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Bleak House 04/10 Nick is currently reading:
Bleak House (Penguin Classics)
by Charles Dickens
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The Importance of Wh... 03/31 Nick is currently reading:
The Importance of What We Care About: Philosophical Essays (Paperback)
by Harry G. Frankfurt
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Molloy, Malone Dies,... 09/03 Nick is currently reading:
Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (Everyman's Library)
by Samuel Beckett
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On Film-making: An I... Nick gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director (Paperback)
by Alexander Mackendrick
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read in May, 2008

Nick Nick said: "The best book on the craft of filmmaking that I've read--and at this point, that's a lot of books.

Mackendrick tells it to you straight. He wasn't a theorist, he was a legitimately famous British filmmaker (who hasn't at least heard of "The S...more
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April 10
Bleak House Nick is currently reading:
Bleak House (Penguin Classics)
by Charles Dickens
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March 31
The Importance of Wh... Nick is currently reading:
The Importance of What We Care About: Philosophical Essays (Paperback)
by Harry G. Frankfurt
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Selected Writings of... Nick marked as to-read:
Selected Writings of Paul Valery (Paperback)
by Paul Valery
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Six Memos for the Ne... Nick gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Six Memos for the Next Millennium/the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures 1985-86 (Vintage International)
by Italo Calvino
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recommended for: those who care about literature as a medium
read in March, 2008

Nick Nick said: "Calvino is just so effortlessly wonderful. He and literature have a very intimate relationship and she tells him secrets about herself that no one else gets to hear. Until now! Calvino spills the beans on what are the qualities he feels are most impo...more "
March 27
Up in the Old Hotel Nick gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Up in the Old Hotel (Paperback)
by Joseph Mitchell
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recommended to Nick by: Aimee Hess
read in March, 2008

Nick Nick said: "I have not quite finished this book but I took a break, came back, and now have read enough of it to feel I can write a review (it's four books in one, it's a collection of profiles, I'm allowed).

This book is a brilliant collection of investigati...more
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McSweeney's Mammoth ... Nick gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (Paperback)
by Michael Chabon
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read in February, 2008

Nick Nick said: "The problem with anthologies like this is that if the writers submit new stories, which they did in this case, they're just not going to be their best work. Those same writers are going to save their best work for their OWN collections of short stori...more "
Mukiwa: A White Boy ... Nick added:
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa (Paperback)
by Peter Godwin
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A Heartbreaking Work... Nick gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Paperback)
by Dave Eggers
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read in February, 2008

Nick Nick said: "Fun but a bit boring at times. Needs to cut down. "



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