Radek, the lover of books

Aside from bicycling, solo backpacking or shooting I enjoy nothing more than sitting down with a good book, a glass of latte and wasting an afternoon immersed in print as images of long dead characters are conjured up in my mind -- sorry folks, TV is no match. Yet, despite the fact that I enjoy reading, I don't require the use of vision aids; go figure.

I generally like to read books about history and horror; yes not exactly related topics.

What, you want a list of books I've read ? What'da you think this is ?

Currently reading (28 January 2008)

Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II by Eugene B. Fluckeyr
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer

Recently read

The Truth about Muhammad by Robert Spencer
Spud by John van de Ruit
A Brass Pole in Bangkok: A thing I aspire to be by Fred Reed
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.
Hunting with Jesus by Joe Bageant.
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Boston's Gun Bible by Boston T. Party
Molon Labe by Boston T. Party
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941 by William L. Shirer
The Road to Arnhem : A Screaming Eagle in Holland by Donald R. Burgett.
The Great Possum-Squashing and Beer Storm of 1962: Reflections on the Remains of My Country by Fred Reed.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
A Walk in the woods by Bill Bryson
The Mitzvah by Aaron Zelman and L. Neil Smith
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto.
Life with Father by Clarence Day.
Unintended Consequences by John Ross.
The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong by John R. Lott, Jr..
The Federal Siege At Ruby Ridge: In Our Own Words by Randy Weaver, Sara Weaver, Sandy Weaver, Bill Henry.
Nekkid in Austin: Drop your inner child down a well by Fred Reed.
War is a force that gives us meaning by Chris Hedges.
What every person should know about war by Chris Hedges.
Stopping power: a practical analysis of the latest handgun ammunition by Evan Marshall and Edwin J. Sanow.
Handguns and freedom by Joe Pierre.
You Are Being Lied To: The Disinformation Guide To Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes & Cultural Myths by Russ Kick (editor).
Africa Speaks by Mark Goldblatt.
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War by Thomas Dilorenzo.
The Death of the West: How Mass Immigration, Depopulation & A Dying Faith are killing out Culture and Country by Patrick J. Buchanan.
Day of Deceit; the truth about FDR and Pearl Harbour by Robert B. Stinnett.
How to own a gun and stay out of jail -- California, 2002 Edition by John Machtinger.
Bedford: A World Vision by Ellen Williams.
The best democracy money can buy by Greg Palast.
The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History by Howard K. Bloom.
Iraq Under Seige: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War by Anthony Arnove (editor).
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.
Night by Elie Wiesel.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotton Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang.
Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotton Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission by Hampton Sides.
Flags of our fathers by James Bradley.
The War against Boys by Christina Hoff Sommers.
How Stella got her Groove back by Terry McMillan.
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy.
Three Books of Known Space by Larry Niven.
The Corner: A year in the life of an inner-city neighbourhood , by David Simon, Edward Burns.
The Fourth World : The Heritage of the Arctic and Its Destruction , by Sam Hall.
The Bachman Books, by Richard Bachman.
The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara.
Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur S. Golden.
Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier.
Incident at Twenty-Mile, by Trevanian.
Four Past Midnight, by Stephen King.
To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu, by George Takei.
Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories, by Nichelle Nicols.
Miles from Nowhere: In Search of the American Frontier, by Dayton Duncan.
The Lady: The life and times of Winnie Mandela, by Emma Gilbey.
Into The Wild, by John Krakauer.
White Boy Running, by Christopher Hope.
Seven Years in Tibet, by Heinrich Harrer.
Into the Heart of Darkness: Confessions of Apartheid's assassins, by Jacques Pouw.
My Traitor's Heart, by Rian Malan.
Tomorrow is another country, by Allister Sparks.
South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, by (Lonely Planet) John Murray, et al.
The World's most Dangerous Places, by (Fielding's worldwide) Robert Young Pelton et al.
Karma-Cola, by Gita Mehta.
The PCT hiker's handbook, by Ray Jardine.
Sea Kayaking. A Manual for Long-Distance Touring, by John Dowd.
Illusions, by Richard Bach.
No-No Boy, by John Okada.
Snow falling on Cedars, by David Guterson.
Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer.
Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson.
The March to War, by James Ridgeway.
The History of Warfare, by John Keegan.
Pedalling the ends of the Earth, by David Duncan.
Silicon Snake Oil, by Clifford Stoll.
The Civil War, by Bruce Catton.
Assault at West Point, by John Marczalek.
Trail of Tears: The rise and fall of the Cherokee nation, by John Ehle.

On my want-to-read list

When in the course of Human events by Charles Adams.
Democracy: The God that Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara.
The Helldivers' Rodeo : A Deadly, Extreme, Scuba-Diving, Spear Fishing Adventure Amid the Offshore Oil-Platforms in the Murky Waters off the Gulf of Mexico by Humberto Fontova.
Paradise Lost by John Milton.
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler.
History of the World by J.M. Roberts.
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, et al.
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.
The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises.
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis by Ludwig von Mises.
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises.
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World by Bjorn Lomborg.
Our Enemy the State by Albert J. Nock.
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek.
America's Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard.
Power & Market by Murray N. Rothbard.

Radek Aster <radek dot aster at gmail dot com>