FICTION Donna Leon, "Drawing Conclusions: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery" Salley Vickers, "Dancing Backwards: A Novel" (or another of hers)
HISTORY Nicholson Baker, "Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization" William Marvel, "Mr. Lincoln Goes to War" (vs. Lincoln hagiography)
PHILOSOPHY G. A. Cohen, "Why Not Socialism?" Herbert McCabe, "The Good Life: Ethics and the Pursuit of Happiness"
POLITICS Noam Chomsky, "Hopes & Prospects" (or really anything else of his) Norman Finkelstein, "'This Time We Went Too Far': Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion"
THEOLOGY David Bentley Hart, "Atheist Delusions" Terry Eagleton, "Religion, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate"
POETRY David Orr, "Beautiful & Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry" Mary Karr, "Sinners Welcome: Poems"
ECONOMICS Ha-Joon Chang, "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism" Sasha Lilley (ed.), "Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult"
On 5/4/11 7:54 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote:
> it's that time again: tell me what to read!
>
> Anything you've seen lately on the new fiction or new non-fiction shelves that
> you've read or would like to? Any good social or political theory/philosophy
> books that everybody's reading. What about sociology Alan?
>
> Also, I'm up for totally trashy beach reading. And if Liza's reading, please
> send me your list of hilarious reads you once asked about on your facebook
> page. People sent in a slew of suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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