2005 Books
So; it's been a while. Come on in, have a seat. The only thing I have to talk about right now is the books I've read this year. The ones I recommend, the ones I think YOU'LL enjoy, are as follows:
- Designing Great Beers, by Ray Daniels
- Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck
- Reporting Vietnam, Part One, from the Library of America
- Reporting Vietnam, Part Two, from the Library of America
- Cod, by Mark Kurlansky
- The Ancestor’s Tale, by Richard Dawkins
- The Animal Family, by Randall Jarrell
And here are the rest, in no particular order. Some of these are very good, but not as good as the ones listed above:
- The System of the World, by Neal Stephenson
- Naked Economics, by Charles Wheelan
- The Moon is Down, by John Steinbeck
- The Pearl, by John Steinbeck
- East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
- Eats, Shoots, & Leaves, by Lynne Truss
- Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling
- Travels with Samantha, by Philip Greenspun
- Year's Best Science Fiction, 20th Ed., edited by Gardner Dozois
- What Does It All Mean?, by Thomas Nagel
...and many of the Brewers' Publications Classic Beer Style Series:
- Stout, by Michael Lewis
- Smoked Beers, by Geoff Larson
- Farmhouse Ales, by Phil Markowski
- Barley Wine, by Fal Allen
- Continental Pilsner, by David Miller
- Pale Ale, by Terry Foster
- Altbier, by Horst Dornbusch
- German Wheat Beer, by Eric Warner
- Brown Ale, by Jim Parker
- Scotch Ale, by Greg Noonan
Posted by Brian at December 30, 2005 10:08 PM