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A -- GENERAL WORKSnone read to date
B -- PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION {goal reached Nov. 2007}
November:
Your Brain is (almost) Perfect by Read [4 stars]Montague
Ecopsychology by Theodore Roszak [5 stars]
Gut Feelings by Gert Gigerenzer [4 stars]
December:
How Brains Think by William H. Calvin [4 stars]
The Ethical Imagination by Margaret Somerville [4 stars]
The Heart of Things by A.C. Grayling [5 stars]
C -- AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY January:
Beyone Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure by Daniel Quinn
D -- WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC. November:
On Deep History and the Brain by Daniel Lord Smail [2 stars]
E -- HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS none read to date
F -- HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS {goal reached Dec. 2007}
December:
My Years as Prime Minister by Jean Chretien [3 stars]
Towards a Canada of Light by B. W. Powe [3 stars]
H -- SOCIAL SCIENCES {goal reached Nov. 2007}
October:
21st Century Capitalism by R Heilbroner [5 stars]
November:
The City of Words by Alberto Manguel [3 stars]
December:
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson [4 stars]
January 2008:
Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change by David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney [4 stars]
We Are Smarter Than Me: How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business Barry Libert & John Spector [2 stars]
What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics edited by Andras Szanto [4 stars]
J -- POLITICAL SCIENCE {goal reached Nov. 2007}
October:
The End of America: A Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf [4 stars]
November:
The Real World of Democracy by C.B. MacPherson [3 stars]
The Modern Prince: What Leaders Need to Know Now by Carnes Lord [2 stars]
Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life by Robert B. Reich [4 stars]
December:
Thinking Points Communicating Our American Values and Vision by George Lakoff [5 stars]
Whose Freedom: The Battle over America's Most Important Idea by George Lakoff [4 stars]
Conservatives Without Conscience by John W. Dean [3 stars]
K -- LAW none read to date
L -- EDUCATION none read to date
M -- MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC none read to date
P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE {goal reached Nov. 2007}
Language:
November:
The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language by Christine Kenneally [4 stars]
December:
The Solid Form of Language: An Essay on Writing and Meaning by Robert Bringhurst [3 stars]
Literature:
November:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick [4 stars]
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn [3 stars]
The Story of B by Daniel Quinn [4 stars]
December:
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson [4 stars]
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman [4 stars]
The Futurist by James P. Othmer [3 stars]
Truth About Stories by Thomas King [5 stars]
Q -- SCIENCE {goal reached Oct. 2007}
October:
The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit by Melvin Konner [4 stars]
The Compassionate Brain: A Revolutionary Guide to Developing Your Intelligence to its Full Potential by Gerald Huther [3 stars]
November:
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring by Alex MacGillivray [3 stars]
Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance, and the Culture of Control by Derrick Jensen [1 star]
Kuhn vs. Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science by Steve Fuller [3 stars]
December:
Creation: Life and How to Make It by Steve Grand [4 stars]
Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy, and Politics of Global Warming by Christopher Essex and Ross McKitrick [1 star]
R -- MEDICINE {goal reached Dec. 2007}
November:
The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout [3 stars]
December:
Darwinian Fairytales: Selfish Genes, Errors of Heredity, and Other Fables of Evolution by David Stove [2 stars]
S -- AGRICULTURE none read to date
T -- Technology {goal reached Jan. 2008}
November:
The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating by Alisa Smith, J.B. Mackinnon [3 stars]
January:
The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way We Live with Technology by Kim Vicente [3 stars]
U -- MILITARY SCIENCEnone read to date
V -- NAVAL SCIENCE none read to date
Z -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL) none read to date
as I don't know if I'll actually find books I want to read in this category, I'm using it temporarily to record books I've read that I haven't been able to determine the LOC number yet:
October:
The Islamist [4 stars]
The Lore of Averages [2 stars]
November:
Mystic Trudeau [4 stars]
How to Re-imagine the world [3 stars]
January 2008:
A New Religion? H+ (plus) [2 stars]
Knocked the "T - Technology" group off the list the 2nd of January. At three months and 2 days into my personal challenge I've completed the task for 8 of the 21 LOC groups... I've still to tackle the most challenging groups however.
A -- General Works
B -- Philospophy, Psychology, Religion
C -- Auxiliary Sciences of History
D -- World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
E -- History of the Americas
F -- History of the Americas
G -- Geography. Anthropology.Recreation
H -- Social Sciences
J -- Political Science
K -- Law
L -- Education
M -- Music and Books on Music
N-- Fine Arts
P -- Language and Literature
Q -- Science
R -- Medicine
S -- Agriculture
T -- Technology
U -- Military Science
V -- Naval Science
Z -- Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources (General)