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Official Poll - Non-Fiction Book for Nov. & Dec. 2007

Collaborate in choosing our next NON-FICTION book for group discussion within this forum. A minimum of 5 posts is necessary to participate here!
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George Ricker

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Since I probably won't be participating in the discussion, I'm not going to vote for any of the selections.

For what it's worth, I probably would vote for either A Poisonous Affair or Moral Animal if I were.

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Well for this round I'm going with:

3 for The Lucifer Effect
2 for A Poisonous Affair


Now if I'm right, the state of play looks like so:

The Moral Animal has 9 votes (5 from Rivercoil, 4 from Mr. P).
A Poisonous Affair has 7 votes (5 from Mad, 2 from my good self)
The Lucifer Effect has 4 votes (3 from me and 1 from Mr. P.)

It's probably going to be very close actually.
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Thanks for helping keep score, Niall.

Yes, everyone gets 5 votes to distribute however they see fit. Please be sure that you all have assigned 5 votes clearly. If you simply stated what books you like we will not know how to count your votes. Be clear, please. Thanks.
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Lucifer Effect

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I'll cast all my votes for Lucifer Effect. I finished that book last month, and it's excellent, bringing up important and disturbing aspects of human nature. Also, I'll be very busy for the rest of the year, and there are several other books I'm eager to read.

I read Moral Animal five years ago. It has some interesting ideas, and led me to read several other books about evolutionary psychology. While I'm not inclined to re-read it, I could participate in the discussion.

All of the books sound interesting. How about we discuss the top two suggestions, instead of reading an atheist Freethinker book?
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I also cast all my votes for The Lucifer Effect. I have already read The Moral Animal and would prefer to read something new.
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