LowerCaseRepublican Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Just wanted to see what everybody was reading here on Soxtalk & get some suggestions for books to check out: Right now I'm reading -- "Hey Rube" - Hunter S. Thompson "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" - Hunter S. Thompson (again...this book is f***ing great) "The Trials of Lenny Bruce" - Ronald Collins & David Skover "How to Talk Dirty & Influence People" - Lenny Bruce "Songs of the Doomed" - Hunter S. Thompson "Kingdom of Fear" - Hunter S. Thompson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I'm sensing a theme here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I just finished "The Bookseller of Kabul" by Asne Seierstad. Compelling, sometimes depressing, and darkly funny. Before that it was "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides. Read about the exploits of a greek-american hermaphrodite and her incestuous family tree. I didn't realize I was doing it til page 50. By the way, this is the same guy who wrote "The Virgin Suicides." Again, a book that grabs you and doesn't let you go. I'm starting "The Wayward Bus" by John Steinbeck today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Computational Psycholinguistics (Dijkstra & de Smedt) Blackwell Handbook of Sensation and Perception (Goldstein) The Neurocognition of Language (Brown & Hagoort) Modularity and the motor theory of speech perception (Mattingly) The heart of Christianity (Borg) The man who mistook his wife for a hat (Sacks) As you can tell, I am the life of the party. Blech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I'm not what you would call a "reader", that is to say you could count the number of books I've read in my life that weren't forced upon me in school on you fingers. That being said I just finished re-reading(so count your index finger twice) Jay Mohr's book "Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live" It's a good book(to me, see above "not a reader" part again) It's also an easy read -- always a plus -- I never realized how hard it must be to break into SNL let alone get any attention. If you're a hardcore SNL fan and like to read insider stuff about the past, then I reccomend a read of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxmurph Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Papa Bear (The Life and Legacy of George Halas) - Jeff Davis Moneyball - Michael Lewis Benjamin Franklin - Walter Isaacson Virus X (Tracking the New Killer Plaques) - Frank Ryan M.D. Venona (Decoding Soviet Espionage in America) - John Earl Hayes & Harvey Klehr The Temple and the Lodge - Michael Baigent & Richard Leigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonStSox Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Mar 22, 2005 -> 09:10 AM) The man who mistook his wife for a hat (Sacks) You are going to enjoy that one. Some really fascinating stories; all true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 reading a whole bunch for school right now Rumour of War - Phil Caputo A Vietcong Memoir - Truong Nhu Tang Globalization Unmasked - James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer The Commanding Heights - Daniel Yergin Just finised Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHarris1 Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 (edited) QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Mar 22, 2005 -> 02:03 AM) Just wanted to see what everybody was reading here on Soxtalk & get some suggestions for books to check out: Right now I'm reading -- "Hey Rube" - Hunter S. Thompson "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" - Hunter S. Thompson (again...this book is f***ing great) "The Trials of Lenny Bruce" - Ronald Collins & David Skover "How to Talk Dirty & Influence People" - Lenny Bruce "Songs of the Doomed" - Hunter S. Thompson "Kingdom of Fear" - Hunter S. Thompson Not a big Thompson fan? EDIT-Ah f*** I've been beat. Damn you 2k5. Edited March 23, 2005 by WHarris1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHarris1 Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 I'm about to attempt a book for the first time in like 7-8 years. Last Season-Phil Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 QUOTE(flippedoutpunk @ Mar 22, 2005 -> 07:26 PM) Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden Fun fact about "Black Hawk Down" book and movie -- one of the character's name was changed because he is currently in prison for being a sex offender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeportHeather Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 I just finished a fascinating book called "Teaching from the deep end." It's about how teaching in urban areas differs so much from teaching in all other areas. Urban education as a whole is quite an intriguing topic. A great read for everyone interested in the education world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggliopipe Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 -One With Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future by Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich -America (The Book) by the daily show -Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov -Cinnamon Toast Crunch Box by Wendell -Descartes' Error by Antonio Damasio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippedoutpunk Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Mar 22, 2005 -> 07:41 PM) Fun fact about "Black Hawk Down" book and movie -- one of the character's name was changed because he is currently in prison for being a sex offender. you mean sex offenders cant join the rangers? Damn!! :banghead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannerfan Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Just finished Tom Wolfe's "I Am Charlotte Simmons" and into Bob Dylans "Chronicles Vol. 1" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Working on: The DaVinci Code Finished recently: Secret Weapons of the Cold War by Bill Yenne and Disclosure by Michael Crighton ( One book that the movie actually did a good job of representing ) On the subject. Has anyone read that new Crighton novel dealing with global warming? I'm interested to see if it's as good as people say it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 On Writing by Stephen King Chronicles Pt. 1 by Bob Dylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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