Books Read or In Conversation...

No, no... we don't read all of these books all at once. They come up in conversation. Click on title for more info.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Phillip K Dick
Book that the film Blade Runner was based on. Sci fi

A Scanner Darkly - Phillip K Dick
About drugs and sudden flights of paranoid logic.

Seeing Voices - Oliver Sacks
A journey into the deaf world from a neurologist.

Flying Hero Class - Thomas Keneally
Palestinians hijack a plane that has an Aboriginal dance troupe on board. Written in 1991.

Stories of Eva Luna - Isabelle Allende
Magic Realism South American novel. Wonderful, poetic and full of imagery.

Jonestown - Chris Masters
Biography about broadcaster Alan Jones

Aunt Julia and the Script Writer - Mario Vargas Llosa
Exploring the ceative process of writing and its relation to the daily lives of writers.

Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying
Monty Python Skit

Animalia - Graham Base
Alphabet Book. Eight Enormous Elephants Expertly Eating Easter Eggs.

Christine's Ark - John Little
Aussie woman running an animal shelter in India

Desert Flower - Waris Dirie
Somalian woman who underwent female genital mutilation (FGM)

The Zahir - Paul Coelho

Diet for a New America - John Robbins
Vegan and animal rights book. How your diet can save the world.

My Year of Meat- Ruth Ozeki
Looking at the meat industry.

Mother Tongue - Bill Bryson
On the English language

The Language Instinct - Stephen Pinker
How the mind creates language.

The Dancing Wu Li Masters - Gary Zukav
"new physics" of 1979. Bit along the lines of the Tao of Physics.

The History of Alice Springs through Landmarks and Street Names - Josie Petrick
Find out about the history behind your street name.

Ulitmate Punishment - Scott Turow
A Lawyer's reflections on dealing with the death penalty.