Books
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
Title:Â Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence Author: Tim Parks Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton; 1 edition (May 15, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393328457 ISBN-13: 978-0393328455 I read this book while traveling to and from San Diego for an interview. The book is very interesting – it weaves the historical events […]
October 27th, 2007 by alephnaught
Stardust
Title: Stardust Author: Neil Gaiman Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Harper (July 31, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0380804557 ISBN-13: 978-0380804559 I read Anansi Boys and American Gods a bit ago and, when I saw this book had been made into a movie, I figured I should read it. This was a quick, fun read. […]
October 19th, 2007 by alephnaught
Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis
Title: Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis Author: Orson Scott Card Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Forge Books; New Ed edition (November 29, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0765341298 ISBN-13: 978-0765341297 Just finished this book. I liked it quite a bit; it goes along with Card’s books on Sarah and Rebekah. Card is doing a series of […]
October 8th, 2007 by alephnaught
The Deathworld Trilogy
Title: The Deathworld Trilogy Author: Harry Harrison Paperback: 438 pages Publisher: Berkley (September 15, 1983) Language: English ISBN-10: 0425068277 ISBN-13: 978-0425068274 I don’t know what made me think of this book…. When I was a child, my sister had the second volume of this trilogy – the cover had a great photo of half-naked slaves […]
October 1st, 2007 by alephnaught
GWT in Action: Easy Ajax with the Google Web Toolkit
Title:Â GWT in Action: Easy Ajax with the Google Web Toolkit Author:Â Robert Hanson, Adam Tacy Paperback: 600 pages Publisher: Manning Publications (June 5, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1933988231 ISBN-13: 978-1933988238 Finally, a technical book again! I liked this one – I wanted to build a simple interactive site for finding the next Chicago comuter trains based […]
September 19th, 2007 by alephnaught
The Unofficial Tourists’ Guide to Second Life
Title:Â Â The Unofficial Tourists’ Guide to Second Life Author: Paul Carr and Graham Pond Paperback: 222 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (April 17, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312376480 ISBN-13: 978-0312376482 I’ve “walked around” in Second Life once – Second Life is a simulated place on the internet. The book was somewhat useful, but I skimmed some […]
September 16th, 2007 by alephnaught
Tea: The Drink That Changed the World
Title: Tea: The Drink That Changed the World Author: Laura C. Martin Hardcover: 247 pages Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co (May 15, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0804837244 ISBN-13: 978-0804837248 This was a fun book in the style of Coal and Cod: a nice blend of history, anecdotes and suggestions for usage. Tea comes in three […]
August 24th, 2007 by alephnaught
Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats
Title:Â Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats Author: Steve Ettlinger Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Hudson Street Press; 1 edition (March 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594630186 ISBN-13: 978-1594630187 This was a fun book to read – many of […]
August 15th, 2007 by alephnaught
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Title: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Author: Patrick Suskind Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Vintage (November 7, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0307277763 ISBN-13: 978-0307277763 Aviva and I rented the DVD of the movie based on this book. I loved it, so I grabbed a copy (with my 15% off birthday coupon) from Borders. This is the story […]
July 24th, 2007 by alephnaught
Anansi Boys
Title: Anansi Boys Author: Neil Gaiman Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: HarperTorch (September 26, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0060515198 ISBN-13: 978-0060515195 Neil Gaiman is a story teller in the old tradition of story tellers. Gaiman writes in the acknowledgement, “…. was the person who persuaded me that the story I told her over lunch […]
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November 11th, 2007 by alephnaught