The Essential Edwards Collection
Owen Strachan and Doug Sweeney
I snagged this from the RBC library. You should too. These little books are marvelous mini-exposures to the God-enthralled genius of Jonathan Edwards. All five are worth checking out.
Jonathan Edwards: Lover of God
Jonathan Edwards on Beauty
Jonathan Edwards on Heaven and Hell
Jonathan Edwards on the Good Life
Jonathan Edwards on True Christianity
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/02/26/the-essential-edwards-collection/
The Virginian
Reading this western novel on my kindle. Written in 1902 this was the first of its kind.
The Virginian is a pioneering 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister. Describing the life of the foreman of the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming, it was the first true western written, aside from the tiny dime novels. It paved the way for many more westerns by famous authors such as Zane Grey, Louis L’Amour, and several others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginian_(novel)
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Nicholas Carr
“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 our ability to read and think deeply?
Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a convincing case that every information technology carries an intellectual ethic—a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. We are becoming ever more adept at scanning and skimming, but what we are losing is our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection.
http://www.amazon.com/Shallows-What-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393072223
The Dragon’s Tooth: Ashtown Burials
ND Wilson
I think these are categorized as juvenile fiction. But everyone in our house loves them. Wilson, whose father is pastor Doug Wilson, teaches classical literature. It shows in his writing (and I mean that in a good way).