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Early Notes

The Metamorphoses of Ovid: Very fun. DR Slavitt's translation seems very loose.
The Venture of Islam vol 1 - Hodgson: Appropriate to historians in the 1970s, he cites nothing and makes plenty of poorly elaborted general claims about civilizational evolution that don't actually matter very much. Still seems foundational enough, and well written enough, to keep reading.
Stream Ecology - Allan et al: Re-reading this textbook from an old class in hopes that it can inform some aspects of natural area management at work.
Tools of the Trade - Sally: Working through some of these very elementary exercises in mathematical-logical thinking is very refreshing.
Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight - Zhiyi: Foundational Tiantai text. Very troublesome to work through, especially while reading these other books.

To-Read Lists

These lists are meant to be suggestive of the topics I'm interested in. They are not comprehensive.

    Biology, Evolution, Ecology, and other Natural Sciences
  1. Wetland Ecology - Keddy
  2. Songbird Behavior and Conservation in the Anthropocene - Proppe et al
  3. Evolution - Zimmer
  4. On the Origin of Species - Darwin
  5. Annals of the Former World - McPhee
  6. Life Fantastic - Gould
  7. Tools of the Trade - Sally
    History and Politics
  1. The River, the Plain, and the State - Zhang
  2. Nature's Metropolis - Cronon
  3. Ecological Imperialism - Crosby
  4. Fanshen - Hinton
  5. Rice in the Time of Sugar - Perez
  6. Carbon Technocracy - Seow
  7. Capitalism in the Web of Life - Moore
  8. Sweetness and Power - Sidney Mintz
    Theory, Criticism, and Philospohy
  1. Capital - Marx
  2. Science of Logic - Hegel
  3. Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight - Zhiyi
    Literature and Film
  1. Wizard of the Crow - Ngugi wa Thiongo
  2. Petersberg - Andrei Bely
  3. Native Son - Richard Wright
  4. Paradiso - Jose Lezama Lima
  5. Collected Poetry - Derek Walcott
  6. The English Understand Wool - Helen DeWitt
  7. The Red and the Black - Stendhal
  8. The Carnival Trilogy - Wilson Harris
  9. Gargantua and Pantagruel - Rabelais
  10. Poems - Elizabeth Bishop
  11. Crab Ship Cannery - Takiji Kobayashi
  12. Water Margin - Shi Nai'an