book list

a note on the opinion numbers

author	title	year	publisher/organization	catalog #	opinion
charles rogers	memoir of george wishart, the scottish martyr	1876	the royal historical society	BR1725.W81.R72	9
edmund burke	reflections on the revolution in france	1790	j. dodsley	DC150.B83	1
friedrich engels	manifesto of the communist party	1848	the communist league	HX39.5.A5213	1
	socialism: utopian and scientific	1880	the socialist review	HX276.E55	1
	ludwig feuerbach and the end of clasical german philosophy	1886	die neue zeit	B2973.E572	11
	on historical materialism	1892	george allen and sons	D16.9.E57	1
	on the history of early christianity	1894	die neue zeit	HX6.N5	3
	basic writings on politics and philosophy	1959	anchor	HX276.M2773	1
geoffrey malaterra	the deeds of count roger of calabria & sicily & of duke robert guiscard his brother	1100	n/a	DG867.24.M3513	10
karl marx	manifesto of the communist party	1848	the communist league	HX39.5.A5213	1
	critique of the gotha program	1875	letter	HX276.M283	5
	basic writings on politics and philosophy	1959	anchor	HX276.M2773	1
robert payne	marx	1968	wh allen & co	HX39.5.P3	2
richard price	observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with america	1776	t. cadell	E211.P930.1776b	8
	a discourse on the love of our country	1789	t. cadell	DA452.P7	7
thomas hobbes	leviathan	1651	andrew crooke	JC153.H65	7
thomas paine	rights of man	1792	j.s. jordan	JC177.B3	1
thomas pynchon	mason & dixon	1997	henry holt & co	PS3566.Y53 M37	5
william gibson	pattern recognition	2003	gp putnam's sons	PS3557.I2264 P38	5

opinion decryption matrix:

0 = fit for gurus, hermits, renaissance people, head honchos and other self-ordained members of the decentralized intelligentsia
1 = required reading to convincingly fake intelligence.
2 = well crafted, worth the time.
3 = readable.
4 = of fragmented quality.
5 = nothing profound, nothing inane.
6 = regressive.
7 = a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
8 = it's fun because it's stupid.
9 = solely research material
10 = caveat lector.
11 = a waste of time