Inside Information and Other Informational Books ( #AtoZChallenge )

 

    Inexhaustible information seems to abound in my bookshelves.  It's not infinite I know, but sometimes it just seems that way.  There is way more than I can retain in my itty-bitty brain, but there is always something that I can find out about in my books when I delve into them.   Information is everywhere.  So are ideas and ideologies.  You want to read about it?  I might have what you are looking for...

    

Information

        If I'm looking for information then I've got a lot of reference books aside from the dictionaries and encyclopedias that I've mentioned in earlier posts.  My collection leans heavily towards non-fiction so I can get plenty of information from those books, but the fiction shares much information of its own.  When I need to know something specific I can refer to books such as Science Desk Reference from The New York Public Library publishers.  So far I haven't had the urge to look up anything in this, but I've got it if I want it.  To avoid redundancy I'll only show this book, but I've got many like it for religion, history, words, cultures, and many more including books for looking up basically useless information.  That last category might be fun for trivia buffs or for inspiring ideas.  

Inside Information by Bottom Line Books

      At some point in the nineties I started subscribing to some sort of newsletter sent out by the Bottom Line Publishing Company.  These little pamphlets had information about investing and using money wisely.  Apparently I didn't heed much of their advice, but I ended up with some Inside Information books.  I'm sure this might be useful if I applied it to my financial life, but on the other hand much of the inside information might be dated and no longer valid.  I'll never know unless I look inside the covers of one of these books.  Maybe later...

Islam

       After the Iranian hostage crisis began in 1979, I started studying up on Islam to see what it was all about.  Since that time, I've read numerous books about Islam and the Middle East.  I keep a copy of the Koran near my writing desk just in case a verse gets quoted somewhere and I want to check context.  Having done my research, I've come to the conclusion that I'm no fan of Islam.  At least I have a fairly good knowledge of the history of the ideological system and what they believe.  I am a Christian and can't ever see becoming an adherent of the Muslim faith.   Knowledge is power.

Captured By The Indians edited by Frederick Drimmer

           Since my college days of the early seventies, I've had a deep interest in indigenous Americans, their history and culture.  I have a number of books on these topics and have read several others in the past.  Captured by the Indians is a book that I bought through one of those book clearing house mail catalogs.  Those services provide some excellent books at bargain prices so I've bought a number of books from those companies.  I haven't gotten any of those catalogs in the mail in a number of years. I don't know if the companies went out of business or took me off their mailing lists.  I had been a customer since those college days of mine.  This "Indian" book was one that I purchased probably around 2004 or so.  My kind of book.  I'd rate this as a solid five stars. 

     I'm done with this letter.  On to the next thing.

What information do you like to have books about?   Are there any topics on which you've pursued study after they came to light in news stories?   Have you bought books through mail order clearing houses?