A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (P.S.)187 reviews Samantha Power Harper Perennial, 2007 Thorough Study of Genocide History + An important book to read + What About America's own Age of its Genocide? Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...             THE MADNESS OF ADAM AND EVE : HOW SCHIZOPHRENIA SHAPED HUMANITY8 reviews David Horrobin Not Specified, 2002 For ever changes the way you look at the mentally ill + Informative and stimulating reading + Highly Recommended + Don't forget Autism             Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy24 reviews Eric G. Wilson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Existential Ruminations, Or, The Ironic Life + Happiness is a bust! It is really unfortunate that the Washington Post review is so prominent on the Amazon page. To be fair, it is a well-written review: it is precise and supported with the sort of concrete examples that demonstrate a close reading. On the other hand, it is so vituperative that one wonders why the ...             Running with Scissors: A Memoir821 reviews Augusten Burroughs St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006 Wonderful read for good laughs + A Childhood Undesired: A Review of Running with Scissors + A humorous romp through an unusual childhood + Liked the Movie Better             The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind141 reviews Julian Jaynes Mariner Books, 2000 Fascinating and controversial speculation + A new take on hallucination + Mind-blowing + Incredible insight into consciousness             Skinny Legs and All110 reviews Tom Robbins Bantam, 1995 The Joshua Tree is to music as Skinny Legs And All is to fiction. + Destroy Your Dogma + Tom Robbin's at his best + for pilgrims and frustrated artists; also: foot-fetishists             The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist46 reviews Richard P. Feynman Basic Books, 2005 Its title says it all and it is indeed one of the greates books I have ever read + If you know that you are not sure . . . + Enlighted thoughts of an intelligent man Mr. Feynman wrote in this book how the basic things in life, such as its meaning if any are. His writting style is even simpler than Einstein's while his ideas are just as profound. The book is very thin and it is an easy read, so you learn a lot by reading very few pages and this is really ...             The Evolution Of Desire - Revised Edition 446 reviews David M. Buss Basic Books, 2003 Understand your desire!!! + A book worth reading but it had more pages than necessary Great proposal on Evolutionary Psychology of reproductive behavior. After a cross-cultural study, David M. Buss brings us a pleasant reading of this subject, with good, helpful examples! Find out how we "think" about a partner and what they "think" about us!             Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century18 reviews Jonathan Glover Yale University Press, 2001 Humanism in the 20th century + An immoral history A good description of major political and moral issues and problems in the 20 century. Written prior to September 11.             The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory505 reviews Brian Greene W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 Excellent resource for the layman.... + The Elegant Universe + The Final Universe + Quantum Foam and Hidden Dimensions + Don't know if its the subject matter or Greene...             Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation73 reviews Joao Magueijo Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 The Story of a "fantastic" Scientific Speculation. + pot pourri + Revolutionary! This is a very fascinating story and the best book I have ever read. I am still not old enough to have studied all the subject presented in the book in the language of Mathematics, but the presentation was fantastic and I understood every bit of the book and I can now talk for hours about Cosmology ...             Running with Scissors: A Memoir821 reviews Augusten Burroughs St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006 Wonderful read for good laughs + A Childhood Undesired: A Review of Running with Scissors + A humorous romp through an unusual childhood + Liked the Movie Better             The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind141 reviews Julian Jaynes Mariner Books, 2000 Fascinating and controversial speculation + A new take on hallucination + Mind-blowing + Incredible insight into consciousness             Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century18 reviews Jonathan Glover Yale University Press, 2001 Humanism in the 20th century + An immoral history A good description of major political and moral issues and problems in the 20 century. Written prior to September 11.             The Evolution Of Desire - Revised Edition 446 reviews David M. Buss Basic Books, 2003 Understand your desire!!! + A book worth reading but it had more pages than necessary Great proposal on Evolutionary Psychology of reproductive behavior. After a cross-cultural study, David M. Buss brings us a pleasant reading of this subject, with good, helpful examples! Find out how we "think" about a partner and what they "think" about us!             The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist46 reviews Richard P. Feynman Basic Books, 2005 Its title says it all and it is indeed one of the greates books I have ever read + If you know that you are not sure . . . + Enlighted thoughts of an intelligent man Mr. Feynman wrote in this book how the basic things in life, such as its meaning if any are. His writting style is even simpler than Einstein's while his ideas are just as profound. The book is very thin and it is an easy read, so you learn a lot by reading very few pages and this is really ...             The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory505 reviews Brian Greene W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 Excellent resource for the layman.... + The Elegant Universe + The Final Universe + Quantum Foam and Hidden Dimensions + Don't know if its the subject matter or Greene...             Skinny Legs and All110 reviews Tom Robbins Bantam, 1995 The Joshua Tree is to music as Skinny Legs And All is to fiction. + Destroy Your Dogma + Tom Robbin's at his best + for pilgrims and frustrated artists; also: foot-fetishists             THE MADNESS OF ADAM AND EVE : HOW SCHIZOPHRENIA SHAPED HUMANITY8 reviews David Horrobin Not Specified, 2002 For ever changes the way you look at the mentally ill + Informative and stimulating reading + Highly Recommended + Don't forget Autism             Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation73 reviews Joao Magueijo Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 The Story of a "fantastic" Scientific Speculation. + pot pourri + Revolutionary! This is a very fascinating story and the best book I have ever read. I am still not old enough to have studied all the subject presented in the book in the language of Mathematics, but the presentation was fantastic and I understood every bit of the book and I can now talk for hours about Cosmology ...