The Holocron

Current holobooks on the nightstand:

• Concrete Planet: The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World’s Most Common Man-made Material – Robert Courland
• The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World – Jenny Uglow
• Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food – Jeff Potter
• From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present – Jacques Barzun
• The Modern Scholar: Way with Words – Professor Michael D. C. Drout (audible.com)

Read and replaced back in the Jedi Archives:

2012

Sometime between February and the end of June

• D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths – Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
• Walden and Civil Disobedience – Henry David Thoreau
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – Carol Dweck

February 2012

Great Tales From English History – Robert Lacey

2011

May 2011

• A Walk Through Time: From Stardust to Us–The Evolution of Life on Earth – Sidney Liebes, Elisabet Sahtouris, and Brian Swimme
• Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe – Greg M. Epstein
• Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English – John H. McWhorter

April 2011

• Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation Of Language And Music And Why We Should, Like, Care – John H. McWhorter
• The Atheist’s Bible: An Illustrious Collection of Irreverent Thoughts – Joan Konnor
• The Good Atheist: Living a Purpose-Filled Life Without God – Dan Barker

March 2011

Some reading done, but who knows what. We were in the middle of moving at the time.

February 2011

• The Distant Hours – Kate Morton
• Stiff – Mary Roach
• Spook – Mary Roach
• Bonk – Mary Roach
• Death of a Witch – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Maid – M.C. Beaton

January 2011

• Death of a Dreamer – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Gentle Lady – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Bore – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Poison Pen – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Village – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Celebrity – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Dustman – M.C. Beaton
• A Highland Christmas – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Scriptwriter – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Nag – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Perfect Wife – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Prankster – M.C. Beaton
• Death of an Outsider – M.C. Beaton
• The Modern Scholar: Rings, Swords, and Monsters: Exploring Fantasy Literature – Professor Michael D.C. Drout (audible.com)
• Death of a Hussy – M.C. Beaton
• Small Space Living – Christine Brun Abdelnour
• Death of a Gossip – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Snob – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Cad – M.C. Beaton
• Death of a Valentine (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery) – M.C. Beaton

2010

December 2010

• Green Restorations: Sustainable Building and Historic Homes – Aaron Lubeck (audible.com)
• Lots and lots and lots of books on living well in an apartment or other small space. (see next)
• Lots and lots and lots of other restoration, remodeling and renovation books that reminded us that, no, we aren’t really interested in putting that much work into a house again.
• GCU 325 – Geography of Europe – J. Duncan Shaeffer, Arizona State University (iTunesU)

November 2010

• The Modern Scholar: Behold the Mighty Dinosaur – John Kricher
• Chapter and Hearse – Catherine Aird
• Losing Ground – Catherine Aird
• Hole in One – Catherine Aird
• Death of a Mystery Writer: A Murder Mystery (Of Course) – Robert Barnard
• A Dead Liberty – Catherine Aird
• Last Respects – Catherine Aird
• The Stately Home Murder – Catherine Aird
• Cooking for Isaiah: Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes for Easy Delicious Meals – Silvana Nardone
• The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement – Jean M. Twenge Ph.D. and W. Keith Campbell Ph.D.

October 2010

• Children Who Do Too Little – Patricia Sprinkle
• A History of the World in 6 Glasses
• And Then There Were None (audiobook) – Agatha Christie

September 2010

• The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag – Alan Bradley

August 2010

• You: The Owner’s Manual
• The Mother Tongue
• How to Learn Languages and What Languages to Learn – Mario Pei
• I’m Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking – Alton Brown
• Scandinavian Proverbs – Julie Jensen McDonald
• The Book of Celtic Wisdom – Michael Scott

July 2010

• The UltraMind Solution – Mark Hyman, M.D.
• Winesburg, Ohio – Sherwood Anderson
• Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones – Derek Landy

June 2010

• Assorted Sherlock Holmes mysteries (audiobook)
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley
• A bunch more that I can’t remember

May 2010

• The Three Musketeers (audiobook) – Alexandre Dumas

April 2010

• Borderline – Nevada Barr
• Flashback – Nevada Barr
• Hunting Season – Nevada Barr
• Track of the Cat – Nevada Barr
• Winter Study – Nevada Barr
• Hard Truth – Nevada Barr
• High Country – Nevada Barr
• Blood Lure – Nevada Bar
• Deep South – Nevada Barr
• Liberty Falling – Nevada Barr
• Endangered Species – Nevada Barr
• Firestorm – Nevada Barr
• Ill Wind – Nevada Barr

March 2010

• Anna Karenina (Unabridged) (audiobook) – Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

February 2010

• The Innocents Abroad – Mark Twain

2009

December 2009

• Pure Drivel – Steve Martin
• Catapult: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon – Jim Paul

October 2009

• The Official Guide to America’s National Parks, 13th Edition – Fodor’s
• The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the West – Fodor’s
• Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal – Stuart N. Lake
• Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life – Deniece Schofield
• Kitchen Organization: Tips and Secrets – Deniece Schofield
• Live Your Road Trip Dream: Travel for a Year for the Cost of Staying Home – Phil and Carol White

September 2009

• Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery – Agatha Christie
• Black Coffee (Christie’s play, adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne) – Agatha Christie
• Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery – Agatha Christie
• Peril at End House: A Hercule Poirot Mystery – Agatha Christie
• The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery – Agatha Christie
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery – Agatha Christie
• Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Hercule Poirot Mystery – Agatha Christie

August 2009

• Cause of Death: Forensic Files of a Medical Examiner – Stephen D. Cohle and Tobin T. Buhk
• Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff – Fred Pearce
• The Secret of Chimneys (audiobook) – Agatha Christie
• The Labours of Hercules: 12 Hercule Poirot Mysteries (audiobook) – Agatha Christie

July 2009

• Carpe Diem: Put A Little Latin in Your Life – Harry Mount
• The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else – Christopher Beha
• Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America – Jay Parini
• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future – Daniel H. Pink

June 2009

• The Story of Andrew Jackson – Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft
• Thinking Organized for Parents and Children: Helping Kids Get Organized for Home, School and Play – Rhona M. Gordon
• Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential – Peg Dawson, EdD and Richard Guare, PhD
• The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science (audiobook) – Natalie Angier

May 2009

• Boston Freedom Trail – Steve Dunwell
• Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them – David Anderegg, Ph.D
• No Need for Speed: A Beginner’s Guide to the Joy of Running – John “The Penguin” Bingham
• The Hollow – Agatha Christie
• Five Little Pigs – Agatha Christie
• Hercule Poirot’s Christmas – Agatha Christie
• The God Delusion (audiobook) – Richard Dawkins

April 2009

• Cat Among the Pigeons: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) – Agatha Christie
• Evil under the Sun (Hercule Poirot) – Agatha Christie
• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s – John Elder Robison

March 2009

• PH 1600 – Introductory Astronomy – Dr. Robert J. Nemiroff, Michigan Technological University (iTunesU)
• Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself – Daniel Pink
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Elizabeth George Speare
• Parent/Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach – Mira Kirshenbaum and Charles Foster
• A Life on the Road – Charles Kuralt
• The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need – Daniel H. Pink
• Smarting Us Up, The Un Dumbing of America, Homeschooling How and Why – Luz Shosie and Ned Vare
• The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America – Bill Bryson
• The Reader (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage International) – Bernhard Schlink

February 2009

• HST 300 – The Birth of the Modern: Europe and its Others – Dr. Andrew Barnes, Arizona State University (iTunesU)
• Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) – by Tom Vanderbilt

January 2009

• Golden & Grey (An Unremarkable Boy and a Rather Remarkable Ghost) (Golden and Grey) (recommended by Padawan Learner) – Louise Arnold
• 1776 (audiobook) – David McCullough
• Great Mythconceptions: The Science Behind the Myths – Karl Kruszelnicki
• When You Are Engulfed in Flames – David Sedaris
• The Genie in the Bottle: 67 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life – Dr. Joe Schwarcz
• That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life – Dr. Joe Schwarcz

2008

December 2008

• A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film (audiobook) – Jean Shepard
• The Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life – Dr. Joe Schwarcz
• An Incomplete Revenge: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs Novels) – Jacqueline Winspear

November 2008

• What’s Math Got to Do with It?: Helping Children Learn to Love Their Least Favorite Subject–and Why It’s Important for America – Jo Boaler
• Elizabeth the Great – Elizabeth Jenkins
• Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State – Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May
• The Renaissance: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles) – Paul Johnson
• Nothing’s Too Small to Make a Difference – Wanda Urbanska and Frank Levering
• After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) – Agatha Christie

October 2008

• The A. B. C. Murders – Agatha Christie
• Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple Mysteries) – Agatha Christie
• The Pleasure Trap – Douglas J. Lisle & Alan Goldhamer
• Francisco Goya: Painter of Kings and Demons – Sylvia L. Horwitz
• Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World – David T. Courtwright
• Joseph Haydn: His Life and Works (audiobook) – Jeremy Sipmann
• The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World – Paul Robert Walker

September 2008

• The Phantom Isles (one of Padawan Learner’s bookclub books) – Stephen Alter
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (audiobook) – Michael Pollan
• The Italian Garden – Judith Lennox

August 2008

• Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why (Plus) – Bart D. Ehrman
• The End of Food – Paul Roberts
• A Short History of Nearly Everything (audiobook)- Bill Bryson
• The World Without Us – Alan Weisman
• Simply In Season (World Community Cookbook) – Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert

July 2008

• On becoming an educated person: An orientation to college and life (Saunders survival series) – Virginia Voeks
• Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables – John Peterson
• From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh Seasonal Produce – Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition
• Fit Kids!: The Complete Shape-Up Program from Birth Through High School – Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D.
• Study Is Hard Work: The Most Accessible and Lucid Text Available on Acquiring and Keeping Study Skills Through a Lifetime – William H. Armstrong

June 2008

• The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery – Agatha Christie
• The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) – Agatha Christie
• At Bertram’s Hotel: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) – Agatha Christie
• A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries) – Agatha Christie
• Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis – Jimmy Carter
• Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) – Agatha Christie

May 2008

• Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot) – Agatha Christie
• Appointment With Death: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) – Agatha Christie