The most recent stuff is listed on the wiki. Eventually I'll move these over.

Books

• Hey, I don't mind used books... If you live in the US/Canada, you might try booksalefinder.com
• Anything on turtles in mythology
• The Amazing Book of Reptile and Amphibian Records
• Books on the history of astronomy. Particularly in non-european cultures.
• Collections of Science Fiction short stories are good for breaks at work
• The Salmon of Doubt : Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams.
• The Early History of God by Mark S. Smith
• High Frontier : Human Colonies in Space by Gerard O'Neill. (If anyone just has a spare used copy.)
• Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books and New Testament by Carol L. Meyers.
• Some of the works of Epictetus, particularly the Discourses. He had some interesting philosophy that I'd like to learn more about.
• Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays by John Conway. Recommended by Scientific American
• The Languages of China by S. Robert Ramsey. Recommended by Nathan McNeill
• Outlaws of the Marsh (a.k.a. Water Margin, or All Men are Brothers.) Chinese lit. Recommended by Nathan McNeill
• The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. I've seen a lot of good quotes from this one.
• Life of Jesus by Ernest Renan. Recommended by a book that I don't trust its references and I can't find it anywhere.
• Jesus and the Zealots by SGF Brandon. See the note above. I've talked to this man's grandson, so I know this book exists though. (It's been quoted a lot and is showing up in searches now too.)
• The Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Dewitt, et al. Recommended by The Proteus Operation.
• Architecture books
• The Upanishads

Turtles

• Again, any books/stories on turtles in mythology
• Turtle gifts are ok as long as they're unique. (For example, a turtle-capped toothpick, turtle-shaped smoke detector, turtle clock, etc. No turtle beanie babies. I have enough of those. Unless it's the original one :) Think of my interests along the lines of 'turtles as cultural icons'.
• NO OBJECTS MADE FROM REAL TURTLES PLEASE
• Adopt a turtle as a gift for me! :)
• Directions (recipe) for making the flour turtles used as offerings at Chinese temples.
• Origami turtle diagrams
• An Aegean turtle stater (ancient Greek coin)
• turtle coins in general

Misc.

• Mixer
• Pasta Maker
• mortar & pestle
• spice grinder
• Tortilla Press
• Two Burner Griddle for making tortillas, etc.
• Binoculars

On the Free Side

• Turtle stories (with references, please.)
• Directions (recipe) for making the flour turtles used as offerings at Chinese temples.
• Origami turtle diagrams
• Recipes for sauces, breads, wines, vegetarian, etc.

On the Slightly More Expensive Side

(Hey, it is a wish list.)

• A (good) Telescope
• An Aegean turtle stater (ancient Greek coin)
• A Girlfriend
• Hovercraft/space yacht/time machine
• Nobel prize
• No, I'm serious. I never kid around.
• Honest!
• Would you like to buy some property on the moon?
• 100% guaranteed, or my name isn't Honest Jethro.
• Oh yeah... so you caught me on that one didn't you?