NT Book Club- What are you guys reading??

[the yes guy]

Atlas Shrugged by choice, Huck Finn for school.

 

[Methodical Management]

January's leisure reading:


Just finished:

BlessedUnrest
The Food Revolution

Finishing tonight:

IfBeale Street Could Talk

Next up:

The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Going After Cacciato
Drink Cultura

Rereading:
The Beatles (Authorized)

 

[NCtwin]

Originally Posted by Method Man

January's leisure reading:


Just finished:

Blessed Unrest

How was this one??

 

[i love nikes]

 

[enrique23]

Originally Posted by NCTwin

Originally Posted by DLo13

Got an advance copy of a book written by one of my old professors. Releases Feb. 2nd. Please cop.

http://www.yourrubberroom.com/http://www.yourrubberroom.com/http://www.yourrubberroom.com/


I still need to read The Audacity of Hope, too...might be next.

This looks interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

yea it looks interesting

right now the only thing im reading is The Great Gatsby for english class

 

[sorkoram]

Deflation : What Happens When Prices Fall by Chris Ferrell

What Do We Know About Globalization by Guillermo De La Dehesa

 

[queencitysneakerqueen]

I'm on my magazine steez at the moment PC World and Money magazine

 

[cronicmole]

The Art of war- Sun Tzu

Become A Better You- Joel Osteen( This is one of the most inspirational books I have ever read, great for anyone who is down or feels hopeless or they havereached at a standstill in their life)

 

[iluvjordanxi]

I'm reading Invisible Man

 

[horchata kid]

Tritessa by Jack Kerouac.

 

[Methodical Management]

Originally Posted by Method Man

January's leisure reading:


Just finished:

Blessed Unrest

How was this one??

Pretty good, actually. It can be a bit fanciful at times, which some may find off putting, but overall I found it varied, engaging and interesting.


I've been interested in the convergence of social and environmental justice for awhile. You may recall we donated $5,000 to Green for All this past spring, andthat's essentially their focus. There are a number of books I've read recently in this area that offer a piece of the puzzle and each serves as auseful resource in its own way.

For example:

Plan B 3.0 is a great overview of the environmental challenges we face and its focus is on broad scale change.
The Necessary Revolution narrows in on pragmatic, organizational change. If you're trying to work withinan organization to promote "green" strategies, it's a useful tool - but it's geared toward selling easy gains, e.g. ways to cut costs, asopposed to anything resembling sacrifice or regulatory mechanisms needed to channel organizations in a productive direction.
Blessed Unrest fits in as a means of promoting synergy between, more so than within, organizations. In otherwords, it describes how organizations can utilize their unique strengths to contribute towards a larger "meta-movement."

Unfortunately, I was looking for something with a bit more emphasis on social justice and, although the book correctly points out that people of color havebeen largely excluded from western branches of "environmentalism," it still falls into more or less the same trap by offering familiar panegyrics forRachel Carson, Thoreau, and Emerson rather than truly reaching outside the eurocentric canon - save for trotting out Mohandas Gandhi. That aside, though, I dorecommend it and I'd also suggest Plan B 3.0, which you can actually read for free online: http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/Contents.htmhttp://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/Contents.htm. The Necessary Revolution is of limited utility,but if you find yourself in the situation of advocating change within a for-profit company in particular I do think you'd find it worthwhile. It alldepends on your interests.

Whereas much of the material out there in this field is either pessimistic, woefully ignorant, or, in a combination of the two, nihilistic, the aforementionedbooks all serve to inspire. If interested, check them out. Each is valuable in its own way.

I highly recommend The Food Revolution for everyone, whether interested in the environment, living ethically,or simply anyone concerned about their own health or the health of those they care about. It's both accessible and well-researched, which is a fairly rarecombination.

 

[djaman]

Originally Posted by enrique23

Originally Posted by NCTwin

Originally Posted by DLo13

Got an advance copy of a book written by one of my old professors. Releases Feb. 2nd. Please cop.

http://www.yourrubberroom.com/http://www.yourrubberroom.com/http://www.yourrubberroom.com/http://www.yourrubberroom.com/


I still need to read The Audacity of Hope, too...might be next.

This looks interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

yea it looks interesting

right now the only thing im reading is The Great Gatsby for english class

I have read this book at least five times. Gets better every time. I decided to read every Fitzgerald novel which has me presently occupied.

 

[creekshow]

Just started reading this. Only like 25 pages in so far but I hear its a lot better than the movie

 

[ddot7]

Originally Posted by CreekShow

Just started reading this. Only like 25 pages in so far but I hear its a lot better than the movie

Oddly enough, so am I. Huge fan of the movie and had wanted to read the book for a while, but I'm finally getting around to it.

 

[NCtwin]

Originally Posted by Method Man

Originally Posted by Method Man

January's leisure reading:


Just finished:

Blessed Unrest

How was this one??

Pretty good, actually. It can be a bit fanciful at times, which some may find off putting, but overall I found it varied, engaging and interesting.


I've been interested in the convergence of social and environmental justice for awhile. You may recall we donated $5,000 to Green for All this past spring, and that's essentially their focus. There are a number of books I've read recently in this area that offer a piece of the puzzle and each serves as a useful resource in its own way.

For example:

Plan B 3.0 is a great overview of the environmental challenges we face and its focus is on broad scale change.
The Necessary Revolution narrows in on pragmatic, organizational change. If you're trying to work within an organization to promote "green" strategies, it's a useful tool - but it's geared toward selling easy gains, e.g. ways to cut costs, as opposed to anything resembling sacrifice or regulatory mechanisms needed to channel organizations in a productive direction.
Blessed Unrest fits in as a means of promoting synergy between, more so than within, organizations. In other words, it describes how organizations can utilize their unique strengths to contribute towards a larger "meta-movement."

Unfortunately, I was looking for something with a bit more emphasis on social justice and, although the book correctly points out that people of color have been largely excluded from western branches of "environmentalism," it still falls into more or less the same trap by offering familiar panegyrics for Rachel Carson, Thoreau, and Emerson rather than truly reaching outside the eurocentric canon - save for trotting out Mohandas Gandhi. That aside, though, I do recommend it and I'd also suggest Plan B 3.0, which you can actually read for free online: http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/Contents.htm href="http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/Contents.htm" target=_blank>http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/Contents.htmhttp://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/Contents.htm. The Necessary Revolution is of limited utility, but if you find yourself in the situation of advocating change within a for-profit company in particular I do think you'd find it worthwhile. It all depends on your interests.

Whereas much of the material out there in this field is either pessimistic, woefully ignorant, or, in a combination of the two, nihilistic, the aforementioned books all serve to inspire. If interested, check them out. Each is valuable in its own way.

I highly recommend The Food Revolution for everyone, whether interested in the environment, living ethically, or simply anyone concerned about their own health or the health of those they care about. It's both accessible and well-researched, which is a fairly rare combination.



I've had a huge problem with which I put in bold. A lot of materials are either far to the right or far to the left. I'd love to find something thatis unbiased and at the same time inspirational. A few things have happened recently, where I'm definitely looking for a lil inspiration...

Thank you for mentioning those books as well as the thorough review. Plan B3.0 has been bookmarked and I'll probably tackle it this weekend.

 

[air bonilla 23]

Between Worlds by Bill Richardson. He would have been Secretary of Commerce

 

[elocin023]

"The White Boy Shuffle" By Paul Beatty

 

[MajinZuub]

Q&A by Vikas Swarup, the book Slumdog Millionaire was based off of; totally different though but really good.

 

[stork]

Watchmen by Alan Moore
How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie

 

[knivesdesu]

Originally Posted by SneakerLips

DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman. Anyone who

and is mildly interested in science, i strongly recommend this book. My reaction was straight up

for a week

Excellent book, although I have to say his conclusions really were unsatisfying to me. I would argue that this was largely influenced by his use of syntheticDMT as opposed to Yage or other tradtional ethogens, but that is an entirely other topic.

As far as my current reading list...

I just finished "Where I'm Calling From" by Raymond Carver. I am about to finish "Strive Towards Freedom" by Martin Luther King Jr.(highly recommended, and excellent primer on his philosophy of non-violence), and some sci-fi book called "Ecotopia". The last piece of fiction Iread was a book called "The Handmaids Tale" by Margret Atwood, a sort of feminist/dystopian novel that I really enjoyed. Next on my list would be"The Wrong Side of Murder Creek" which I have been told is pretty moving so I'm looking forward to it.

 

[mf doomer]

russell simons "do you"

finished it last night, it was a simple straight foward good read.

 

[daytona 5000]

Originally Posted by ddot7

Originally Posted by CreekShow

Just started reading this. Only like 25 pages in so far but I hear its a lot better than the movie

Oddly enough, so am I. Huge fan of the movie and had wanted to read the book for a while, but I'm finally getting around to it.

I don't think I have a weak stomach, but some of the scenes towards the end are so

I wanted to throw up just picturing it in my mind, I know if I seen it on screenI would've probably lost it

Originally Posted by Elocin023

"The White Boy Shuffle" By Paul Beatty

Real talk this is probably the only book that had me literally on the floor

 

[allout46]

Originally Posted by UbUiBeMe

The Autobiography of Malcom X

best book ever!

check out man child in a promise land... claude brown

 

[elocin023]

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

Originally Posted by Elocin023

"The White Boy Shuffle" By Paul Beatty

Real talk this is probably the only book that had me literally on the floor

Yeah, I just started it last night but literally can not put it down. I find myself laughing out loud, like what the hell?

It's pretty good so far though.