Reading List
I was supply teaching in the far east end and had some time to kill during lunch. The only place to do this was the Wellington Square Mall. I haven't spent much time there so I wasn't aware that the Rad Zone not only sells records and CDs but they also sell used books at Hole in the Wall Books for a good price. Losing track of time and cut to 45 minutes later, I've got my foot on the gas, careening around corners trying to beat the bell that will ring in 3 minutes. With my arms loaded with books I just made it back as the bell sounded. Here's what I picked up:
Non-Ficiton
Enemy at the Gates by William Craig - This book is an account of the Battle of Stalingrad, the battle that turned the tides for the West. I've read stories of people resorting to eating wallpaper paste and shoe leather due to the unrelenting siege of the city. Also, a sub-par movie took it's title from this book.
Synergetics by Buckminster Fuller - Looks like pretty heavy stuff. We'll see how far I get into this one.
From Wikipedia: Synergetics is the empirical study of systems in transformation, with an emphasis on total system behavior unpredicted by the behavior of any isolated components, including humanity’s role as both participant and observer.
Babylon's Banksters by Joseph Farrell - Couldn't be my book list without a bit of a conspiracy reading.
From the Product Description on Amazon.com: In this latest installment of his remarkable series of books of alternative science and history, Joseph P. Farrell outlines the consistent pattern and strategy of bankers in ancient and modern times, and their desire to suppress the public development of alternative physics and energy technologies, usurp the money creating and issuing power of the state, and substitute a facsimile of money-as-debt. Here, Farrell peels back the layers of deception to reveal the possible deep physics that the “banksters” have used to aid them in their financial policies.
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain - Twain's account of achieving his dream and piloting a Riverboat on the famous river.
Fiction
The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin by Mark Twain - I don't think I need to describe this one. It's one of the classics I've been meaning to get to so I got it.
Rise Again by Ben Tripp - The new AMC TV series "The Walking Dead" has renewed my interest in the Zombie genre.
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories - Hard-boiled private eye fiction with the first story by one of my favourites, Raymond Chandler.
The Man from Skibbereen by Louis L'Amour - Louis L'Amour always guarantees a quick read with plenty of testosterone-fueled action.
I was supply teaching in the far east end and had some time to kill during lunch. The only place to do this was the Wellington Square Mall. I haven't spent much time there so I wasn't aware that the Rad Zone not only sells records and CDs but they also sell used books at Hole in the Wall Books for a good price. Losing track of time and cut to 45 minutes later, I've got my foot on the gas, careening around corners trying to beat the bell that will ring in 3 minutes. With my arms loaded with books I just made it back as the bell sounded. Here's what I picked up:
Non-Ficiton
Enemy at the Gates by William Craig - This book is an account of the Battle of Stalingrad, the battle that turned the tides for the West. I've read stories of people resorting to eating wallpaper paste and shoe leather due to the unrelenting siege of the city. Also, a sub-par movie took it's title from this book.
Synergetics by Buckminster Fuller - Looks like pretty heavy stuff. We'll see how far I get into this one.
From Wikipedia: Synergetics is the empirical study of systems in transformation, with an emphasis on total system behavior unpredicted by the behavior of any isolated components, including humanity’s role as both participant and observer.
Babylon's Banksters by Joseph Farrell - Couldn't be my book list without a bit of a conspiracy reading.
From the Product Description on Amazon.com: In this latest installment of his remarkable series of books of alternative science and history, Joseph P. Farrell outlines the consistent pattern and strategy of bankers in ancient and modern times, and their desire to suppress the public development of alternative physics and energy technologies, usurp the money creating and issuing power of the state, and substitute a facsimile of money-as-debt. Here, Farrell peels back the layers of deception to reveal the possible deep physics that the “banksters” have used to aid them in their financial policies.
Cultivating the Energy of Life by Liu Hua-Yang - Seems like good information to know, no?
From the Product Description on Amazon.com:
Here is the Hui-ming Ching , a classic Taoist manual on the circulation of internal energy by means of meditation and the inspiration for many techniques of Qigong. It is one of the few Taoist treatises to describe the landmarks of spiritual development and document the process of spiritual transformation from start to finish.
From the Product Description on Amazon.com:
Here is the Hui-ming Ching , a classic Taoist manual on the circulation of internal energy by means of meditation and the inspiration for many techniques of Qigong. It is one of the few Taoist treatises to describe the landmarks of spiritual development and document the process of spiritual transformation from start to finish.
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain - Twain's account of achieving his dream and piloting a Riverboat on the famous river.
Fiction
The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin by Mark Twain - I don't think I need to describe this one. It's one of the classics I've been meaning to get to so I got it.
Rise Again by Ben Tripp - The new AMC TV series "The Walking Dead" has renewed my interest in the Zombie genre.
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories - Hard-boiled private eye fiction with the first story by one of my favourites, Raymond Chandler.
The Man from Skibbereen by Louis L'Amour - Louis L'Amour always guarantees a quick read with plenty of testosterone-fueled action.
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