Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn (writers live interesting lives)
Hating Women: America’s Hostile Campaign Against the Fairer Sex by Shmuley Boteach (this book was so offensive and stupid I can’t even link to it)
The Elephant in the Greek and Roman World (Aspects of Greek and Roman life) by H. H. Scullard (awesome. I am desperately trying to find a copy of this cheaply. I had one lined up but it fell through. I can’t believe I should have to pay $100 for a book about elephants just because the publisher is stupid. if anyone can find one, we’ll work something out)
The Cluetrain Manifesto by Christopher Locke, others. (bought it to have a copy and flipped through. regardless of the hype, the authors are genuinely bad writers)
Buying In: The Secret Dialog Between What We Buy and Who We Are by Rob Walker (dismissed a lot of marketing/web 2.0 bullshit)
The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism by J Michael Bailey (this book is really good and honest. attacks the foundations of modern social sciences. there was a great article about in the New York Times about it. )
Where Wild Things Are the Perks of Power (NYT) (I’ve read Belozerskaya’s book which is pretty good. Still I don’t think there has been a book that really captures the fascination and joy the subject inherently has. It’s something I have been trying to wrap my head around lately. Ideas?)
Why Communities Run on Love/Passion/Personality and Not Organization or Math