Mexico- Mitchner
The Art of Learning - Josh Watsisname

Picture Perfect--Jodi Piccoult
Anne's House of Dreams--LM Montgomery

Mary Robison-Why Did I Ever

On The Wealth of Nations, P.J. O'Rourke. Seems a good try at an Adam Smith for Dummies. While you do get some O'Rourke punchlines, here they seem more muted and sardonic than his usual Dave Barry-only-funny.

Just finished The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and the Environment.

Everybody should read this. I'm quite serious.

Just started on The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution.

(I preorded three P.I.G.s from amazon earlier this year, they showed up on the doorstep a couple of weeks ago. #3 is P.I.G. to the South (and Why It Will Rise Again))

Thought the South already had -- with Jimmy Carter.

Joachim Schlor (don't know how to get an umlaut on here) "Nights in the Big City: Paris-Berlin-London 1840-1930"

It's a history of the effects of artificial lighting. Looks at the effects on society, different classes and how their interractions may have altered; psychological effects, such as the change in peoples' relationship to time and the day/night cycle; economic effects, etc.

Very interesting.

It really is weird how the South rose as a centralizing big government force with Johnson, Carter, Clinton, and Bush after fighting against that so hard. I guess their philosophy was beaten out of them.

That does sound interesting. I wonder at what candle power does the middle class feel good about wandering a city?

That's an interesting question Griff. I've only just started reading the book but the person who recommended it to me was saying that a side effect of artificial lighting was also to bring the working class out later into the night as well. This apparently caused some degree of consternation amongst the middle classes:P

Ha Ha!

Hi Dana

I am on Amazon.com checking out the reviews for the book you are reading.
'Nights in the Big City'

sounds very interesting :)

I'm reading Book of Lost Things (don't remember the authors name at the moment, and can't be bothered to go downstairs and find out). So far I really like it. Always enjoy when people mix mythology and/or faerie-tales with our world. Very exciting!

these books all suck. dont read them.

Read Darwin's Children, whooohoooo!!!!!!

Darwin's Radio/Darwin's Children... great books.