One of the only things you can do these day to stay on top of things is read. Become yr own theorist. Philosophize.

take a stand.

These are some books that I consider worthwhile readings, and are books that I own.

I used to have some on this list that I own, but haven't read or studied... I didn't think that was fair, so I've removed them. When I actually get to them, they'll reappear.

I categorized these as listed, though certain works could be classified in several ways.


Sociology/Politics (non-fiction)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X -- ed., Alex Haley
Black Boy -- Richard Wright
Black Like Me -- John Howard Griffin
A Different Mirror -- Ronald Takaki
From Beirut to Jerusalem -- Thomas L. Friedman
The Marx-Engels Reader -- ed., Robert C. Tucker
Walden -- Henry David Thoreau

Sociology/Politics (fiction)

Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley

Religions/Philosophy

Christ and Culture -- H. Richard Niebuhr
Christ, The Center -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ethics -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ed., Eberhard Bethge, trans., Neville H. Smith
Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard, trans., Walter Lowrie
The Kingdom of God in America -- H. Richard Niebuhr
Letters and Papers from Prison -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ed., Eberhard Bethge
The Pocket Aquinas -- ed., Vernon J. Bourke
On Religion -- Friedrich Schleiermacher
Spiritual Theology : The Theology of Yesterday for Spiritual Help Today -- Diogenes Allen
Tao Te Ching -- Lao Tzu
The Tao of Pooh -- Benjamin Hoff
The Te of Piglet -- Benjamin Hoff
The Worldly Philosophers -- Robert L. Heilbroner
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- Robert M. Pirsig

Poetry/Verse

Gasoline; The Vestal Lady on Brattle -- Gregory Corso
The Portable Beat Reader -- ed., Ann Charters
The Portable Jack Kerouac -- ed., Ann Charters
Inferno | Purgatorio | Paradiso -- Dante Allegheri, trans., John Ciardi

Entertainment

The Cuckoo's Egg -- Cliff Stoll
Microserfs -- Douglas Coupland
Rotten -- John Lydon


The following are books that I'd like to obtain. If you have any well-worn copies you are willing to donate, feel free to contact me.

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