false 7 17 12 true 5692546 read 4 true 2545084 currently-reading 1 true 2545083 to-read 1 false 3384315 didn-t-finish---i-m-a-quiter- http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23664206 Buddha (Paperback) by Karen Armstrong
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32900981 A Ph.D. Is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science (Paperback) by Peter J. Feibelman
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32900967 to: The Tipping Point (Paperback) by Malcolm Gladwell
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31847961 to: Beautiful Evidence (Hardcover) by Edward R. Tufte
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As long as I am in grad school, this book (and Tufte's other 3 books) will remain on the "currently reading" shelf. Tufte's collected examples of good and bad graphic design for information are simultaneously informative and inspiring. Genius. Anyone who needs to effectively analyze and communicate information to others will benefit from these books. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28709177 to: MySQL Cookbook (2nd edition) by Paul DuBois
Ha ha, just kidding. But seriously, I am reading this, slowly, for cause, which is the only reason why anyone would...

Update: It did the trick. Quick access to many little tricks that would have taken too much time to think up myself. Sweet. Recommended! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24738614 to: 英文版 居酒屋料理帖 - Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook (ハードカバー) by Mark Robinson
This is a really cool book. Part cookbook, part cultural journey into the heart of 8 traditional Japanese Pubs (Izakaya), their chefs, staff, customers and food. Fascinating stuff, makes me want to go back to Japan just to eat. According to the author, Izakaya food will (or should) be the "next Tapas bars" in American cities. I recently learned that the first two have opened in Seattle, so he may be right. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28709035 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Audio Cassette) by Erik Larson
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28708379 to: Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad (Hardcover) by فیروزه جزایری دوما / Firoozeh Jazayeri Dumas
An enjoyable easy read, funny and entertaining, occasionally a bit preachy, occasionally a bit self-referential. This is the author's second book, and about half-way thorough I found myself wishing I'd read her first: "Funny is Farsi." The author is at her best when describing her family's life in Iran, and in America, and the funny things that could have happened to anyone in either place, and to only those who have lived in both. She is not at her best when writing about being a writer, and the process of publishing and promoting her first book. It seems a lazy move for a second effort. At it's best it is laugh out loud funny, and you just might learn a thing or two about Iran and both the circumstances and character of those to risk everything to immigrate to a foreign land. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23664213 Vaughn's review of Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
by Lester Russell Brown

I'm reading the PDF version that can be downloaded free from the Author's website. Google is your friend. ]]>