From: wismith@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (William R. Smith)
Subject: Re: All I want for xmas 
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 16:15:36 GMT

Meg Worley writes:
	I want a copy of *Natsu no Yami* by Kaiko Ken
	
	
	Let's hear everybody else's.
	

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This is posted on the ice box in hopes that people WILL GET THE HINT,
so I might as well post it here.  Many of the titles are from r.a.b.
recommendations.  Roughly in the order of interest.  Drum roll, please...



		W I L L I A M ' S   B O O K   L I S T			  Dec 92
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The Third Chimpanzee		Jared Diamond		anthrop. essay

Halo				Tom Maddox		sf

Channeling: The Intuitive Connection    William Kautz	psychic research

A Year in Provence		Peter Mayle		living in France

Biomarkers			Wm Evans & I Rosenberg	10 keys prolong vitality

Walking Across Egypt		Clude Edgerton		humorous travel

Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon    Peter Lourie	travel & Inca treasure

Cheap Eats in Paris		Sandra A. Gustafson	Paris restaurant guide

Native tongue			Carl Hiassen		Fla. murder mystery

Skin Tight			Carl Hiassen		Miami surgery mystey

Adventures in a Mud Hut		Nigel Barley		anthrop. stories

Black Athena			Martin Bernal		Afr archaeo controversy

The Big Nowhere			James Ellroy		40's LA tough detective

Everything You Have Is Mine	Sandra Scoppetone	lesbian P.I.

Danzinger's Travels		Nick Danzinger		travels in Asia in 80's

Innocent Anthropologist		Nigel Barley		anthrop. stories

The Lost Continent		Bill Bryson		travels thru US

Stranger in the Forest		Eric Hansen		on foot across Borneo

In Patagonia			Bruce Chatwin		travel S. America

Mists of Avalon			Marion Z. Bradley	Arthurian legend

Running the Amazon		Joe Kane		kayak the Amazon

A Reed Shaken by the Wind	Gavin Maxwell		Iraq marsh Arabs

Jurgen				James Branch Cabell	

The Iron Rooster		Paul Theroux		travel in China

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush	    Eric Newby		

As I Walked Out One May Morning	    Laurie Lee		walk Spain, no money

Replay				Ken Grimwood (Peter?)	sf, replays his life

The Quirinal Hill Affair	Barbara Hambly		Roman thriller

L.A. Confidential		James Ellroy		40's LA tough detective

Dance of the Dwarfs		Geoffrey Household	horror

Camping with the Prince		Thomas A. Bass		science culture clash

Brazzaville Beach		William Boyd		monkeys & marriage 

The Shadow Knows		Diane Johnson		pervasive suspense

Maid Marian			Thomas Love Peacock	Robin Hood Story

The Great Railway Bazar		Paul Theroux

One Fairy Story Too Many	John M. Ellis		Brothers Grimm

Ragtime				E.L. Doctorow

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water	Michael Dorris

Ring of Bright Water		Gavin Maxwell

Masters of Atlantis		Charles Portis		humorous

Blood Games			Chelsea Quinn Yarbo	Roman mystery

Why the Reckless Survive	Melvin Konner		anthrop. essays

Is Christianity True?		Michael Arnheim		Jesus history

Laybrinths of Reason		William Poundstone	why we know what we do

Holidays in Hell		P.J. O'Rourke		

Merlin's Dreams			Peter Dickinson		modern fairytales

Drawing Down the Moon		Margot Adler		pagan

Sherwood			Parke Godwin		Robin Hood story

Writing the Natural Way		Gabriele Rico		innovation & exercises

Suttree				Cormac McCarthy

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