21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Noah Harari (2018, ISBN 978-0-525-51217-2)

A collection of essays that respond to questions from readers of his first two books (Sapiens and Homo Deus.)

Subjects are "The end of history has been postponed", "when you grow up, you might not have a job", "Big Data is watching you", "those who own the data own the future", "humans have bodies", "there is just one civilization in the world", and 15 more...

Like his other books I would regard this as a must read for those who like to think.

Purchased from Amazon, 2018-09-28 from 16.70$

The Zoomable Universe, by Caleb Scharf (2017, ISBN 978-0-374-71571-7)

Describes the Universe from the very large 10^27 (the whole universe) to the very small 10^-35 (the Planck scale.) It goes in steps of powers of 10 of meters. The humans are at between 10 meters and 1 meters.

Received for Christmas 2017.

The Iliad, Homer, Caroline Alexander (2015, ISBN 978-0-06-204627-7)

I like the Iliad, I have read it several times and have collected many English translations (I even have the Greek version, why?, I don't know as I can't read it.)

Purchased Powells Books, 2018-1-10, 27.50$

The Gospel According to Luke, New King James Version, Gideons.

The first time I read Luke, probably 50 years ago, was the Good News translation.

Book found free some where.

The Philosophy Book, by Gregory Bassham (2016, ISBN 978-1-4549-1847-9) Subtitle-- From the Vedas to the New Atheists, 250 Milestones in the History of Philosophy.
I really liked this book. Contains 250 one page descriptions of various philosophy topics arraigned by date. Starts with Vedas and ends with "The Triple Theory of Ethics". In the back of the book are references to other books for each topic, so you can research further. Also, of course, you can research on the internet using things like Wikipedia. Below is page one of the table of contents. As you can see a wide range of topics is covered.
Purchased from Amazon, June 19, 2019 for 19.44$

Beyond Infinity by Eugenia Cheng (2017, ISBN 978-0-465-09481-3)
Subtitle-- An Expedition To The Outer Limits Of Mathematics.

A book for the general reader about infinity and set theory. Well written. Slow at first, but I found the later chapters more interesting. Contains many drawings explaining various aspects of the subject.

Purchased at Barnes on 2017-6-22 for 27.00$

Seven Brief Lessons On Physics by Carlo Rovelli (2014, ISBN 978-0-399-18441-3)

A series of seven essays for the general reader about topics in physics.  Topics include-- Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Cosmos, Sub-atomic particles, etc.

Purchased at Powell's on 2018-3-15 for 9.98$

QED by Richard P. Feynman (1985, ISBN 0-691-02417-0)
Subtitle-- The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.

A series of four lectures made into essays about QED or quantum electrodynamics. It is supposed to be for the general reader but is still difficult.

Purchased at Powell's on 2018-3-15 for 10.50$

Modern Physics: an introductory survey by Arthur Beiser (1968, ISBN 0-201-00515-8)
Topics covered-- Electromagnetic Waves,  Relativity, Quanta, The Atom, Complex Atoms, Molecules and  Ions, The Solid State, The Nucleus, Nuclear Transformations, and Elementary Particles.
This book was used in a course of beginning Physics that I attended in the 1970's. Some of it is out of date, the author has a newer book that is more current. Still I think the book is worth a read.
Purchased at University Bookstore, probably in 1974-1975, for 5.95$

The Physics Book by Clifford A Pickover (2011, ISBN 978-1-4027-7861-2).
Subtitle-- From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection, 250 Milestones in the History of Physics.
Provides a brief summary, one page of text and a picture for 250 physics topics--
For example, Eratosthesnes Measures the Earth- describes how a scientist in 240 BC figured out how to measure the circumference  (yes they knew the Earth was sphere even then) of the Earth using measurements and math.
--or-- Photoelectric Effect, 1905, explains how shining a light on a copper plate can induce a electric current.
Many topics covered, worth reading if you are interested in science.
Purchased on 2017-12-11, AmazonMarketPlace (ChristianBookBag), 13.99$