Books

July 5th, 2008 by alephnaught

Shopping in West Hollywood

Aviva found a store called Necromance in the Not For Tourists guide for LA; their claim to fame is selling taxidermy specimens, skulls, bones, x-rays, old medical instruments, and other things that are way off the wall. So, we headed out to West Hollywood and went to Necromance. They have two storefronts that are five […]

July 3rd, 2008 by alephnaught

Jan Van Eyck: Renaissance Realist

Title: Jan Van Eyck: Renaissance Realist Author: Till-Holger Borchert Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: Taschen; Ill edition (June 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 3822856878 ISBN-13: 978-3822856871 I found this book at the Taschen store at the Los Angeles Farmer’s Market; one of the few non-dog-friendly places we’ve found in LA so far. We both love Taschen […]

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June 29th, 2008 by alephnaught

Surak’s Soul (Star Trek Enterprise)

Title: Surak’s Soul (Star Trek Enterprise) Author: J.M. Dillard Mass Market Paperback: 218 pages Publisher: Star Trek (March 1, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743462807 ISBN-13: 978-0743462808 Dilliard has written a number of Star Trek books. This one is worth reading. The story revolves around the death of a peaceful civilization, the Oanis, and a sentient […]

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June 25th, 2008 by alephnaught

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)

Title: Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) Author: Garr Reynolds Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (January 4, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0321525655 ISBN-13: 978-0321525659 A friend of mine suggested this book to me over a year ago and I finally got a chance to read […]

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June 16th, 2008 by alephnaught

Stop using the 1-click button then

I guess Amazon.com is learning that it too can play Microsoft’s game. In the NY Times article ” Small Publishers Feel Power of Amazon’s ‘Buy’ Button“, Doreen Carvajal discusses the plight of publishers that are being squeezed for profits by Amazon. Now that Amazon.com is one of the largest book distributors globally, they can use […]

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June 15th, 2008 by alephnaught

Star Trek: the manga Volume 2: Kakan ni Shinkou

Title: Star Trek: the manga Volume 2: Kakan ni Shinkou Author: Bettina Kurkoski (Author), Christine Boylan (Author), Wil Wheaton (Author) Paperback: 216 pages Publisher: TokyoPop (September 11, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1427806209 ISBN-13: 978-1427806208 I found this book in a Japanese bookstore in Little Tokyo. I didn’t have a lot of time to look at […]

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June 15th, 2008 by alephnaught

Nothing’s Sacred

Title: Nothing’s Sacred Author: Lewis Black (Author), Hank Gallo (Editor), Michael Frost (Photographer) Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment (July 11, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1416914811 ISBN-13: 978-1416914815 My favorite curmudgeon’s first book and I still think Lewis Black might indeed know God thanks to find two Starbucks across the street from one another. […]

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June 7th, 2008 by alephnaught

24 Declassified: Trinity

Title: 24 Declassified: Trinity Author: John Whitman Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: HarperEntertainment (April 29, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0061431192 ISBN-13: 978-0061431197 Read about half of this on the flight back from Renton, WA, on Tuesday night. Another bad day for Jack Bauer but a good day for the world. Ah, another entry in […]

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June 2nd, 2008 by alephnaught

By The Book (Star Trek: Enterprise)

Title: By The Book (Star Trek: Enterprise) Mass Market Paperback: 252 pages Publisher: Star Trek (January 1, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743448715 ISBN-13: 978-0743448710 I liked this book a lot – I read about 2/3 of it on a 2 1/2 hour flight from Burbank to Seattle. There are two stories going on – one […]

May 26th, 2008 by alephnaught

Travel Writing for Profit and Pleasure

Title: Travel Writing for Profit and Pleasure Author: Perry Garfinkel Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Plume (January 24, 1989) Language: English ISBN-10: 0452261597 ISBN-13: 978-0452261594 I liked this book; the first three quarters were all about how to get started writing travel articles for profit. The last part talked directly about the business itself – that […]

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