Suggestions for our May & June 2008 Non-Fiction book

Saffron · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:41 am Post subject: The Chalice & The Blade

I'd like to recommend almost any book by Riane Eisler. A good beginning point might be The Chalice & The Blade.

http://www.amazon.com/Chalice-Blade-Our-History-Future/dp/B000GH2YT2/r ef=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207315819&sr=8-1

Saffron · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:46 am Post subject: please excuse my public learning

Okay, I figured out how to use the quote box, but not exactly. Somehow my last thought ended up inside the quote box. On top of that, I incorrectly sited the title. Goes to show you my short term memory does not exist!

Ophelia · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:48 am Post subject:

Aren't you being a little hard on yourself? Wink

I certainly didn't achieve this much in my first few postings.

DWill · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:31 am Post subject:

I could also support either of the books recommended by JulianTheApostate. The one on pharmacology is more specialized, perhaps, than the usual type of selection, but I happen to be interested in that topic and somewhat connected with it professionally.

The ways of thinking that we have, but which are unknown to us, is always a fascinating topic (this would be the Airely book).
Will

Saffron · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:00 am Post subject:

I could get behind reading The Cult of Pharmacology. I think it would generate lots of discussion. I actually think we have a great list going. I'd be happy to read just about any of them.

ralphinlaos · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:41 pm Post subject:

Hi Lisamarie -

I've always been a fan of Rebecca West and have read many of her writings over the years. I've never heard of this one - The Gray and the Falcon (something like that) - but would enjoy reading it.

In Cold Blood is always current simply because it is a wonderfully written book.

However, my non-fiction book for this month will be Home, by the lovely Julie Andrews. Good reviews and it will sell well - probably far too popular for this crowd.

jcdietrich · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject:

I would love to read "Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder" by Kent Nerburn. I have already read this book unlike almost everyone I know and have it so earmarked it's a mess! It was very spiritually grounding for me and has changed the way I see so many things. I'd love to hear how others feel about it.

Attaching the Review:
From Booklist
Readers looking for another red-man-departs-wise-words-to-white-man-to-lessen-white- man's-guilt will be disappointed by the tone and content of this work. Realists wanting a truthful, fiery, and, ultimately, cleansing dialogue between Indian and white will definitely want it. Nerburn reluctantly agrees to a meeting with Dan, a Lakota elder who asks him to construct a book from a motley collection of notes, diatribes, and political and social commentaries written over seven decades and kept in an old shoe box. Void of the hypocrisy rampant in many books that have whites adopting the ways of "the great spirit," Nerburn exposes the real truth, which whites are unwilling to face: that in "the hunger to own a piece of the earth, we had destroyed the dreams and families of an entire race." Joined by a dog named Fatback, Dan gives Nerburn the ride of his life as they cross the vast Midwest in Dan's Buick. Along the way, Dan alternates between rage and melancholy, and Nerburn between shame and confusion. Nerburn unintentionally touches nerve after nerve and elicits an almost unbearable flood of anguish and despair. The truth revealed in this book will be difficult for most whites to face, but it is painfully necessary if healing is ever to begin. Kevin Roddy --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Ophelia · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

jcd,

Neither Wolf Nor Dog.
This looks interesting.

http://www.amazon.com/Neither-Wolf-nor-Dog-Forgotten/dp/1577312333/ref =pd_sim_b_title_4

LanDroid · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject: Current events

I suggest Marching Toward Hell - America and Islam After Iraq by Michael Scheuer. The author headed the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit and so knows more about him that just about anyone...

http://www.amazon.com/Marching-Toward-Hell-America-Islam/dp/0743299698 /ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207435730&sr=8-2

If that's too much, I second DWill's suggestion for Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body, by Neil Shubin. I saw an interview with the author and it sounded quite interesting.

This book looks similar to the above, but doesn't go so far back into our ancestry. Wink

Our Inner Ape - A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are by Frans De Wall.

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Inner-Ape-Frans-Waal/dp/B000GUJHJO/ref=pd_bb s_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207436169&sr=1-1

LanDroid · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject:

Have we ever done a biography? How about Benjamin Franklin, An American Life by Walter Isaacson. Hey, out of 191 Amazon reviews, 161 are 4 or 5 star...

http://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-American-Walter-Isaacson/dp/07 4325807X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207441155&sr=1-1

JulianTheApostate · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject:

mcorbin · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: Book Talk for May/June

Hello Everyone,

This is author Michael Corbin. I think that my illustrated art book called, "The Art of Everyday Joe: A Collector's Journal," would make a
fantastic book for discussion. I'm an art collector and I write books about art and life. My books are NOT academic. They're fun, insightful, witty and will make you see contemporary art in a whole new light. You'll want to become an art collector yourself! I'm not kidding. Art is for the "Everyday Joe." That's what my books are all about.

Check it out my website at ...
www.artmaestrogallery.com

Thanks!
Mike

Ophelia · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject:

Saffron · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject:

JulianTheApostate wrote:

Saffron · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject:

Ophelia wrote:


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