Martial arts (kumdo and aikido), botany (mosses), 20th century American history
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Good Night and Good Luck, The Maltese Falcon
The West Wing, Stargate SG-1
All the President's Men by Woodward and Bernstein The Story of Cruel and Unusual by Dayan All Systems Red by Wells Stiff by Roach
Mary Roach
Civilization IV