false 1694791 female Lawrence, KS 11/2008 10/2009 7 20 20 true 6055715 read 0 true 3718051 currently-reading 0 true 3718050 to-read Fly Away Peter (Paperback) by David Malouf]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74535817 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176348845s/615991.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:43:13 -0700 more...]]> The Lincoln Anthology: 85 Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 Until Now (Hardcover) by Harold Holzer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74524955 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VNsplQdiL._SL75_.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:35:19 -0700
I especially enjoyed Jacques Barzun on Lincoln the writer, the histories of Hernd...more...]]> Operation Wandering Soul (Paperback) by Richard Powers]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74520851 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167388688s/23000.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:44:19 -0700
I then read his first three novels in the order they were written, and was equally struck. I was optimistic for this one a...more...]]> Wisdom of the West (Hardcover) by Bertrand Russell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74518321 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W0ZZfZR%2BL._SL75_.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:29:09 -0700
From my personal proclivities...more...]]> Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique (Hardcover) by Michael S. Gazzaniga]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74516578 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QwxiYh8wL._SL75_.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:07:59 -0700
What would it mean if we were our brains? Gazzaniga argues forcefully that understanding the processes doesn't necessarily demystify them. We can all be fabulous and determined as the unending drumbeat of fact u...more...]]> Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River (paper) by Joseph Conrad]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42902414 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174427173s/398197.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:37:09 -0700 This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.]]> The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover) by Simon Winchester]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42902192 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182662310s/1309051.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:42:37 -0800 more...]]> The Education of Cyrus (Agora Editions) by Xenophon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40984175 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172358576s/168492.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:40:31 -0800 The Prince, I may come back and include...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:39:14 -0800 The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover) by Peter Gilliver]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39966971 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167428347s/23590.jpg 1694791 KC http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226293163p2/1694791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1694791-kc Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:01:23 -0800 more...]]>