As requested by Cat, the books I read in 2005. Strong recommendations in bold.<\/p>\n
\nAn Ordinary Person’s Guide To Empire. Arundhati Roy (2004). Jan
\nA Thousand Years of Non-linear history. Manuel de Landa (1997). Feb<\/b>
\n(presumably I read some other books Feb-May but I’ve lost the list)<\/i>
\nThe Origins of Virtue, Matt Ridley (1994) 18 June<\/b>
\nPersepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2003) 20 June
\nBeyond the Ballot: 57 Democratic Innovations From Around the World, Graham Smith (2005) 29 June
\nThe Great Divorce, CS Lewis (1946) 30 June
\nThe Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman (2000) 3 July<\/b>
\nIron in the Soul, J.P. Sartre (1949) 21 July<\/b>
\nFountain at the Centre of the World, Rob Newman (2003) 4 August <\/b>
\nThings Can Only Get Better, John O’Farrell (1999) 5 August
\nFierce Dancing, CJ Stone (1996) 7 August<\/b>
\nIt’s a Lot Like Dancing: Aikido Journey, Terry Dobson, Riki Moss, and Jan E. Watso (1994) 8 August
\nBroke Through Britain, Peter Montimer (1999) 20 August
\nThe Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger (1998) 26 August<\/b>
\nDown and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell (1933) 2 Sept
\nThe No-nonsense guide to the arms trade, Gideon Burrows (2002) 2 Sept
\nThe Corporation, Joel Baklan (2005)<\/b>
\nToxic Sludge is Good for You, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton (2004)
\nWe Know What You Want, Martin Howard (2005)
\nThe Hidden Persuaders, Vance Packard (1959)
\nThe Thought Gang, Tibor Fischer (1994) 8 Nov<\/b>
\nDiary, Chuck Palahniuk (2003) 9 Nov
\nThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami (1997) 17 Nov
\nThe Next Fifty Year, John Brokman (ed, 2003) 29 Nov
\nWilling Slaves, Madeleine Bunting (2004)
\nLiar’s Poker, Michael Lewis (1990)<\/b>
\nCassini Division, Ken McLeod (1998) 23 Dec<\/b>
\nThe Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz (2004)<\/b>
\nParty’s Over – Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, Richard Heinberg (2005)<\/b>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n