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 ====== To Read ======
+Send this to Virg:
+Gerard K. O'Neill to build colonies in space
+The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Frontier:_Human_Colonies_in_Space
+Earth should be preserved as a natural park. (national park) (which nation?)
 ^Title  ^Author  ^Date Added^How did you learn about this book?  ^
 |The Sea  |John Banville  |2006/03/29  |I heard the author on NPR (Diane Rehm), and his excerpt sounded great  |
 |The Syringa Tree  |Pamela Gien  |2006/07/20  |Diane Rehm again.  I think mom would really like this one  |
+|Science of Fear : Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't - and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger|Daniel Gardner  |2008/08/05  | Diane Rehm again|
+|Devil take the hindmost : a history of financial speculation| Chancellor, Edward |2008/09/07  |CNN Money Article, suggested reading for those interested in why you should weather the storm of the bear market|
+===== Elon Musk's Top 8 =====
+  - "Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down" by J.E. Gordon
+  - "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life" by Walter Isaacson
+  - "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson
+  - "Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies" by Nick Bostrom
+  - "Merchants of Doubt" by Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes
+  - "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
+  - "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" by Peter Thiel
+  - The "Foundation" trilogy by Isaac Asimov
+===== Lucy Suggestions =====
+This list was for Mike (our neighbor) who spends a lot of time down time at the fire house:
+  * Charles Frazer
+    * Cold Mountain, Civil War.
+    * Thirteen Moons, Pre-Civil and Civil War
+  * Dan Fesperman
+    * Lie in the Dark, contemporary detective in Sarajevo
+    * Small Boat of Many Sorrows, same as above
+  * Matthew Kneale
+    * English Passengers, Tasmania 1770-1800
+  * Barbara Kingsolver
+    * Poisonwood Bible, Missionary in Africa during the 1950's
+  * Mary Doria Russell
+    * Children of God, Aliens and the Jesuits
+  * Susan King
+    * Lady MacBeth, Scotland and MacBeth
+  * Gary Jennings
+    * Journeyer, Marco Polo
+  * Margaret Atwood
+    * The Handmaid's Tale, Science Fiction
+  * Martin Cruz Smith
+    * Gorky Park, Russia during the 50-60's
+  * Sharon Kay Pennman
+    * All of hers... stories of England and Wales durin the 1100-1400's
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 ^Title  ^Author  ^Date Added^ What did you think? ^
 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Phillip K. Dick | 2008/04/07 | Most excellent!  I loved the movie and have seen it many times.  This was a great peek into the source material from which the movie was extracted.|
+| God is Not Great | Christopher Hitchens | 2008/06/01 | Friggen awesome review of how organized religion is a man made system, and that people don't necessarily behave better because of religion |
+| Bushworld | Maureen Dowd | 2008/06/30 | Very interesting collection of her articles from the New York Times.  She always makes me grin |