Now I'm getting the chance to read books I didn't have time for before. Think of me whenever you see the slogan "So many books, so little time!" Now I've got the time.  Cheers, Fred.

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The Case for God

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Book Number: 
344
Date Fred Read: 
March 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Karen Armstrong
Total Pages: 
349
Publisher: 
Knopf; Stated First Edition
Year: 
2009

Karen Armstrong is the author of 22 books on the world’s religions. A former Roman Catholic nun, she has become a full-time historian and one of the world’s leading commentators on the world’s major religions. I’ve now read 10 of her books. (For her books I've read, click on her name.)  Read more

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The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas

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Book Number: 
343
Date Fred Read: 
February 2010
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
James Buchan
Total Pages: 
145
Publisher: 
Atlas
Year: 
2007

James Buchan is a novelist, critic, and contributor to the NYT Book Review and the NY Observer. He was formerly a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times. He won the Duff Cooper Prize for Frozen Desire, an examination of money. This was a gift book.  Read more

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Epiphanies: Where Science and Miracles Meet

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Book Number: 
342
Date Fred Read: 
February 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Ann Jauregui
Total Pages: 
174
Publisher: 
Atria Books/Beyond Words
Year: 
2007

Ann Jauregui has been a practicing therapist, consultant, and teacher for more than 25 years. She is a cofounder and associate of Vine Street, a multidisciplinary center for healing arts in Berkeley, CA, and adjunct professor at the Wright Institute. The Foreword is by Huston Smith. This was a gift book.  Read more

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unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters

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Book Number: 
341
Date Fred Read: 
February 2010
Fred's Rating: 
3
Author: 
David Kinnaman
Author: 
Gabe Lyons
Total Pages: 
246
Publisher: 
BakerBooks
Year: 
2007

David Kinnamon is president of The Barna Group. It provides research for spiritual transformation. He and George Barna report at www.barna.org. Gabe Lyons founded Fermi Project and Q, which educates Christians on their responsibility to renew culture.  Read more

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Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain

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Book Number: 
340
Date Fred Read: 
February 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Antonio Damasio
Total Pages: 
289
Publisher: 
Mariner Books
Year: 
2003

When written in 2003 Antonio Damasio was a Van Allen Distinguished Professor and Head of the Neurology Department at the Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine and also an Adjunct Professor of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla. (For his other books I’ve read, click on his name.) This was a gift book.  Read more

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The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotions in the Making of Consciousness

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Book Number: 
339
Date Fred Read: 
January 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Antonio Damasio
Total Pages: 
316
Publisher: 
Harvest Books; 1 edition
Year: 
2000

When written in 1999 Antonio Damasio was a Van Allen Distinguished Professor and Head of the Neurology Department at Univ. of Iowa's College of Medicine and an Adjunct Professor of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla. (For his other books I’ve read, click on his name.) This was a gift book.  Read more

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What the Gospels Meant

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Book Number: 
338
Date Fred Read: 
January 2010
Fred's Rating: 
3
Author: 
Garry Wills
Total Pages: 
209
Publisher: 
Viking Adult
Year: 
2008

Garry Wills studied for the priesthood, took his doctorate in the classics, and taught ancient and New Testament Greek at John Hopkins University. I’ve also read his bestsellers What Jesus Meant (book 209) and What Paul Meant (book 210). Book 338 was a Christmas gift.  Read more

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Why Don’t Penguin’s Feet Freeze? And 114 other Questions

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Book Number: 
337
Date Fred Read: 
January 2010
Fred's Rating: 
4
Total Pages: 
205
Publisher: 
Free Press
Year: 
2007

This book’s predecessor – Does Anything Eat Wasps? – by New Scientist editors of the weekly magazine New Scientist was a surprise publishing sensation of the 2005 holiday season. Both are collections of New Scientist's ‘Last Word’ weekly column, with questions posed by and answered by readers. This was a gift book.  Read more

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Olive Kitteridge

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Book Number: 
336
Date Fred Read: 
January 2010
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Elizabeth Strout
Total Pages: 
270
Publisher: 
Random House
Year: 
2008

Elizabeth Strout is a faculty member at Queen’s University, Charlotte, NC, with short stories published in many magazines. She was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the English Orange Prize. Her books Abide with Me and Amy and Isabelle won prizes. And Olive Kitteridge won the Pulitzer Prize.  Read more

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