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Books (41)
I read a variety of fiction and non-fiction.
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Social Science)
Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
The War on Freedom: How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001 :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science)
Silent Night, Holy Night: The Story of the Christmas Truce :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Christmas Truce: The Western Front December 1914 :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination :: (Books, Critical Texts, Social Science)
The U.S. Constitution for Everyone :: (Books, Critical Texts)
The War Prayer :: (Books)
Fugitive Writings :: (Books, Economics, Political)
Squandered Victory : The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq (Hardcover) :: (Books, Critical Texts, Political, Reading List)
Gilead :: (Books, Fiction)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
Terrorism and War (Open Media Pamphlet Series) :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Censored 2005 :: (Books, Critical Texts, Media, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Human Zoo :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Reading Capital Politically :: (Books, Economics, Non-Fiction, Political)
In Flanders Fields and Other Poems :: (Books, History)
In Flanders Field: The Story of the Poem :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Development as Freedom :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List, Social Science)
Voices of a People's History of the United States :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Sorrows of Empire :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Non-Fiction, Reading List, Social Science)
The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Travelers' Tales China: True Stories :: (Books, Non-Fiction, Travel)
Al Qaeda :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Political)
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Political)
Anarcho-Syndicalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Ecology of Commerce :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Environment, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Crimson Petal and the White :: (Books, Fiction, History)
A Wizard of Earthsea :: (Books, Fantasy, Fiction)
Parecon: Life After Capitalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Red Star Over China :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction)
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Obedience to Authority: Current Perspectives on the Milgram Paradigm :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Fiction, Stageplay)
The Trade Mission :: (Books, Fiction)
The Polished Hoe :: (Books, Fiction, History)
A Widow for One Year :: (Books, Fiction)
Film (14)
I enjoy the epic Hollywood blockbusters as much as the little arthouse indies.
The World According to Bush :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Unprecedented - The 2000 Presidential Election - 2004 Campaign Edition (2002) :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Unconstitutional - The War On Our Civil Liberties :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Uncovered - The Whole Truth About the Iraq War :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
The Lord of the Rings :: (Fantasy, Film)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being :: (Critical Texts, Drama, Film, History)
Blade Runner :: (Film, Sci-Fi)
Casablanca :: (Drama, Film)
Dogville :: (Drama, Film)
The Snow Walker :: (Drama, Film)
The Company :: (Drama, Film)
The Corporation :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film)
The Fog of War :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film)
Music (9)
It's easier to say about all I won't seek out is Country and Opera.
The Ultimate O'Jays :: (Economics, Music)
Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch :: (Music, Progressive)
The Greatest Natives from the North :: (Music, Political)
Crafty Hands :: (Music, Progressive)
Roots in the Sky :: (Jazz, Music)
New Chautauqua :: (Jazz, Music)
Songs of the Free :: (Critical Texts, Music, Political, Rockin')
Anima Mundi :: (Music, Progressive)
Dark Side of the Moon :: (Music, Progressive)
Sub Categories
Critical Texts (35)
The Blog expansion of the Critical Texts Forum and Critical Texts for Critical Times
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Social Science)
Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
The War on Freedom: How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001 :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science)
The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination :: (Books, Critical Texts, Social Science)
The U.S. Constitution for Everyone :: (Books, Critical Texts)
Squandered Victory : The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq (Hardcover) :: (Books, Critical Texts, Political, Reading List)
The World According to Bush :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Unprecedented - The 2000 Presidential Election - 2004 Campaign Edition (2002) :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Unconstitutional - The War On Our Civil Liberties :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
Terrorism and War (Open Media Pamphlet Series) :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Censored 2005 :: (Books, Critical Texts, Media, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Human Zoo :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Uncovered - The Whole Truth About the Iraq War :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Development as Freedom :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List, Social Science)
Voices of a People's History of the United States :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
The Sorrows of Empire :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Non-Fiction, Reading List, Social Science)
The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Al Qaeda :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Political)
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Political)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being :: (Critical Texts, Drama, Film, History)
Anarcho-Syndicalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Ecology of Commerce :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Environment, Non-Fiction, Political)
Songs of the Free :: (Critical Texts, Music, Political, Rockin')
Parecon: Life After Capitalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Red Star Over China :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction)
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Obedience to Authority: Current Perspectives on the Milgram Paradigm :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
The Corporation :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Fiction, Stageplay)
The Fog of War :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film)
Doco (7)
Documentaries. Typically films.
The World According to Bush :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Unprecedented - The 2000 Presidential Election - 2004 Campaign Edition (2002) :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Unconstitutional - The War On Our Civil Liberties :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Uncovered - The Whole Truth About the Iraq War :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
The Corporation :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film)
The Fog of War :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film)
Drama (6)
Dramatic Films :: Not Sci-Fi, Action, Documentary, Etc.
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being :: (Critical Texts, Drama, Film, History)
Casablanca :: (Drama, Film)
Dogville :: (Drama, Film)
The Snow Walker :: (Drama, Film)
The Company :: (Drama, Film)
Economics (8)
A subject I need to learn much more about.
Fugitive Writings :: (Books, Economics, Political)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
The Ultimate O'Jays :: (Economics, Music)
Reading Capital Politically :: (Books, Economics, Non-Fiction, Political)
Development as Freedom :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List, Social Science)
The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Non-Fiction, Reading List, Social Science)
Anarcho-Syndicalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Ecology of Commerce :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Environment, Non-Fiction, Political)
Environment (1)
We are exploiting nature and its resources to a dangerous degree.
The Ecology of Commerce :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Environment, Non-Fiction, Political)
Fantasy (2)
Both films and novels of the swords&sorcery variety.
The Lord of the Rings :: (Fantasy, Film)
A Wizard of Earthsea :: (Books, Fantasy, Fiction)
Fiction (8)
Novels, short stories, stageplays...
Gilead :: (Books, Fiction)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
The Crimson Petal and the White :: (Books, Fiction, History)
A Wizard of Earthsea :: (Books, Fantasy, Fiction)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Fiction, Stageplay)
The Trade Mission :: (Books, Fiction)
The Polished Hoe :: (Books, Fiction, History)
A Widow for One Year :: (Books, Fiction)
History (18)
Historical pieces; films or books.
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Social Science)
The War on Freedom: How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001 :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science)
Silent Night, Holy Night: The Story of the Christmas Truce :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Christmas Truce: The Western Front December 1914 :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
In Flanders Fields and Other Poems :: (Books, History)
In Flanders Field: The Story of the Poem :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Development as Freedom :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List, Social Science)
Voices of a People's History of the United States :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Sorrows of Empire :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
Al Qaeda :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Political)
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Political)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being :: (Critical Texts, Drama, Film, History)
Anarcho-Syndicalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Crimson Petal and the White :: (Books, Fiction, History)
Red Star Over China :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction)
The Polished Hoe :: (Books, Fiction, History)
Jazz (2)
Fusion and light jazz, mostly.
Roots in the Sky :: (Jazz, Music)
New Chautauqua :: (Jazz, Music)
Media (1)
Explorations of Media, how it works, what it means.
Censored 2005 :: (Books, Critical Texts, Media, Non-Fiction, Political)
Non-Fiction (26)
Texts, biographies, analysis, commentary, essays, history.
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Social Science)
Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
The War on Freedom: How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001 :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science)
Silent Night, Holy Night: The Story of the Christmas Truce :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Christmas Truce: The Western Front December 1914 :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
Terrorism and War (Open Media Pamphlet Series) :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Censored 2005 :: (Books, Critical Texts, Media, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Human Zoo :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Reading Capital Politically :: (Books, Economics, Non-Fiction, Political)
In Flanders Field: The Story of the Poem :: (Books, History, Non-Fiction)
Development as Freedom :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List, Social Science)
Voices of a People's History of the United States :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Sorrows of Empire :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Non-Fiction, Reading List, Social Science)
The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Travelers' Tales China: True Stories :: (Books, Non-Fiction, Travel)
Anarcho-Syndicalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Ecology of Commerce :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Environment, Non-Fiction, Political)
Parecon: Life After Capitalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Red Star Over China :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction)
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Obedience to Authority: Current Perspectives on the Milgram Paradigm :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Political (26)
Primarily political in nature whether for the screen, the page or the stereo. A bit of a catch-all, this category includes economic, health and ecological concerns since I recognise the politically charged condition under which we explore them.
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Social Science)
Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
The War on Freedom: How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001 :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science)
Fugitive Writings :: (Books, Economics, Political)
Squandered Victory : The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq (Hardcover) :: (Books, Critical Texts, Political, Reading List)
The World According to Bush :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Unprecedented - The 2000 Presidential Election - 2004 Campaign Edition (2002) :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Unconstitutional - The War On Our Civil Liberties :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
Terrorism and War (Open Media Pamphlet Series) :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Censored 2005 :: (Books, Critical Texts, Media, Non-Fiction, Political)
Uncovered - The Whole Truth About the Iraq War :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
Reading Capital Politically :: (Books, Economics, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Greatest Natives from the North :: (Music, Political)
Development as Freedom :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List, Social Science)
Voices of a People's History of the United States :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire :: (Critical Texts, Doco, Film, Political)
The Sorrows of Empire :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Al Qaeda :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Political)
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Political)
Anarcho-Syndicalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Ecology of Commerce :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Environment, Non-Fiction, Political)
Songs of the Free :: (Critical Texts, Music, Political, Rockin')
Parecon: Life After Capitalism :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Political)
Progressive (6)
A catch-all musical category for richly textured and thoughtful music. Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, Ingrid Karklins, Genesis.
The War on Freedom: How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001 :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch :: (Music, Progressive)
Crafty Hands :: (Music, Progressive)
Anima Mundi :: (Music, Progressive)
Dark Side of the Moon :: (Music, Progressive)
Reading List (5)
Media Things I haven't quite gotten to...yet.
Squandered Victory : The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq (Hardcover) :: (Books, Critical Texts, Political, Reading List)
Development as Freedom :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List, Social Science)
Voices of a People's History of the United States :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Sorrows of Empire :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List)
The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Non-Fiction, Reading List, Social Science)
Rockin' (1)
Head bangin', foot-stompin' and raucous: guitars and drum kits.
Songs of the Free :: (Critical Texts, Music, Political, Rockin')
Sci-Fi (1)
Science Fiction novels and films.
Blade Runner :: (Film, Sci-Fi)
Social Science (10)
Who are we and why do we do the things we do? Scientific method applied to the human condition.
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Social Science)
The War on Freedom: How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001 :: (Books, Critical Texts, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science)
The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination :: (Books, Critical Texts, Social Science)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
The Human Zoo :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Development as Freedom :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Reading List, Social Science)
The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific :: (Books, Critical Texts, Economics, Non-Fiction, Reading List, Social Science)
The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Obedience to Authority: Current Perspectives on the Milgram Paradigm :: (Books, Critical Texts, Non-Fiction, Social Science)
Stageplay (2)
Scripts written for the screen or stage.
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Drama, Economics, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Political, Progressive, Social Science, Stageplay)
The Fever :: (Books, Critical Texts, Fiction, Stageplay)
Travel (1)
The world in words.
Travelers' Tales China: True Stories :: (Books, Non-Fiction, Travel)