Category Archives: Reviews

Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

The Universe in a Single Atom

Posted on April 13, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Universe in a Single Atom: the Convergence of Science and Spirituality© 2005 Tenzin Gyatso224 pages This week marked the first time that I read something by the Dalai Lama that was not concerned primarily with ethics. The book begins … Continue reading →

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Arms of Nemesis

Posted on April 12, 2009 by smellincoffee

Arms of Nemesis: A Mystery of Ancient Rome© 1992 Steven Saylor318 pages Two weeks ago I read Roman Blood, a mystery novel set in late-Republican Rome. It was the first in the series Roma sub Rosa, and Arms of Nemesis … Continue reading →

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Gang Leader for a Day

Posted on April 8, 2009 by smellincoffee

Gang Leader for a Day: a Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets© 2008 Sudhir Venkatesh302 pages One of my ways to find reading related to my interests is to visit Amazon and search for books I have read before and … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (6/4)

Posted on April 6, 2009 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Through a Window, Jane Goodall The Book that Changed My Life, ed. Roxanne J. Coady The Great Warming, Brian Fagan The Ghost, Robert Harris The Words of Martin Luther King, ed. Coretta Scott King Four out of … Continue reading →

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The Words of Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on April 6, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Words of Martin Luther King Jr.© 1983, edited by Coretta Scott King112 pages I had intended to read a book on Martin Luther King Jr. back in January near his birthday, but the requested book never arrived. After watching … Continue reading →

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The Ghost

Posted on April 5, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Ghost: a Novel© 2007 Robert Harris412 pages I know the Internet is the stuff a paranoiac’s dreams are made of. I know it parcels up everything — Lee Harvey Oswald, Princess Diana, Opus Dei, AL Qaeda, Israel, M16, crop … Continue reading →

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The Great Warming

Posted on April 4, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations© 2008 Brian Fagan282 pages Earlier this year, Dr. Brian M. Fagan visited my university to deliver a talk titled “Climate Change, the Flail of God, or the Elephant … Continue reading →

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The Book that Changed my Life

Posted on April 3, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Book that Changed My Life© 2006 editors Roxanne J. Coady and Joy Johannessen197 pages Last week while ending a walk about town, I stopped in my university library to refill my water bottle and investigate On the Road to … Continue reading →

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Through a Window

Posted on March 31, 2009 by smellincoffee

For now we see as through a glass, darkly… Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe© 1990 Jane Goodall267 pages I’ve always been fascinated by the behavior of our fellow apes. Unlike ants or birds, they … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (30/3)

Posted on March 30, 2009 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner Roman Blood, Steven Saylor Rubicon: the Last Years of the Roman Republic, Tom Holland Transforming the Mind, Tenzin Gyatso I began the week with the strangely-titled Freakonomics, work done by Steven … Continue reading →

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