One of the most enjoyable things to share with friends is the recommendation of good books. Here, in no particular order, is a list of some of the books that I have most enjoyed. This list may change at any time.

Non -Fiction

Edward Gibbon : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Douglas Hofstadter : Godel, Escher, Bach – An Eternal Golden Braid

Stephen Ambrose : Undaunted Courage

Bertrand Russell : A History of Western Philosophy

Dava Sobel : Longitude

Carl Sagan : The Demon-Haunted World – Science as a Candle in the Dark

Allan Bloom : The Closing of the American Mind

George Dyson : Project Orion

Andrew Chaikin : A Man on the Moon

Fiction

Robert Heinlein – The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Isaac Asimov – The Foundation Trilogy

Arthur C. Clarke : Childhood's End

Neil Stephenson : Quicksilver

Michael Shaara : The Killer Angels

Carl Sagan : Contact

Douglas Adams : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Harry Turtledove : Guns of the South

Homer : The Iliad