The Tyranny of Tolerance - by: Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr. (2006)

Subtitled, "A Sitting Judge Breaks The Code of Silence To Expose The Liberal Judicial Assault"

This book was one of the scariest books I've ever read. It terrifies me to know that someone with the legal power to cause so many people harm, thinks so much like a twelfth century witch hunter. Very scary indeed.

The Taming of the Shrew (No Fear Shakespeare) - ("Plain English" translation, 2004)

This book contains William Shakespeare's original play side-by-side with a modern "plain English" translation. I enjoyed it very much. For once I could read and actually understand Shakespeare!

How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter - by: Sherwin B. Noland (1993)

If I didn't already dread the idea of dying from old age (i.e. "natural causes"), especially while I'm incarcerated, then I certainly would now, after having read this book. This book describes the ugly truth about what happens to our bodies as we die, as opposed to the dramatic BS you see on TV and in the movies. Definitely worth the read.

Calculus: College Review Series - by: Elliot C. Gootman, PH.D. (1999)

Even after two-plus years of college calculus, with straight A's, I couldn't even remember the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. So, I got this review book for something fun and interesting to do; and it was fun. (I was lucky that they sell a basic scientific calculator on commissary here, which helped a lot).

The Sacketts: Mustang Man - by: Louis L'Amour (1966)

I normally ignore Western's on the prison book cart, but I'd been reading a history book about the American West and grabbed this L'Amour book hoping it would add some context. It didn't help much.

The Pleasure of My Company - by: Steve Martin (2003)

Let me just quote a couple of my favorite passages from this novel:

"My fear represented the failure of the human system. It is a sad truth of our creation: something is amiss in our design, there are loose ends of our psychology that are simply not wrapped up. My fears were the dirty secrets of evolution. They were not provided for, and I was forced to construct elaborate temples to house them."

And... in reference to a small child character in the storys:

"He was a person beyond logic; he was the singularity."

The Coroner's Lunch - by: Colin Cotterill (2004)

This book is from the Soho Crime Series. I usually don't read crime fiction, but this looked like it'd be interesting because it is set in Communist Laos. I enjoyed the author's take on such a foreign culture.