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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Journal of Best Practices One Mans Quest to Be a Better Husband A Memoir of Marriage & Asperger Syndrome
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David Finch
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, May 30, 2012
I really wanted to like this book. I was so intrigued by an inside perspective of a very high functioning man with Asperger's sharing his view of the world. Unfortunately his writing is just not as entertaining as David Sedaris' recounting of his OCD or evocative as Temple Grandin's autobiography. My husband, who had also been looking forward to reading the book, didn't even bother to finish it.
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30 Lessons for Living Tried & True Advice from the Wisest Americans
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Karl Pillemer
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, May 30, 2012
This book reads the way comfort food feels. No surprising revelations just warm comfort. I am very lucky in that I got another chance to have grandparents after mine died while I was still too young to appreciate them. For those out there who wish they had had asked their grandparents what really matters in life, this is the book for you. If you haven't hit that stage in your life yet, make sure this books stays on your reading list for when you are ready for their words of wisdom.
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Big Roads The Untold Story of the Engineers Visionaries & Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
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Earl Swift
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, May 30, 2012
I really wanted to love Big Roads, but it was so hard to slog through I can only say I liked it. The content was not the problem. It was a fascinating debunking of the mythos that gives full credit for the US' highway system to Dwight Eisenhower. I really appreciated learning more about the men, almost lost to time, who designed the system and brought it into fruition. Despite my positive feelings about the content, the writing made me feel like I was moving through cement.
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