Providence

10 best books like Providence (Daniel Quinn): Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, The Tao of Pooh, Ellen Foster, Free Will, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 8 #22-24, How to Read a Poem, The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos, Cabin Porn: Inside

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Author	Mary Roach
ISBN	0393339912

Maybe she could have titled the book The Right Stiff.

I needed to have tissues handy while reading Mary Roach’s latest. No, it is not because it made me sad, but because I was laughing so hard my eyes were gushing. Mary Roach has had that effect on me before. I have read two of her books. Stiff and...

The Tao of Pooh

Author	Benjamin Hoff
ISBN	1405204265

The Wisdom of Pooh.

Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and this Taoist's favorite food is honey. Through brilliant and witty dialogue with the beloved Pooh-bear and his companions, the author of this smash bestseller explains with ease and aplomb that rather...

Ellen Foster

Author	Kaye Gibbons
ISBN	0375703055

"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy." So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kay Gibbons's first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Institute...

Free Will

Author	Sam Harris
ISBN	1451683405

Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source...

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Author

Adrienne Maree Brown

How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Editor adrienne maree brown finds the answer in something she calls “pleasure activism,” a politics of healing...

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

Author	Nicholas Carr
ISBN	0393339750

“Is Google making us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net’s bounties, are we sacrificing...

Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 8 #22-24

Author

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Change your perspective: get BIG R to L (Japanese Style). Sin, Judgment, AcceptanceMaking good on his promise to attack the Kamiya Dojo, Enishi and his comrades pounce on Kenshin and company and quickly fight them to a standstill. Seeking to break the impasse, the masked puppet master Gein prepares...

How to Read a Poem

Author	Terry Eagleton
ISBN	1405151412

Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader.


Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and...

The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos

Author	Christian Davenport
ISBN	1610398297

The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier


The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes...

Cabin Porn: Inside

Author	Zach Klein
ISBN	0241388546

First an online phenomenon and now a bestseller with more than 300,000 copies in print worldwide, Cabin Porn has become a powerful lifestyle movement that is synonymous with unplugging from a tech-obsessed world to find peace amid nature. Startups, homes, and even housing developments have all been...