Boys and their non-fiction. Sigh. Although I did convince him to read Little Bee last year, and he is a diehard Rumpole fan.
For those without 20/2o vision, the titles are below.
From the top:
- Freedom: a collection of short fiction celebrating the universal declaration of human rights
- The boy in the moon by Ian Brown
- Kristallnacht by Martin Gilbert
- The drug trial: Nancy Olivieri and the science scandal that rocked The Hospital for Sick Children by Miriam Shuchman
- The geography of hope: a tour of the world we need by Chris Turner (Dewey Divas pick)
- Science and religion, 1450-1900 by Richard Olson
- An imperfect offering by James Orbinski
- The art and politics of science by Harold Varmus
- Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens
- The moral landcape by Sam Harris
- The best American essays 2010, edited by Hitchens
- The book of general ignorance by John Lloyd and John Michinson
- Opening gambits: essays on art and philosophy by Mark Kingwell
- Quantum leaps: 100 scientists who changed the world by Jon Balchin
- Philosophy: 100 essential thinkers by Philip Stokes
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (I am so stealing this from him)
- The Oxford book of modern science writing, edited by Richard Dawkins
- Thomas Paine's Rights of man by Christopher Hitchens
- Luka and the fire of life by Salman Rushdie (ARC - thanks again, Divas!)
- Nomad by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- The emperor of all maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Earth: the book by John Stewart
Great reading list Kris! But don't bother with The Moral Landscape. Harris is a charlatan.
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I blame myself. I brought that home based on the title alone, I think.
ReplyDeleteHmm, only the Ian Brown looks like a library book.
ReplyDeleteGreat list. Now mine just got longer.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best books I have ever read from the standpoint of writing and subject matter. It was thought provoking and made me want to know more. I don't know if I agree with everything the author says, but can understand why she says what she does.
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