Books I is reading or has read during the last few weeks:

Between East and West --Anne Applefield -- travels along what used to be the borderlands between Russia and Europe.

Closing of the American Mind --- Allan Bloom-- Who are we today and how did we get to this dismal intellectual state?

A Problem from Hell --America and the Age of Genocide -- Samantha Power -- Race Murders in the twentieth century --Armenia Cambodia, Holocaust, Bosnia, the Kurds, Kosovo, Rwanda. But remember genocide goes back much further than the 20th century.

The DaVinci Code-- a great page turner-- a lot about the Catholic Church, the Virgin Mary Cult, Mary Magdellan, Knights Templar, Opus Die...

Starting The Man Without Qualities Robert Musil -- This will be my second time around. .