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July 05
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Ken
is currently reading:
The Ascent of Money : A Financial History of the World (Hardcover)
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Niall Ferguson
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Ken
gave  to:
The Van der Kemp Collection: A bundle of Thomas Jefferson's Letters (Perfect Paperback)
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Matthew A. Misbach (Goodreads author)
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read in June, 2009
Ken said:
"Excellent primary material from Jefferson and some of his correspondents (primarily Van der Kemp, but there is some other indirect correspondence). Short, but very much worth reading if you're into history and/or Jefferson in particular. In particula...more
Excellent primary material from Jefferson and some of his correspondents (primarily Van der Kemp, but there is some other indirect correspondence). Short, but very much worth reading if you're into history and/or Jefferson in particular. In particular, this collection gives some relatively rarely sourced insights into his thoughts on religion.(less)
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June 23
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June 13
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Ken
read and liked
Paul Fidalgo's
review of His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1):
"Yes, I loved this book, and the irony is that had it not been offered free for the Kindle, I never would have read it. Let me be more blunt, actually. Not only would I not have read it, but I would have scoffed at it.
"His Majesty's ...more
Yes, I loved this book, and the irony is that had it not been offered free for the Kindle, I never would have read it. Let me be more blunt, actually. Not only would I not have read it, but I would have scoffed at it.
"His Majesty's Dragon"?? Come on. At best I would have read the title aloud in a mocking tone and escaped the fantasy/sci-fi section with haste. See the cover art? Just like every other magic-y, Lord-of-the-Rings-y, fantasy book you see piling up in bookstores. What's to differentiate one from another? They all blend together into a haze of something that might as well be labeled "for fans of this genre only."
But it was free for the Kindle. So I took a look. I checked up on some reviews, and the Washington Post was very favorable. What the hell, I need metro train reading, let's try the first few pages.
Hooked. Schooled.
It's smart, it's charming, it's subtle. It respects the reader, the characters are fully realized, complete with quirks that are just visible enough to fool you into thinking these people (and dragons) are real.
So smart business model. I'll be buying all the rest in the series forthwith. Stupid-sounding titles or no.
Oh, and having read the book, the title's not actually stupid. Hmph.(less)
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June 06
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Ken
gave  to:
The Art of Chess (Paperback)
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James Mason
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Ken
gave  to:
The Story of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization (Paperback)
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John Mcleish
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Ken
gave to:
Six great scientists: Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Marie Curie, Einstein (Hardcover)
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J.G. Crowther
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Ken
gave to:
A History of Warfare (Paperback)
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John Keegan
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Ken
gave to:
The Prince (Paperback)
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Niccolò Machiavelli
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