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  <title><![CDATA[The New Sins]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;David Byrne has written a book that updates and alters the Bible's cardinal sins for a more contemporary audience. Byrne wanted the book to be the size and shape of a portable Bible, and thus &lt;i&gt;The New Sins&lt;/i&gt; resembles the sort of book a strange person in a robe would try to give you in an airport. Bizarre and profound, the book includes 80 color photographs taken by the author.&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2001</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Byrne]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 01 15:01:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 14 14:03:07 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, Mr. Byrne! Aren't we clever? But how much mayonnaise can we really put on a single sandwich? Mayonnaise is indeed delicious, but too much of even the most robust stuff can become saccharine. And pairing off with Dave Eggers; my tooth explodes!<br/><br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="5997747">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlotte, NC]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[This is not my beautiful wife!]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 10 11:46:59 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 17 15:36:15 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like a David Lynch movie in book form. Seriously. It makes no sense, but it's super-crazy-awesome.<br/><br/>NC]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5997747]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="58790268">
    <user id="16483">
    <name><![CDATA[DRM]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Houston, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 07 17:43:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 07 17:48:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My lovely girlfriend gave this to me for Christmas last year as I'm a big Talking Heads fan.  The content is pretty interesting reinterpretations of traditionally accepted values and favors the acceptance and entropy instead of the imposing of order and relentless self improvement.  But what really ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58790268">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58790268]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74434698">
    <user id="1250314">
    <name><![CDATA[Christiane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 13 15:23:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 13 15:29:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Odd, interesting to browse through.  In English and Spanish; the pictures are different but I think the text is the same in both languages. Some of the language is lovely and overwrought:  &quot;The Heart is like the Sea, wherein dwells the Leviathan, and creeping things innumerable.  The Heart is l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74434698">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74434698]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="38701023">
    <user id="1739623">
    <name><![CDATA[Casey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 11:34:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 26 11:35:24 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[David Byrne is a force, a man bearing the key to the many mysteries of being human.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38701023]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="51111109">
    <user id="1561354">
    <name><![CDATA[Adam]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 31 21:42:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 01 21:48:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sublime. Rhetoric is a bit head-scratching, but the book is beautiful.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51111109]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5255531">
    <user id="316496">
    <name><![CDATA[Damian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone too comfortable in their opinions]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 28 18:23:12 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 28 18:32:10 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[At times highlarious, at times disagreeable, at times mischievous, but always challenging and interesting. A resetting of biblical imperatives for modern times, a sideswipe to all that we hold as true (that's a good, thing, incidentally). And it's helped my Spanish!<br/><br/>Read it in an airport,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5255531">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5255531]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2673865">
    <user id="38903">
    <name><![CDATA[Emer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/38903-emer-vaughn]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[sinners, saints, etc.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 03 10:46:00 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 03 10:51:09 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's funny and &quot;innocently&quot; unnerving, like most McSweeney's stuff; I'm glad I came across a copy of this.  <br/><br/>Did you know honesty is a sin?  I like this: &quot;Our loved ones demand honesty, but what they really want is better fiction.&quot;  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2673865]]></url>
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    <review id="20859163">
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    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Louis, MO]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[a girl in school...]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 24 02:06:15 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 29 18:26:34 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[an art piece - provocative, thought, anxiety and laugh producing...for the underdeveloped reading may induce a sense of self-righteousness and help feed negative stereotypes about your parents.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20859163]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5998163">
    <user id="366455">
    <name><![CDATA[Natalie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 10 11:54:45 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 10 11:55:56 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not the kind of thing you read cover to cover but definitely a book you can pack in your handbag and refer to while waiting in line and feel entranced by the genius that is David Byrne. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5998163]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2935365">
    <user id="183947">
    <name><![CDATA[Jacky]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Union, NJ]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 11 06:06:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 11 06:11:05 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everything you learned as a kid = wrong.<br/>Byrne presents a slightly twisted look at human habit today and leaves you feeling like a bandage was cruelly torn off by a snickering older sister. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2935365]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11785838">
    <user id="589472">
    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[University, MS]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/589472-scott]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 06 09:47:05 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 06 09:48:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[come on... a book on religion by david byrne?  are you kidding?  anyone who has doubts about religion, or just has alternate beliefs should take 30 minutes to read this one...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11785838]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9782752">
    <user id="651227">
    <name><![CDATA[Justin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 30 17:03:00 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 30 17:04:13 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A dissapointing 'reinterpretation' of the goods and evils of the world. I wanted so much to dig it--especially since it's written by one of the greatest musical minds of our time.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9782752]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="17403945">
    <user id="954024">
    <name><![CDATA[Matthew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 09 18:15:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 09 18:17:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[David Byrne of Talking Heads fame discusses why the old biblical virtues are no more. His wit can be matched by few.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17403945]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2335498">
    <user id="150537">
    <name><![CDATA[Cody]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Grand Rapids, MI]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 24 15:52:20 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 19 11:06:15 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[To put it quite simply: David Byrne is my hero.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2335498]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9859358">
    <user id="372443">
    <name><![CDATA[Liz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Providence, RI]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who hates the laughter of a young child]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 02 19:27:20 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 02 19:27:20 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;but i haven't mastered the old ones yet!&quot;]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9859358]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="865061">
    <user id="31945">
    <name><![CDATA[Conrad]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Blackheath, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 24 14:20:05 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was happy to rid myself of the old ones.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/865061]]></url>
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    <review id="3970976">
    <user id="224106">
    <name><![CDATA[Jenn]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 02 10:00:52 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[David Byrne is Brilliant.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3970976]]></url>
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    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 25 10:25:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
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