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I have a little book problem much as some people have a little heroin problem. Here's a short list of books I've enjoyed.
Blankets by Craig Thompson
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This is one of those graphic novels that you recommend to your friend who "Doesn't Like Comics." I can't guarantee that it will convert your friend, but it is a finely realized novel in graphic form. Blankets is Craig Thomson's novel about a boy growing up in a rigidly Christian household.
Sometimes comics are weak on the narrative level or the illustration level. Blankets is evenly strong.
Updated Aug 20, 2008
Flight Comics
First to recommend
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A three volume series which collects visually stunning comics. Each volume contains multiple stories by multiple artists. I picked this up in a bookstore and couldn't put it down. I brought it with me on the train and found myself pouring over the pages and like a kid with a chocolate bar, savoring it in nibbles and bits before giving in and devouring the whole thing in one glorious cram.
Beautiful stuff.
Updated Jul 5, 2007
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute
First to recommend
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Michael Ruhlman took classes at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) and mainly followed the general curriculum that regular students take there. He conveys some of the mystique of being a chef - the obsession with food and devotion to one's work.
Definitely worth reading. I'm not writing an intelligent review ... sigh.
Updated May 23, 2007
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
First to recommend
2 people recommended this item
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I'm not a crazy baseball fan, but this book communicates the world of baseball very well. Lewis has a talent for giving you access to other worlds: baseball, Wall Street, and so on. It deals with the apparent paradox of the Oakland A's success in the 1990s and early years of the new millennium. The A's had one of the lowest ratios of total player salaries to wins in the league and they accomplished this by using new ideas in statistics and scouting. Lewis makes this book fun to read.
This is a wonderful gift for a baseball fan or for the significant other of the baseball fan.
Updated May 23, 2007
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)
3 people recommended this item
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Kim Stanley Robinson creates a believable world in Red Mars. Both a book about the first settlers of Mars and the politics of the environment, it is a realistic science fiction. This isn't one of those shiny-covered, gadget-heavy, fly books. Instead some might find it a bit dense. The characters are rich, and it makes you think about politics and human relations.
The other two books in this trilogy, Green Mars and Blue Mars are also worth reading, but Red Mars remains my favorite. (via joe)
Updated May 1, 2007
Eloise
First to recommend
2 people recommended this item
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I grew up with Eloise and Eloise in Paris. Eloise is a small girl who lives in the Plaza hotel with her nanny. I think the book jacket describes her as a force of nature. This is not inaccurate. The illustrations by Hilary Knight are wonderful and sly. (via My parents)
Updated Mar 28, 2007
Dafont: fonts
First to recommend
3 people recommended this item
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Most font sites are replete with dead links and ugly derivative fonts. This one is live and has some wonderful stuff.
Updated Mar 10, 2007
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Still Life With Insects (A Graywolf Discovery)
First to recommend
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I find it difficult to write an intelligent review for this book. It is one of my favorite books - I bring it with me when I travel and when I meet someone who I care about, I give them this book to read. The measure of a good book for me is its ability to be read in different moods and give different facets of itself each time.
Kiteley writes in careful measured prose. His characters are complex but simply written. I am reminded of the Japanese art of Sumi-e (brush painting) in which a single line describes the entirety of a form. Still Life with Insects does this for a man's life. We read scenes ranging from his honeymoon to playing pool with his grandchildren.
Updated Mar 5, 2007
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The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology
First to recommend
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Judson's book takes you back to the era of the discovery of the genetic code. This book is a great gift for the biologist in your life, and also something you might want to read if you remember your high school or college biology class well enough.
One of the problems with reading science history is that you know all the punchlines ahead of time. This book manages to suspend your belief and put you into the mindset of the early practitioners of genetics and molecular biology. Those of you interested in really understanding Rosalind Franklin's contribution to the solution of the structure of DNA will also find the book informative; Judson added an additional section on this contraversy to the new edition.
Updated Feb 12, 2007
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Soap Bubbles: C. V. Boys
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Written for the boy scouts in the early 1900's this book is one of the clearest books written about a scientific subject for amateurs. I used this in high school physics class to do a presentation and fell in love with it. Good for anyone age about ten and up. (via My dad)
Updated Feb 12, 2007
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