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"This is exactly what Pride and Prejudice was missing. Something interesting: magic." — May 21, 2013 10:33am
"This is exactly what Pride and Prejudice was missing. Something interesting: magic." — May 21, 2013 10:33am
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My new JavaScript reference. This book takes a stand in defining the good features of JavaScript banning the rest as evil or not useful. It even introduces a linter that enforces the above! It does all of this in 150 pages or so. The "good" parts...
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Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1)
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| As far as business-books go, this was was not bad. I enjoyed the first part about Hsieh's childhood and college years more than the middle or last parts. I've read the gist of the last parts through various other articles so it wasn't news to me and...more | |
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Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation
by Pam England
read in May, 2013
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| This book was recommended by my sister in law. Even though it's not something I would usually pick up for myself, I thought it was a great alternative to the other pregnancy and labor books I've been reading. I skipped through a lot of the art-therap...more | |
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"Ugh, there are just so many options, it's hard to wade through all of them. I don't believe in vaccinating them against things that they're unlikely t...more
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The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More
by Bruce Feiler (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
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| I haven't read a lot of family self-help books, but this reads more like a business book than a family self-help book. Feller mainly interviews professionals about running their work teams and attempts to adapt that advice toward families. Some thing...more | |
“We stand there, quiet. My questions all seem wrong: How did you get so old? Was it all at once, in a day, or did you peter out bit by bit? When did you stop having parties? Did everyone else get old too, or was it just you? Are other people still here, hiding in the palm trees or holding their breath underwater? When did you last swim your laps? Do your bones hurt? Did you know this was coming and hide that you knew, or did it ambush you from behind?”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.”
― Aung San Suu Kyi, Letters from Burma
― Aung San Suu Kyi, Letters from Burma
“After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:
A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands. When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated and ambitious. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
“Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli.”
― Charles Stross, Overtime
― Charles Stross, Overtime
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