Reading…

Instead of updating manually, I’ve started an account at Librarything:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/ee_eff

Reading Log. Yes, I know the bibliography format is wacko. Its my blog.

Currently reading:

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West; Caldwell, Christopher; Doubleday, 2009.

Gangs in Garden City: How immigration, Segregation and Youth Violence are Changing America’s Suburbs; Garland, Sarah; Nation Books 2009.

Just finished:

The Origins of Totalitariansim; Arendt, Hanah, Second enlarged edition 1958. (Re-reading, it’s as topical as it ever was, given the recent economic realities)

Older:

1491 New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus; Mann, Charles C

The Likeness; French, Tana (It includes a wonderful subtext.)

Translucent Materials: Glass Plastic Metals; Kaltenbach, Fred., ed., Institut fur internationale Architektur-Dokumention, Birkhauser edition Detail, 2004, trans. Michael Robinson.

New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Vol. 2 Geography; Pillsbury, Richard (vol. ed.); University of North Carolina Press, 2006. des. Richard Hendel; typset by Tseng Information Systems in Minion.

Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural responses to humanitarian crises; Architecture for Humanity, ed.; Metropolis Books, 2006; des. www.pureandapplied.com; typset by Albert-Jan Pool in FF DIN.

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and how it changed America; Barry, John M.; Simon & Schuster, 1997; des. Edith Fowler.
Collapse: how societies chose to fail or succeed; Diamond, Jared; Viking-Penguin, 2005; des. Francesca Belanger in Minion.

The Future of Life; Wilson, Edward O.; Random House, 2002; des. Robert C. Olsson . G.E.N.

The Hidden Connections: a science for sustainable living; Capra, Fritjof; Random House, 2002; des. Nicola Ferguson.