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Read not to contradict and confute,
nor to believe and take for granted,
nor to find talk and discourse,
but to weigh and consider.

Francis Bacon

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Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
Author: Richard Bach

Read- Oct 1994
An excellent short book, with lot of things to learn from.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance
Author: Robert Pirszig

Read-Feb 1995 (unfinished)

The Hobbit
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

Read- Oct 1999
One of the greatest authors of all fiction writing.

The Case for Christ
Author: Lee Strobel

Read- Jul 2000

The Jesus Conspiracy: Turin Shroud
Author: Holger Kersten, Elmar Gruber

Read- Jul 2000

Four Faces
Author: Mark Tully

Read- Aug 2000.

Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice found there
Author: Lewis Carroll

Read- Sep 2000

The Song of Distant Earth
Author: Arthur C. Clarke

Read- Sep 2000

Sleep: The gentle tyrant
Author: Wilse B. Webb

Read- Oct 2000

What do you care, what other people think? : Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Author: Richard P. Feynman

Read- Oct 2000
An essay on value of science from this book.

Mostly harmless
Author: Douglas Adams

Read- Nov 2000

Forest of the Gods
Author: Sruoga Balys

Read- Dec 2000
An amazing book. Almost life-like satire. Notes of a Lithuanian academic during the World War 2 when he was a prisoner in concentration camps. Gift from a beautiful Lithuanian friend.

Lord of the Flies
Author: William Golding

Read- Feb 2001
An excerpt...

The pleasure of finding things out (The best short works of Richard P. Feynman)
Author: Richard P. Feynman, Jeffrey Robbins

Read- May 2001

How the mind works
Author: Steven Pinker

Read- Jul 2001
Took me more than ever to finish this book and still I am not sure of what I read, so will have to read it again.

The Satanic Verses
Author: Salman Rushdie

Read- currently on (hold)

The Golden Notebook
Author: Dorris Lessing

Read- Nov 2001
A great book by a great author(ess). Real insights into a free woman's mind and emotions. Little wierd at times.

The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho

Read- Oct 2002

The Lord of the Rings
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

Read- currently on
Finally able to pick this one up!

Siddhartha
Author: Herman Hesse

Read- Dec 2002
Much deeper than I thought. Contemplative.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Author: Arthur C. Clarke

Read- Jan 2003
Wonderful Sci-fi.

2010: Odyssey 2
Author: Arthur C. Clarke

Read- Jan 2003
Good sequel to a brilliant one.

English August
Author: Upamanyu Chatterji

Read- Jan 2003
Wow! even better than the movie.

 


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