These books have been carefully selected for their entertainment value and the ease with which reading can be resumed after brief intervals.
1. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich
Sex, money, genius and betrayal—the title says it all. Thanks to the movie, The Social Network, it’s now a familiar story. Mark Zuckerberg rises to riches as the entrepreneur of Facebook, enjoying the privileges, but suffering some consequences along the way.
2. I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas by Lewis Black
Christmas and comedy just seem to go together and Lewis Black’s rant looks at the non-religious traditions of Christmas from an entirely new perspective.
3. Machine of Death: A collection of stories about people who know how they will die by David Malki !
Thirty-four tomorrow tales surrounding a mysterious machine that can give people information which will change their lives by predicting how they will meet their end.
4. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
A collection of four eerie tales from the undisputed master of the macabre.
5. Surprise: An Erotic Fiction Anthology from Racy Pages by Tinder James
These contemporary stories feature explicit sex and a surprise at every turn.
6. Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia by Kenny Gallo
This is Gallo’s own story of leading a double life — a studious, affluent teenager pursuing a life of violent crime and drug trafficking on the side.
7. Life by Keith Richards
Critics are waxing poetic over the memoir of Keith Richards, guitarist in the most exclusive boy’s club the world has ever known.
8. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 by Mark Twain
Mark Twain dictated his autobiography with instructions that it not be seen by the public until he had been dead for one-hundred years. 2010 marks that one-hundred year anniversary and this book commemorates the author and the man who inhabited the name Mark Twain.
9. Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre
Dr. Goldacre, author of the “Bad Science” column in the Guardian newspaper, takes a critical look at how science is often erroneously used to bolster hidden agendas. His hope is that we all look at health stories in the nightly news with a more critical eye.
10. The Bartender’s Best Friend: A Complete Guide to Cocktails, Martinis, and Mixed Drinks by Mardee Haidin Regan
This is one of the most straightforward books on libations that match today’s lifestyles.
1. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal by Ben MezrichSex, money, genius and betrayal—the title says it all. Thanks to the movie, The Social Network, it’s now a familiar story. Mark Zuckerberg rises to riches as the entrepreneur of Facebook, enjoying the privileges, but suffering some consequences along the way.
2. I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas by Lewis BlackChristmas and comedy just seem to go together and Lewis Black’s rant looks at the non-religious traditions of Christmas from an entirely new perspective.
3. Machine of Death: A collection of stories about people who know how they will die by David Malki !Thirty-four tomorrow tales surrounding a mysterious machine that can give people information which will change their lives by predicting how they will meet their end.
4. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen KingA collection of four eerie tales from the undisputed master of the macabre.
5. Surprise: An Erotic Fiction Anthology from Racy Pages by Tinder JamesThese contemporary stories feature explicit sex and a surprise at every turn.
6. Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia by Kenny GalloThis is Gallo’s own story of leading a double life — a studious, affluent teenager pursuing a life of violent crime and drug trafficking on the side.
7. Life by Keith RichardsCritics are waxing poetic over the memoir of Keith Richards, guitarist in the most exclusive boy’s club the world has ever known.
8. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 by Mark TwainMark Twain dictated his autobiography with instructions that it not be seen by the public until he had been dead for one-hundred years. 2010 marks that one-hundred year anniversary and this book commemorates the author and the man who inhabited the name Mark Twain.
9. Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben GoldacreDr. Goldacre, author of the “Bad Science” column in the Guardian newspaper, takes a critical look at how science is often erroneously used to bolster hidden agendas. His hope is that we all look at health stories in the nightly news with a more critical eye.
10. The Bartender’s Best Friend: A Complete Guide to Cocktails, Martinis, and Mixed Drinks by Mardee Haidin ReganThis is one of the most straightforward books on libations that match today’s lifestyles.
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Top 10 Books That Had A Negative Impact On The World
Posted on 10 November 2010
A lot of books have been written which have had a profound impact on the philosophy of people across the world who have read them. The authors of these books changed the world. While some did it purposely, others were not even aware of the strength of their words. Here are some books which had an adverse impact on the world.
1. Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob SprengerThis book was basically a guide-book for those who called themselves witch-hunters. Over 36 editions have been released and it is believed that it single-handedly gave rise to out-of-control witch hunts.
2. Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret MeadMargaret Mead interviewed several teenage girls in Samoa who told her made-up stories about their sexual promiscuity. However, Mead did not know that and she reported them all in her book as fact.
3. The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThis book is now considered to be a guide-book full of rules for those who want their society to live in tyranny. It talks about how a ‘prince’ need not have morals or scruples as long as he can pretend to have them. He also points out how society can be made to understand that evil is more beneficial than good. This book impacted the likes of Hitler and Stalin.
4. Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerThis book by Adolf Hitler was not accepted by any publishing house but once he rose to power, it was circulated all over the world. Mein Kampf talks about Hitler’s plan to remove each and every Jew from the world in order to allow the Germans to live peacefully.
5. The Pivot of Civilization by Margaret SangerMargaret Sanger supported the use of contraceptive because she felt that inferior human beings had no right to live and that the superior category should solely survive so that the world could be filled with only intelligent and able-bodied people. She lists out the benefits of eugenics as well as purity amongst different races.
6. Democracy and Education by John DeweyDemocracy and Education talks about how ‘thinking skills’ should be encouraged in schools instead of hard knowledge and facts. It changed the way the education system worked in most public schools and created a generation of teenagers and children who went through life without knowing the basic facts.
7. Baby and Childcare by Benjamin SpockSpock taught the world that babies should be placed on their stomachs during bedtime and that they should be picked up and rocked to stop them from crying through the night. Those babies that were looked after according to the rules in this book either ended up getting suffocated to death or never developing a regular sleep schedule.
8. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by UnknownThe main aim of this book was to spread the benefits of propaganda as well as bring about racial hatred. Even though the plot of the book is fictitious, the basic rules were widely used by Hitler and the book is still published through the Middle-East.
9. The Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Friedrich EngelsThe Manifesto of the Communist Party talks about a Marxist state and outlines several evil actions that have given rise to cruel and malicious practices all over the world. Those who read this book will agree with the fact that it is the most brutal and spiteful novel ever published.
10. Darwin’s Black Box by Michael BeheMichael Behe literally attacks Science in this book and goes on to prove that the theory of evolution is false. Over the years, fundamentalists have used this book to prove the same.
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