early Nov 05...kicking along.....

Well folks hope you picked up some good book titles.
I've taken it upon myself to play secretary a bit this time 'round & send out some of the titles that were flying around this week & last week.

Tyrannicide Brief Geoffrey Robertson
(of Hypotheticals fame)

Sweets: The History of Temptation Tim Richardson

Museum of Hoaxes Alex Boese

Collapse Jared Diamond
(also wrote Third Chimpanzee & Guns, Germ & Steel)

Love You to Bits & Pieces Gillian Helfgott
(wife of David Helfgott - whose story was in movie Shine)

Number One Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith
Sunday Philosophy Club Alexander McCall Smith
(light-hearted sunny kind of novels - series available in library)

How The Mind Works Stephen Pinker
(heavy tome)

The Carpet Wars Christopher Kremmer
(of carpets & politics of Central Asian region)

The Hab Theory Alan Ekhert
(I looked into this further & went off on some journey about mapping through the ages & how it all doesn't add up, to do with a book by Hapgood himself called Map of theAncient Sea Kings who had his students for a number of years study up on a guy called Piri Reis of Ottoman times which in itself was interesting stuff)
Here's the link:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198001

How Late it Was/How Late James Kelman
(Booker Prize winner)

Beneath the Pyramid Christian Jacq
(set in the reign of Ramses the Great ,written by an Egyptologist)

True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey
( of Oscar & Lucinda & Bliss fame)

The Marsh Birds Eva Sallis
(about a refugee boy)

The Indomitable Miss Pink Julie Marcus
(Olive of Alice)

Consciousness Explained Daniel Dennett
(author of evolutionary biology & cognitive science)

Momo Michael Ende
(I missed what the story was with this one)

Edge of the Sacred David Tacey
(sort of political & spiritual treatise from a guy who grew up in Alice)


these are not all, but some of the ones mentioned &/or lovingly brought along.