Jeff

Friday Night Lights (not just about football, but also about racism, educational opportunities, and our nation's political divide); Confessions of an Economic Hitman (good but a little whiney); Eats, Shoots, and Leaves (outstanding); Mother Tongue (excellent book about the evolution of the English language); Stiff (reading it now -- the "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" of cadaver research) Black Hawk Down (as good as everyone says it is); Contact (favorite among fiction); A History of Warfare (insightful stuff by John Keegan); The Kite Runner (good); Foundation (Asimov was a genius); Ender's Game (Card reminds me of Asimov); 2001 (Clarke's masterpiece); Dune (brilliant); The Green Mile (Stephen King at his best); The Things They Carried (good if a little off-center); The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (very good); Da Vinci Code (OK, so I broke down and read it like the rest of the literate world)