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March 22
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Jamie Trecker
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The Big Payoff (Hardcover)
by Janice Law
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Jamie said:
"This is my Mom's second best book. It's a kick-ass thriller about ne'er do-wells, a secretary and oil companies. Does it sound as if it is "ripped from today's headlines?!" Well, consider that it was written in 1975, was a best-seller then,...more
This is my Mom's second best book. It's a kick-ass thriller about ne'er do-wells, a secretary and oil companies. Does it sound as if it is "ripped from today's headlines?!" Well, consider that it was written in 1975, was a best-seller then, and today reads as fresh as it did over 30 years ago. The lead character, one Anna Peters, was one of the first modern female thriller characters. Don't take my word for it: Mom won an Edgar (the Mystery Writers of America's version of the Oscar) for her. More? Well, Alvin Toffler, the writer of "Future Shock," and Newt Gingrich's pal, took two pages out of that book to trash my Mum, which is as good an endorsement as you will ever get. Go read it....less
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Jamie Trecker
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The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed (Hardcover)
by Janice Law
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Jamie said:
"This is my mother's best book. Seriously.
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Jamie Trecker
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Our Hidden Lives: The Everyday Diaries of a Forgotten Britain, 1945-1948 (Hardcover)
by Simon Garfield
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Jamie said:
"Fascinating. And sad. Read it.
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Jamie Trecker
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Men Of Tomorrow: Geek, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book (Paperback)
by Gerard Jones
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read in January, 2006
Jamie said:
"A fine look at 1940s comic-book writers and the brutal culture that surrounded them. Jones also wrote one of the best "limited series" comic books ever put out by DC, a three-issue "prestige format" book (i.e. shitty squarebound) ...more
A fine look at 1940s comic-book writers and the brutal culture that surrounded them. Jones also wrote one of the best "limited series" comic books ever put out by DC, a three-issue "prestige format" book (i.e. shitty squarebound) called: "Martian Manhunter: American Secrets"...less
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Jamie Trecker
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (Hardcover)
by David Hajdu
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Jamie said:
"Many years ago, I heard a band called Pussy Galore. They are great, and they convinced me that I too could make a record. (And, I did: Three, in fact.) This boom has convinced me that the definitive work on comic books has still yet to be writ, thoug...more
Many years ago, I heard a band called Pussy Galore. They are great, and they convinced me that I too could make a record. (And, I did: Three, in fact.) This boom has convinced me that the definitive work on comic books has still yet to be writ, though I give big props to Michael Chabon's Kavalier and Clay and Gerard Jones' Men of Tomorrow. Watch this space....less
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Jamie Trecker
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul (Hardcover)
by Karen Abbott
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Jamie said:
"Engrossing. I am jealous.
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Jamie Trecker
is currently reading:
I Love Dollars: And Other Stories of China (Paperback)
by Zhu Wen
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Jamie Trecker
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Anyone But England: An Outsider Looks at English Cricket (Paperback)
by Mike Marqusee
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Jamie said:
"This is an incredible book -- yes, it about sports and yes, it is about a sport no American cares about. It also is a brilliant cultural study and, if I dare say it, attempts the same thing I did in my own book, which was to use a sport as a cultural...more
This is an incredible book -- yes, it about sports and yes, it is about a sport no American cares about. It also is a brilliant cultural study and, if I dare say it, attempts the same thing I did in my own book, which was to use a sport as a cultural mirror. If you enjoyed my book, then beg, borrow, steal this one. And if you didn't, well, fuck that and go read this anyway. ...less
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March 06
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Jamie Trecker
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to:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Paperback)
by Mark Haddon
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read in January, 2004
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Jamie Trecker
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Then We Came to the End (Hardcover)
by Joshua Ferris
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