The Educated Imagination

Monday, December 12, 2011

SEAL Team Six: Confessions of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper

Playing with Fire

My Booky Wook by Russell Brand



In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert S. McNamara and Brian VanDeMark




Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson



Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins




Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back by Josh Hamilton



On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace by Dave Grossman and Loren W. Christensen



I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne



George Best: Blessed: The Autobiography by George Best



Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton by Jeff Pearlman



Searching for Bobby Orr by Stephen Brunt




Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison






The Way I Am by Eminem



Sunday, December 11, 2011

Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori and Rom Brafman



Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner













Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson




Decoded by Shawn Carter ("Jay-Z")




Tilted: Trials of Conrad Black by Steven Skurka

The Two-second Advantage: How we succeed by Anticipating the Future

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature by David Suzuki

The 50th Law by 50 Cent and Robert Greene

An Insider's Guide to the UN by Linda M. Fasulo

Miracle in the Andes by Parrado and Rause

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road by Neil Pearl

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats, and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelter

127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston



Friday Night Lights: a Town, a Team, and a Dream

The Origins of the Second World War by A.J.P. Taylor

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Caught in the act: a courageous family's fight to save their daughter from a serial killer

The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman

Open: an Autobiography by Andre Agassi

Art and Illusion: a Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson

As Always, Julia: the Letters of Julia Child and Avis Devoto

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

What the dog saw by Malcolm Gladwell

Stolen Life: a Memoir by Jaycee Dugard

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins

The Floodgates of Anarchy

Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart

Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom