As you can see The Bloguscript's "Five for Friday" feature now has a hep new catch phrase: "5-4-Fri." Coming to a tee shirt near you soon.
'Kay, here is this week's list. It's The Five Bestest Natural History Books Ever (Not Counting Literally Tons and Tons of Other Great Natural History Books):
1. Aku-Aku, Thor Heyerdahl. Garden City (NY): International Collector’s Library. 1958.
2.The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen. NY (NY): Delacorte Press. 1988.
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson. NY (NY): Broadway Books. 2003.
4. Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond. NY (NY): W. W. Norton. 1999.
5. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman. Cambridge (Mass): Helix Books. 1999.
PS - I felt that also including The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen would either make the list "Six for Friday" or, woefully, put two books by the same author on one list, but: You. Must. Read. This. Book. Also, as your lawyer I recommend Quammen's Natural Acts and his Outside magazine columns of the same name. And The Soul of Viktor Tronko. Oh, and The Postal Service’s “Recycled Air” is the goodness; now playing on iTunes.
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2 comments:
You would do The Pleasure of Finding Things Out rather than Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman?
Also, I know Guns, Germs and Steel is a seminal work and Jared Spool is a genius, but seriously? You can get through that book?
Yeah, you have a great point, but one way of another I keep mentioning Surely You're Joking--which is on my bedside even now-- so I branched out. I must shamefully admit to having two copies of GGS--both autographed no less--but to not having finished the whole book. Still, Jared's lectures and class and so forth are fascinating.
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