Books of 1996


Lies My Teacher Told Me  (1/96)
by James Loewen

-- the author discusses blatant historical lies and some other debatable historical facts as he argues that history is being revised and misrepresented for various purposes.

Schindler's List  (2/96)
by Thomas Kenneally

-- the story of Oskar Schindler, a black marketeer and war profiteer who saved a group of Jews.  Better than the movie.

Atlas Shrugged  (3/96)    by Ayn Rand
-- a classic; the story of the producers vs the takers, of those who obtain by producing vs those who get by the force of law.

The Whitechapel Horrors  (9/96)
by Edward Hanna

-- a book that mixes the fictional Sherlock Holmes w/ real facts of the Jack the Ripper mystery; disappointing.

PC Roadkill  (9/96)
by Michael Hyman

-- humorous or inside stories from some of Sillicon Valley's top companies like Borland.

The Execution of Mayor Yin  (10/96)
by Chen Jo-Hsi

-- various short stories of life in China during the Cultural Revolution that show the level of excess and absurdities of a Communist society.

The Dilbert Principle  (10/96)
by Scott Adams

-- spoofs by the leading humorist of the hi-tech industry.

Downsize This!  (10/96)
by Michael Moore

-- comments and humor from a funny but sharp leftist.

Why The Allies Won  (11/96)
by Richard Overy

-- Author expounds on why the Allies won WW2.





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