Book club: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 07:03, 17 September 2016

Scheduled books:

Date	Book	Host
Tuesday, October 18, 2016	The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, September 13, 2016	The Sirens of Titan	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, August 2, 2016	Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the China Production Game	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, June 28, 2016	Three Worlds Collide pdf GoodReads The Death of Ivan Ilyich Amazon, there are free pdfs for various translations online	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, May 24, 2016	Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, March 29, 2016	Ready Player One	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, February 16, 2016	Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, January 12, 2016	The Diamond Age	Lacra and Anton
Wednesday, December 2, 2015	The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, November 3, 2015	The Martian	Lacra and Anton
Tuesday, October 29, 2013	Thinking, Fast and Slow	Cancelled - Manu was born!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013	The Foreigner	Klara/Lacra
Tuesday, August 13, 2013	Lean In	John
Tuesday, July 16, 2013	Catch Me If You Can	Lauren and Marc
Wednesday, May 29, 2013	The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York	Lauren and Marc
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013	Atonement: A Novel	Lacra
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013	Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking	Lacra
Sunday, Jan 13, 2013	The Windup Girl	Sandy
Sunday, Nov 18, 2012	Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void	Lacra
Sunday, Oct 14, 2012	Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel	John
Monday, August 6, 2012	Imagine: How Creativity Works	Lauren and Marc
Wednesday, July 11, 2012	None	Lacra

Runners up:

Other proposed books:

Other books that haven't been proposed, but one day might be:

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 ! Date !! Book !! Host
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+| Tuesday, October 18, 2016
+| [https://www.amazon.com/Sports-Gene-Extraordinary-Athletic-Performance/dp/161723012X The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance]
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Tuesday, September 13, 2016
+| [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385333498 The Sirens of Titan]
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Tuesday, August 2, 2016
+| [https://www.amazon.com/Poorly-Made-China-Insiders-Production/dp/0470928077 Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the China Production Game]
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Tuesday, June 28, 2016
+| Three Worlds Collide [http://lesswrong.com/lw/y4/three_worlds_collide_08/ pdf] [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15744759-three-worlds-collide GoodReads]
+The Death of Ivan Ilyich [https://www.amazon.com/Death-Ilyich-Stories-Vintage-Classics-ebook/dp/B002VD6NJQ Amazon], there are [https://www.google.com/search?q=the+death+of+ivan+ilyich+pdf&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 free pdfs] for various translations online
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Tuesday, May 24, 2016
+| [http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Words-What-Animals-Think/dp/0805098887 Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel]
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Tuesday, March 29, 2016
+| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004J4WKUQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 Ready Player One]
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Tuesday, February 16, 2016
+| [http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Chernobyl-History-Nuclear-Disaster/dp/0312425848 Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster]
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Tuesday, January 12, 2016
+| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age The Diamond Age]
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Wednesday, December 2, 2015
+| [http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Who-Mistook-Wife/dp/1491514078 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat]
+| Lacra and Anton
+|-
+| Tuesday, November 3, 2015
+| [http://www.amazon.com/The-Martian-Novel-Andy-Weir-ebook/dp/B00EMXBDMA The Martian]
+| Lacra and Anton
 |-
 | Tuesday, October 29, 2013
 | [http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555 Thinking, Fast and Slow]
+| Cancelled - Manu was born!
-| Sandy
 |-
 | Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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 Runners up:
+* [https://www.amazon.com/Blessed-Days-Anaesthesia-anaesthetics-changed/dp/0192805894 Blessed Days of Anaesthesia: How anaesthetics changed the world]
+* [https://www.amazon.com/History-World-6-Glasses/dp/0802715524 A History of the World in 6 Glasses]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Hearing-Trumpet-Leonora-Carrington/dp/1878972197 The Hearing Trumpet]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Night-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/0385334141 Mother Night]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JFJHP2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Human Stain]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Meridian-Evening-Redness-West/dp/0679728759 Blood Meridian]
 * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393329097/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=stackwiki-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0393329097 The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer]
 * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439189714/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=stackwiki-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1439189714 The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband]
 * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307264890/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=stackwiki-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0307264890 The Name of the Rose]
 * [http://www.amazon.com/State-Wonder-Novel-Ann-Patchett/dp/006204981X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344314322&sr=1-1&keywords=state+of+wonder State of Wonder]
-* [http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374275637/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350269910&sr=1-1&keywords=thinking+fast+and+slow Thinking, Fast and Slow]
 * [http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Sea-The-Ronson-Mysteries/dp/1594631379 Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries]
 * [http://www.amazon.com/Bossypants-ebook/dp/B0047Y0FGY Bossypants ]
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 Other proposed books:
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Neverwhere-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0380789019 Neverwhere]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Ian-McEwan/dp/1400076196 Saturday]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AU7MJU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Magicians]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00280LYIC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Lightning Thief]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OVLKMM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1 The Glass castle]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Going-Clear-Scientology-Hollywood-Prison/dp/0307745309 Going Clear]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-A-Novel/dp/0307887448 Ready Player One]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Being-Mortal-Medicine-What-Matters/dp/0805095152 Being Mortal]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Business-Women-Work-Family/dp/0812994566 Unfinished Business]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/The-Circle-Dave-Eggers/dp/0345807294 The Circle]
 * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375507256/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=stackwiki-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0375507256 Cloud Atlas: A Novel]
 * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312430000/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=stackwiki-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0312430000 The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right]