false 2173606 Minneapolis, MN 03/2009 11/2009 375320 Nicholas Drayson 1 53 43 true 5954334 read 4 true 4722011 currently-reading 6 true 4719757 to-read 3 false 4761917 micro-history 2 false 6260908 fiction 2 false 5231109 us-history 1 false 4761952 history-of-science 1 false 6512613 biography Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution (Hardcover) by Nick Lane]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70185279 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41j67GUEseL._SL75_.jpg 2173606 Bluezamia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2173606-bluezamia Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:57:54 -0700 NAMING NATURE (Kindle Edition) by Carol Kaesuk Yoon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70184973 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514Qr9EG9EL._SL75_.jpg 2173606 Bluezamia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2173606-bluezamia Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:54:33 -0700 Tesla: Man Out of Time (Paperback) by Margaret Cheney]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70108138 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171956816s/128529.jpg 2173606 Bluezamia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2173606-bluezamia Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:18:20 -0700 He came to this country with nothing.
Got swindled by Thomas Edison.
Saved Westinghouse.
Never documented his work.
Never managed to collect much money, or credit, or take care of himself as he should.
Ended up with an OCD trap on the number 3 and...more...]]> Search the Dark (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #3) by Charles Todd]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70103967 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167291378s/20240.jpg 2173606 Bluezamia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2173606-bluezamia Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:25:08 -0700 I like this series when I'm not reading them, but get tired of individual books 3/4 of the way through.]]> The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (Paperback) by Barbara W. Tuchman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70103834 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71Q7X2SVJ1L._SL75_.gif 2173606 Bluezamia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2173606-bluezamia Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:21:42 -0700 Triangle: The Fire That Changed America (Paperback) by David von Drehle]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70062650 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171581192s/108305.jpg 2173606 Bluezamia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2173606-bluezamia Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:54:00 -0700 Full of slices of life that make the story personal/
A historic warehouse/factory fire that forced New York to legislate the workplace.
What organized labor was trying to achieve, and celebrity activists who divided public opinion.
...more...]]> The Cloud of Unknowing (Paperback) by Thomas H Cook]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68830660 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 2173606 Bluezamia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2173606-bluezamia Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:01:45 -0700 I really enjoyed this as bus reading.]]> Anil's Ghost: A Novel (Paperback) by Michael Ondaatje]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67875597 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553809s/5942.jpg 2173606 Bluezamia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2173606-bluezamia Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:49:59 -0700 I an not a fan of this type of kaleidocscopic short episode fiction. Tell a bit of story and switch to one of the other characters and tell another bit. Peoples lives ...more...]]>