the following books (in no particular order) are ones i highly recommend you read both for pleasure and knowledge...the list will be expanding periodically as i look back over my "library", read some newer books, recall some others, etc...by no means is this an exhaustive list...but, it is a nice starter in my opinion...watch out though!!! some of these books require a bit of patience and lots of intellectual thoughts and insights to fully grasp the concepts presented, especially the philosophy ones...

the bible

michel foucault...ceci n'est pas une pipe (this is not a pipe)...

mitch albom...the five people you meet in heaven...

miyamoto musashi...the book of five rings...

dennis miller...i rant, therefore i am...

toni morrison...the bluest eye...

sun tzu...the art of war...

george carlin...braindroppings...

nicolo machiavelli...the prince...

dan brown...the da vinci code...

james redfield...the celestine prophecy...

pearl s. buck...the good earth...

jostein gaarder...sophie's world...

harry g. frankfurt...on bullshit...

george carlin...napalm & silly putty...

sandra cisneros...the house on mango street...

kenneth blanchard & spencer johnson...the one minute manager...

ernest j. gaines...a lesson before dying...

maya angelou...i know why the caged bird sings...

james redfield...the tenth insight...

mildred d. taylor...roll of thunder, hear my cry...

mitch albom...tuesdays with morrie...

nel noddings...philosophy of education...

stephen r. covey...the 7 habits of highly effective people...

jonathan kozol...savage inequalities: children in america's schools...

patrick slattery...curriculum development in the postmodern era...

spencer johnson & kenneth blanchard...who moved my cheese?...

dan brown...angels and demons...

dennis miller...the rants...

george orwell...animal farm...

harper lee...to kill a mockingbird...

j. d. salinger...the catcher in the rye...

f. scott fitzgerald...the great gatsby...

to be continued...