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July 29th, 2011

Reading

All books read from 2004 to present:

Abrahamson, Emmanuel Maurice, 1951
Body, Mind, and Sugar. read in 2005.
Acosta, Oscar Zeta, 1973
The Revolt of the Cockroach People. read in 2005.
Aczel, Amir D., 2000
The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity. read in 2004.
Baker. Nicholson, 1992
Vox. read in 2007.
Berens, Linda V. and Dario Nardi, 1999
The Sixteen Personality Types: Descriptions for Self-Discovery. read in 2006.
Binchy, Maeve, 1992.
The Copper Beech. read in 2007.
Binchy, Maeve, 1982.
Dublin 4. read in 2004
Binchy, Maeve, 1984.
The Lilac Bus. read in 2004
Blanco, Jodee, 2003.
Please Stop Laughing at Me . . . read in 2006
Brautigan, Richard, 1965.
A Confederate General in Big Sur. read in 2005
Brautigan, Richard, 1974.
The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western. read in 2005
Brautigan, Richard, 1977.
Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942. read in 2005
Breit, William and Barry Hirsch (eds.), 2004.
Lives of the Laureates: Eighteen Nobel Economists. read in 2007
Bulle, Florence, 1983.
The Many Faces of Deception. read in 2007
Carlton, Clark, 1997.
The Faith: Understanding Orthodox Christianity: An Orthodox Catechism. read in 2006
Coniaris, Anthony M., 1982.
Introducing the Orthodox Church: Its Faith and Life. read in 2006
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, 2002.
Portrait of a killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed. read in 2005
Costain, Thomas B., 1952.
The Silver Chalice. read in 2005
Coulter, Ann, 2003.
Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism. read in 2005
Critser, Greg, 2003.
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World. read in 2007
Crowley, Aleister, 1929.
Moonchild. read in 2006
Dahl, Roald, 1988.
Matilda. read in 2006
Dickey, James, 1970.
Deliverance. read in 2004
Doerr, Anthony, 2004.
About Grace. read in 2007
Druon, Maurice, 1958.
Tistou of the Green Thumbs. read in 2006
Ehrenreich, Barbara, 2001.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. read in 2005
Ellis, Bret Easton, 1991.
American Psycho. read in 2005
Farmer, David W., 1996.
Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics. read in 2005
Faux, Jeff, 2006.
The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future -- and What It Will Take to Win it Back. read in 2007
Fox, Jr., John, 1908.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. read in 2004
French, R. M. (Reginald Michael), tr., 1965/1998.
The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way. read in 2008
Friedman, Benjamin M., 2006.
The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth. read in 2007
Friedman, Milton and Rose Friedman, 1980.
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement. read in 2007
Friedman, Thomas L., 2005.
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. read in 2007
Gaarder, Jostein, tr. by Paulette Møller, 1994.
Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy. read in 2007
Gatto, John Taylor, 2001.
The Underground History of American Education. read in 2006
Gilbert, Elizabeth, 2006.
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. read in 2008
Grafton, Sue, 1996
M is for Malice. read in 2004.
Graham, Paul, 2004
Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age. read in 2005.
Grandin, Temple, 1986.
Emergence: Labeled Autistic. read in 2004
Groom, Winston, 1986.
Forrest Gump. read in 2004
Haddon, Mark, 2003.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. read in 2007
Hall, Oakley, 2004.
Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls. read in 2006
Harakas, Stanley S., 1974.
Living the Liturgy: A Practical Guide for Participating in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church. read in 2007
Harris, Thomas, 1999.
Hannibal. read in 2006
Helprin, Mark, 1983.
Winter's Tale. read in 2006
Hoff-Sommers, Christine, 1994.
Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women. read in 2004
Huntington, Samuel P., 1996.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. read in 2007
Huxley, Aldous, 1932.
Brave New World. re-read in 2008
Huxley, Aldous, 1958.
Brave New World Revisited. read in 2008
Jacobsen, Mary-Elaine Psy.D, 1999.
The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius. read in 2006
Kaplan-Meyer, Gabrielle, 2003.
Insulin Pump Therapy Demystified: An Essential Guide for Everyone Pumping Insulin. read in 2011
Kimball, Roger, 1990.
Tenured radicals: how politics has corrupted our higher education. read in 2005
King, Stephen, 2002.
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales. read in 2006
King, Stephen (writing as Richard Bachman), 1981.
Roadwork. read in 2006
Krimmel, Patricia T. and Edward A. Krimmel, 1986.
The Low Blood Sugar Cookbook: Sugarless Cooking for Everyone. read in 2005
Kotzwinkle, William, 1996.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain. read in 2007
Lackey, Mercedes, 2003.
Exile's Valor: A Novel of Valdemar. read in 2007
Laney, Marti Olsen, Psy.D, 2002.
The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World. read in 2006
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1968.
A Wizard of Earthsea. read in 2004
Levitt, Steven D. and Stephen J. Dubner, 2005.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. read in 2006
MacDonald, Betty Bard, 1945.
The Egg and I. read in 2004
Marks, Jonathan, 2002.
What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes. read in 2004
Marx, Arthur, 1954.
Life With Groucho. read in 2004
Martin, Judith, 1997.
Miss Manners' Basic Training: Communication. read in 2007
Mathewes-Green, Frederica, 2006.
First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew. read in 2008
McGrail, Anna, 1998.
Mrs. Einstein. read in 2008
McMurtry, Larry, 1988.
Lonesome Dove. read in 2004
McMurtry, Larry, 1993.
Streets of Laredo. read in 2004
Meyer, George H., 1979.
Al Capone's Devil Driver. read in 2006
Midkiff, Ken, 2004.
The Meat You Eat: How Corporate Farming Has Endangered America's Food Supply. read in 2008
Mitchell, Patrick, 1998.
The Scandal of Gender: Early Christian Teaching on the Man and the Woman. read in 2006
Moon, Elizabeth, 2003.
The Speed of Dark. read in 2007
Muir, Jane, 1961.
Of Men and Numbers: The Story of the Great Mathematicians. read in 2005
O'Rourke, P.J., 1991.
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government. read in 2005
O'Rourke, P.J., 1992.
Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice and Alcohol-Free Beer. read in 2007
O'Rourke, P.J., 1998.
Eat the Rich. read in 2004
Palau, Luis, 1997.
God is Relevant: Finding Strength and Peace in Today's World. read in 2006

Pappas, Barbara, 1997.
Are You Saved?: The Orthodox Christian Process of Salvation. read in 2006
Postman, Neil, 1985.
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. read in 2008
Roemer, John E., 1988.
Free to Lose: An Introduction to Marxist Economic Philosophy. read in 2007
Ross, Dana Fuller, 1984.
Idaho! read in 2004

Rowling, J.K., 2004.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. read in 2007
Rowling, J.K., 2006.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. read in 2007
Rowling, J.K., 2007.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. read in 2007
Rule, Jane, 1964.
Desert of the Heart. read in 2006
Russo, Richard, 1997.
Straight Man. read in 2007
Sachs, Jeffrey D., 2005.
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. read in 2007
Salten, Felix, tr. by Whittaker Chambers, 1929.
Bambi. read in 2005
Sandlin, Tim, 2007.
Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty. read in 2008
Schall, James V. S.J., 1988.
Another Sort of Learning: Selected Contrary Essays on How to Finally Acquire an Education While Still in College or Anywhere Else: Containing Some Belated Advice about How to Employ Your Leisure Time When Ultimate Questions Remain Perplexing in Spite of Your Highest Earned Academic Degree, Together with Sundry Book Lists Nowhere Else in Captivity to Be Found. read in 2007
Schumacher, E. F., 1977.
A Guide for the Perplexed. read in 2005
Scullin, George, 1969.
Paint Your Wagon. read in 2006
Sears, Alan and Craig Osten, 2003.
The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today. read in 2004
Seuss, Dr., 1986.
You're Only Old Once! read in 2004
Shalit, Wendy, 1999.
A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue. read in 2004
Sharp, Evelyn, 1972.
The IQ Cult. read in 2005
Shipler, David K., 2004.
The Working Poor: Invisible in America. read in 2007
Siegel, Robert, 1981.
Whalesong: A Novel About the Greatest and Deepest of Beings. read in 2005
Sowell, Thomas, 1995
The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy. read in 2004.
Sparks, Jack N., 1993
Victory in the Unseen Warfare: A Contemporary Adaptation of a Spiritual Classic. read in 2007.
Stevens, Jay, 1987
Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream. read in 2007.
Streznewski, Marylou Kelly, 1999
Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential. read in 2006.
Thigpen, Paul, 2001
The Rapture Trap: A Catholic Response to "End Times" Fever. read in 2006.
Trevanian, 1979
Shibumi. re-read in 2006. re-read in 2008.
Tyler, Anne, 1982.
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. read in 2004
Vizinczey, Stephen, 1965.
In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of Andras Vajda. read in 2004
Willey, Liane Holliday, 1999.
Pretending to Be Normal: Living With Asperger's Syndrome. read in 2004
Williamson, J.W., 1995.
Hillbillyland: What the Movies Did to the Mountains and What the Mountains Did to the Movies. read in 2004
Wurtzel, Elizabeth, 1994.
Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir. read in 2004