Intellectual reading

I appreciate everything that y'all have said on the topic. I actually do like reading nonfiction, but I'd gotten out of the habit, so now here's what I've requested from the library:

1968: the year that rocked the world by Mark Kurlansky
Blue highways: a journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon
Choice cuts by Mark Kurlansky
The fracture zone: a return to the Balkans by Simon Winchester
Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world by J. McIver Weatherford

There are also a bunch of things I requested through WorldCat, but I can't find a list of them anywhere.

One more bit of nonfiction

Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright. Recommended to me by a well-placed friend, and it looks really good. Here's an excerpt from an excerpt from the official site:
( Contains the F-word, the S-word and probably the Q-word )

I think this will probably be the first one I pick up and actually read.

Score!

I always feel like I've scored a victory when I get an appointment at Aveda for an $11 haircut. But hey, I need one: ( Photo here )