Lists of Bests: Christopher Hurtado's "Books I'm Reading" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/2581 Books I'm Reading Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:17:38 GMT en-us 0 50 25 0 0 Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7713 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7713"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345383044.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benjamin Barber</div> What Philosophers Think http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/617985 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/617985"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0826461808.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Story of Philosophy: From Plato to Voltaire and the French Enlightenment http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116252 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116252"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572704195.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Will Durant</div> Solaris http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4034 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4034"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027607.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanislaw Lem</div> Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4190 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4190"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192100246.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131163150_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Blackburn</div> Miracles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1059 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1059"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060653019.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V51309522_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> The Problem of Pain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1058 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1058"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060652969.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V51312710_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> The Arab Predicament: Arab Political Thought and Practice since 1967 (Canto original series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1373393 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1373393"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521438330.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fouad Ajami</div> The Adventure of English : The Biography of a Language http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/210801 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/210801"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1559707100.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Melvyn Bragg</div> Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4208 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4208"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192801481.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P. H. Matthews</div> Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38941 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38941"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192854119.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. C. Grayling</div> The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70178 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70178"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060839783.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> A Grief Observed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1052 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1052"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060652381.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4556 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4556"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/019517500X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Winchester</div> Abuse of Language Abuse of Power http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565599 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565599"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/089870362X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057196402_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josef Pieper</div> Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3593 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3593"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142002291.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David K. Shipler</div> Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30616 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30616"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1566631319.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Strathern</div> On Wittgenstein (Wadsworth Philosophers Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2079011 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2079011"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0534575943.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jaakko Hintikka</div> Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1389 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1389"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060936649.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056414531_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Edmonds</div> The Gospel Reloaded: Exploring Spirituality and Faith in The Matrix http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31487 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31487"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1576834786.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Seay</div> Russell: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1001828 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1001828"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192802585.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. C. Grayling</div> Old Testament and Related Studies (Collected Works of Hugh Nibley) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1865523 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1865523"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0875790321.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hugh Nibley</div> The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real (Popular Culture and Philosophy, V. 3) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25507 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25507"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/081269502X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26019 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26019"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0824810686.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1083840901_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Defrancis</div> The Arabic Alphabet: How To Read and Write It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/892228 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/892228"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0863569544.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59541844_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas Awde</div>