I'm a bit behind on my book posts. I have a tallish pile of books sitting on the desk waiting for me to say something interesting about them. We can only hope...
Several of the books are non-fiction so I thought I'd bundle them all together.
Bad Samaritans: The guilty secrets of rich nations and the threat to global prosperity by Ha-Joon Chang. A good discussion of the real strategies the rich nations used to grow rich and dissection of the myth that free trade encourages econominc development.
The New Rulers of the World by John Pilger. This is a bit old now, having been written in 2002 in the aftermath of 9/11, but it's interesting to see how many of Pilger's analyses still hold true.
The Pig that Wants to be Eaten: And 99 other thought experiments by Julian Baggini. This was a freebie with a magazine ages ago. It's very short essays on philosophical questions applied to everyday life. Very thought-provoking - and potentially full of ideas for speculative fiction stories.
Pilgrims by Paul McDermott. Another freebie, given away by the author on the South Bank. This is the 'true' story of a young man who volunteers to spend time with a terminally ill elderly woman. It's quite moving, but perhaps not as transformational as the author would have us believe.
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