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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers? by Mary Roach | 14 | 18.42% | |
The Omnivore's Delimma by Michael Pollan | 2 | 2.63% | |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot | 3 | 3.95% | |
Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things by Richard Wiseman | 10 | 13.16% | |
American Notes by Charles Dickens | 7 | 9.21% | |
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn | 8 | 10.53% | |
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell | 4 | 5.26% | |
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson | 14 | 18.42% | |
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman | 2 | 2.63% | |
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin | 3 | 3.95% | |
The Stranger Beside Me by Anne Rule | 3 | 3.95% | |
The Greek Myths by Robert Graves | 6 | 7.89% | |
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03-03-2010, 04:02 PM | #61 | |
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03-03-2010, 05:43 PM | #62 |
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My main gripe is the addition of the second "the."
But The World Without Us is my first choice! |
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03-03-2010, 05:52 PM | #63 |
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There are quite a few editions out there (both in e and p form) -- each recommending itself as the one to read. Printings of the first edition claim it is the purest expression of Darwin's thoughts, whereas later editions were watered down to please religious critics. On the other hand, printings of later editions claim to contain important corrections and clarifications. Middle editions describe themselves as a reasonable compromise between these two extremes. For those who have read it, which edition would you recommend? |
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03-03-2010, 09:32 PM | #65 |
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OK... so I finally voted.
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03-03-2010, 09:39 PM | #66 |
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Hey How can "Origin of Species" not have any votes? Didn't someone nominate it?
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03-04-2010, 05:42 AM | #70 |
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03-04-2010, 09:58 AM | #71 | |
Bah, humbug!
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03-04-2010, 10:33 AM | #72 |
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Same here. I want to read it, but when I try, a lot of other books seem to sneak past it onto my reading list
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03-04-2010, 10:38 AM | #73 | |
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03-04-2010, 10:42 AM | #74 |
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Because it's an Important Book - and even if you know the premise, it doesn't exactly hurt to get acquainted with one of the big milestones in biology research. Anyway, with what I have read - and heard - it's not unreadable at all. It's just not a book you can breeze through.
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03-04-2010, 10:53 AM | #75 |
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OMG! I just checked out the Google Books preview of Stiffs. I'm not sure I could read that one. The first chapter starts out talking about fresh severed heads sitting in roasting pans to catch the drippings. It seems like you would need a real morbid curiousity to read the whole thing.
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