Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything8 reviews Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner William Morrow, 2005 Interesting - A Must Read if You Want a Different View of Economic Science + A Must Read + Great reading front to back + Eye-opening, everyday, street-level economics             Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill42 reviews Jessica Stern Harper Perennial, 2004 From the mouth of extremists... + Dated Fear Tactics, Relevant Prescriptions + Terror in the Name of God Jessica Stern provides insight to the behavior of religious extremists through her personal interviews with members of different religious sects in America and around the world. This is not written as an "edge of your seat" or "read one weekend" style of book. It is a means of educating the reader ...             Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East140 reviews Michael B. Oren Presidio Press, 2003 Just in Time + An Impressive Marshalling of Sources + Very In-Depth - Covers All Aspects of Six-Day War + How the Middle East Changed Forever in Six Days + Required Reading for Understanding the Current Middle East Situation             All the Pretty Horses301 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Vintage, 1993 A Masterpiece + A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure + A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature + a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?             The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11287 reviews Lawrence Wright Knopf, 2006 This book will get under your skin + A plot cooked up by cavemen with computers + Good intro to the topic + An Excellent Primer on Al-Qaeda's Birth and Growth + The Looming Tower             The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...             The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril16 reviews Leonard Jr Downie, Robert G. Kaiser Vintage, 2003 News: Who Needs it? + Great book -- some problems + Think you know how the news business operates? Think again! + The News About the Business of News + What People Want and What People Need             The Boys of Winter: Life And Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War2 reviews Charles J. Sanders University Press of Colorado, 2005 The Boys of Winter: Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops du I am a descendant of a 10th Mountain soldier, who is still living, my review of course is biased to that slant. My dad shared with my brothers and I the places in Colorado where he trained, the mountain songs, however, he has never told us about the sights, sounds, or events of the battles in Kiska ...             The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals464 reviews Michael Pollan Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 The True Cost of Eating Your Lunch + Amazing Read + Thought-provoking and terrifying + Changed My World View             Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East140 reviews Michael B. Oren Presidio Press, 2003 Just in Time + An Impressive Marshalling of Sources + Very In-Depth - Covers All Aspects of Six-Day War + How the Middle East Changed Forever in Six Days + Required Reading for Understanding the Current Middle East Situation             Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything8 reviews Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner William Morrow, 2005 Interesting - A Must Read if You Want a Different View of Economic Science + A Must Read + Great reading front to back + Eye-opening, everyday, street-level economics             Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill42 reviews Jessica Stern Harper Perennial, 2004 From the mouth of extremists... + Dated Fear Tactics, Relevant Prescriptions + Terror in the Name of God Jessica Stern provides insight to the behavior of religious extremists through her personal interviews with members of different religious sects in America and around the world. This is not written as an "edge of your seat" or "read one weekend" style of book. It is a means of educating the reader ...             All the Pretty Horses301 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Vintage, 1993 A Masterpiece + A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure + A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature + a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?             The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals464 reviews Michael Pollan Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 The True Cost of Eating Your Lunch + Amazing Read + Thought-provoking and terrifying + Changed My World View             The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11287 reviews Lawrence Wright Knopf, 2006 This book will get under your skin + A plot cooked up by cavemen with computers + Good intro to the topic + An Excellent Primer on Al-Qaeda's Birth and Growth + The Looming Tower             The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril16 reviews Leonard Jr Downie, Robert G. Kaiser Vintage, 2003 News: Who Needs it? + Great book -- some problems + Think you know how the news business operates? Think again! + The News About the Business of News + What People Want and What People Need             The Boys of Winter: Life And Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War2 reviews Charles J. Sanders University Press of Colorado, 2005 The Boys of Winter: Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops du I am a descendant of a 10th Mountain soldier, who is still living, my review of course is biased to that slant. My dad shared with my brothers and I the places in Colorado where he trained, the mountain songs, however, he has never told us about the sights, sounds, or events of the battles in Kiska ...             The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...