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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1004689.The_American_Promise_A_Compact_History_Volume_I_To_1877">The American Promise: A Compact History, Volume I: To 1877 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14792.James_L_Roark">James L. Roark</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:28:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[While far from perfect, this easily is the best survey-level textbook that I've ever read. (I've read a lot of them.) The prose flows; the authors acknowledge debate among specialists (although more would be better); they are able to communicate their own, sophisticated understanding clearly; and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/While%20far%20from%20perfect,%20this%20easily%20is%20the%20best%20survey-level%20textbook%20that%20I've%20ever%20read.%20(I've%20read%20a%20lot%20of%20them.)%20The%20prose%20flows;%20the%20authors%20acknowledge%20debate%20among%20specialists%20(although%20more%20would%20be%20better);%20they%20are%20able%20to%20communicate%20their%20own,%20sophisticated%20understanding%20clearly;%20and%20the%20examples%20and%20quotes%20are%20interesting.%20Some%20of%20the%20maps%20are%20internally%20inconsistent%20and%2For%20don't%20match%20the%20narrative,%20and%20I%20cringed%20a%20time%20or%20two%20while%20reading%20about%20what's%20now%20the%20US%20Southwest,%20but%20those%20are%20quibbles.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1662160.Your_Inner_Fish_A_Journey_into_the_3_5_Billion_Year_History_of_the_Human_Body">Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/767633.Neil_Shubin">Neil Shubin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:58:52 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a readable, often witty account of the multiple strands of evidence for humanity's long evolution from other species. Shubin focuses on examples of human development, anatomy, or maladies that require an evolutionary perspective to understand. His popular approach balances his erudition nice...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20is%20a%20readable,%20often%20witty%20account%20of%20the%20multiple%20strands%20of%20evidence%20for%20humanity's%20long%20evolution%20from%20other%20species.%20Shubin%20focuses%20on%20examples%20of%20human%20development,%20anatomy,%20or%20maladies%20that%20require%20an%20evolutionary%20perspective%20to%20understand.%20His%20popular%20approach%20balances%20his%20erudition%20nicely%20--%20the%20ideas%20are%20challenging%20but%20the%20prose%20is%20not.%20One%20quibble%20I%20have%20is%20that,%20apparently%20in%20his%20bid%20to%20be%20popular,%20Shubin%20sometimes%20is%20slack%20with%20his%20language;%20for%20example,%20in%20one%20passage%20he%20literally%20refers%20to%20all%20living%20things%20but%20clearly%20means%20just%20animals.%20On%20a%20more%20technical%20note,%20his%20descriptions%20tend%20more%20toward%20the%20teleological%20and%20functionalist%20than%20I%20prefer.%20Overall,%20though,%20it's%20a%20keeper,%20and%20I%20hope%20to%20assign%20part%20of%20this%20work%20in%20my%20classes.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/909192.The_Linguist_and_the_Emperor_Napoleon_and_Champollion_s_Quest_to_Decipher_the_Rosetta_Stone">The Linguist and the Emperor: Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/465300.Daniel_Meyerson">Daniel Meyerson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:31:32 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a mess. For example, what does gossip about Napoleon and Josephine have to do with the Rosetta Stone? But the topic(s) and the goulash of details redeem the volume.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/354330.Quincas_Borba">Quincas Borba (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22458.Machado_de_Assis">Machado de Assis</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:38:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Of the three famous novels by Machado de Assis, this one is the least complete for me. Nonetheless, his ability to provide only the necessary details and to set convincing characters in motion is evident. In the end, it probably doesn't matter.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:18:33 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:24:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I see your point, and, of course, different readers experience the same text differently. But, thinking about the placement of his ultra-detailed passages (not all of which are technical) within the narrative, it seems to me that McCarthy included many of them without regard to the issue you raise.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722892.At_Day_s_Close_Night_in_Times_Past">At Day's Close: Night in Times Past (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/384543.A_Roger_Ekirch">A. Roger Ekirch</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:14:44 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25179.Blankets">Blankets (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14151.Craig_Thompson">Craig Thompson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:36:36 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This first-rate graphic memoir follows several threads of the author's childhood and early adulthood. The illustrations are excellent, mixing metaphorical panels with ones that exhibit extraordinary, mundane details to establish a sense of person and place. The story is interesting, and much of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20first-rate%20graphic%20memoir%20follows%20several%20threads%20of%20the%20author's%20childhood%20and%20early%20adulthood.%20The%20illustrations%20are%20excellent,%20mixing%20metaphorical%20panels%20with%20ones%20that%20exhibit%20extraordinary,%20mundane%20details%20to%20establish%20a%20sense%20of%20person%20and%20place.%20The%20story%20is%20interesting,%20and%20much%20of%20the%20interaction%20really%20moved%20me.%20At%20times,%20the%20dialogue%20among%20the%20main%20characters%20tends%20to%20get%20a%20bit%20stilted,%20as%20does%20the%20exegesis%20of%20the%20author's%20spiritual%20development.%20Definitely,%20this%20is%20a%20work%20in%20which%20showing%20beats%20explaining.%20Overall,%20I%20am%20happy%20to%20have%20read%20it.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/744388.The_Crossing">The Crossing (Border Trilogy, Vol 2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4178.Cormac_McCarthy">Cormac McCarthy</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:17:53 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Although the two works are quite similar, I liked this one more than &quot;All the Pretty Horses.&quot; The writing and the themes are more coherent and the philosophical-stories-told-by-Mexicans are reported in a more likely fashion. The crossing involved me emotionally, and the work overall builds...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Although%20the%20two%20works%20are%20quite%20similar,%20I%20liked%20this%20one%20more%20than%20%22All%20the%20Pretty%20Horses.%22%20The%20writing%20and%20the%20themes%20are%20more%20coherent%20and%20the%20philosophical-stories-told-by-Mexicans%20are%20reported%20in%20a%20more%20likely%20fashion.%20The%20crossing%20involved%20me%20emotionally,%20and%20the%20work%20overall%20builds%20to%20an%20apt,%20albeit%20painful%20ending.%0D%0A%0D%0APET%20PEEVE%20ALERT:%20a)%20I'm%20not%20sure%20that%20I'm%20up%20to%20the%20third%20part%20of%20the%20trilogy%20for%20a%20while,%20though.%20McCarthy%20seems%20determined%20to%20express%20a%20second%20calling%20as%20a%20technical%20writer%20of%20bygone%20technologies.%20His%20impressively%20detailed%20reportage%20often%20seems%20to%20exist%20for%20its%20own%20sake,%20which,%20for%20me,%20is%20not%20enough.%20I%20prefer%20to%20save%20that%20for%20my%20next%20(first)%20visit%20to%20the%20cowboy%20museum.%20In%20the%20meantime,%20how%20about%20moving%20that%20plot%20along%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Ab)%20Apparently,%20every%20Mexican%20is%2Fwas%20an%20eloquent%20philosopher,%20just%20as%20no%20American%20is%2Fwas.%20Amazing.%20Since%20they're%20fictionally%20philosophizing%20about%20a%20fictional%20world%20based%20on%20fictional%20experiences,%20I%20would%20prefer%20to%20see%20their%20debate%20acted%20out%20more%20than%20delivered%20in%20an%20expository%20fashion.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/469571.All_the_Pretty_Horses">All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy, Vol 1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4178.Cormac_McCarthy">Cormac McCarthy</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:04:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a fine book. The plot kept surprising me without many deus-ex-machina moments, many of the characters maintained an air of mystery about them through the end, and McCarthy produced a unique tone for most of the work. (Not for fans of quotation marks or words such as &quot;said&quot; and &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20is%20a%20fine%20book.%20The%20plot%20kept%20surprising%20me%20without%20many%20deus-ex-machina%20moments,%20many%20of%20the%20characters%20maintained%20an%20air%20of%20mystery%20about%20them%20through%20the%20end,%20and%20McCarthy%20produced%20a%20unique%20tone%20for%20most%20of%20the%20work.%20(Not%20for%20fans%20of%20quotation%20marks%20or%20words%20such%20as%20%22said%22%20and%20%22replied.%22)%20My%20only%20criticism%20is%20a%20switch%20in%20tone%20--%20best%20exemplified%20by%20one%20character's%20bizarrely%20lengthy%20speechifying%20--%20in%20much%20of%20the%20last%20quarter%20of%20the%20work.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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