What's on your reading list?


What do you plan to read this summer? What are you reading now?
I am currently reading "Degrees Kelvin" by David Lindley, published by Joseph Henry Press. The biography of Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. He was a 19th century physicist probably best known for dicsovering the temperature at which atoms cease to move: -273.15 degrees Celsius (0 degrees Kelvin or absolute zero). He also performed a lot of the early groundwork for theories of electromagnetism and thermodynamics. Lord Kelvin devised a new compass for ships that would work well when surrounded by steel as the world's ship building began to move from wooden to iron vessels. A fascinating figure from history.
slipknot1
I read everyday for lunch. "Florida Roadkill" if you like black comedy. It's great. More to come.
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi

Khalidi is the "Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies and director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University".
"The Culture of Make Believe" by Derrick Jensen. I'm re-reading this disucssion of our world for the 3rd time. I believe it is a must read for everyone. Perhaps the most enlightening and disturbing book I've ever read.

"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryston. Again, I'm re-reading a great book. What a book to share with young folk!
I spend too much time reading the posts on audiogon to do much other reading...other than a few magazines & newspapers...It mst be the ADD...LOL