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Emma "not bad ... it's a bit stream of consciousnessy, in a sense" ]]> <![CDATA[Emma added 'The Little Prince']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76887295 to: The Little Prince (Paperback) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
]]> <![CDATA[Emma added 'Oracle Night']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76887209 to: Oracle Night (Paperback) by Paul Auster
]]> <![CDATA[Emma added 'The Proud Tower: A Portrait Of The World Before The War, 1890-1914']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76645546 The Proud Tower: A Portrait Of The World Before The War, 1890-1914 (Hardcover) by Barbara W. Tuchman
bookshelves: 2009, anarchists_revolutionaries, currently-reading, edwardians, history, non-fiction, politics-society, victoriana
]]> <![CDATA[Emma added 'You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47031961 to: You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation (Paperback) by Deborah Tannen
bookshelves: gender_feminist, non-fiction, politics-society, relationshipsy
I wish more men would read this book (and all women with any ambition should read Tannen's 'talking from nine to five'). My partner, a very educated professional liberal type seems to think it's Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and refuses to touch it, which is simply ridiculous and not at all what this book is like. All of Tannen's assertions are grounded in research, and she's careful not to stereotype, despite what some reviewers here think. She is clear about the limitations of generalising. I particularly found convincing Tannen's evidence drawn from single-gender groups of children and her deconstruction of how they learn to interact from one another, and how they learn to successfully operate within single-gender contexts. ]]> <![CDATA[Emma added 'The Monster of Florence']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76645311 The Monster of Florence (Hardcover) by Douglas Preston
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Emma added 'Scenes From A Revolution: The Birth of the New Hollywood']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34326057 to: Scenes From A Revolution: The Birth of the New Hollywood (Paperback) by Mark Harris
bookshelves: 2009, americana, black-america, film, history, institutional-critique, non-fiction, politics-society, unputdownable
This book is journalism at its absolute best; impeccable research and a wonderful story. The best histories are not just about their own subject, but give you a whole feel for the time and place. Harris has got into every part of this story; he's spoken to everyone, and read everything, but most of all he can really tell a great story. One of the best film books I've read, and I've read many. This is up there with Steven Bach's Final Cut for me. ]]> <![CDATA[Emma added 'The Believers']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76644387 The Believers (Paperback) by Zoë Heller
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Emma added 'The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76192113 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories (Paperback) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
bookshelves: to-read
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Emma "increasingly compelling reading" ]]>