Off The Planet: What do you see?

Very cool article in Smithsonian about an art historian who teaches a class for police officers to hone their observation and communication skills.Teaching Cops to See

Latest Read

Finishing Stephen King's Dark Tower Series (finally)
The Book of Air and Shadows- Michael Gruber
A Mapmaker's Dream - James Cowan
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out - Richard Feynman
Ravelstein - Saul Bellow
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Legacies F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack)
Duma Key - Stephen King
A Mathematician's Apology - G.H. Hardy
Gateways - F.Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack). Reading this series out of order drives me nuts, but I read them as I find them.
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
Hosts - F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack)
The George MacDonald Treasury
Midnight's Children- Salman Rushdie
Conspiracies - F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack)
The Harbringers - F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack)
The Witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho
Outliers- Malcolm Gladwell - Blink was interesting, so what the heck (Interesting and useful)
Arthur & George - Julian Barnes
The Enchantress of Florence Loved it, Salman Rushdie is a magnificent story teller.
The Reader - because it's out in movie and I was curious.
World Without End - Follet - fast read, Pillars was more interesting, though.
Under the Tuscan Sun - thank you, Tashy
Wuthering Heights - yeah, prompted by the vampire books. I'd never read it through.
That vampire series - borrowed them from a friend's tween-age daughter. Easy , fun read.
The Fire & Ice series - George R.R. Martin - At least, the ones that are out. More pls.
Whatever I could find by David Foster Wallace

Off The Planet

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

What do you see?

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