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July 24
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Brian
gave
 
to:
This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation (Hardcover)
by Barbara Ehrenreich
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July 22
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Brian
is currently reading:
We the People: A Call to Take Back America (Paperback)
by Thom Hartmann
bookshelves:
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Brian
gave
to:
Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America (Hardcover)
by Cullen Murphy
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July 20
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Brian
gave
to:
High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families (Hardcover)
by Peter Gosselin
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July 15
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Brian
gave
to:
With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change (Hardcover)
by Fred Pearce
bookshelves:
global-warming,
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read in July, 2008
Brian said:
"The ADD version of Field Notes From A Catastrophe.
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July 14
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Brian
marked as to-read:
Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy (Paperback)
by Matthew R. Simmons
bookshelves:
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Brian said:
"Made it to p.158.
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Brian
gave
to:
Coal: A Human History [MP3 CD] (MP3 CD)
by Barbara Freese
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July 09
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Brian
gave
to:
The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World (Hardcover)
by Philip F. Schewe
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Brian said:
"The first 188 pages are interesting, and the last 98 are filler, a kind of bastardized attempt to enter John McPhee territory, but at least without the pretense of being quite so pretty the prose stylist.
Basically, the experience of reading the...more
The first 188 pages are interesting, and the last 98 are filler, a kind of bastardized attempt to enter John McPhee territory, but at least without the pretense of being quite so pretty the prose stylist.
Basically, the experience of reading the book was like watching or listening to a Seahawks game. There's going to be good quarters and bad quarters, and the end result depends all upon the sequencing.
Seahawks lost this one, especially once all the Apollo moon mission jibber jabber stepped on the field. ...less
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July 06
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Brian
gave
to:
Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy (Hardcover)
by Alfred W. Crosby
bookshelves:
peak-oil,
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July 04
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Brian
gave
to:
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why (Hardcover)
by Amanda Ripley
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Brian said:
"The dust jacket is a disservice. Fast paced and full of fascinating information on why people flip their lids, remain cool and calm and even in some cases exceed the human norm of selfishness.
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