I've got 4 books out from the library right now:
The Camera by Ansel Adams. I am about half way through where he is now talking about composition and technique, which is much more relevant than much of the beginning of the book that talked mainly about equipment that is mostly out of date at this point, however some of it, like optics, is fundamental and still relevant.
Devil Take the Hindmost by Edward Chancellor. A history of financial speculation which I haven't made much progress on. I might not finish it.
Spinoza in 90 minutes by Paul Strathern. As the title suggests it was a quick read, but I'm not sure I know much more than before. My main interest in Spinoza is his characterization of God, which is that he is simply the universe. That he is not a thinking or feeling God, and is simply everything around us. I've had this idea that God is the laws of nature, and is unthinking and unfeeling, not like the God of most religions. As usual, I find that most ideas I have are already well discussed and written about.
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. I just started this book. I've read this quote, which apparently is misattributed to Lewis, but seems to reflect the plot of the book:
“When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism'”