Recommended Reading List

It's that time of year again when school's almost out for the summer. Two months off for the students so I thought I'd send them off with a reading list different from the classics they have to read in school. The following are all books I'd like to own, insha'Allah:

TV Related

• Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman
• Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander

Environment Related

• Weather Makers by Tim Flannery

Food Related

• Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
• Chew On This : Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food by Eric Schlosser
• The China Study : The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health by T. Colin Campbell

Society/Culture

• The Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman
• No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies by Naomi Klein
• The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
• Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge-And Why We Must by Kalle Lasn

Computer/Technology Related

• Failure to Connect : How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds -- and What We Can Do About It by Jane Healy
• Endangered Minds : Why Children Don’t Think And What We Can Do About It by Jane Healy
• Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway by Clifford Stoll
• Technopoly: the Surrender of Culture to Technology by Neil Postman

Education

• The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School by Neil Postman

Other

• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Note: I have not yet read all of these myself - - some I have read, some are recommendations to me, and others I've read about online.