What are you reading?

[redxblack]

If I ever taught a Historiography course, I think I'd assign Devil in the White City to see how aspiring academic historians view Larson's approach.

[BartmanS4rs]

Shop Class as Soulcraft.
I wouldn't say it's a page turner but it really does make great points about our career paths and choices. I am at that what is really important phase I guess.

[brimo]

Working my way through so-called classic literature.

Just finished "To kill a Mockingbird"  brilliant.

Tried to read "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" what a load of pretentious crap.

[redxblack]

As far as Persig goes, I liked Stephen Batchelor's BUDDHISM WITHOUT BELIEFS as a primer into the philosophy/theology. And I have my Haynes manuals for the mechanics. A swiss army knife has a screwdriver, but a real screwdriver often works better.

[krolik]

After finishing the third book I'll move on to Robert B. Parker's Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch series (the movie Appaloosa was based on one of the books).

A writer friend of mine really likes those books.



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