The Interesting Stuff

Thought for the day: when you're paging through your Amazon recommendations, go deep. The stuff you already own, know you don't want, and have put off to "some day" shows up in the first 7 pages. The really interesting stuff you didn't even know existed starts on page 8.
Update
Interesting things I found in my Amazon recommendations that I didn't know existed:

• The Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose (page 6)


• Viva la Woman, Cibo Matto (page 8)


• Knuckle Down, Ani DiFranco (page 8)


• A History of Islamic Societies by Ira M. Lapidus (page 9)


• Letters: 1924-1975 by Hannah Arendt, et al (page 9)


• Arab Seafaring: In the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times by George F. Hourani, John Carswell (page 12)


• In Quest of Lost Worlds: Five Archeological Expeditions, 1925-1934 by Byron Khun De Prorok (page 12)


• A History of the Muslim World to 1405 : The Making of a Civilization by Vernon O. Egger (page 13)


• The Language of New Media by Lev Manovich (page 17)


• Embassy to Constantinople: The travels of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Mary Montagu (page 18)

I'm not sure why there's so much Arab and Muslim history in my recommendations. I did do some searching for a book about the city of Medina a while back, but it seems strange that it would have such an impact on my recommendations.