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I like diagrams. I like useful information. I like nicely done diagrams with useful information in them. I think you know where in that particular Venn diagram this books is situated.

Yeah, it is right in the sweet, sweet middle.

Updated Dec 20, 2008

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic: Alison Bechdel

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Alison Bechdel's book about her childhood and her father is an important graphic novel. Comics sometimes allow their creators to explore the difficult parts of their lives and Fun House is a good example of one such exploration.

WIthout giving away what the story is about, it deals with issues of sexuality, death, and growing up different.

Updated Dec 12, 2008

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Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device

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I'm not allowed to buy books anymore. Six bookcases in the living room, two in the bedroom and one in the kitchen. You get the idea. I have a problem.

The Kindle can hold 200 books inside a very small, very convenient package. That's a lot of shelf space. Think about it: you're on the train going to work and you can choose from a library; a long weekend at the beach, it rains; you read.

Do I want one? Yes, yes and again yes.

Updated Sep 11, 2008

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For Love of Insects: Thomas Eisner

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Okay, so here's the thing: insects are incredibly cool. You probably don't even realize how cool they are just yet, but if you read this book, it will give you an idea of the level of cooliosity.

Eisner tells about his career studying insects. This is not a dry tome of exhaustive and uninteresting research. Instead, Eisner brings the process of discovery to life and explains about bombardier beetles and other insects.

Updated Jul 16, 2008

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The Small Print by Frank Chimero (Book) in Arts & Photography

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A book of small prints. These are intended to stay small. Does this fit into your apartment lifestyle? You betcha.

This is a self-published book by Frank Chimero. (via Design Bar forum)

Updated Feb 23, 2008

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Tastebook - create your own cookbook

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This has been mentioned on a couple of blogs recently (101 Cookbooks and Apartment Therapy) and I think the concept is great. You have access to Epicurious' recipe collection as well as the ability to add your own and can put together a collection of 100 recipes for $35. This is a great housewarming, holiday, wedding or hostess gift.

There are other services out there that do something similar, but I don't think any of them have the power of Epicurious behind them.

Updated Dec 17, 2007

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City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa

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LeBor does a good job of showing both sides of a history and both sides of a conflict. In a field that is full of polemics, this is an important book which lets you read about people and families on both sides of the Israel-Palestine situation.

LeBor follows the stories of six families of Jaffa and how they have been effected and how they themselves have made the history of Israel and Palestine.

I'm not a student of Middle-Eastern politics, so my opinion of this is necessarily that of a layman.

Updated Nov 25, 2007

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The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952

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I'm reading David Michaelis' biography of Charles Schultz right now. A few months ago, I took the first book from this collection of Peanuts cartoons out of the library and was surprised at just how good Schultz was. Growing up in the late 1970s, I barely read the Peanuts in the newspaper because they seemed sweet and bland, but Schultz' earlier work is completely different and worth taking a look at if you haven't already. There's a darkness to the Peanuts that is compelling.

This book is the first of a series which will be published by Fantagraphics over twelve years.

Updated Nov 22, 2007

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Blurb: Self Publish A Book

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It doesn't cost all that much to design and publish your own book. There are lots of projects that you can do with this: a travel book with your photos, publish your blog, a baby book for the grandparents, a cookbook for your friends, a portfolio of your work, a wedding album, ... the list goes on.

The prices are reasonable, they start at about $13 for a small, 20-40 page soft cover book and go up from there. There are volume discounts, more than 10 books is 10% off and 200+ is 15% off.

Updated Aug 20, 2008

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How to Cook Everything

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This is a good collection of recipes. Sometimes when you read large-scale cookbooks you're struck by the number of recipes that seem like bad ideas or use obscure ingredients, or take six weeks to perform. Bittman doesn't seem to have too many of these. The recipes are concise and easy to follow and are ideal for beginners and talented amateurs alike.

Not only is this a good resource, but Bittman writes well and his humour is enjoyable.

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