Tag: books
member name: Pat D.
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November 08, 2009 02:59 PM EST --
Today I was browsing in a book store, and I left empty handed and discouraged. I didn't find anything I wanted to read enough to buy.
The popular offerings are dominated by vampire fiction. . . .
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May 28, 2007 03:58 PM EDT --
I have seen this book a few times on lists of ‘must reads’ for writers. I’m not a writer. I have no aspirations of being a writer. I read this book because I am . . .
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February 22, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
This book is a series of related short stories. Each stands on its own, but as a group, a larger story emerges. The girl in the title is a painting. The stories follow the painting as . . .
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April 06, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
The full title of this book is "Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science".
In this collection of essays, Dr Gawande gives the reader a glimpse of . . .
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February 05, 2007 01:22 PM EST --
I picked up ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’ when it was selection for book group I belong to. The book group fizzled out, but I am grateful to the members for bringing . . .
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August 30, 2009 05:30 PM EDT --
1.) Plot Against America by Phillip Roth (fiction) Interesting, well written
2.) Worldly Philosophers b y Robert L. Heilbroner (nonfiction) - overview of western economic thought. Not as . . .
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March 09, 2007 04:55 PM EST --
Ever year many books about making money are published. I have read a few of them, and skimmed a few more. When I sat down to read this book a thought this was just another one. It starts . . .
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