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 |
This list was for Mike (our neighbor) who spends a lot of time down time at the fire house:
| 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 |