Real-time 3D space simulation featuring a database of over 100,000 stars, and nearly a hundred solar systems. This program is so awe inspiring, it is hard to describe.
World Wind
World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth - very cool.
Ananova
The lighter side of breaking news with the Quirkies.
How Stuff Works
How jellyfish work, or how to pick a lock - it is all there.
CIA - World Factbook
Your tax dollars at work - indispensible for work and study.
ATT Natural Voices
Computer generated human speach - so life-like, it is erie.
Spengler, at Asia Times
You don't have to agree, but you do have to think.
House To House by SSG David Bellavia with John Bruning.
A memoir of y2004 in Iraq.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
One of my top ten books.
The Prince of the Marshes by Rory Stewart.
"...and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq."
Dreams From My Father by Barak Obama.
Memoir - well written, thoughtful.
The Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama.
What America could be, again.
Love My Rifle More Than You by Kayla Williams & Michael Staub.
One womans war in Iraq - good "boots dirty" book about women in the military.
In Harms Way by Douglas Stanton.
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis - outstanding WWII non-fiction.
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.
A personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster - riviting.
A History of God by Karen Armstrong.
The 4,000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam - thought provoking.
Inside the Kingdom by Carmen Bin Laden.
View into the life of Saudi women and the Bin Ladin family - a bit self-centric, but interesting.
The New Strategic Selling by Stephen Heiman & Diane Sanchez.
Number 1 book for the process of selling - original collaboration by Miller/Heiman.
Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher & William Ury.
This book is to negotiation what Miller/Heiman is to sales process.
