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Essential ActionScri... 03/30 Alan gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Paperback)
by Colin Moock
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read in March, 2008

Alan Alan said: "The dry heave of my left-hemisphere. "
How to Do Things wit... 03/28 Alan is currently reading:
How to Do Things with Words: Second Edition (William James Lectures)
by John Langshaw Austin
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Contemporary Analyti... 03/27 Alan is currently reading:
Contemporary Analytic Philosophy: Core Readings (Paperback)
by James Baillie
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read in March, 2008

Alan Alan said: "Oh Lord stay away from this book! It is for a class and, like computer programming books, this field has shriveled my capacity for small talk to mere mouse bleeps. "



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May 21
Laidlaw Alan gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Laidlaw (Paperback)
by William McIlvanney
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Alan Alan said: "True, simple vanity prompts me to place this detective novel in my good reads. He's a drinking detective who reads Kierkegaard in his whiskey-sopped afternoons. I had hoped Laidlaw would have been more of a Sam Malone, but I suppose this is my lot. "
Analysis and Metaphy... Alan gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Analysis and Metaphysics: An Introduction to Philosophy (Paperback)
by P.F. Strawson
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Alan Alan said: "Another exciting episode of the critically acclaimed school of thought "Analytic Philosophy." In a surprising turn of events Strawson refutes the "latest theory" that "states" that there is "no distinction between a...more "
April 28
Guns, Germs, and Ste... Alan gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Paperback)
by Jared Diamond
bookshelves: social-physics
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read in March, 2005

Alan Alan said: "I learned from this book that white guilt isn't genetically inherited, it's just a head cold that wipes out other civilizations like so much Kleenex. "
April 02
The Face: A Natural ... Alan marked as to-read:
The Face: A Natural History (Paperback)
by Daniel McNeill
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Alan Alan said: "will this book be shitty pseudo-science? Probably. Will I love it anyway? A thousand times yes. "
March 30
Alchemy & Mysticism:... Alan gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum (Klotz)
by Alexander Roob
bookshelves: goodlooks
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Icons Bizarro Postca... Alan gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Icons Bizarro Postcards (Icons)
by Jim Heimann
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Alan Alan said: "Don't even read this book. Put it in with your laundry and wash it delicately. "
Essential ActionScri... Alan gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Paperback)
by Colin Moock
bookshelves: currently-reading, know-thine-enemy
my rating:
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read in March, 2008

Alan Alan said: "The dry heave of my left-hemisphere. "
March 28
Critical Mass: How O... Alan gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another (Paperback)
by Philip Ball
bookshelves: currently-reading, science-as-metaphor
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read in March, 2008

Alan Alan said: "Critical Mass falls on the same shelf as those wunderkinds of pop-economics: Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, Blink and Emergence. Critical Mass a rebuttal to those eager metaphors. Ball goes through a history of science and its efforts to apply thos...more "
A Perfect Vacuum Alan gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
A Perfect Vacuum (Paperback)
by Stanisław Lem
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from Whitney
05/22/2008 02:09PM

Nophoto-f-50x66 Of course you have a book titled, "Laidlaw"..

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