:Title: Book recommendations? :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:46:48 PDT :Modified: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:42:42 PDT :URL: http://www.ned.com/user/u523412994/news/35/ I am about to go on a spending spree and inject my $300 tax rebate on books. I would really appreciate your suggestions. 1. The Corporate Sufi: Azim Jamal ($12) 2. Sayings of the Buddha: William Wray ($8.25 + $3.99) 3. Progress and Poverty - edited and abridged for modern readers by Bob Drake: Henry George ($12.95) 4. Justice and the Social Contract: Essays on Rawlsian Political Philosophy: Samuel Freeman ($58.80 computer searchable) 5. A theory of Justice: Original Edition: John Rawls ($22.95) 6. AS and A Level Sociology Through Diagrams: Tony Lawson ($7.74 + $3.99) 7. Economics and Reality (Economics As Social Theory): Tony Lawson ($56.50) 8. Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism: Timur Kuran ($23.95) 9. Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices: Victor V. Claar ($14.96) 10. Creating the Commonwealth: The Economic Culture of Puritan New England (Hardcover): Stephen Innes ($25) 11. With All Your Possessions: Jewish Ethics and Economic Life (Hardcover): Meir Tamari ($35. + $3.99) 12. Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics: Martin Calkins (34.95) 13. Economic Parables: The Monetary Teachings of Jesus Christ: David Cowan ($10.19) 14. On Ethics and Economics: Amartya Sen ($26.96) 15. Challenge of Humanistic Economics: Mark A. Lutz ($4.95) 16. The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers: Robert L. Heilbroner ($12.24) 17. Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for New Planetary Humanism: Paul Kurtz ($10.20) Total = ..... $389.55 That pretty much eats up that $300 check from George and provides an addition **REAL** economics stimulus. **WISH LIST:** Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare Volume 1 (Handbooks in Economics) by Kenneth J. Arrow, A.K. Sen, and K. Suzumura ($140.00) A History of Indian Economic Thought: Ajit K Dasgupta ($170) EDIT: formatting. I am an idiot. EDIT: Adding books