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Anne Frank was available at the Los Angeles Public Library. I just checked it out since I've been wanting to read it anyway.
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08-23-2012, 07:35 PM | #93 | |
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I nominate Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
This has been a best seller earlier in the year, and is supposed to be a very good biography of Jobs' career. http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/steve-jobs...alter+Isaacson http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/steve-jobs...alter+Isaacson http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Wal...alter+isaacson |
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I'll third A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia Edwards
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Yes, geo-restriction was not the correct term to use in this situation. It is interesting that it would be pulled for the US. |
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I nominate Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wocjnarowitz, by Cynthia Carr.
Amazon Barnes & Noble Sony Reader Store Kobo Books (through an external search by Google) Carr is an excellent reporter on the lives of artists -- as close to the facts in presentation as she is passionate about the subject -- and Wocjnarowicz, despite the tragedies of his life and childhood, represents an era of possibilities which no longer exist for urban American artists. To read Carr is to be drawn into the story rather than conscious of the style. Many of the professional and reader reviews have been laudatory so far. * * * * * I'd also like to support the nomination of Mythologies, by Roland Barthes, though I believe you have all the seconds and thirds you need. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 08-24-2012 at 01:55 AM. |
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My Life in France bu Julia Child just needs to be thirded and it can be gotten for FREE from some libraries that have Overdrive.
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Just today, I was remarking to a friend that we really don't hear enough about Steve Jobs. That's why we need to read that bio: It isn't as if there will be a movie about him or any other books in the next few years.
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08-24-2012, 08:34 PM | #104 |
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Forgot your sarcasm tags. Here, you can borrow mine:
[sarcasm][/sarcasm] Seriously, though, the Jobs bio should be rather interesting. For better or worse, he did affect the lives of all of us in one way or another. |
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I was going to third the Nile thingie, but since it's already good to go, my last kick at the can will be used to third Steve Jobs.
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