What are y'all reading now?

[Tailwinds]

The Literary Cyclist

Trail Guide to the Body

American Transcendentalism

[bozman]

Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel - Joe Hill
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of WWII's Greatest Rescue Mission - Hampton Sides

[Skrawny]

Nasty Bits by Anthony Bordain. He wrote Kitchen Confidential. Any who like his show "No Reservations" would like this. It is a collection of short essays by Bordain, so it doesn't require much commitment.

-s

PS-my browser is having issues and I cannot read this whole thread, so if someone else has recommended this, I'm sorry.

[zeroking17]

I'm currently reading The Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild Plants and Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies.

[Bobbo]

Originally Posted by Tom Kellogg

Ten Points - Bill Strickland
Difficult to read at times, but a father who rides will connect wiith this one.

Agreed. As will any amateur racer struggling to reach the next level (and aren't we all?)

Best description of what the essence of racing a bike is I have ever read. Highly recommended. The personal stuff is horrifically fascinating; a triumph of the human spirit.

[Dave B]

I am reading IEP's...Parent notes....."Mr. Bradley you rock!" notes....and answers to standardized test question prep work.

On a personal front if/when I make it through the week my eyes are focused on a 2 year old and her books on the Back Yardigans or Dora.


God I hate Dora, she is so bosy!

[William]

I’m currently reading “The Secret History of The Sword” by Christoph Ambrger.

“My sword arm veers to the right during the first moulinet, leaving the left side of my head open and setting the stage for an even less-covered low quarte. My mistake is punished immediately: Within a second, two horizontal quartes hammer into my left temple, a bit more than an inch apart. Oddly detached, I feel the double tap of the blade...Something cold runs down my face. I can taste blood. My own blood...”
The web site: http://www.swordhistory.com/

A great read and look into European/western blade and empty hand combat. Most of which was long forgotten after the advent of firearms.


What is everybody reading right now?



William

[keno]

The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making - Scott Plous
Protect and Defend - Vince Flynn
Terrorist - John Updike
Horse Heaven - Jane Smiley
John Adams - David McCullough

Typically, I have five to 10 working.

keno

[ti_boi]

The Buttress of Windsor.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by keno

Typically, I have five to 10 working.

You sound like a pretty heavy reader. Have you tried any of the e-books, like Sony's or Kindle?

If so, any impressions?

-Ray

[Fixed]

The Audacity of Hope: by Obama
Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrig
The 9 Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin




cheers

[davids]

For a class I'm taking:

"Early Judaism - Religious Worlds of the First Judaic Millenium", Martin S. Jaffee
and a variety of articles about, and from, Mishnah, Midrash and Talmud.

For pleasure:

"Constantine's Sword - The Church and the Jews" - James Carroll

Last novel:

"The Yiddish Policemen's Union" - Michael Chabon

...as you can see, I've got a sort of theme going on.

[don'TreadOnMe]

"The Rider" by Tim Krabbe

[jemoryl]

I'm finding it hard to find fiction that stands up to the bizarro reality that we are currently experiencing, so mostly non-fiction:

Fall of the House of Bush, Craig Unger (very good)
Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy, Eric Weitz (okay, writing somewhat pedestrian)
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism, Ha-Joon Chang

Island of the Lost
China Study
An Italian Education
1491
Biscuit Visits the Big City - the only one I read out aloud