Reading, 2011


Science:

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction, B. & D. Charlesworth

A Devil's Chaplain, R. Dawkins [again]

Why Evolution is True, J. Coyne [again]

The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution, N. Lane [again]

Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, M. Gardner

The Greatest Show on Earth, R. Dawkins [again]

On Being, P. Atkins

The Information, J. Gleick

Unscientific America, C. Mooney & S. Kirshenbaum

What Does It Mean to Be Human?, R. Potts, C. Sloan


Religion and Non-Religion:

The Good Atheist, D. Barker

The Closing of the Western Mind, C. Freeman

The Unbelievers, S. Joshi

god is not Great, C. Hitchens [again]

Atheist Manifesto, M. Onfray

Forged, B. Ehrman

Reasonable Atheism, Aikin & Talisse

Why I Am Not a Christian, R. Carrier

Why We Believe in God(s), J. Thomson, C. Aukofer

Godless and Free, P. Condell

The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran, R. Spencer


Politics/Economics

The End of Iraq: ... American Incompetence ..., P. Galbraith

The 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy, J. Holland

Why Not Socialism?, G. Cohen

23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism, H-J. Chang

Decline and Fall of the American Empire, G. Vidal


History:

The Whites of Their Eyes, J. Lepore

In Defense of Th. Jefferson, W. Hyland

A Passion for Nature (TJ), K. Thomson

The American Revolution, G. Wood


Philosophy:

What's It All About?, J. Baggini


General:

Graded German Reader, H. & W. Crossgrove [nur auf Deutsch]

The Quotable Hitchens, W. Mann [ed.]

Letters to a Young Contrarian, C. Hitchens

A Collection of Essays by George Orwell, G. Orwell

Steve Jobs, W. Isaacson

Teacher in America, J. Barzun

Begin Here, J. Barzun


Fiction:

Archy and Mehitabel, D. Marquis