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Red harvest by Dashiell Hammett

The Book of Evidence by John Banville

The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition by James Howard Kunstler

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard P. Feynman

Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War by Paul Fussell

The road to reality : a complete guide to the laws of the universe by Roger Penrose

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TagsFiction (163), Novel (139), Non-Fiction (46), Memoir (45), Collection (34), Social Commentary (33), Satire (29), Classic (28), Short Stories (26) — see all tags

GroupsAmerican History, American Revolution & Founding Fathers History, Arabic, North African and Middle Eastern Literature, Ask LibraryThing, Banned Books, Californians Who LT, Canon, Christianity, Cognitive Science, Czech books — show all groups

Favorite authorsJorge Luis Borges, Joan Didion, Richard P. Feynman, Paul Fussell, Michael Lewis, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George Orwell, Studs Terkel, Mark Twain, William T. Vollmann, David Foster Wallace, Elie Wiesel, Oscar Wilde, Richard Yates (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresCity Lights Bookstore

About me "Harold Bloom weeps for me." ~ Chris Bauman, from "Not Fade Away", Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times

"...a little charming and very mad." ~ Appropriated from Whitehead. Mangled by me.

"You see, one thing is, I can live with the doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything and there are many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we're here.

I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell. It doesn't frighten me." ~ Appropriated from Feynman

I can also be found at -

About my library This is a list of the books I've read. (My apologies to the library catalogers out there.) At some point or another in my life, I've read all book listed here. I don't currently own most of them. It's most definitely not a complete list. There are books I'm pretty sure I've read that I've not added because I'm not certain I've read them. There are books I know I've read that I haven't added, as I'm not sure I remember enough about them.

There very much seems to be a dynamic in my life where the books I own are not the books I've read. The books I've read and not been completely stunned by are very easily parted with. The ones I've read AND been stunned by are very often passed into someone else's hands.

I'm not a fetishist, nor a collector. Over the course of the past four years, I've had to move way too many times, and the books that I now have kept, either by porting them around with me or by pawning them with the option of re-buying are either the cream or the ones I've not yet read, but definitely do intend to. There's no way I will part with my seven volume set of Vollmann's Rising Up and Rising Down, though this is probably the only title that I will say this of. And this may change once I have a chance to actually read it.

Books, for me, are largely about the transmission of information. So the library, for me, is largely about acquaintance with the information within.

I do realise that this can lead to interesting conundrums. For example, I've not been picky about which particular printing of a book I've read. While I do understand that differing translations or printings can offer an entirely different perspective on the text, I'm much more a dilettante than a completist. As far as I can tell, my reading of the text may change simply as I get older and change myself, so I'm not tied to a static or completist reading of the text.

I'm a bit up in the air about the idea of listing the books that I've not read. Is there somewhere aside from the "tags" portion of the entry to label them as such. I've no problems with listing the books that I own. At this point, what I love about LibraryThing is it's ability to give me recommendations based on what I've already read. I'd rather not have these recommendations diluted by the titles that I've not read. If there's a way to circumvent this quandary that I'm not aware of, I'd be more than happy to oblige.

Please understand that because of this, my ratings are rather wonky, as quite a few of these books were read about 10 years ago. I've done my best to place the book in my memory and assign it a value that matches the book's place in my head and heart. As this changes from day-to-day, I'm sure that in another week I'll look at quite a few of these ratings and wonder what the heck I was thinking. If you've a question about any title, feel free to ask and I'll do my damnedest to give you an answer.

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This Kind of War by T.R. Fehrenbach
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950-1953 by John Toland
The Korean War by Max Hastings

posted by OldSarge at 3:05 pm (EST) on Jun 14, 2008

Hi, hope all is well. I wasn't complaining about your links. I was just surprised that you got anything to link by listing the subject as the author. Some poor user out there with a private library is probably wondering why s/he has the only copy of one of the best known books on the Viet Nam war.

posted by oregonobsessionz at 12:26 am (EST) on Jun 10, 2008

Thanks for leaving my first comment! I was already watching the "What book . . ." thread on "Christianity," even made my first post there, I think.

posted by walk2work at 3:56 pm (EST) on Jun 4, 2008

I hope people have the sense to strike up a conversation with you! :)

posted by timspalding at 7:28 pm (EST) on May 17, 2008

What's your nighttime job?

T

posted by timspalding at 8:14 pm (EST) on May 16, 2008

Actually that's Richard Yates...;-) Not me...
Love him to death, that's why I put his picture in my profile.

posted by parolit at 9:27 am (EST) on May 10, 2008

crazy how?

posted by sadiebooks at 8:06 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2008

"This Serafina from the 'ville?"

__

I guess not, since I'm not sure what you mean. Thanks for stopping by, though!

posted by eserafina42 at 6:47 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2008

YEs, I thought #81 was spot on. Why dont we hear more from you?

posted by modalursine at 9:55 am (EST) on Apr 24, 2008

RE: your magic rock that wards off tigers. Have you been just waiting for someone to respond with "Lisa, I'd like to buy your rock"? :)

posted by Medellia12 at 2:55 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2008

Basically, the criticism of Tuchman is that pushes her theses despite a lot of contrary evidence, evidence that is common knowledge to specialists but that she doesn't engage. In particular, she characterizes a number of aspects of the 14th century as new or novel that had a fairly deep history, and overemphasizes the dourness of the period. She gets pointed to as showing the danger of a popular history.

posted by A_musing at 1:03 pm (EST) on Mar 9, 2008

If you haven't seen it already, you might enjoy the story Eye of the Beholder in Reality Conditions by Alex Kasman. It delves into the world of the mathematically autistic and touches on how thoughts may be encoded in patterns of neural activity. More than just another thriller or a gee whiz account of genius, there's a lot of heart as the book is saturated with topics like family life, depression, etc.

Thanks for re-recommending And The Band Played On. i plan to read it along with some Tolstoy i'm re-reading at the moment.

posted by NativeRoses at 2:42 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2008

Thanks for the book suggestion. I actually have The Living somewhere on my shelves (grabbed it off a remainder table somewhere) but have not read it. A dear friend gave me Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek years ago, and I couldn't bear to read that one. Odd too, I definitely share Dillard's interest in the outdoors and nature, but I just found her writing to be so...I don't know...overwrought maybe.

posted by oregonobsessionz at 10:14 pm (EST) on Jan 30, 2008

http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Wall-Offer...

could it be this?

Sorry if this posted twice. LT is acting wonky today.

posted by Arctic-Stranger at 6:16 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2008

Right, we do have private comments, but no easy way to transfer the data from the original comments field. I am working my way through, moving the info that I want to keep private, and the comments that are of no interest to others (e.g. gift from so-and-so). Should be done by the end of the month.

posted by oregonobsessionz at 5:12 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2008

Doing just fine. And you? I see you are in fine form on that atheists thread.

posted by oregonobsessionz at 4:41 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2008

Happy Holidays to you, as well!

Vollmann has been temporarily set aside, but I will make short work of the rest of The Rainbow Stories later this week. As Non-Fiction is my natural territory, the odds are good that Rising Up and Rising Down will be my next selection, but I will certainly return for more of Vollmann's fiction (and A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, which sounds fantastic) sooner than later...

Peace.

posted by BGP at 8:45 pm (EST) on Dec 25, 2007

Wiedinmyer:

Your frequent praise of Vollmann has paid off (for me, anyway). Today, I happened upon a copy of The Rainbow Stories, and I'm already debating whether I should pick up Rising up and Rising Down or Europe Central next...

Peace.

posted by BGP at 2:01 am (EST) on Dec 13, 2007

that was a nice plug of Every Last Cuckoo: A Novel and LT

posted by NativeRoses at 6:23 pm (EST) on Dec 8, 2007

Hey -- Saw the Black Sawn thread... someone mentioned Tetlock's Expert Political Opinion. Great book. He's a psychologist/sociologist and he does a survey study comparing single-theory political analysts (using Isiah Berlin's foxes and hedgehog analogy, he calls these folks hedgehogs) vs. theory-agnostic analysts (your fox-type person). Some of the methodology seems a little bit pulled out of his ass, but despite that, the book is very interesting and very persuasive (the foxes win). Yer man mentions the book in The Black Swan.

It's a good book.

How was your thanksgiving?

posted by gregtmills at 11:07 pm (EST) on Nov 23, 2007

This is kind of cool ~ juxtaposition of the hidden and the revealed. Not sure why, but it brought to mind Ruth's voice from Housekeeping ~ at times resonant as the voice of Genesis, other times fleeting as a reflection on water.

posted by NativeRoses at 3:24 pm (EST) on Nov 22, 2007

Hi Jesse. Yes! I just saw your message from a couple of months ago, because I forgot I had a Library Thing account! Hope you're doing well. xx--michelle

posted by michrichmond at 2:17 pm (EST) on Nov 16, 2007

Would you recommend Lakoff's Where Mathematics Comes From?

posted by NativeRoses at 9:56 am (EST) on Nov 15, 2007

Powerful article. I just read it. Thanks.

posted by Arctic-Stranger at 3:45 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2007

Have you read Antproof Case? I've had that thing for years and it holds no interest for me.

posted by gregtmills at 10:45 pm (EST) on Nov 11, 2007

I found the Myth of Sanity in my driveway one morning. I guess a neighbor was trying to tell me something.

posted by gregtmills at 10:43 pm (EST) on Nov 11, 2007

I enjoyed the Black Swan a lot, although I admit I enjoyed it because I agreed with it. Taleb isn't the greatest joke teller.

posted by gregtmills at 10:42 pm (EST) on Nov 11, 2007

Thanks for the heads up!

posted by MissConstantReader at 9:54 am (EST) on Nov 9, 2007

Ahh, no longer 22...the things I'd change... Oh well, I guess growing up has its advantages, like renting a car, student loans, being called "ma'am," and, oh yeah, not being so insecure.

Yes, the SF crowd(s) can be quite pretentious. I think the trick is not to take them too seriously. I'm stuck on the west coast for now for career reasons and the Bay is the best I've found. Happy posting!

posted by citygirl at 2:16 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2007

:)

Hey, what's up with your home page link?

posted by timspalding at 3:06 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2007

Hi, I just added you to my interesting libraries list. It was your recommendation/rating of Housekeeping that hooked me. Once in a great while, a book's words stop me cold, I take a deep breath and start over slowly, so I can savor, rather than devour the pages. Housekeeping was one such book. I love your tag, negative space. I would recommend perhaps Away by Amy Bloom for the same reason. I have enjoyed perusing your collection and noting books to add to my overwhelming tbr pile. Thanks, Mel

posted by readaholic12 at 10:24 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2007

Thanks again for the recommendation. That name sounds familiar for some reason. Perhaps I have run into her name in Quaker circles? Or maybe there is another Malloy in my past. Any way, thanks muchly.

I always appreciate your posts. (Well almost always!)

posted by Arctic-Stranger at 12:58 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2007

Sorry I've taken so long to reply (and I may not be around for a while) but I've been following your various posts with considerable pleasure. I love the sardonic sense of humour you have (on Political Conservatives, say; I did think of joining the group, myself, but could only do so under false pretences, as I've little (if any) sympathy for the Right, and I positively worship that Marx dude(Harpo, that is).)

I know what you mean about 'flaky' characters, being one myself (alas). Hope you don't hold it against me TOO much.

Intuitively, you are correct; I have never taken acid. But I was 'given' it a couple of times, back in the eighties, in Basel. By the winsome pair of ballerinas I was living with over there. Oy-oi-oi!

R.

posted by reuchlin at 11:59 am (EST) on Oct 6, 2007

My pleasure man. I dig your zest. I wish I had the reading drive you do. I lag.

posted by Smokler at 10:30 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2007

Went out and bought Housekeeping today.

If I dont like it, I will send you the bill! ;)

posted by Arctic-Stranger at 6:30 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2007

Thanks for the invite. My kind of group!

posted by Arctic-Stranger at 3:00 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2007

Man that's cool. Thank you!

posted by Smokler at 1:50 am (EST) on Oct 2, 2007

Indeed I do.

posted by Smokler at 1:35 am (EST) on Oct 2, 2007

Nice: There are many facets to this nation, and many tarnishes on its shine.

posted by NativeRoses at 9:10 am (EST) on Oct 1, 2007

Awe-inspiring list, for such a short period (4 months). You must be an excellent typist. It took me a century and a half to tap out 200.
Honestly, I'm impressed.

I share several of your favorites (Borges, Didion, Orwell, Wiesel, Wilde), enjoy a lot of the authors you rate fairly high (Amy Bloom, Paul Auster, Raymond Chandler, say) and can't abide Ayn Rand whom you award one half star (way too generously, imo).

What attracted me to you, however, was the helpfulness you show on several LT 'groupstalk' pages. Had to check out the profile of such an obliging guy.

Can't pretend, alas, that our attitude to books (or the World, come to that) is very similar. Unlike Feynman & you, apparently, I DO "feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose". I hate to confess it but it has to be said; I am a terrible wimp, a Kafkaesque neurotic about that sort of thing. Believe me, you should thank your lucky stars that we're not more alike.

Very different to you, again, I AM a "fetishist" (as you put it) where books are concerned, especially books about young ladies in rubberwear - and I have several ('books' I mean, not..er..'ladies').

As you may imagine, books, for me, are largely NOT about "the transmission of information". That 'use' is the least interesting thing about them, I reckon.

It just goes to show what a wide and wonderful franchise LT caters to.

Mazel tov
R.

ps. I hope you don't mind such a nudnik adding you to his "interesting libraries"
R.

posted by reuchlin at 6:40 am (EST) on Oct 1, 2007

Jesse, my main man!

posted by Smokler at 11:50 pm (EST) on Sep 25, 2007

i just finished Housekeeping. It was stunning. Thanks so much for that recommendation.

posted by NativeRoses at 11:34 pm (EST) on Sep 23, 2007

Of course! Don't tell me you don't have super powers! :-)

posted by NativeRoses at 10:24 am (EST) on Sep 20, 2007

Save Slipstream! i wish that group would come alive. :-)

posted by NativeRoses at 10:48 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

It's been forever since i've read The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. Your quote from it made it seem like yesterday.

posted by NativeRoses at 3:51 pm (EST) on Sep 7, 2007

Jesse,
I located your question about similar libraries but could not find the answer. It seems like a good feature but I have not been able to do anything with it. I have searched the site but the closest I have found is your question and no answer. If you could it would be helpful if you would pass along how we can use that feature. I can see that you are busy when and if you can please help me with this problem. Thank you.

posted by wildbill at 8:20 am (EST) on Sep 4, 2007

i love the books you've listed -- 'Little, Big' and 'Aegypt' by Crowley, 'Bad Monkeys' by Ruff. i'm gonna have to check back here a bit more often to catch up on your latest . . .

posted by NativeRoses at 11:29 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2007

Hi Jesse -- Housekeeping's going to the top. Thanks!

posted by NativeRoses at 8:30 am (EST) on Aug 30, 2007

Ahhh, this is where you posted it. It's really too bad it's such a un-interesting read.

posted by mkunruh at 1:23 am (EST) on Aug 30, 2007

Another great topic. i hesitate to respond because it's so easy for me to slip into pomo babble.

What did you think of Karnow's Vietnam?

posted by NativeRoses at 10:29 pm (EST) on Aug 29, 2007

Oopsie--that's only because I'm stupid. It should work now, though.

posted by Charismitaine at 11:32 am (EST) on Aug 25, 2007

Just Charis, karr-iss--on Rville the M is for my middle name (I forget why I decided it should be there--I really should get someone to take it off). But on a remarkable number of sites 'Charis' is either taken or too short, so I use charismitaine since it's my LJ username (in French 'mitaine' means mitten, and it's also the name of Roland's female squire. I just liked it).

posted by Charismitaine at 5:09 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2007

The one and only! *waves*

posted by Charismitaine at 11:18 am (EST) on Aug 24, 2007

Hey -- thanks so much for the Arc D'X recommendation! It looks really good and i've already ordered it.

posted by NativeRoses at 8:54 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2007

You might find something intriguing if you check out the topic Best fiction about scientists in the group Lists.

posted by NativeRoses at 3:14 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2007

Unfortunately, I can only do a trial and error on this I've not dug real deep into it, and I just take the default sizes myself.

posted by readafew at 4:58 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2007

this link has a good explanation on how to add links to your profile. If you have any other questions feel free to ask.

posted by readafew at 4:15 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2007

......and thanks for the congratulations as well, very kind.

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 3:10 pm (EST) on Aug 19, 2007

Just a quick note to say `thanks` for the tip on links. I suspect the problem is that whenever I`m on Librarything, I`m either too tired or too rushed to concetrate on these things. That remains the case !

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 3:08 pm (EST) on Aug 19, 2007

Hi,

The answers to the questions of life grow as our knowledge grows. The more we know the less we know. I agree with you that looking for the answers to all of life questions might be too big a burden for anyone. I believe that you practice
the Mind,Body and Spirit approach to life and try to remember to keep balance
in your physical and mental approach as we go through our days. Everyday that you wake up you are probably going to meet some angry people,some depressed people,some happy people as you must try to be a part of the last group. Be good!

posted by KennyG at 3:55 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2007

Hi - You have been quiet in the PC group - maybe just wanting to stay away from that whole neo-Nazi rant. I was going to leave a note asking if you were OK, but I see from lots of messages here that you have just been busy elsewhere. Happy reading!

posted by oregonobsessionz at 11:33 am (EST) on Aug 14, 2007

Yes. Give us the URL reference.

posted by timspalding at 9:17 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

Pixies reference appreciated.

T

posted by timspalding at 3:49 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

All I can say is: I love LibraryThing. That message was ten times the fun of anything else I could be doing.

Just wait till we have noy only authors but author roles. "God (inspired by)" is on it's way!

I'm just sorry that God isn't listed as the author of any Eric Clapton records.

Tim

posted by timspalding at 3:21 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

You're not alone. It is an example of the social side, and of problems with the data. I think how it works is that many Bible translations don't have an author field in Amazon, and the algorithm prefers something over nothing, so a couple users say "God," and "God" wins. Of course, this is only on the "global" level. You're data isn't changed. It's also a feature of only a few bibles (see http://www.librarything.com/tag/bible ) for works tagged bible; none of the top 25 have God as the author. See God's author page ( http://www.librarything.com/author/god ) for what has him. (You'll notice his author combinations include "duh, God" too.) I think it's an interesting window into what people see the issue in these terms.

I find this mostly funny, not irritating. But we need better tools. Coming up with them is important to us, but it won't happen in the next month anyway.

posted by timspalding at 2:26 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

Slow day, eh. As I scan through the new groups to see what's going on, I see i'm right behind you.

posted by geneg at 6:12 pm (EST) on Aug 11, 2007

You break it, you own it. Whether you want it or not.

(Except this feels like my eight year old son broke something, now I own it, and I have to pay for it!)

posted by Arctic-Stranger at 7:21 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2007

Hi Jesse, i like folks bringing the Gospels into the discussion. i think i've been sooo good (so far anyway), for not deconstructing the John references. now i'm jealous -- wish i'd spent a day at the beach. Destin calls -- hell, in this heat, Canada calls . . . ciao!

posted by NativeRoses at 2:18 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2007

Hi

Thanks for the tips on how to do links.

I had a go just now (in the Brits group), but still can`t get the things to work. Any hints ?

Hope I`m not being a nuisance.

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 5:52 am (EST) on Aug 7, 2007

Hi.

posted by krin5292 at 8:40 am (EST) on Aug 4, 2007

Yes, I'm the krin from R'ville.

posted by krin5292 at 5:58 am (EST) on Aug 3, 2007

I'll be sure to say hi for ya, Jesse... and good luck in your new place. Don't worry, you've now joined an entire community of nuts who sit and read in bookstores (including me!).

twacorbies

posted by twacorbies at 7:32 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2007

Good guess, Jesse, I do indeed live in the Mission! If you were wondering about those comments about my library that I posted in my profile though, they nearly all came from people either visiting roommates or applying to be a roommate when I lived in the Presidio (Baker Beach apartments).

Hope Huntington Beach is treating you well- were you a fan of City Lights when you were still a SF resident? I have to say I miss being closer to Green Apple in the Richmond.

Nice profile page by the way- I get jealous every time I look around at other peoples' ways of filling in the "About My Library" field. I think I'm just going to try to freshen mine up on a regular basis.

Cheers, thanks for the comment,
twacorbies

posted by twacorbies at 3:26 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2007

Laughing -- "I'd propose sham. But that's just me."

posted by NativeRoses at 10:54 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2007

I wish he was a friend of mine -- interesting life and writes beautifully. But nah . . . just thought you'd enjoy it.

posted by NativeRoses at 11:28 am (EST) on Jul 19, 2007

Oh go ahead, cuss all you want -- shit-stirring ain't so bad . . . hell, in my hoity-toity workplace, even terms like cluster-fuck are now being used by some of the most taciturn among us.

Your posts still keep me laughing.

posted by NativeRoses at 10:59 pm (EST) on Jul 18, 2007

Thanks for fixing my `blog` links for me - much obliged. Hope you`re having better weather in the US than we are here !

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 6:01 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2007

Hey jesse

Nice to see you here (and the chance to browse your books).

posted by mkunruh at 4:34 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2007

Oh. I hadn't noticed that you started that Feminist Theory post! I assumed it was a woman. How think-inside-the-box of me. Okay, I bracketed the book. I think I may have a couple of copies of that book if you want one, by the way, when you teach you get a lot of books for free, as you surely know. But just curious, are you taking or actually teaching the class? If you want to do more of a Feminist Lit. kind of thing, do read A Room of One's Own, The Feminine Mystique, The Second Sex (the English translation is bad, can you read French?), The Yellow Wallpaper, all those classics. The American Feminist "canon" so to speak. But if you want a real grounding in THEORY, then read theory. And from that lens, you can better examine Feminist Lit, Art, whatever else. So that's my suggestion. Just impressed that a guy is interested in the topic, not very common. Are you as thoughtful as you look on that picture then? Okay, I am LibraryThing-done for today. This horse has been beaten and I am out. Ciao!

Trudy

posted by MissTrudy at 11:02 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2007

You're quite a character, Jesse, I very much enjoy your posts.

Trudy

posted by MissTrudy at 9:34 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2007

I which there was a way you could set the level of PATRONIZINGNESS when you pinged someone's "Interesting Library". Like, "Adequate Library" or "Nice If A Little Heavy On Dave Eggers Library".

posted by gregtmills at 7:45 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2007

Hello Jesse

Cognitive psychology is an umbrella term really- and one that is probably subsumed under Cognitive Science nowadays. The field deals with attempting to parcel out how thinking in all its guises occurs, which may include memory, language, problem solving. There are a tremendous number of introductory texts. Which one I would recommend has to do with how you would like to approach the area- ie. from a philosophical perspective, neuroscientific perspective, traditional cognitive psychological perspective. You could begin with Neisser's classic text 'Cognitive Psychology' - (which is outdated, but I alway enjoy reading historically), but then there a tremendous number of choices. Perhaps for a broad primer I woudl recommend one traditional text (e.g. Reisberg's Cognition) and one from the broader cognitive science perspective (Gardner's The Mind's New Science).

posted by PeterKein at 11:02 am (EST) on Jul 11, 2007

That's possible, although I'm more pagan than ren faire. How are you surviving "down south?"

posted by littlegeek at 10:07 am (EST) on Jul 9, 2007

Your posts make me laugh - "Maybe he's just an unreliable narrator?". i just read your profile -- you might also like "Adrift in a Vanishing City". Pretty short, quite intense, not too many people have read it.

posted by NativeRoses at 7:25 pm (EST) on Jul 8, 2007

Criminal of Poverty was excrutiating, as was Turning Stones. There's another one i read a while back that was good, but i can't remember the author and it's not in my library. A group of young women wrote about their experiences growing up poor. Hmmm . . .

posted by NativeRoses at 5:28 pm (EST) on Jul 8, 2007

It's entirely possible. My hubby is from behind the Orange Curtain, but I'm originally a Valley Girl.

posted by littlegeek at 10:55 am (EST) on Jul 8, 2007

You're a MAOIST! I knew it.

posted by gregtmills at 1:11 am (EST) on Jul 8, 2007

Jesse -- I noticed your are the second person on my Users With Your Books list. That's psycho!

posted by gregtmills at 11:56 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2007

Thanks for recommending Blind Side in the poly cons group. Looks very good.

posted by NativeRoses at 3:56 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2007

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