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| The movie is just as good as the book; I recommend it too. Very thick and in-depth documentary of the first years of the AIDS epidemic and how the institutions that are supposed to protect us from such threats initially responded to the appearance of the virus. | | The movie is just as good as the book; I recommend it too. Very thick and in-depth documentary of the first years of the AIDS epidemic and how the institutions that are supposed to protect us from such threats initially responded to the appearance of the virus. | ||
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| | | one of the rare books that can change some's life or make you find people who think in the same way with you- that happened to me-. also check the info on the covering of the book- that is enough to see before reading... hope you enjoy the book, | ||
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The RSI Booklist
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| Book Title | Author | Recommended by | Comments |
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| Blink | Malcolm Gladwell | Ryan O. | amusing, well written insight into human behavior...but flawed |
| The Future of Life | Edward O Wilson | ||
| Random Walks in Biology | Howard Berg | Viviana | |
| Godel, Escher, Bach | Douglas Hofstadter | Viviana | |
| Guns, Germs and Steel | Jared Diamond | Viviana | |
| Genome | Matt Ridley | Rebekah | |
| Hydrogen: the essential element | John S. Rigden | Rebekah | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Rebekah | |
| Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect | Roger Williams | Quentin | The story of an omnipotent computer that obeys Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. Read it online at http://www.kuro5hin.org/prime-intellect/ |
| Feynman Lectures on Physics | Richard Feynman | Piotr | Exploring the laws of Nature is an advenure! |
| Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | cxc | I had to read it for summer reading, but it was still so good, I would read it anyway. Afganistan before and after the Taliban. |
| Middlesex | Jeffrey Euglenides | cxc | A very well-crafted, complex & intricate novel that switches between three generations of love stories and genetics. A profound tale of self-discovery. |
| The Stranger | Albert Camus | cxc | A very short novel, but very moving; everyone has to read this book before they die; it's one of those reads that you can't live your life without reading: you learn SOOOO much from it. |
| And the Band Played On | Randy Shilts | cxc | The movie is just as good as the book; I recommend it too. Very thick and in-depth documentary of the first years of the AIDS epidemic and how the institutions that are supposed to protect us from such threats initially responded to the appearance of the virus. |
| Tuesdays With Morrie | Mitch Albom | ezra | one of the rare books that can change some's life or make you find people who think in the same way with you- that happened to me-. also check the info on the covering of the book- that is enough to see before reading... hope you enjoy the book, |
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