Books I am currently reading, or have lately read:

Currently Reading

Finished

The Braes of Balquhidder - Elizabeth Beauchamp

Sun Tzu was a Sissy - Stanley Bing

Legend of Montrose - Sir Walter Scott

Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond

The Two Towers - Tolkien

The Return of the King - Tolkien

How to Ruin Your Life - Ben Stein - 10/15/02

Shadow Puppets - Orson Scott Card - 9/29/02

Children of God - Mary Doria Russell

The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell

Do the Right Thing: The Peoples Economist Speaks - Walter WIlliams

The Shipping News

Black & Decker's Photo Guide to Home Repair

Eat The Rich - P.J. O'Rourke

The Universe in a Nutshell - Steven Hawking

CEO of the Sofa - P.J. O'Rourke

Shogun

Republican Party Reptile - P.J. O'Rourke

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

How the Irish Saved Civilization

A Man in Full - Tom Wolfe

Microsoft Frontpage 2000 Step by Step

Robot Visions - Isaac Asimov

Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein (book is very different from movie, meaning better)

Isaac Asimov's Foundation series

Isaac Asimov's Robot series

The Greedy Hand - Amity Schlaes

The Bachelor Home Companion - P.J. O'Rourke

Depth Takes a Holiday - Sandra Tsing Loh

Aliens in America - Sandra Tsing Loh

Return of the Primitive : The Anti-Industrial Revolution - Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

SQL Server 7.0 Database implementation

Portside : A History of the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club - Neil Libbey
Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop 7

Last Man Down: A New York City Fire Chief and the Collapse of the World Trade Center - Richard Picciotto (I met him in October and he signed a copy of his book for me)