So what is everyone reading?

[jungjedi]

I am told the guy who invented that won a Nobel prize for economics (?).

 

(When you read it please post a thread and tell us about it.)

 

will do.:lol: for some reason i am curious about the development of china and india

[Pyrotex]

The person who won the Nobel Prize was Muhammad Yunus.

 

Go to this site for a specific implementation of Micro Finance, or Micro Banking.

 

And here is another.

[Jay-qu]

Foundation and Empire, Isacc Asimov

 

working my way through the series

[Queso]

readin' the bible again for kicks. (old testament)

[Monomer]

Just finished Matthew Reilly's Area 7.

[Thorshammer]

I'm currently reading:

 

Five Great German Short Stories, Translated and edited by Stanley Applebaum. It might be more helpful if I listed the stories:

Das Erdbeben in Chili by Heinrich Von Kleist

Der Sandmannby E.T.A. Hoffmann

Leutnant Gustlby Arthur Shnitzler

Tristanby Thomas Mann

und

Das Urteilby Franz Kafka

 

I'm on "The Sandman", which is good. I gave up on "The Earthquake in Chile", as I'm trying to learn German and the mixture of German and Spanish words was just confusing.

 

 

I am also reading "Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre", a collection of stories by H.P. Lovecraft.

[Buffy]

Das Urteilby Franz Kafka

Kafka has always been the main reason I've thought about learning German. Reading Don Quixote in Spanish was a very enjoyable experience....

 

Currently breezing through Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma" which I'm not sure I'm all that fond of, but its okay.

 

Wie sagen Sie "giant insect" auf Deutsch?

Buffy

[Pyrotex]

...Wie sagen Sie "giant insect" auf Deutsch?

grossenbugger

[Queso]

Has anyone read any of Tom Robbins' work?

 

I've practically everything he's ever written. His books are just my favorite.

He writes fiction and incorporates his own wisdom.

No body writes like him! He's just so intense, creative, and his stories are so complex the way they work themselves out-

 

Still life with woodpecker.

Even cowgirls get the blues.

Skinny legs and all.

Half Asleep in frog pajamas.

villa incognito.

jitterbug perfume.

 

If you're looking for a good story, check out Tom Robbins.

 

I just finished reading skinny legs and all and I'm just in one of those really inspired moods!

 

sticks and stones may break my bones

and words make me weep just the same.

[Fatstep]

I just finished Night By Elie Wiesle, it was a very good short book, I am starting Dante's Inferno next week for class.

[Pyrotex]

After you finish Dante's version of "The Inferno", try to find "Inferno" http://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Larry-Niven/dp/0671826581/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3569521-1243234?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174068013&sr=1-1 by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

 

It's a science fiction/fantasy story of an SF author who dies and wakes up in Dante Alighieri's version of Hell as described in "The Inferno". Wonderful story. Good clever ending.

[Racoon]

im reading catch 22, and have been for more months than id care to mention. .

 

 

I loved that book! :) Its poignant and will keep you laughing.

 

However, I heard that Joseph Heller wasn't really the author, but rather an old Army nurse by the name of Hellen something? (thus the last name of Heller)

Can anyone confirm that?

 

I finally returned Turtles biography this week on Ben Franklin. A super read at 500 pages.. 'ol Ben was some cat.

 

Now its a re-reading of 'Secret Tactics' by Kazumi Tabata.. about old Japanese sword masters.

[Fatstep]

After you finish Dante's version of "The Inferno", try to find "Inferno" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

 

It's a science fiction/fantasy story of an SF author who dies and wakes up in Dante Alighieri's version of Hell as described in "The Inferno". Wonderful story. Good clever ending.

 

Will do, thanks!

[Monomer]

I've been sick for the past few days so I got through a couple more Matthew Reilly books, Hover Car Racer and Scarecrow. Also read The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - it's still funny.

[jungjedi]

After you finish Dante's version of "The Inferno", try to find "Inferno" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

 

It's a science fiction/fantasy story of an SF author who dies and wakes up in Dante Alighieri's version of Hell as described in "The Inferno". Wonderful story. Good clever ending.

 

thst book only raises the question,"whats my place in hell"

[Jay-qu]

Ive given up on "The nature of space and time" for the moment - its just to technical!

 

So now I am going to try and teach myself a bit of Tensor Calculus and then GR so that I may understand the arguments made a bit better!

[LJP07]

Reading : Chemistry 3rd Edition by Catherine E. Housecroft and Edwin C. Constable.