In the past three weeks, here are the books I've ordered, mostly from Amazon:
Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind
Daniel Dennett, Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds
John Searle, Mind, Language, and Society: Philosophy in the Real World
Stephen Pinker, Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
Tim Kasser, The High Price of Materialism
David G. Myers, Pursuit of Happiness
Ronald Dworkin, Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom
Charles Murray, In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government
D.G. Newcombe, Henry VIII and the English Reformation
Eric Jacobsen, Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith
Neil Postman, The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School
Douglas Wilson, The Case for Classical Christian Education
Aristotle, Politics
Jerry Mander, Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
Neil Postman, Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future
John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Ken Craycraft, The American Myth of Religious Freedom
J. Budziszewski, What We Can't Not Know: A Guide
Carson Holloway, All Shook Up: Music, Passion, and Politics
Mark Gavreau Judge, If It Ain't Got That Swing: The Rebirth of Grown-Up Culture
John Lawlor, C.S. Lewis: Memories and Reflections
Keith Robertson, The Money Machine
Robert McCloskey, Centerburg Tales
I've got to control myself with all this book-buying. Otherwise, I won't have any time to keep up with all the latest news about the Schwarzeneggar administration, the new TV season, celebrity divorces, etc., etc., not to mention all the even more important questions being addressed by other bloggers, such as whether it was the White House or the Navy that hung a sign saying "Mission Accomplished," or what Howard Dean meant when he called himself a "metrosexual."
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