Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson, 215 pages
Steve Gadd Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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I Love You, Beth Cooper
by Larry Doyle, 272 pages
Brad Snyder Friday, June 26, 2009
Read like a movie script for one of those teen coming of age movies. Halfway through, I did a search. Due in theaters July 10, 2009. Don't waste your time.
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Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
by Richard Fortey, 344 pages
Steven Krise Tuesday, June 23, 2009
A biography of sorts of life on earth, starting with biogenesis and finishing up (predictably) with Homo sapiens. The greatest amount of detail was given to the 3 billion years from biogenesis to the Cambrian "explosion".
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Grendel (audio)
by John Gardner, 0 pages
Steve Gadd Tuesday, June 23, 2009
"My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it."
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A Crack in the Edge of the World
by Simon Winchester, 417 pages
Steve Gadd Friday, June 19, 2009
The story of San Francisco's destruction during the 1906 earthquake and fire, along with a helpful overview of plate tectonics.
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Winning methods of bluffing & betting in poker
by Lynne Taetzsch, 128 pages
Steven Krise Friday, June 19, 2009
Nice little book with suggestions about how to read people, bluff, and most importantly conceal your own style.
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Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
by Maureen Ogle, 422 pages
Steven Krise Thursday, June 18, 2009
An thoroughly engaging, informative, and well-documented history of commercial beer brewing in America. The story begins in the frenetic frontier towns of Milwaukee an St Louis in the 1840s and traces all the important brewers and the events that shaped American brewing up through the early 2000s.
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Play Winning Poker...In No Time
by Alison Pendergast, 183 pages
Steven Krise Monday, June 15, 2009
If you've played any kind of poker - winning or otherwise then this isn't the book for you. A shallow, uninteresting intro to poker that covers the topics you expect, giving advice you've already heard.
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The Everything Learning German Book
by Edward Swick, 305 pages
Steven Krise Friday, June 05, 2009
A thorough but not overwhelming overview of German syntax and grammar.
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Discover Your Roots
by Paul Blake and Maggie Loughran, 237 pages
Steven Krise Thursday, May 28, 2009
Written in the "52 Ideas" style where there are 52 chapters, each one focused on a particular theme or idea. The more astute will note that this means each chapter is slightly more than 4.5 pages long meaning each great idea is either commonsense or discussed too shallowly to offer any real insight. On the whole, useless.
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