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The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism - by Howard Bloom

Book #77: December 2009 & January 2010 (Non-Fiction) • Book Discussion Leader: Joe Kelley

Is global capitalism on its last legs? Is the era of American leadership over? Has the West begun a decline into a new Dark Age? Does American civilization deserve to survive? Buy the book and participate in the discussion

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Sat May 09, 2020 9:59 pm

Madhushi

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - by Lewis Carroll

Book #76: November & December 2009 (Fiction)

The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat-characters each more eccentric than the last, and that could only have come from Lewis Carroll, the master of sublime nonsense. Buy the book

Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:19 am

Penelope

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle - by Chris Hedges

Book #75: Nov. & Dec. 2009 (Non-Fiction)

Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. Buy the book and participate in the discussion

Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:39 am

jRup

The Sound and the Fury - by William Faulkner

Book #74: November & December 2009 (Fiction) • Book Discussion Leader: DWill

First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling," the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers--the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason.

Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:48 pm

Morganhorsey

The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene - by Richard Dawkins

Book #73: November & December 2009 (Non-Fiction)

The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual organisms are replicators that have extended phenotypic effects on society and the world at large, thus our genes have the ability to manipulate other individuals. Buy the book and participate in the discussion

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Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:04 am

karol33

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions - by Neil Gaiman

Book #72: September & October 2009 (Fiction)

Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:15 pm

belveana

The Selfish Gene - by Richard Dawkins

Book #71: September & October 2009 (Non-Fiction) • Book Discussion Leader: Robert Tulip

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:18 am

Robert Tulip

When Good Thinking Goes Bad - by Todd C. Riniolo

Book #70: August & September 2009 (Non-Fiction, FACTS)
• Book Discussion Leader: Interbane • Read the chat transcript from the live author chat on September 24, 2009

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Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:15 pm

Robert Tulip

House of Leaves - by Mark Z. Danielewski

Book #69: August & September 2009 (Fiction) • Book Discussion Leader: Krysondra

Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:44 am

Nick2

American Gods: A Novel - by Neil Gaiman

Book #68: May, June & July 2009 (Fiction) • Book Discussion Leader: Robert Tulip

206

Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:26 am

Inindo

Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved - by Frans de Waal

Book #67: June, July & August 2009 (Non-Fiction)

243

Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:40 am

Grim

The Enormous Room - by E.E. Cummings

Book #66: April & May 2009 (Fiction)

Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:17 pm

Suzanne

The Picture of Dorian Gray - by Oscar Wilde

Book #65: March & April 2009 (Fiction)

147

Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:34 pm

wilde

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - by Christopher Hitchens

Book #64: March, April & May 2009 (Non-Fiction) • Book Discussion Leader: DWill

507

Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:29 am

stephen71

The Name of the Rose - by Umberto Eco

Book #63: February & March 2009 (Fiction)

Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:34 pm

Thomas Hood

Dreams From My Father - by Barack Obama

Book #62: February & March 2009 (Non-Fiction) • Book Discussion Leader: Trish

Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:25 pm

Chris OConnor

Paradise Lost - by John Milton

Book #61: January, February, & March 2009 (Fiction - Epic Poem)

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Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:34 pm

MikeB

Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism - by Kevin Phillips

Book #60: January & February 2009 (Non-Fiction)

229

Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:44 am

jad420

The Secret Garden - by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Book #59: December 2008 & January 2009 (Fiction)

297

Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:41 pm

Thomas Hood

Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists - by Dan Barker

Book #58: December 2008 & January 2009 (Non-Fiction, FACTS)

127

Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:03 pm

giselle

The Things They Carried - by Tim O'Brien

Book #57: November & December 2008 (Fiction)

154

Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:59 am

N037

The Limits of Power - by Andrew Bacevich

Book #56: October & November 2008 (Non-Fiction)

156

Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:15 pm

Grim

Lolita - by Vladimir Nabokov

Book #55: October & November 2008 (Fiction)

219

Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:18 am

wildstrawberrynyc

Orlando - by Virginia Woolf

Book #54: October & November 2008 (Fiction)

Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:36 pm

Ashleigh

On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not - by Robert Burton

Book #53: September & October 2008 (Non-Fiction)

159

Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:22 pm

Saffron

50 reasons people give for believing in a god - by Guy P. Harrison

Book #52: August & September 2008 (Non-Fiction)

273

Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:18 am

DWill

Walden - by Henry David Thoreau

Book #51: July & August 2008 (Non-Fiction)

424

Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:35 pm

KimberleyMorrison

Exile and the Kingdom - by Albert Camus

Book #50: June & July 2008 (Fiction) (Short Stories)

185

Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:09 am

Chris OConnor

Our Inner Ape - by Frans de Waal

Book #49: May & June 2008 (Non-Fiction)

Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:12 pm

seeker

Your Inner Fish - by Neil Shubin

Book #48: May & June 2008 (Non-Fiction)

190

Tue Dec 26, 2017 5:15 pm

TEKennelly

No Country for Old Men - by Cormac McCarthy

Book #47: April & May 2008 (Fiction)

161

Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:14 pm

andrewg

The Age of American Unreason - by Susan Jacoby

Book #46: March & April 2008 (Non-Fiction)

122

Thu May 01, 2008 4:55 pm

Ophelia

Ten Theories of Human Nature - by Leslie Stevenson & David Haberman

Book #45: March & April 2008 (Non-Fiction)

113

Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:43 pm

DWill

Heart of Darkness - by Joseph Conrad

Book #44: February & March 2008 (Fiction)

720

Wed May 05, 2010 11:10 pm

genki247

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature - by Stephen Pinker

Book #43: January, February & March 2008 (Non-Fiction)

124

Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:13 pm

Chris OConnor

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