Jeff Stetekluh's Recommended Reading List Nonfiction Title Author Apollo, the Race to the Moon Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox Subject: Project Apollo. c1989 A Man on the Moon Andrew Chaikin Subject: Project Apollo. c1994 Eleni Nicholas Gage Subject: Gatzoyiannis, Eleni, Greece History Civil War, 1944-1949. c1983 The Great Siege Ernle Bradford Summary: History of the successful defense of Malta by the Knights of St. John against the Turks, 1565. c1961 A Stranger in the Forest Eric Hansen Summary: On foot across Borneo. p1988 The Crossing Howard Fast Subject: Battle of Trenton, 1776. c1971 Carrying the Fire Michael Collins Subject: Collins, Michael, Project Apollo. c1989 The Double Helix James D. Watson A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA Summary: An account of the events which led to the solution of the structure of DNA. p1968 Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Subject: Economics Psychological aspects. c2005 The Making of the Atomic Bomb Richard Rhodes Subject: Atomic bomb, physics p1986 The Most Powerful Idea in the World William Rosen Subject: Inventions, steam engines, industrial revolution p2010 Fiction Title Author The Fabulous Flight Robert Lawson Summary: Peter Peabody Pepperell, who has shrunk to a tiny size, takes off on an adventure on the back of his seagull friend Gus. c1949 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien Subject: Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Fiction. c1966 A Coffin for Dimitrios Eric Ambler Summary: An espionage classic. p1939 Restoration Rose Tremain Subject: Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 Fiction. p1990 Silver Pigs Lindsey Davis First book of the Falco series (see http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/) Subject: Rome History Vespasian, 69-79 Fiction. c1989 Neon Rain James Lee Burke First book of the Dave Robicheaux series Subject: Louisiana New Iberia Parish Mysteries. c1987 The Gates of Fire Steven Pressfield Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC. p1998 Anathem Neal Stephenson Summary: Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe. p2008 Green Mansions W. H. Hudson A romance of the tropical forest. p1904 Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain Subject: Mississippi River Valley, Fiction and Nonfiction p1883 The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett First book of the Discworld series p1983 The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells Subject: Science fiction p1898 The Time Machine H. G. Wells Subject: Science fiction p1895