76 items
TitleGuns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
AuthorJared M. Diamond
Pages496
Started2010-10-24
Finished2010-12-30
Tagsfinished, owned, nonfiction
TitleGod Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
AuthorChristopher Hitchens
Pages307
Started2010-11-11
Finished2010-11-22
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleMisquoting Jesus
AuthorBart D. Ehrman
Pages272
Started2010-10-25
Finished2010-11-10
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
AuthorSam Harris
Pages304
Started2010-10-11
Finished2010-10-20
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleLetter to a Christian Nation
AuthorSam Harris
Pages144
Started2010-10-17
Finished2010-10-19
Tagsowned, nonfiction, finished
TitleThe Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
AuthorRoger Penrose
Pages640
Started2010-08-24
Finished2010-10-14
Tagsfinished, owned, nonfiction
TitleThe Grand Design
AuthorStephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
Started2010-09-28
Finished2010-10-04
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry [7 DAUGHTERS OF EVE]
AuthorBryan Sykes
Started2010-08-03
Finished2010-08-23
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Greatest Show on Earth
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Started2010-08-01
Finished2010-08-13
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
AuthorSteven Pinker
Pages528
Started2010-04-22
Finished2010-07-02
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleJust Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe
AuthorMartin Rees
Pages208
Started2010-02-20
Finished2010-03-25
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Life of the Cosmos
AuthorLee Smolin
Rating★★★☆☆
Pages368
Started2006-03-23; 2009-10-08
Finished2009-12-30
Tagsowned, nonfiction, finished
TitleA Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Pages272
Started2009-01-05
Finished2009-02-05
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
CommentsBought at Dawkins reading in Portland
TitleOn Writing
AuthorStephen King
Rating★★★☆☆
Pages320
Started2009-01-14
Finished2009-01-19
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
AuthorJames D. Watson
Rating★★★★☆
Pages256
Started2009-01-13
Finished2009-01-13
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleHow The Mind Works
AuthorSteven Pinker
Rating★★★★☆
Pages672
Started2008-06-02
Finished2008-08-29
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleTraveling Music
AuthorNeil Peart
Rating★★★★☆
Pages440
Started2008-05-18
Finished2008-05-28
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Masked Rider
AuthorNeil Peart
Rating★★★★☆
Pages260
Started2008-01-06
Finished2008-05-11
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleNature Via Nurture
AuthorMatt Ridley
Rating★★★★☆
Pages336
Started2007-09-10
Finished2007-10-04
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleWriting With Power
AuthorPeter Elbow
Rating★★★☆☆
Pages416
Started2007-06-12
Finished2007-08-27
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Language Instinct
AuthorSteven Pinker
Rating★★★★★
Pages448
Started2007-01-05
Finished2007-02-25
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Omnivore's Dilemma
AuthorMichael Pollan
Rating★★★★☆
Pages411
Started2006-10-25
Finished2006-11-16
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleStumbling on Happiness
AuthorDaniel Gilbert
Rating★★★☆☆
Pages238
Started2006-10-16
Finished2006-10-24
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe God Delusion
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Rating★★★★☆
Pages374
Started2006-10-09
Finished2006-10-16
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Zen Commandments
AuthorDean Sluyter
Rating★★★★☆
Pages183
Started2006-08-02
Finished2006-08-08
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleGenome
AuthorMatt Ridley
Rating★★★☆☆
Pages313
Started2006-07-04
Finished2006-08-02
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Fabric of the Cosmos
AuthorBrian Greene
Rating★★★★★
Pages493
Started2006-05-14
Finished2006-07-01
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Design of Everyday Things
AuthorDonald A. Norman
Rating★★★☆☆
Pages272
Started2006-02-22
Finished2006-05-05
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleGetting Things Done
AuthorDavid Allen
Rating★★★★☆
Pages267
Started2005-10-20
Finished2005-10-31
Tagsowned, finished, queued, nonfiction
TitleThe Elegant Universe
AuthorBrian Greene
Rating★★★★☆
Pages464
Started2005-09-18
Finished2005-10-06
Tagsfinished, nonfiction, twice
TitleThe Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility
AuthorStewart Brand
Pages198
Started2005
Finished2005
Tagsfinished, nonfiction
TitleThe Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
AuthorMatt Ridley
Rating★★★★☆
Finished2005
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Ancestor's Tale
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Rating★★★★☆
Pages688
Started2004-12
Finished2004-12
Tagsfinished, nonfiction
TitleThe Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Rating★★★★☆
Started2004
Finished2004
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleA People's History of the United States
AuthorHoward Zinn
Pages688
Started2003
Finished2003
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleClimbing Mount Improbable
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Rating★★★★☆
Pages294
Started2003
Finished2003
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleGhost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
AuthorNeil Peart
Pages400
Started2003
Finished2003
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleThe Selfish Gene
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Rating★★★★★
Pages368
Started2003
Finished2003
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleA Short History of Nearly Everything
AuthorBill Bryson
Rating★★★☆☆
Pages560
Tagsfinished, nonfiction
TitleBeautiful Evidence
AuthorEdward R. Tufte
Pages213
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
CommentsGot at Tufte talk
TitleBeing Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook
AuthorMichael Lopp
Pages336
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
TitleBlink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
AuthorMalcolm Gladwell
Pages320
Tagsowned, nonfiction, queued
TitleCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
AuthorJared Diamond
Pages592
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
TitleEnvisioning Information
AuthorEdward R. Tufte
Pages126
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
CommentsGot at Tufte talk
TitleGetting Real
Author37signals
Tagsowned, stalled, nonfiction
CommentsBought with Omni budget
TitleHiroshige
AuthorMatthi Forrer Suzuki Juzo Henry D., II Smith
Tagsowned, nonfiction
TitleJefferson
AuthorSamuel K. Padover
Pages192
Tagsowned, nonfiction
CommentsBarnes & Noble in the University Village
TitleMaking It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life
AuthorDavid Allen
Pages256
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
TitleMusicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
AuthorOliver Sacks
Pages400
Started2009-02-05
Tagsowned, stalled, nonfiction
TitleParenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion
Authorle McGowan
Pages304
Tagsqueued, owned, nonfiction
TitlePick Me Up
AuthorJeremy Leslie David Roberts
Pages352
Tagsowned, nonfiction
TitlePower-Up : How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life
AuthorChris Kohler
Tagsfinished, nonfiction
TitlePowers of Ten
AuthorPhilip Morrison Phylis Morrison
Tagsowned, nonfiction
TitleProfessor and the Madman, The
AuthorSimon, Winchester
Pages288
Tagsnonfiction, borrowed, stalled
TitleRaising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief
AuthorDale Mcgowan, Molleen Matsumura, Amanda Metskas, Jan Devor
Pages288
Tagsqueued, owned, nonfiction
TitleRevolution in The Valley
AuthorAndy Hertzfeld
Tagsowned, stalled, nonfiction
TitleRiver Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleRoadshow: Landscape With Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle
AuthorNeil Peart
Pages400
Tagsqueued, owned, nonfiction
TitleStyle: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace
AuthorJoseph M. Williams
Pages288
Tagsnonfiction, owned, queued
TitleThe Autobiography and Other Writings
AuthorBenjamin Franklin
Pages352
Tagsowned, stalled, nonfiction
CommentsBarnes & Noble in the University Village
TitleThe Commonsense Book of Wine: The Only Book that Demystifies Wine Without Destroying Its Magic
AuthorLeon D. Adams
Pages168
Tagsowned, stalled, nonfiction
TitleThe End of Time: The Next Revolution in Our Understanding of the Universe
AuthorJulian B. Barbour
Pages352
Tagsqueued, owned, nonfiction
TitleThe Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Tagsowned, nonfiction
TitleThe First Sixteen Secrets of Chi
AuthorLuk Chun Bond
Tagsowned, nonfiction
TitleThe Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity
AuthorFred C. Adams Greg Laughlin
Pages288
Started2008-10-27
Tagsowned, stalled, nonfiction
TitleThe Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
AuthorGeoffrey K. Pullum
Pages246
Tagsowned, nonfiction
TitleThe Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park
AuthorJack Lynch
Pages336
Tagsqueued, owned, nonfiction
TitleThe Third Culture
AuthorJohn Brockman
Tagsgave up, nonfiction
TitleThe Trouble With Physics. The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next
AuthorLee Smolin
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
TitleThe Visual Display of Quantitative Information
AuthorEdward R. Tufte
Pages197
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
CommentsGot at Tufte talk
TitleThe World Without Us
AuthorAlan Weisman
Tagsstalled, borrowed, nonfiction
TitleUnweaving the Rainbow
AuthorRichard Dawkins
Rating★★★★☆
Pages313
Tagsowned, finished, nonfiction
TitleVisual Explanations
AuthorEdward R. Tufte
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
CommentsGot at Tufte talk
TitleWord Origins ... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone
AuthorAnatoly Liberman
Pages320
Started2008-05-11
Tagsowned, stalled, nonfiction
TitleWriting Without Teachers
AuthorPeter Elbow
Tagsowned, queued, nonfiction
TitleZero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
AuthorCharles Seife
Pages256
Tagsborrowed, queued, nonfiction