ISBN 0872862984Against Empire by Michael Parenti 18 Oct 2007 - 16:19 Good discussion of state vs. government. Clarifies the seeming contradictions in U.S. foreign policy vs. stated intentions.
ISBN 0399153519Blue Screen by Robert B. Parker 20 Jun 2006 - 12:33 Jesse Stone meets Sonny Randall. They both talk like Spencer. So does everyone else. Better to know than not know.
ISBN 0192838768Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume 10 Jan 2006 - 16:10 This is really interesting. Hume puts forward terrific arguments against creationism and intelligent design, 100 years before the theory of evolution was formulated.
ISBN 0691058547e: The Story of a Number by Eli Maor 26 Dec 2005 - 13:01 This is yet another book I wish I'd had before I started studying complex analysis. Nice review of the history and use of e.
ISBN 0874808243An Atomic Memoir by Leonard Bird 31 Oct 2005 - 16:12 An uneven but at times moving account of an ex-Marine victim of atomic weapon tests returning for the 3rd time to the Hiroshima Peace Park.
ISBN 0140019014Maigret Goes Home by AuthorGeorgesSimenon Georges Simenon 31 Oct 2005 - 16:10 One of the early novels in the series. Maigret returns to his home village and finds that much has been lost, much has stayed the same.
ISBN 0195172892Torture : A Collection by Sanford Levinson 10 Oct 2005 - 19:36 The United States and some of its allies are using methods of questioning relating to the war on terrorism that could be described as torture or, at the very least, as inhuman and degrading.
ISBN 1594200661Inside the Wire by Erik Saar 09 Jun 2005 - 12:06 An Army linguist's experience as a translator at Guantanamo. No big revelations, but it gives a sense of life at Camp Delta.
ISBN 0805078649Promises Betrayed by Bob Herbert 01 Jun 2005 - 12:14 Collection of NY Times columns - chronicles the cynical attacks on the working classes by Bush and the upper classes.
ISBN 0195019199A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander 22 Apr 2005 - 02:08 A classic work - and not quite what you might expect if you've read books of software patterns. This is far richer, more complete, more in depth.
ISBN 0449223612N is for Noose by Sue Grafton 14 Nov 2004 - 11:46 horrible and annoying The Kinsey Milhone character just gets worse in every novel No more enough this is absolutely the
ISBN 0670892963Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding 17 Oct 2004 - 17:06 _v funny scenes 12 v g believability of Mark Darcy finding anything interesting in self absorbed ignorant incompetent Bridget Jones
ISBN 0399151885Double Play by Robert Parker 29 Sep 2004 - 04:39 set in 1947 the main character is a physically and psychically wounded veteran who hires on to guard Jackie Robinson
ISBN 0142003190A Noble Radiance by Donna Leon 04 Jan 2004 - 16:13 inspector Guido Brunetti of the Venice police department reopens the kidnapping case of Roberto Lorenzoni when Roberto s decomposed remains
ISBN 0553278029A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George 31 Dec 2003 - 01:06 a very well written police procedural set in contemporary England featuring inspector Thomas Lynley and detective sergeant Barbara Havers There
ISBN 0312956738Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin 26 Dec 2003 - 09:59 published 1987 when Rankin was 27 years old Good first novel The John Rebus character is quite different than one
ISBN 0375724389The Tie That Binds by Ken Haruf 03 Dec 2003 - 06:26 the author of Plainsong another novel about hard scrabble life on the Colorado plateau This one was his first novel
ISBN 006019443XThe Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman 22 Oct 2003 - 14:26 another good read from Hillerman This one is a little more political than most making many references to the apparent
ISBN 0812564596Enemy Way by Aimee and David Thurlo 04 Aug 2003 - 21:33 note This was disappointing I was hoping for something as good as the Hillerman Leaphorn Chee series Poorly written and
ISBN 0Italian Complete Course by 07 Oct 2002 - 23:19 2 books 3 discs note Unfortunately the discs are not designed to be used while driving you must have the
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