The Book Thread - What You're Reading & Everything Book Related

[enter sandman]

Fractal Time...by Gregg Braden

 

[Bobby Stainless]

One Of A Kind.

Biography of Stu Ungar.

 

[paulo73]

Zen and the Art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M.Pirsig
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear by Dan Gardner
Essential reading all of them

 

[h.h.]

A Confederate General in Big Sur
Richard Brautigan
http://www.brautigan.net/audio/general.mp3

 

[GP73LPC]

This thread got me to go to Amazon and check out the mr nice book...

while there i also found:
Blow by Bruce Ports
and
The Underground Empire: Where Crime and Governments Embrace by James Mills

Also, there is a book called The Secrets of the Federal Reserve by Eustace Clarence Mullins. The guy was actually put away for a while for writing this book... a little hard to read in places, but a frightening truth about the world, power and finances...

 

[longearedfriend]

the last book I read

the first white man who got initiated into the naga (naked) babas
I think india's biggest sadhu group

he says they we're like the hell's angel's of hinduism

In Hinduism, sādhu (skt साधु sādhu, “good; good man, holy man”) denotes an ascetic, wandering monk. Although the vast majority of sādhus are yogīs, not all yogīs are sādhus. The sādhu is solely dedicated to achieving mokṣa (liberation), the fourth and final aśrama (stage of life), through meditation and contemplation of brahman. Sādhus often wear ochre-colored clothing, symbolizing their sanyāsa (renunciation).

This way of life is open to women; the female form of the word is sādhvī साध्वी. Also, "Sādhu!" is a Sanskrit and Pali interjection for something well done.[1]

The Sanskrit terms sādhu ("good man") and sādhvī ("good woman") refer to renouncers who have chosen to live a life apart from or on the edges of society in order to focus on their own spiritual practice.[2]

The words come from the Sanskrit root sādh, which means "reach one's goal", "make straight", or "gain power over".[3] The same root is used in the word sādhana, which means "spiritual practice".

Sadhus are not unified in their practices. Some live in the mountains alone for years at a time, eating only a few bananas.[citation needed] Others walk around with one hand in the air for decades. Still others partake in the religious consumption of charas (hand-made cannabis hashish) and contemplate the cosmic nature and presence of God.

so basically these guys walk around chilling, with almost nothing, go into pilgrimmage
they have a bowl for water and doing number 1 and 2s

in search of liberation/spiritual development

the people hold them in high regards, go to them for advice
some people grow ganja and give it to them

I find that interesting

 

[jack Haze]

Depending on if you're flying, you might want to check this one out...

http://www.amazon.com/crash-airplan...r_1_30?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311726154&sr=1-30

Otherwise, this is and incredible book.
http://www.amazon.com/Proud-Highway...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311726289&sr=1-1

 

[supermanlives]

who really reads on the beach . i have never got past reading the cover with all the fine women here in so cal LOL. last thing i read was playboy.

 

[Puffin13]

The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer
Marijuana: The First 12,000 Years by Ernest Abel
Cannabis and The Soma Solution by Chris Bennett

 

[GP73LPC]

The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer
Marijuana: The First 12,000 Years by Ernest Abel
Cannabis and The Soma Solution by Chris Bennett

The Emperor Wears No Clothes is free online...

check my sig

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Anything by the author John McPhee is superb, this guy writes non-fiction but it reads like a great novel. I read a bunch of his stuff about 10 years ago, then stopped, he's published a bunch since. You should check out his numerous selections, he has probably written a book about something you find interesting. Here is one I would recommend, it's called "The Control Of Nature," its actually 4 different stories of about 50 pages or so that all involve mankind's attempt to control some natural force, for instance the Mississippi River.

http://www.amazon.com/Control-Natur...=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311740211&sr=1-4

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Zen and the Art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M.Pirsig

That is some GOOD reading, I agree. The metaphysics of Quality, rings very true for me.

Have you read the follow up/sequel to Zen? Its called, "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals." Its fucking great dude, it ties up a lot of loose ends that were left in Zen, really helps to understand the MoQ. I liked it additionally because the book takes place on the Hudson River, in the Hudson River Valley, and those are my growing up stomping grounds. Not nearly as many people have heard of this compared to Zen, I HIGHLY recommend it to anybody who dug Zen.

Here is the Amazon Link:

http://www.amazon.com/Lila-Inquiry-...=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311740901&sr=1-2

And here is a link to a great review from the Amazon site:

http://www.amazon.com/review/RNV3A2FN69LEY/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#RNV3A2FN69LEY

Really makes me want to reread both of 'em. But then I consider the task, it aint easy reading. But Lila is easier than Zen.

 

[paulo73]

Thanks broda!

Thanks broda!

That is some GOOD reading, I agree. The metaphysics of Quality, rings very true for me.

Have you read the follow up/sequel to Zen? Its called, "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals." Its fucking great dude, it ties up a lot of loose ends that were left in Zen, really helps to understand the MoQ. I liked it additionally because the book takes place on the Hudson River, in the Hudson River Valley, and those are my growing up stomping grounds. Not nearly as many people have heard of this compared to Zen, I HIGHLY recommend it to anybody who dug Zen.

Here is the Amazon Link:

http://www.amazon.com/Lila-Inquiry-...=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311740901&sr=1-2

And here is a link to a great review from the Amazon site:

http://www.amazon.com/review/RNV3A2FN69LEY/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#RNV3A2FN69LEY

Really makes me want to reread both of 'em. But then I consider the task, it aint easy reading. But Lila is easier than Zen.

Zen and the Art... is some kid of bible to me. Not easy reading that is for sure but eye opener if you make the effort
I have read Lila but i prefer Zen...a bit more depth and a few more personal readings on the first one in my opinion of course.

 

[High Country]

ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY CHARLES DARWIN.

 

[roughoutline]

Just finished reading Charlie Brooker's latest book a few nights ago, going to buy Chomsky's manufacturing consent next.

 

[Scottish Research]

Running the Amazon by Joe Kane.

This is a really good book.

R.Fortune

 

[bentom187]

some new editions to my collection great books by the way,espeacially those of us that enjoy buddhisim.

 

[Connoisseur]

I've been meaning to read The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson, the film comes out on October 28.

Already have Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hell's Angels, and The Gonzo Letters Volume II.

 

[paulo73]

Just started "The greatest show on Earth" by R.Dawkins.
Don´t expect much of it but lets see in the end

 

[Gone Green]

oh man...

oh man...

I usually have about 3 going at once. Presently they're
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A Little Book on the Human Shadow, by Robert Bly
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain & Illness, by Jon Kabat-Zinn