To Buy/Borrow, Miscellaneous Nonfiction

Submitted by jim on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 10:02
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  • The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
  • The Return of Depression Economics by Paul Krugman
  • The Accidental Theorist by Paul Krugman
  • If Chins Could Kill : Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
  • Thinking in Pictures Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks
  • Best Seat in the House by Spike Lee, Ralph Wiley
  • Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
  • A Struggle for Power by Theodore Draper
  • The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
  • The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
  • Michael Jordan by David Halberstam
  • The Man Who Tried to Save the World by Scott Anderson
  • Michael Langford's 35Mm Handbook by Michael Langford
  • Words Fail Me by Patricia T. O'Conner
  • A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
  • Team Rodent by Carl Hiassen
  • Kick Ass by Carl Hiaasen
  • The Dice Stacking Book by Todd Strong
  • The Parade's Gone By... by Kevin Brownlow
  • History of the World by J. M. Roberts
  • The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
  • Toy and Game Inventors Guide by Gregory J. Battersby
  • Practical Electronics for Inventors by Paul Scherz
  • Build Your Own Robot! by Karl Lunt
  • New Ideas in Backgammon by Kit Woolsey, Hal Heinrich
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Feel free to warn me off any of these, if necessary. You'd save me time and money.

bertie06/02/2000

Jim, I've read the Simon Winchester, which was published here as THE SURGEON OF CROWTHORNE. I found it both deeply depressing and highly uplifting - that's the 'after the last page' impression. Depressing because of the details of the horror of insanity, and uplifting because of the accompanying account of one of the most ambitious and incredibly successful writing/publishing projects ever undertaken. If either insanity or lexicography fascinate you - or if you're in the mood for something unusual and emotionally rollercoasterish [look that one up!] then consider it recommended.

kbuxton08/18/2000

I don't know why.. but A People's History of the Unites States keeps coming up in conversation. I have a copy, but haven't read it yet.

jim08/18/2000

I know you do a book every 2 - 4 days, so you'll have to let me know what you think of it in a couple weeks (assuming it's not at the top of your pile). :)

kbuxton08/19/2000

You obviously have no idea how big my pile is :)

Non-fiction generally takes longer anyhow