well I've just had a little trawl on the internet, looking up a few titles mentioned.

Such as,

The Nuture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do by Judith Harris
(which interestingly enough has it's foreward written by Stephen Pinker, he of How The Mind Works from week one)

On Equilibrium by John Ralston Saul
(who also wrote some books with interesting titles like: Voltiare's Bastards, Doubters Companion & Unconscious Civilisation)

Last Train to Memphis by Peter Guralnick
(music biography about Elvis, first of two)

Kindness of Strangers by Kate Adie
(behind the scenes in broadcasting - I hope to give you more info next time around)

Greek Myths

Love Letters by Khalil Gibran
(his published letters to May Ziade, a woman he never met)

Prophet, Madman, Wanderer (from Penguin 60s series) by Khalil Gibran
(photocopies on the way! )

India: A Million Mutinies Now by V.S. Naipaul
(by Nobel Prize Laureate, some people's favourite writer, but also the critics love to attack him too, he can be quite political)

Lexus & the Olive Tree
Thomas Friedman
(a book about globalisation but for me when I read it a probably 5 years ago, I read it more along the lines of the title which focuses on the tension that exists between Lexus societies, those wanting to modernise (like the Japanese & how they manufacture their Lexus so proficiently) & the Olive Tree socities who have their old roots firmly entrenched into the ground & are concerned with preserving their cultural heritage (Egyptians are one of his examples here). Again this guy has his critics & not sure how relevant this book is for economists but it does have some points about culture vs commercialisation (Disneyisation) surging ahead.

& last but not least

The Myth of Male Power by Warren Farrell
(this book was NOT mentioned but from the around the table discussions tonight not related to books I thought it would be worth mentioning. I read it probably 10 years ago & would like to read it again now. It would probably be a good book for us all to read. It would provoke a lot of discussion I suspect. I think he calls himself a gender reconciliationer).