Posted on 09/27/2007 8:09:20 AM PDT by MplsSteve
It's time again for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now?" thread!
It can be anything...a NY Times bestseller, a technical journal, a trashy pulp novel...in short, anything!
DO NOT answer by saying "I'm Reading This Thread". It stopped being funny a long time ago.
Here's what I'm reading. I'm just about finished with "Street Without Joy" by Bernard Fall. It's about France's war in Vietnam from 1946-1954. Very interesting and tragic.
So, tell me. What are you reading now?
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Dangerous Book For Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden.
Just like reading things with the kids, ya know...
1) Genetic Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome (Paperback)
by John C. Sanford (Author)
Dr. John Sanford, a retired Cornell Professor, shows in Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome that the “Primary Axiom” is false. The Primary Axiom is the foundational evolutionary premise - that life is merely the result of mutations and natural selection. In addition to showing compelling theoretical evidence that whole genomes can not evolve upward, Dr. Sanford presents strong evidence that higher genomes must in fact degenerate over time. This book strongly refutes the Darwinian concept that man is just the result of a random and pointless natural process.
2) What Does God Know and When Does He Know It?: The Current Controversy over Divine Foreknowledge (Paperback)
by Millard J. Erickson
Does God know the future? Or is the future unknowable even to God?
Arguing that God interacts with his creatures spontaneously, the controversial new movement known as “open theism” has called classic church theology up for reexamination. Confronting this view, classic theists maintain that God has complete foreknowledge and that open-theist arguments are unorthodox. Each view has implications for our vision of the future and of God’s dealings with humanity.
Millard Erickson investigates the claims and counterclaims of both sides of the debate, looking at questions about prayer, the nature of evil, and the free will of human beings. He considers biblical and hermeneutical issues, the historical development of the doctrine of divine foreknowledge, philosophical influences, the doctrinal structure of the debate, and the practical implications for the church and believers today. What Does God Know and When Does He Know It? is a thorough and fair examination of both sides of this debate that arrives at some thought-provoking conclusions.
3) The J2EE Architect’s Handbook by Derek C. Ashmore
A concise guide to architecting, designing and building J2EE applications. This handbook will guide the technical architect through the entire J2EE project including identifying business requirements, performing use-case analysis, object and data modeling, and guiding a development team during construction. Whether you are about to architect your first J2EE application or are looking for ways to keep your projects on-time and on-budget, you will refer to this handbook again and again.
I became interested in the subject of feline nutrition when so many pet food recalls took place in the spring. I've since changed my cats' diet to a home-made raw food recipe, and both are in excellent health. Dr. Hodgkins has a lot of insights into cat care, especially the connection between commercial dry food and chronic diseases such as diabetes and urinary problems.
going back thru the Midkemia saga novels by feist (again) i’ll be finishing ‘shards of a broken crown’ today.
‘unintended consequences’ is bathroom reading upstairs, ‘duh: a history of human stupidity’ is in the downstairs bathroom.
i also have been keeping a sherlock holmes collection and a collection of phillip dick’s stories in my truck in case i run out of reading material.
I wanted to see that movie starring Shia LeBouf, but never got around to it.
Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown by Leszek Wolakowski
My Correct Views On Everything by Leszek Wokakowski
The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries, and Political Morality in the Twentieth Century by Paul Hollander>
Not a lot of light stuff there but Wolakowski is an absolute hoot when it comes to tearing down the pretensions of Marxists. Polish philosopher who got chased out in '68; his specialty thesse days is the place of religion in modern intellectual life. A Dawkins/Hitchens antidote. Highly recommended.
For fun - re-reading The Firm
For job education - What Really Matters to Struggling Readers
The 5000 Year Leap (principles of Freedom 101)
The book is about how we got where we are as a country in just a few years, a discussion of the Constitution and federal papers written for easy understanding.
I know the book sounds like some horrible must read from history class,(smile) but is anything but.
You can see it on Amazon or ECO, The Environmental Conservation Organization ( conservative group)
“Miracle at Philadelphia”
Because it takes 50 years to trudge through Ayn's redundant sermons!
April 1865 by Jay Wink and before that, Brethren by Robyn Young. I highly recommend both.
Why they hate
by Bridgette Gabriel....fantastic!
I just finished “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town” by Stephen Leacock. I’m currently going back and forth between O. Henry short stories and Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove” which, at 800+ pages, ought to keep me busy for a while.
I'm nearly finished with it, so maybe I'll find my next read on this thread. :)
The Year of Eating Dangerously by Tom Parker Bowles.
Dairies 1969-1979, the Python Years by Michael Palin.
The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri.
reading to my students - The Book of Virtues by Bill Bennett
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