Something Eloquent

I have a pile of books that have been accu­mu­lat­ing for a while now. I’ve read a small part of each of them and I want to fin­ish them, but I’m hav­ing dif­fi­culty choos­ing a start­ing point. (Actually, I just made the decision now on which I will read first, but I’m still lost for num­ber two…)

Seven Steps on the Writer’s Path: The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment By Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott. Looks good, and I’m about a third of the way through it. This is the next book I will fin­ish read­ing. So far the advice has been very straigh­for­ward and hon­est sound­ing. I hope I can absorb the les­sons in the book into my every­day life.

An Appeal to the Toiling, Oppressed and Exhausted Peoples of Europe By Leon Trotsky. In the first few pages I’ve noted that the style in the title has not dis­sip­ated in the writ­ing. It should be an enter­tain­ing read!

The Selfish Gene By Richard Dawkins. It’s been on my ‘to-read’ list ever since read­ing The God Delusion. Dr. Dawkins is a very pas­sion­ate writer from what I’ve seen, and the sub­ject mat­ter in his books is often of great interest to me. I’m not a bio­lo­gist or a sci­ent­ist, but I appre­ci­ate the work that emerges from the sientific pro­fes­sions greatly.

The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam By Ayaan Hirsi Ali. A pur­chase spawned by the read­ing of Infidel. I have a deep respect for the bravery of this woman. Holy shit!

Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours by Joe Casad. A bit of a depar­ture from the other books on my list, but inter­est­ing none the less. The “24 hours” line is pure mar­ket­ing, it’s a series of 24 one hour les­sons. The actual learn­ing part will prob­ably take me a wee bit longer.

The NIV Holy Bible by Zondervan. It seemed easier to read than the King James version.

The Koran by N. J. Dawood. I can’t let the Bible be my only Monotheistic text…