It's disturbing how self-descriptive these book recommendations are.
Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo:
Linked. (All about Networks.)
Bloom, Harold:
Genius. (100 greatest authors of all time. Yes, the Bible is in there. Well, part of it.)
Campbell, Joseph:
Hero with a Thousand Faces. (Comparative Religion, theory of the mono-myth. Also see: four-part series, Masks of God.)
Covey, Stephen R.:
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. (Speaks for itself. Best PD book I have ever bothered with.)
Dyson, Freeman:
Infinite in All Directions. (Inspirational. The basic concept behind Will Wright's Spore.)
Fischer, David Hackett:
Albion's Seed. (History and Culture. Details on the British Immigration to America. Because school taught you
nothing.)
Gaiman, Neil:
American Gods. (Fiction. Comparative Religion.)
Heinlein, Robert A.:
Stranger in a Strange Land. (Fiction. Cultural analysis of religion and sexuality. Try to find the uncut version.)
Little, John:
The Warrior Within. (Philosophy.)
Penrose, Roger:
The Road to Reality. (Physics. Starts with Pythagoras and goes past String Theory.)
Simmons, Dan: Hyperion [and sequels] (Fiction. Science Fiction. Or not.)
Taylor, Mark C.:
The Moment of Complexity. (Complexity Theory.)
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"I read, I interpret, I think, I criticize, I oppose, I listen, I write, I question, I reply, I quote, I tell, I name, I discuss, I interpolate..., I learn, I teach, I live, therefore I am." -- Marc-Alain Ouaknin, "Mysteries of the Kabbalah", p383.
Favorite Essays I Wrote:
love,
identity & growth,
economics,
education,
equality,
definitions.
Recent Books I liked:
Anansi Boys,
Fly By Night,
Hyperion.