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A wonderful book on the laws behind everyday headlines. From why sweatshops are good to the problems with used cars, this explains our economic system better than any of the popularizations that I have read. A must read for anyone who is not an Econ major.
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Tom Robbins brings us a CIA man on a spiritual journey. That comes to involve everything from the most complex novel in the English language to the third prophecy of Fatima. In a multicontinental pursuit of love, religion, and the answer to life the universe and everything (spoiler - it is not 42) this is a funny, thoughtful romp with Switters, the mad metaphysician. Robbins pulls of another great novel.
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This 1955 book presages the current mass of alternative history that make up a category of their own in the major online bookstores. Writing from a world were the south had won the civil war a major historian returns to view and perhaps affect the Battle of Gettysburg. Ward Moore penned the classic science fiction novel that showed everyone how it was done.
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Writing mostly from a female standpoint but including knowledge that is of great help to anyone, the author takes a straightforward look at an age-old problem. What do you do when you have to go and you are miles from anywhere that makes a flushing noise? With humor, good sense, and a remarkable tastefulness, Kathleen Meyers tells all. Including some tragically funny personal stories of how not to go.
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The first volume of a huge six volume science fiction series. A massive work that ranges through an enormous spectrum of characters. Not just a collection of technological forecasts of the future, although those are here and wondrous indeed. But a cast of real people that you become involved with. This is in truth a science fiction novel in all the best senses of the word. A brief plot outline would run to several pages. If you ever loved science fiction, you have to read these books.
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles J. Wheelan
Paul McFarland, January 29, 2008
A wonderful book on the laws behind everyday headlines. From why sweatshops are good to the problems with used cars, this explains our economic system better than any of the popularizations that I have read. A must read for anyone who is not an Econ major.(4 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates (UK Edition) by Tom Robbins
Paul McFarland, August 19, 2007
Tom Robbins brings us a CIA man on a spiritual journey. That comes to involve everything from the most complex novel in the English language to the third prophecy of Fatima. In a multicontinental pursuit of love, religion, and the answer to life the universe and everything (spoiler - it is not 42) this is a funny, thoughtful romp with Switters, the mad metaphysician. Robbins pulls of another great novel.(14 of 26 readers found this comment helpful)
Bring the Jubilee (UK Edition) by Ward Moore
Paul McFarland, August 18, 2007
This 1955 book presages the current mass of alternative history that make up a category of their own in the major online bookstores. Writing from a world were the south had won the civil war a major historian returns to view and perhaps affect the Battle of Gettysburg. Ward Moore penned the classic science fiction novel that showed everyone how it was done.(13 of 24 readers found this comment helpful)
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art by Kathleen Meyer
Paul McFarland, August 17, 2007
Writing mostly from a female standpoint but including knowledge that is of great help to anyone, the author takes a straightforward look at an age-old problem. What do you do when you have to go and you are miles from anywhere that makes a flushing noise? With humor, good sense, and a remarkable tastefulness, Kathleen Meyers tells all. Including some tragically funny personal stories of how not to go.(12 of 23 readers found this comment helpful)
Reality Dysfunction #01: the Reality Dysfunction: Emergency - Part I by Peter F. Hamilton
Paul McFarland, August 16, 2007
The first volume of a huge six volume science fiction series. A massive work that ranges through an enormous spectrum of characters. Not just a collection of technological forecasts of the future, although those are here and wondrous indeed. But a cast of real people that you become involved with. This is in truth a science fiction novel in all the best senses of the word. A brief plot outline would run to several pages. If you ever loved science fiction, you have to read these books.(20 of 34 readers found this comment helpful)
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