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If you've seen Hodgman on the Daily Show, you'll love this book. Hodgman's incredibly funny deadpan style is in fine form here---you can almost hear his voice as you read. If you've ever wanted to know about America's Hobo Wars, who invented shame, or the fifty basic narrative situations, this is the book for you.
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This book is not only impressive in its range of field and breadth of knowledge, but also in the depth of its concern and humanity. Very highly recommended.
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A lovely book that slowly unfolds to reveal how its love story, its starving lovesick maidens, its ghosts all speak to the theme of the value of women's voices.
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The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman
nemo, November 6, 2008
If you've seen Hodgman on the Daily Show, you'll love this book. Hodgman's incredibly funny deadpan style is in fine form here---you can almost hear his voice as you read. If you've ever wanted to know about America's Hobo Wars, who invented shame, or the fifty basic narrative situations, this is the book for you.(27 of 60 readers found this comment helpful)
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
nemo, August 16, 2008
This book is not only impressive in its range of field and breadth of knowledge, but also in the depth of its concern and humanity. Very highly recommended.(11 of 22 readers found this comment helpful)
Peony in Love by Lisa See
nemo, December 24, 2007
A lovely book that slowly unfolds to reveal how its love story, its starving lovesick maidens, its ghosts all speak to the theme of the value of women's voices.(6 of 13 readers found this comment helpful)
The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
nemo, December 2, 2007
This is a beautiful book, deeply human. All the characters yearn, and we yearn with them. I didn't want it to end.(6 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)