This list is by all means not conclusive, nor do I fully endorse the ideas the books represent without actually reading them. It's simply a list of books which subjects interest me- namely cowboy culture, poverty, cooking and sociology. This list took approximately 3 hours and does not include the many fiction books and biographies I wanted to include because I got tired of combing through websites before I got to those subjects! Let me know if you want to read one with me!
Books I want to read:
The Butcher and the Vegetarian by Tara Austen
Hotel: An American History by Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz
Women, Food, and God by Geneen Roth
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
One Day by David Nicholls
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight
Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely
Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter by Linda Grant
The Twisted Sisterhood: Unraveling the Dark Legacy of Female Friendships by Kelly Valen
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City by Elijah Anderson
Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value by William Poundstone
Holidays on Ice by: David Sedaris
American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It) by Jonathan Bloom
Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rainforest by Binka Le Breton
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets by Peter Menzel
Soul of a Chef: The Journey Towards Perfection by Michael Ruhlman
Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children by Andrew D. Blechman
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink by David Remnick
Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven
Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice by Trevor Corson
In Defense of Food : An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan, Scott Brick
Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater by Matthew Amster-Burton
Lives Turned Upside Down: Homeless Children in Their Own Words and Photographs by Jim Hubbard
The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour! by Joan DeJean
Ginger and Ganesh: Adventures in Indian Cooking, Culture, and Love by Nani Power
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell
Bizarre Truth: A Face-First Journey to the Ends of the Earth by Andrew Zimmern
Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream by Adam W. Shepard
What Einstein Told His Cook : Kitchen Science Explained by Robert L. Wolke
Death is not an Option by Suzanne Rivecca
It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races by Lena Willians
The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Philip
My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster (finished 2/5)
Marriage and Other Acts of Chairty by Kate Braestrup (FINALLY finished 2/6)
The Year We Disappeared by Cylin Busby and John Busby (Finished 2/6)
The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich (Finished 2/8)
The Flawless Skin of Ugly People (Finished 2/8)
My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe (Finished in 4/11)
United States of Arugula by David Kamp (Finished 4/11)
Not Buying It by Judith Levine (Finished 4/11)
Keep the Change but Steve Dublanica (March 2011)
How Starbucks Saved My Life : A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill (March 2011)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson (Finished 2/24)
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt (March 2011)
Turning the Tables: Restaurants from the Inside Out by Steven A. Shaw (Finished 2/20)
Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten (Finished 2/15)
Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen by David Sax (March 2011)
Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (Finished 2/19/2011)
Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children by Ann Cooper (Finished 2/26)
America the Edible: A Hungry History From Sea to Dining Sea by Adam Richman
Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (Read 4/11)
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain (Read 4/11)
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee (Read 4/11)
The United States of Arugula by David Kamp (Read 4/11)
One Day by David Nicholl (Read 4/11)
My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe (Read 4/11)
Not Buying It by Judith Levine (Read 4/11)
Books I need to add to my cowboy book collection:
Cowboy Gear: A Photographic Portrayal of the Early Cowboy and their Equiptment
by David R. Stoecklein
Cowboy: The Illustrated History by Richard W. Slatta
Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon by Rocco Wachman, Matthew A. Pellegrini
Horseshoes, Cowsocks and Duckfeet : More Commentary by NPR's Cowboy Poet and Former Large Animal Veterinarian by: Baxter Black
Cowboy Hat: History, Art, Culture, Function by David R. Stoecklein (Photographer)
Becoming Western: Stories of Culture and Identity in the Cowboy State by Liza J. Nicholas
God of the Rodeo: The Search for Hope, Faith and a Six-Second Ride in Louisiana's Angola Prison by Daniel Bergner, Bergner
Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West by Dirk Johnson
Montana Hometown Rodeo by Joanne Berghold (Photographer), Kim Zupan (Introduction)
King of the Cowboys by Ty Murray
Cowgirls of the Rodeo: Pioneer Professional Athletes by Mary Lou LeCompte
Rodeo: Behind The Scenes at America's Most Exciting Sport by Lynn H. Campion
Rodeo Queens and the American Dream by Joan Burbick
Biting the Dust by Dirk Johnson
Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo by Richard C. Rattenbury, Ed Muno (Photographer)
Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette, or, How to Get to Heaven or Hell without Going through Dallas-Fort Worth by Kinky Friedman
Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire by Don GrahamStick Horses and Other Stories of Ranch Life: And Other Stories of Ranch Life by Wallace McRae
This list is by all means not conclusive, nor do I fully endorse the ideas the books represent without actually reading them. It's simply a list of books which subjects interest me- namely cowboy culture, poverty, cooking and sociology. This list took approximately 3 hours and does not include the many fiction books and biographies I wanted to include because I got tired of combing through websites before I got to those subjects! Let me know if you want to read one with me!
Books I want to read:
The Butcher and the Vegetarian by Tara Austen
Hotel: An American History by Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz
Women, Food, and God by Geneen Roth
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
One Day by David Nicholls
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight
Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely
Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter by Linda Grant
The Twisted Sisterhood: Unraveling the Dark Legacy of Female Friendships by Kelly Valen
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City by Elijah Anderson
Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value by William Poundstone
Holidays on Ice by: David Sedaris
American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It) by Jonathan Bloom
Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rainforest by Binka Le Breton
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets by Peter Menzel
Soul of a Chef: The Journey Towards Perfection by Michael Ruhlman
Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children by Andrew D. Blechman
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink by David Remnick
Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven
Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice by Trevor Corson
In Defense of Food : An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan, Scott Brick
Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater by Matthew Amster-Burton
Lives Turned Upside Down: Homeless Children in Their Own Words and Photographs by Jim Hubbard
The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour! by Joan DeJean
Ginger and Ganesh: Adventures in Indian Cooking, Culture, and Love by Nani Power
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell
Bizarre Truth: A Face-First Journey to the Ends of the Earth by Andrew Zimmern
Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream by Adam W. Shepard
What Einstein Told His Cook : Kitchen Science Explained by Robert L. Wolke
Death is not an Option by Suzanne Rivecca
It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races by Lena Willians
The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Philip
My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster (finished 2/5)
Marriage and Other Acts of Chairty by Kate Braestrup (FINALLY finished 2/6)
The Year We Disappeared by Cylin Busby and John Busby (Finished 2/6)
The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich (Finished 2/8)
The Flawless Skin of Ugly People (Finished 2/8)
My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe (Finished in 4/11)
United States of Arugula by David Kamp (Finished 4/11)
Not Buying It by Judith Levine (Finished 4/11)
Keep the Change but Steve Dublanica (March 2011)
How Starbucks Saved My Life : A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill (March 2011)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson (Finished 2/24)
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt (March 2011)
Turning the Tables: Restaurants from the Inside Out by Steven A. Shaw (Finished 2/20)
Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten (Finished 2/15)
Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen by David Sax (March 2011)
Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (Finished 2/19/2011)
Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children by Ann Cooper (Finished 2/26)
America the Edible: A Hungry History From Sea to Dining Sea by Adam Richman
Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (Read 4/11)
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain (Read 4/11)
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee (Read 4/11)
The United States of Arugula by David Kamp (Read 4/11)
One Day by David Nicholl (Read 4/11)
My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe (Read 4/11)
Not Buying It by Judith Levine (Read 4/11)
Books I need to add to my cowboy book collection:
Cowboy Gear: A Photographic Portrayal of the Early Cowboy and their Equiptment
by David R. Stoecklein
Cowboy: The Illustrated History by Richard W. Slatta
Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon by Rocco Wachman, Matthew A. Pellegrini
Horseshoes, Cowsocks and Duckfeet : More Commentary by NPR's Cowboy Poet and Former Large Animal Veterinarian by: Baxter Black
Cowboy Hat: History, Art, Culture, Function by David R. Stoecklein (Photographer)
Becoming Western: Stories of Culture and Identity in the Cowboy State by Liza J. Nicholas
God of the Rodeo: The Search for Hope, Faith and a Six-Second Ride in Louisiana's Angola Prison by Daniel Bergner, Bergner
Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West by Dirk Johnson
Montana Hometown Rodeo by Joanne Berghold (Photographer), Kim Zupan (Introduction)
King of the Cowboys by Ty Murray
Cowgirls of the Rodeo: Pioneer Professional Athletes by Mary Lou LeCompte
Rodeo: Behind The Scenes at America's Most Exciting Sport by Lynn H. Campion
Rodeo Queens and the American Dream by Joan Burbick
Biting the Dust by Dirk Johnson
Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo by Richard C. Rattenbury, Ed Muno (Photographer)
Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette, or, How to Get to Heaven or Hell without Going through Dallas-Fort Worth by Kinky Friedman
Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire by Don GrahamStick Horses and Other Stories of Ranch Life: And Other Stories of Ranch Life by Wallace McRae
This list is by all means not conclusive, nor do I fully endorse the ideas the books represent without actually reading them. It's simply a list of books which subjects interest me- namely cowboy culture, poverty, cooking and sociology. This list took approximately 3 hours and does not include the many fiction books and biographies I wanted to include because I got tired of combing through websites before I got to those subjects! Let me know if you want to read one with me!
Books I want to read:
The Butcher and the Vegetarian by Tara Austen
Hotel: An American History by Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz
Women, Food, and God by Geneen Roth
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
One Day by David Nicholls
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight
Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely
Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter by Linda Grant
The Twisted Sisterhood: Unraveling the Dark Legacy of Female Friendships by Kelly Valen
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City by Elijah Anderson
Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value by William Poundstone
Holidays on Ice by: David Sedaris
American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It) by Jonathan Bloom
Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rainforest by Binka Le Breton
What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets by Peter Menzel
Soul of a Chef: The Journey Towards Perfection by Michael Ruhlman
Leisureville: Adventures in a World Without Children by Andrew D. Blechman
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink by David Remnick
Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven
Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice by Trevor Corson
In Defense of Food : An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan, Scott Brick
Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater by Matthew Amster-Burton
Lives Turned Upside Down: Homeless Children in Their Own Words and Photographs by Jim Hubbard
The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour! by Joan DeJean
Ginger and Ganesh: Adventures in Indian Cooking, Culture, and Love by Nani Power
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell
Bizarre Truth: A Face-First Journey to the Ends of the Earth by Andrew Zimmern
Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream by Adam W. Shepard
What Einstein Told His Cook : Kitchen Science Explained by Robert L. Wolke
Death is not an Option by Suzanne Rivecca
It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races by Lena Willians
The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Philip
America the Edible: A Hungry History From Sea to Dining Sea by Adam Richman
Books I need to add to my cowboy book collection:
Cowboy Gear: A Photographic Portrayal of the Early Cowboy and their Equiptment
by David R. Stoecklein
Cowboy: The Illustrated History by Richard W. Slatta
Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon by Rocco Wachman, Matthew A. Pellegrini
Horseshoes, Cowsocks and Duckfeet : More Commentary by NPR's Cowboy Poet and Former Large Animal Veterinarian by: Baxter Black
Cowboy Hat: History, Art, Culture, Function by David R. Stoecklein (Photographer)
Becoming Western: Stories of Culture and Identity in the Cowboy State by Liza J. Nicholas
God of the Rodeo: The Search for Hope, Faith and a Six-Second Ride in Louisiana's Angola Prison by Daniel Bergner, Bergner
Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West by Dirk Johnson
Montana Hometown Rodeo by Joanne Berghold (Photographer), Kim Zupan (Introduction)
King of the Cowboys by Ty Murray
Cowgirls of the Rodeo: Pioneer Professional Athletes by Mary Lou LeCompte
Rodeo: Behind The Scenes at America's Most Exciting Sport by Lynn H. Campion
Rodeo Queens and the American Dream by Joan Burbick
Biting the Dust by Dirk Johnson
Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo by Richard C. Rattenbury, Ed Muno (Photographer)
Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette, or, How to Get to Heaven or Hell without Going through Dallas-Fort Worth by Kinky Friedman
Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire by Don GrahamStick Horses and Other Stories of Ranch Life: And Other Stories of Ranch Life by Wallace McRae
1 comments:
Given that you seem interested in both philosophy and Hitchhiker's, might I propose the following for your list? Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
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