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Anger

Anger

author: Thich Nhat Hanh

name: Steev

average rating: 4.14

book published:

rating: 5

read at: 2012/01/31

date added: 2012/01/31

shelves: spirit-self, own-it

review:
What can I say, Thich Naht Hanh is a very wise man. I don't know if this is the best book I've ever read on anger, or the most practical, but it gave me lots to think and meditate on.

A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly

author: Philip K. Dick

name: Steev

average rating: 4.00

book published: 1977

rating: 4

read at: 2009/09/15

date added: 2009/10/17

shelves: novels, own-it

review:
As usual, PKD messes with your head in this "what is reality?" and "what is self?" psychodrama.

The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle

author: Philip K. Dick

name: Steev

average rating: 3.82

book published: 1962

rating: 5

read at: 2004/06/01

date added: 2009/10/17

shelves: novels, politics

review:
I think this is still my favorite of all PKD's novels. It has the most sweeping vision of alternate reality and it is the most chilling and close to home, even if it's one of the most outlandish.

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

author: Eric Hoffer

name: Steev

average rating: 4.12

book published: 1951

rating: 4

read at: 2009/10/17

date added: 2009/10/24

shelves: politics, own-it

Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin

Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin

author: Gabriel García Márquez

name: Steev

average rating: 3.74

book published: 1986

rating: 4

read at: 2009/10/25

date added: 2009/11/04

shelves: politics, filmmaking, fun, own-it

Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore

author: Haruki Murakami

name: Steev

average rating: 4.06

book published: 2002

rating: 4

read at: 2009/11/16

date added: 2009/11/17

shelves: novels, fun, own-it

Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity

Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity

author: Robert Jensen

name: Steev

average rating: 3.65

book published: 2007

rating: 4

read at: 2009/11/17

date added: 2009/11/18

shelves: spirit-self, own-it

Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies

Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies

author: bell hooks

name: Steev

average rating: 3.99

book published: 1996

rating: 4

read at: 2009/12/27

date added: 2009/12/27

shelves: filmmaking, own-it

review:

The Fortress Of Solitude

The Fortress Of Solitude

author: Jonathan Lethem

name: Steev

average rating: 3.87

book published: 2003

rating: 5

read at: 2009/12/28

date added: 2009/12/29

shelves: fun, novels, own-it

Amulet

Amulet

author: Roberto Bolaño

name: Steev

average rating: 3.78

book published: 1999

rating: 4

read at: 2010/01/07

date added: 2010/01/09

shelves: own-it, novels, politics