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April 03
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James
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to:
Good Calories, Bad Calories (Hardcover)
by Gary Taubes
bookshelves:
health,
important,
science
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my rating:
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read in April, 2008
James said:
"I am going to depart from my normally brief, 3-sentence reviews to leave a link to a blog I created about this book. http://goodcaloriesbadcalories... I can't emphasize ...more
I am going to depart from my normally brief, 3-sentence reviews to leave a link to a blog I created about this book. http://goodcaloriesbadcalories... I can't emphasize enough how important this book is. So much so that I created an entire book just for it.
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February 25
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James
gave
to:
American Gods (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman
bookshelves:
modern-fantasy
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read in January, 2005
James said:
"In this book, Gaiman brilliantly issues immigration visas to all the traditional gods and spirits of the cultures that have melted into the American milieu. Once he has them here, he initiates the metaphysical brawl of the century. The book maintains...more
In this book, Gaiman brilliantly issues immigration visas to all the traditional gods and spirits of the cultures that have melted into the American milieu. Once he has them here, he initiates the metaphysical brawl of the century. The book maintains this brilliance right up until the last handful of chapters, when the multiple threads of religious imagery muddle into confusion. (Oh, and what's with the nearly pornographic scenes? Reader beware.)...less
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James
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to:
Snow Crash (Paperback)
by Neal Stephenson
bookshelves:
best-of-sci-fi-fantasy,
could-not-put-down,
important
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read in January, 1997
James said:
"Attention, Amazon shoppers, if you have not read this book, proceed immediately to the nearest bookseller and acquire a copy. There is no more important cyberscience fiction book available. Stephenson demonstrates with this far-flung vision that our ...more
Attention, Amazon shoppers, if you have not read this book, proceed immediately to the nearest bookseller and acquire a copy. There is no more important cyberscience fiction book available. Stephenson demonstrates with this far-flung vision that our future is stranger than we expect, yet populated with characters and movements we immediately recognize....less
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James
gave
to:
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)
by Neal Stephenson
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read in January, 2004
James said:
"Stephenson earns maximum respect for daring to write this impossible tale. The scientific history is set in the 1600s but is as current as the debate over global warming. Unfortunately, the scope is too vast, the reader's patience may wear thin, and ...more
Stephenson earns maximum respect for daring to write this impossible tale. The scientific history is set in the 1600s but is as current as the debate over global warming. Unfortunately, the scope is too vast, the reader's patience may wear thin, and may (gasp) not even finish....less
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February 23
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James
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to:
The WAR AGAINST BOYS: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men (Paperback)
by Christina Hoff Sommers
bookshelves:
social-critique
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read in January, 2005
James said:
"Powerful words for parents of boys and girls, this book labels the gender politics of the last three decades for the silly farce they have become. Despite their best intentions, those pushing for a world that addresses the needs of young women have i...more
Powerful words for parents of boys and girls, this book labels the gender politics of the last three decades for the silly farce they have become. Despite their best intentions, those pushing for a world that addresses the needs of young women have inadvertently handicapped the boys those young women will need to help them rule the world. ...less
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James
gave
to:
April Morning (Mass Market Paperback)
by Howard Fast
bookshelves:
history
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read in January, 2008
James said:
"Not the most important book written about the revolutionary war, but the only one told first person from a fictional witness to the battles of Lexington and Concord, the clash that started the Revolutionary War. Written for a younger reader, all ages...more
Not the most important book written about the revolutionary war, but the only one told first person from a fictional witness to the battles of Lexington and Concord, the clash that started the Revolutionary War. Written for a younger reader, all ages can benefit from a read. Bring a map, you'll need it....less
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James
gave
to:
Stumbling on Happiness (Paperback)
by Daniel Gilbert
bookshelves:
science,
social-critique
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read in January, 2005
James said:
"Gilbert comes with the right credentials and starts his thesis with an intriguing notion -- that we do not know what will make us happy and therefore will constantly make decisions counter to our own ultimate happiness. A wonderful idea that would ha...more
Gilbert comes with the right credentials and starts his thesis with an intriguing notion -- that we do not know what will make us happy and therefore will constantly make decisions counter to our own ultimate happiness. A wonderful idea that would have made a nice New Yorker article rather than a book which runs dry of evidence and application half way through....less
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James
gave
to:
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by Anita Diamant
bookshelves:
history
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read in January, 2002
James said:
"The first two-thirds of the book tells a historically situated book based on an intriguing premise declared by the title. It is wonderfully involving and inventive within the parameters set by the historic tale. Unfortunately the last third runs amok...more
The first two-thirds of the book tells a historically situated book based on an intriguing premise declared by the title. It is wonderfully involving and inventive within the parameters set by the historic tale. Unfortunately the last third runs amok into a fanciful proto-feminism that is neither consistent with history nor with the rest of the book. Such a tale as the latter would be interesting on its own, but not as the endcap to the otherwise disciplined tale....less
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James
gave
to:
One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance (Paperback)
by Christina Hoff Sommers
bookshelves:
important,
social-critique
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my rating:
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read in January, 2006
James said:
"It's high time someone pointed out the insanity of modern therapy and our willingness to trust this new false priesthood with our mental health. The critical data presented are powerful and sobering. Get off that couch, America, you have been seduced...more
It's high time someone pointed out the insanity of modern therapy and our willingness to trust this new false priesthood with our mental health. The critical data presented are powerful and sobering. Get off that couch, America, you have been seduced by the followers of a madman....less
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