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July 05
Stealing MySpace: Th... Richard MacManus gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America (Hardcover)
by Julia Angwin
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read in July, 2009

Richard MacManus Richard said: "Very good history and overview of MySpace. Particularly strong on the pre-history, when the MySpace founders were busy scrapping a living from email and pop-up spam and porn. The founders almost accidentally stumbled on a winner with social networkin...more "
July 03
Shaping Things Richard MacManus gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Shaping Things (Mediaworks Pamphlets)
by Bruce Sterling
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read in July, 2009

Richard MacManus Richard said: "Very thought-provoking. Futuristic theory. "
May 31
Love Is a Mix Tape:... Richard MacManus gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time (Hardcover)
by Rob Sheffield
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May 10
Love in the Time of... Richard MacManus gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by Gabriel García Márquez
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April 05
On the Road Richard MacManus gave 4 of 5 stars to:
On the Road (Paperback)
by Jack Kerouac
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read in April, 2009

Richard MacManus Richard said: "Finally read this. "
February 06
Miracles of Life: Sh... Richard MacManus gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton : an Autobiography (Paperback)
by J.G. Ballard
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read in February, 2009

Richard MacManus Richard said: "JG Ballard is one of my favorite fiction writers. I read Crash and several of his other highly imaginative works when I was younger. Crash is my favorite, a controversial concept novel about sexual fantasies mixed with car crashes. Ballard explains t...more "
January 24
The Man Who Owns the... Richard MacManus gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch (Hardcover)
by Michael Wolff
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read in January, 2009

Richard MacManus Richard said: "I enjoyed this book and it was certainly the best bio I've read of Rupert Murdoch (there aren't too many of them and the last one I tried was a hatchet job based around some weird political conspiracy theory, which I abandoned less than halfway throu...more "
December 20, 2008
Wild Boy: My Life in... Richard MacManus gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran (Hardcover)
by Andy Taylor
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read in December, 2008

Richard MacManus Richard said: "Duran Duran was my favorite band in my boyhood. They got famous around 1981-82, when I was about 10 years old. At that time in my school there were 3 pop bands you could choose from, and you generally chose just one of them: Duran Duran, Spandau Ball...more "
December 19, 2008
Business Stripped Ba... Richard MacManus added:
Business Stripped Bare (Hardcover)
by Richard Branson
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November 30, 2008
Screw It, Let's Do I... Richard MacManus gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Screw It, Let's Do It (Expanded Edition): 14 Lessons on Making It to the Top While Having Fun & Staying Green
by Richard Branson
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