I am reading The Gurkhas by John Parker. Still in first few pages......quite interesting

I just read this thread. And going to read the next one after posting my comment.

I sugeest you guys read
'DESERT FLOWER: THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF A DESERT NOMAD'
This is an extraordinary autobiography of Waris Dirie.

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
by Ramachandran, V.S. and S. Blakeslee

Freedom in Exile: Autobiography of The Dalai Lama.

Read BLINK.....it's a good book....teaches one to think without thinking

Karma and Chaos by Paul R. Fleischman, M. D.

Aerodynamics.......

himalyaa dude The Gurkhas by John Parker is awesome.

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner...very insightful and cogent

sajha thread by you all :-)

Cold mountain by Charles Frazier and Stephen king's 'Salem's Lot..this one is doing an awesome job of scaring me. As well, Wind in the Willows,just to refresh my memory of it all..used to love the cartoon version as a kid .

Principles of Marketing

Half a life (VS Naipaul) - one of Naipaul's better pieces of fiction. Based mostly in India, Europe and Africa.

The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) - this one's been a slow read but I hope to get done by the fall.

Avani, Freaconomics is next on my list :)

Captain H, I've loved the first few pages that i've read, hopefully, it'll keep me enlightened and captivated through-out...let me know you like it :)

Hey Avani ,

OK. I actually bought that book on tape, well CD, and that's something I have never done before, but was bold enough to do this time, thanks to the about-to-expire gift certificate from several birthdays ago :) .... he he. I have heard a lot of good things about the book and am looking forward to it.


Happy reading!

The Millionaire in You...Ten Things You Need to Do Now to Have Money and THE TIME TO ENJOY IT....BY MICHAEL LeBoeur, Ph.D.
Full of information for future.....budget....:)

. I read "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts. Brilliant book and good writer. Read this when you have plenty of time in hand. Has almost 1000 pages.

Next, "Absurdistan" by Gary Shteingart is a funny and satirical novel. Read it if you have a good sense of humor. Shteingart may be the best writer of our generation.

Finally, I cannot remember the name of the writer but the book is titled "The Plot to Save Socrates". It is a fiction playing on the idea of time travel, and how somebody tries to travel in time and save Socrates by preventing him from drinking the hemlock poison. Very interesting read. You do not have to be a science-fiction and time-travel nut to enjoy this novel.

I'm reading ya'alls posts! :)

People are talking about books/articles here. Wish I had time to munch some literary work. At times I feel like a machine working with all those numbers and waiting for the accurate results.

I started on "Meditations on First Philosophy", but somehow involvement with robotic classes seemed more important. Hece, it's on pending.

On Beauty by Zadie Smith. I was blown away by her 1st book - White Teeth. Frankly I liked White Teeth far better than this. Still a good read. She is a good writer.