Books Read 2014 - Nonfiction
It is time again for my most-anticipated post of the year: my reading list! I am annually surprised that this is not picked up by one of the wire services. Oh well, I’m sure there are less appealing examples of self-abuse to be found on the Internet.
Only 42 books finished in 2014. Seems a low number for a guy who is retired and doesn’t play a lot of golf. Even with my low energy levels I should be able to maintain a pace of a book a week. Maybe next this year.
I will deal with fiction in a separate post (see Books Read 2014 – Fiction). This post will cover the paltry six(!) nonfiction titles I got through. I used to read a lot more in science and history than I managed to do this year. One excuse I can give is that I am almost strictly limited to E-books these days and it has been harder for me to come by nonfiction titles. Consequently, much of my nonfiction reading comes from magazines (I subscribe to tree-killing versions of The Atlantic, Discover, Audubon and Birdwatching) and online.
The six:
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Notes
- Heinrich’s father, Gerd Heinrich, is responsible for the common English name of Aramidopsis plateni, the Snoring Rail. Click on the image at right to read its Wikipedia entry. [^]
- I have created a PDF from this “open letter” and make it available here because I believe it makes an effective and important statement: Unfinished Correspondence with a Darwinian Heavyweight. Also, it refers to Duane Gish, an intellectually-dishonest creationist whom I was unfortunate enough to hear speak when I was in high school. Check that, fortunate enough. Fortunate because it is to this event—where I heard some of the most ridiculous and ignorant pseudoscientific garbage imaginable—that I trace my healthy rejection of creationist nonsense and a deep interest in truth, which has enriched my life immeasurably. Thanks Duane! [^]
DATE | TITLE |
12/09/2019 | Books 2019: #2 Dozen Really Matter? |
05/20/2019 | Why Not Both? |
04/23/2019 | Books 2019: #1 Take Ten |
04/15/2019 | Books 2018: #31 - #37 |
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