| 1 | This Machine Kills Secrets: | Andy Greenberg | |
| How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World’s Information | BF, 2013/04 | ||
| 2 | Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues: | Naomi Oreskes, Erik Conway | |
| Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming | JM, 2012/06 | ||
| 3 | The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation | Jon Gertner | |
| JM, 2012/06 | |||
| 4 | The Great Big Book of Horrible Things The Definitive Chronicle of History’s 100 Worst Atrocities | Matthew White | |
| (2012, 670p, $23.10) a serious book despite title. If we choose this book, we might want to read selected parts, instead of reading it all. | JB 2012/3 | ||
| 5 | Destiny Disrupted A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes | Tamim Ansary | |
| AH 2012/2 | |||
| 6 | Sister Citizen | Melissa V Harris-Perry | |
| Overview also at Barnes and Noble | JS, 2011/9 | ||
| 7 | Packing for Mars The Curious Science of Life in the Void | Mary Roach | |
| (hardcover, $14.24) This is a delightful read. Mary Roach will entertain you and keep you laughing out loud and she maintains your sense of wonder about space. In the end, you will want us to go to Mars more than ever because it represents a conquering of our biological limits even as we conquer our little corner of the cosmos. | AJ, 2010/9 | ||
| 8 | The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World | Cousteau/Schiefelbein | |
| (Bloomsbury USA, 2007, $7.80) Among 20th-Century non-political figures, Cousteau, with his TV shows and other things making the public aware of ecological problems, is among the most infuential, and is likely to be honored by future generations. | AD, 2010/9 | ||
| 9 | Reviving the Left – The Need to Restore Liberal Values in America | Dwight Furrow | |
| Prometheus Books, $18.89; “[Furrow’s] proposals are fresh–he urges liberals to develop ‘a more substantial moral identity’ and win a few battles in the values war by building upon their ‘inherent culture of caring,’ repackaging the conservative movement’s successful tactics for the Left.” — Publishers Weekly | AJ, 2010/6 | ||
| 10 | Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA | Tim Weiner | |
| 2013/01 |
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