The Book Blogger Hop Question for this week is:
28th – January 3rd – Did you get any books for Christmas? If so, name the titles.
As a matter of fact I bought myself books for Christmas. My husband and I decided we’d buy our own gifts this year so I ordered books from BookOutlet.ca (referral link) (there is a .com version for you US visitors) and got 14 books for only $53!! I also spent some Hanukkah money on books at Chapters and got 5 more.
From Top To Bottom
Touching a Nerve by Patricia S. Churchland – narrative by a neurophilospher about neuroscience and philosophy
Beyond Infinity by Eugenia Gheng – regarding the outer limits of mathematics (infinity)
Body of Truth by Harriet Brown – How science, history and culture drive our obsession with weight and what we can do about it
Grunt by Mary Roach – The curious science of humans at war (I love Mary Roach!)
Neurologic by Eliezer J. Sternberg – The brain’s hidden rationale behind our irrational behaviour
Genius at Play by Siobhan Roberts – About John Horton Conway – a mathematician
The Birth of the Pill by Jonathon Eig – How four crusaders reinvented sex and launched a revolution
Missing Mother by Barbara Bracht Donsky – memoir of thinking her mother vanished (when she really died) and trying to figure out where she went all those years
Beyond the Pale by Emily Urquhart – about raising a daughter with albinism
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher – memoir by the actress who played Princess Leia
The Lucky Years by David B. Agus, MD – about new discoveries in science that could be normal soon
Finding Yourself in the Kitchen by Dana Velden – Kitchen meditations and inspired recipes from a mindful cook
It Takes a School by Jonathon Starr – extraordinary story of an American school in the world’s #1 failed state
Forgiving My Daughter’s Killer by Kat Grosmaire – just what it sounds like
Sapiens: a Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari – just what it sounds like
Chilled by Tom Jackson – how refrigeration changed the world
Part of the Pride by Kevin Richardson – My life among the Big Cats of Africa
Struck by Genius by Jason Padgett – how a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel
The Fifty Year Mission by Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross – all about Star Trek from the Next Generation to JJ Abrams.
Would you want to read any of these?