Books you should read when your PS2 finally breaks down

As of lately, I have been on a literary rampage and felt the need to educate. After after unsuccessfully writing a blog entry for 4 hours I have abandoned that desire. However, I shall give you the titles of some magnificent books:

-The 1000 Year War -Richard Maybury
-World War I - Richard Maybury
-World War II - Richard Maybury

Maybury is an economist and views both World Wars and the conflict in the Middle East as one continuous war. Furthermore, being an economist, he looks at the logistics of war, and by doing that he puts the US involvement in World politics in an interesting light. I'm talking FDR's scheme to sacrifice Pearl Harbor so he could participate in World War II and such...

-Religion Explained - Pascal Boyer

Obviously religion has survived evolution, or rather, since it's around, it must serve an evolutionary purpose. A very interesting study in human nature and the brain.

-The GOD Delusion - Richard Dawkins
-god IS NOT GREAT - Christopher Hitchens

These titles speak for themselves. Quite entertaining. I love the rants of witty folks.

-The World Is Flat - Thomas Friedman

With the Internet and all, a South African school kid has the same access as an American business executive to all human knowledge (that humanity admits to having). The educational and business field is slowly but surely flattening out. (Implied in this book is that eventually there will be no need for government.)

-1421 (The Year The Chinese Discovered The World) - Gavin Menzies

Apparently, Columbus had maps of the Americas. Where did these maps come from? Right before discovering the straight named after him, Magellan faced mutiny by his crew, which got a little pissed off about sailing so close to Antarctica. He calmed them down by showing them a map of where they ware going. Wait... what?!

Happy reading.