03) one of the best I've read recently -- retelling of great fairy tale [rating 4]

Savannah by Eugenia Price (5/03) second reading [rating 3.5]

Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident by Eoien Colfer (intermed fiction)(6/03) [rating 3.5]

Time Line by Michael Crichton (on tape; abridged) [05/03] rating 3.5

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (on tape, read by Ralph Fiennes) [05/03] rating 4

Tess Gerritson, Gravity (on tape)[05/03] rating 3.5

I am Mordred by Nancy Springer (intermed fiction) [05/03] rating 3.5

Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley [04/03] rating 3

The Midwife's Apprentice by Cushman (intermed fiction) [04/03] rating 3.5

Counter-Clock World by Philip K. Dick [04/03] rating 3

Bill Bryson, Neither Here Nor There (on tape read by the author) [04/03] rating 3

Neil Gaiman, Two Plays for Voices: Snow Glass Apples (featuring Bebe Newirth) and Murder Mysteries (featuring Brian Dennehy) (on tape) [04/03] rating 3

Cursed in the Blood by Sharan Newman [03/03] rating 3.5. I love all of the Catherine LaVandeur books and this is no different.

The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde [3/03] rating 2.5

Pendragon: The Merchant of Death D. J. MacHale [3/03] rating 3

Patricia Cornwell, Body of Evidence (on tape read by C.J. Critt) [2/03] rating 3.5

House of Babel J.C. Jersild [2/03] rating 2.5

Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (on tape read by author)[1/03] rating 4

The Archer's Tale, Bernard Cornwell [12/02] rating 3.5

City of Dreams, Beverly Swerling [12/02] rating 3.5

Holes, Louis Sachar [11/02] rating 4.5

P.G. Wodehouse, Much Obliged, Jeeves! (on tape) [11/02] rating 3

Laurie Halse Anderson, Fever 1793 (intermediate fiction) [11/02] rating 3.5

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood; read by Elizabeth Perkins [10/02] rating 4.5

Coraline, Neil Gaiman (intermediate fiction) [10/02] rating 3

Fatherland, Robert Harris (on tape; read by Werner Klemperer) [10/02] rating 2.5

The Name of the Rose, Umberto Echo (on tape; read by Theodore Bikel) [10/02] rating 4

Laurie Halse Anderson, Catalyst (young adult fiction) [10/02] rating 4

Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris (audio read by author)[9/02] rating 4.5

B.K.S. Iyengar, Yoga: Path to Holistic Health [9/02] rating 4.5

Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross [9/02] rating 3.5

Amy Tan, The Bone Setter's Daughter (on CD; read by Amy Tan and Joan Chen [9/02] rating 4

Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses (on tape; read by Amy Tan) [8/02] rating 3

David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day (on CD; read by David Sedaris) [8/02] rating 4

H.G. Wells' Classic The Invisible Man abridged by Inc Alien Voices (on tape; performed by Leonard Nimoy, John De Lancie, et al) [8/02] rating 2.5

Birds of Prey, J.A. Jance (abridged, on tape; read by Cotter Smith ) [7/02] rating 3

Kathy Reichs, Fatal Voyage (abridged, on tape; read by Katherine Borowitz) [6/02] rating 3.5

Jeanne Kalogridis, The Burning Times [4/02] rating 2.5-3

George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings [3/02] rating 3

Jack Whyte, The Skystone: The Forging of Arthur's Britain [3/02] rating 3.5

Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card [3/02] rating 3.5

Maeve Binchy,Tara Road(on CD; read by Terry Donnelly) [5/02] rating 3.5

Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys [2/02] rating 3

Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game [1/02] rating 4.5

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Maguire [1/02] rating 4

Sharan Kay Penman, Cruel as the Grave [1/02] rating 3.5

The Christmas Crocodile by Bonny Becker, illus. David Small (pb: age 4-8) [12/01] rating 4.5

Miracles and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis [12/01] rating 4

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling [12/01] rating 4.5

Crispin, The Pig Who Had It All by Ted Dewan (pb: age 4-8)[12/01] rating 4

Boomer's Surprise by Constance W. McGeorge, illus. by Mary Whyte (pb: age 4-8) [12/01] rating 3.5

Skipping Christmas, John Grisham [12/01] rating 4.5

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling [11/01] rating 4.5

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling [11/01] rating 4

Marguerite Makes a Book by Bruce Robertson, illus. Kathryn Hewitt (pb: age 9-11) [11/01] third reading; rating 4

The Leaf Men by William Joyce (pb: age 4-8) [11/01] rating 3

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling [10/01] rating 4.5

Connie Willis, Passage (mystery/thriller) [10/01] rating 4

STTNG I.Q. by John De Lancie and Peter David (on tape read by De Lancie) [10/01] rating 3.5

Gail Tsukiyama, Women of the Silk [10/01] rating 3.5

Lloyd Alexander, The High King (Book III in Chronicles of Phrydian) (inter. fantasy) [10/01] rating 3

The Black Cauldron (Book II in Chronicles of Phrydian), Lloyd Alexander (inter. fantasy) [9/01] rating 3

Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three (book I in Chronicles of Phrydian) (intermediate fantasy) [9/01] rating 3.5

The Burning Times by Jeanne Kalogridis (hf) [9/01] rating 3

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator) (pb: age 9-12) [9/01] rating 4

American Gods, Neil Gaiman [9/01] rating 4

Halloween Rain (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, No 2), Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder [9/01] rating 3.5

The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups revealed and illustrated by David Wisniewski (pb) [9/01] rating 4

Dogzilla, written and directed by Dav Pilkey (pb) [9/01] rating 4.5

Kat Kong, written and directed by Dav Pilkey (pb) [9/01] rating 4.5

Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman [9/01] rating 3.5

Richie Tankersley Cusick The Harvest (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, No 1) [8/01] rating 4

Cane River, Lalita Tademy [8/01] rating 4

Babylon 5: In the Beginning, Peter David [8/01] rating 4

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant [8/01] rating 4

Goodnight Opus by Berkleley Breathed (pb) [8/01] rating 5

Lau Lau of Dragon Mountain by Margaret Bateson-Hill, Francesca Pelizzoli (pb) [8/01] rating 4

The Irish Cinderelad, by Shirley Climo, illus. Loretta Krumpinski (pb) [8/01] rating 3.5

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Judi Barrett, illus. Ron Barrett (pb) [8/01] rating 3.5

George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones [7/01] rating 4

The Rough-Faced Girl, Rafe Martin and David Shannon (pb) [7/01] rating 4

Donna Jo Napoli and Richard Tchen, Spinners (ya) [7/01] rating 4

I'll Always Be Your Friend by Sam McBratney, Kim Lewis, illustrator (pb) [7/01] rating 4.5

Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine, Mark Elliot, illus. (intermediate fiction ages 9-12) [7/01] rating 3.5

Diplomatic Immunity, Grant Sutherland
[6/01] rating 3.5

The Four Agreements : A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, a Toltec Wisdom Book by Miguel Ruiz [6/01] rating 5

The Gospel of Judas, Simon Mawer [6/01] rating 3

The Book That Jack Wrote, Jon Scieszka, illus. Daniel Adel (pb) [6/01] rating 3.5

Timothy Tib, Liz Graham-Yooll (pb) [6/01] rating 4

A Bug's Life: The Quest for the One Big Thing, story by Lou Fancher, paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher (pb) [5/01] rating 3.5

Daisy and the Beastie by Jane Simmons (pb) [5/01] rating 4.5

Praying With Katie: God, My Cat and Me, Don Holt [5/01] rating 4

Lauren Child, Beware of the Storybook Wolves (pb) [5/01] rating 4

Hazel Hutchins, One Dark Night, illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung (pb) [5/01] rating 3

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire I), George R. R. Martin [/01] rating 3

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter (pb) [5/01] rating 4

Herbert the Lion, Clare Turlay Newberry (pb) [5/01] rating 4

The Girl With a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier [5/01] rating 4

A. Birnbaum, Green Eyes (pb) [5/01] rating 4.5

Fred Marcellino, I, Crocodile (pb) [5/01] rating 4.5

David Wiesner, The Three Pigs (pb) [5/01] rating 4

Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch, The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit [5/01] (picture book -- German original Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat) rating 4.5

London by Edward Rutherfurd [5/01] rating 3

Crickwing by Janell Cannon (pb)[5/01] rating 5

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer [5/01] rating 5

B.K.S. Iyengar, Yoga The Path to Holistic Healing [4/01] rating 5

'A' is for Alibi by Sue Grafton [03/01] rating 3.5

Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weightloss: The Visual Program for Permanent Weight Loss by Howard M. Shapiro [03/01] rating 4

Caleb Carr, The Alienist [03/01] rating 4.5

Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life [02/01] (very short) rating 3.5

Suzanne Glass, The Interpreter [02/01] rating 3

Good Times With Teddy Bear, by Jacqueline McQuade (picturebook) [2/01] rating 4

The Maiden and the Unicorn by Isolde Martyn [01/01] rating 3.5

'Tis, by Frank McCourt (on tape) [01/01] rating 4

Longitude, Dava Sobel [12/00] rating 4

Neil Finn: Once Removed, Mark Smith, photos; Neil Finn, words [12/00] rating 3.5

The More I See You, Lynn Kurland [11/00] rating 3.5

Robert Harris, Enigma [11/00] rating 3.5

Clare Turlay Newberry, Barkis [11/00] picturebook, rating 4

Lynn Kurland, Another Chance to Dream [10/00] rating 3.5

Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy [9/00] rating 4

Stardust by Neil Gaiman (sf) [8/00] rating 4.5

Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati (hf) [8/00] rating 4.5

Angela's Ashes (book on tape) written and read by Frank McCourt [8/00] rating 5

Ian Pears An Instance of the Fingerpost (hf/m) [7/00] rating 4

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman (hf) [6/00] rating 4

Drums of Autumn by Diane Gabaldon (hf) [4/3/00] rating 5

Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross (hf)[1/28/00] rating 4

Mittens by Clare Turlay Newberry (picture book) [1/00] rating 4

While Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman (hf) [12/99] rating 4

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg (m) [12/99] rating 3

The Twelve Days of Christmas Cats by Don Daily (picturebook) [12/99] rating 4

Daisy Fay & the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg [11/99] rating 3

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto [10/99] rating 4

The Exhausted School: The first National Grassroots Speakout On the Right to School Choice edited by John Taylor Gatto [11/99] rating 4

On Pilgrimage by Jennifer Lash [11/99] rating 4

Witchworld by Andre Norton [10/99] rating 3

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman [10/99] rating 4

Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis [11/99] rating 3

Range of Motion by Elizabeth Berg [09/99] rating 3

 

Rating Scale 0-5

0 = I wouldn't even waste space on a piece of trash this bad

1= Not very good, but maybe there's some value in the book for someone under certain circumstances

2= I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone, but it's not too bad

3= This is a good book. I recommend it, but it might not be for everybody.

4=This is a great book. I highly recommend it. Everyone may not love it, but most will agree, I think that it's a good book.

5=What are you waiting for? Go out and get this book now!

Key: haveneed

 

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Crystal's Books to Read List:





Fantasy:


Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time I)

Gregory Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Andre Norton, Anals of the Witch World

Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett

Men at Arms Terry Pratchett

Guards, Guards! Terry Pratchett

Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett

Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett

The Last Continent, Terry Pratchett


General Fiction


Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami

Midwives by Bohjalian, Chris

Peter Carey, Bliss

The Anna Papers by Ellen Gilchrist

Thoroughly Kissed by Kristine Grayson

The Tennis Players by Lars Gustafsson

Tale of a Dog: From the Diaries and Letters of a Texan Bankruptcy Judge by Lars Gustafsson

Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson

Susan Hill, Mrs. deWinter (s)

Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

When We Were Orphans, Kazuo Ishiguro

Shirley Jackson, Just an Ordinary Day (short stories)

Ken Kessey, Sometimes A Great Notion

No Great Mischief, by Allistair Macleod

This is Not a Novel, David Markson

Heather McGowan, Schooling

Michael Palin, Hemmingway's Chair

Anne Perry, Pentecost Alley

Silvia Plath, The Bell Jar

Pay It Forward, by Catherine Ryan

Judith Minthorn Stacy, Maggie Sweet

The Hearts and Lives of Men by Fay Weldon

One Hundred and One Ways by Mako Yoshikawa

Amrita: a novel by Banan Yoshimoto


Historical Fiction:


Down the Common, a year in the life of a Medieval Woman by Ann Baer

Silk, Alessandro Baricco

Julie Beard, The Maiden's Heart

The Burning Road by Ann Benson

Alice Borchardt, Devoted

The Beacon of Alexandria by Bradshaw, Gillian

The Sword and the Miracle by Melvyn Bragg (f)

Kathryn Lynn Davis, All We Hold Dear (romance)

Arabella Edge, The Company

The Samurai, Shusaku Endo

Daughter of Troy by Sarah B. Franklin (hf)

Marianne Frederiksson, Hanna's Daugters

Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, by Morgan Llywelyn

The Lion of Ireland, by Morgan Llywelyn

Peter Mayle, A Dog's Life

Empress, Evelyn B. McCune

Glenna McRenolds, The Chalice and the Blade (romance)

Zoe Oldenbourg, The World Is Not Enough

Zoe Oldenbourg, The Cornerstone

Sharon Kay Penman, Falls the Shadow

Sharon Kay Penman, The Reckoning

The Serpent Garden, Judith Merkle Riley

José Saramajo, Baltasar and Blimunda

Anya Seton, Green Darkness

Anya Seton, Katherine

Household Gods(time travel) by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove

Anna Lee Waldo, Circle of Stones


Mystery/Thriller:


Icarus by Russell Andrews

Lawrence Block, The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams

The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey

The Murder of Helen Jewett by Patricia Cline Cohen (mystery)

Michael Crichton, Timeline (time travel)

Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (m)

John Dunning, Booked to Die

John Dunning, Deadline

Blackwater (Händelser vid vatten) by Kerstin Ekman

Under the Snow by Kerstin Ekman

Margaret Frazer, The Novice's Tale

The Third Victim, Lisa Gardner

Julie Kaewert, Unbound

Julie Kaewert, Unprintable

Julie Kaewert, Untitled**

Missing Susan, (m) Sharyn McCrumb

Hollowpoint Rob Reuland

Candace M. Robb, The Lady Chapel

Remedy for Treason, Caroline Roe

Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, First Offense

Black Lotus, Laura Joh Rowland


Science Fiction:


Isaac Asimov, The End of Eternity

John De Lancie and Tom Cool, Soldier of Light

Time and Again by Jack Finney (time travel/mystery/romance)

The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel Eric Idle

Connie Willis, Bellwether



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Non Fiction Reading List


Biography/Memoirs/History/Travel Memoirs

Edward Abbey, Desert Solitare

Andrea Ashworth, Once in a House on Fire

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne

I'm a Stranger Here Myself : Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town Americaby Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson, Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe

William Dalrymple, From the Holy Mountain (borrowed from Missy)

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by David Eggers

Bell Hooks, Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work

Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Aldo Leopold, The Sand county Almanac

Falling Leaves, Adeline Yen Mah

This Ain't Er: A Heart Surgeon's Struggle to Keep the Faith, C. Patrick Murrah

Marc Parent, Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life

Dava Sobel, Galileo's Daughter


Education:


Teaching for Social Justice: a Democracy and Education Reader, (publ. pb 8/98)ed. William Ayers

The Culture of Education (publ pb 4/97) by Jerome Bruner

Handbook of Educational Policy (publ 6/99) edited by Gregory J. Cizek

Pedagogy of the Heart (publ pb 9/98) by Paulo Freire

Teachers As Cultural Workers : Letters to Those Who Dare Teach (publ 1/98) by Paulo Freire, Donaldo MacEdo (Translator), Dale Koike (Translator)

Robert L. Fried and Deborah Meier, The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide (reissue 9/96)

The Heart of Learning: Spirituality in Education (publ pb 3/99), ed. by Steven Glazer

Kathryn Greely, Why Fly that Way?: Linking Community and Academic Achievement (pub. 1/01)

Mary Griffith, The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World as Your Child’s Classroom (publ pb 4/98)

Homeschooling Handbook : From Preschool to High School: A Parent's Guide (2nd revised edition: 4/99) by Mary Griffith, Lisa Cooper (Illustrator)

Martin L. Gross, The Conspiracy of Ignorance: The Failure of American Public Schools (publ. pb 9/2000)

Jane M. Healy, Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About it (publ. pb 9/99)

E. D. Hirsch, The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them (publ 9/96)

John Caldwell Holt, Learning All the Time (publ. reprint 9/90)

Teaching to Transgress : Education As the Practice of Freedom (publ pb 9/94), by Bell Hooks

Zachary Karabell, What's College For? The Struggle To Define American Higher Education (publ 10/98)

Donald Kennedy, Academic Duty (publ pb 3/99)

Ronald E. Koetzsch, The Parent's Guide to Alternatives in Education (publ pb 5/97)

Herbert Kohl, Growing Minds on Becoming a Teacher (publ pb 2/89)

Alfie Kohn, The Schools our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and Tougher Standards (pub. 9/99)

Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes (publ. 1999; reissue 4/01)

Alfie Kohn, The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools (publ pb 9/2000)

Etta Kralovec and John Buell, The End of Home Work: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children and Limits Learning (publ 8/2000)

Arthur Levine and Jeanette S. Cureton, When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today's College Student (publ 2/98)

Elaine K. McEwan , 10 Traits of Highly Successful Schools (How You Can Know If Your School Is a Good One) (publ pb 8/99)

Deborah Meier, The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons For America From a Small School In Harlem (reprint 9/96)

Lorraine Monroe, Nothing's Impossible Leadership: Lesson for Inside and Outside the Classroom (publ. pb 4/99)

Greta Nagel, The Tao of Teaching: The Ageless Wisdom of Taoism and the Art of Teaching (publ pb 6/99)

Joe Nathan, Charter Schools: Creating Hope and Opportunity for American Education (publ pb 2/99)

George Dennis O'Brien, All the Essential Half Truths About Higher Education (publ. pb. 12/2000)

Susan Ohanian, One Size Fits a Few: The Folly of Educational Standards (publ. pb. 5/99)

Neil Postman, The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School(reprint 11/96)

Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture and What We Can Do to Change It (publ pb 2/2001)

Laurence Steinberg, Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform has Failed and What Parents Need to Do (reprint: 10/97)


Philosophy/Self Help/Psychology


Jan Secrist and Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, What Else You Can Do With a PhD: A Career Guide for Scholars (publ 9/90)

David A. Shapiro, Choosing The Right Thing To Do: In Life, at Work, in Relationships, and for the Planet


Society/Cultural Studies/Religion/philosophy


Jihad vs. McWorld by Benjamin R. Barber

The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry

Eric Freyfogle, Bounded People: Unbounded Land: Towards A Shared Land Ethic

David Lovekin, Technique, Discourse, and Consciousness: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Jacques Ellul

Earth in Mind by David Orr

Richard Rothstein, The Way We Were?: The Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement

E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Matter

E.F. Schumacher, A Guide to the Perplexed

The World Religions by Huston Smith

Huston Smith, Beyond the Post Modern Mind

Timothy K. Stanton, Dwight E. Giles, Nadinne I. Cruz , Service-Learning: A Movement's Pioneers Reflect on Its Origins, Practice and Future

States of Grace : The Recovery of Meaning in the Postmodern Age by Charlene Spretnak

Roberto M. Unger, Knowledge and Politics

Roberto M. Unger, Passion: An Essay on Personality

Donald Phillip Verene, Philosophy and the Return to Self-Knowledge

(Deep Space and Scared Time: Star Trek in the American Mythos )


True Crime:


An Hour to Kill: Love, Murder and Justice in a Small Southern Town by Dale Hudson, Billy Hills (m)



Maybe:


The Foreign Student by Susan Choi

Delblanc, Sven ??

Steve Erickson, The Sea Came in at Midnight

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

John Fowles, The Collector

The End of the Affair, Graham Greene

Jerzy Kosinski, Pinball
Jerzy Kosinski, Painted Bird

Jonathan Letham, Gun with Occasional Music

Jonathan Letham, Girl in Landscape

Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Joel Rosenberg, Keeper of the Hideaway. (Book 1) The fire Duke (f)

Backburnered:

The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (on tape; read by the author) [04/03] something I may want to pick up again some day, but I just wasn't interested enough to keep listening. She's a good author but wasn't such a great reader.

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (on tape; read by Arte Johnson) [04/03] Arte Johnson reads very well and the bood is interesting, but I just couldn't get into it or care about any of the characters.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor/ Fedor Dostoyevsky. Crime and Punishment.

Italo Calvino If On a Winter's Night a Traveler

Vladimir Nabokov Invitation to a Beheading

Carolyn Nelson Douglas Cat In a Crimson Haze

Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake

Ongoing and/or delayed:

The Dress Lodger, Sheri Holman

I'd Rather Be Laughing, Linda Richman

David Sedaris, Naked

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Partners in Pleasure: Sharing Success, Creating Joy, Fulfilling Dreams -- Together by Paul Pearsall, Ph.D.

Jimmy Carter, An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood

The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'Oh! of Homer (Popular Culter and Philosophy V. 2) by William Erwin (Editor) et al

Hope Meadows by Wes Smith

Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

The End of Education, by Neil Postman

My Lives and How I Lost Them by Christopher Cat

The Outlander Companion by Diane Gabaldon

Light On Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar

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