Showing posts with label A-Z Book Review Part 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A-Z Book Review Part 4. Show all posts

Bad Biography versus Good: James Herriot

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I also discuss bad versus good biographies here . This particular review--for the last book on the A-Z List (Part 4) --is about James Herrio...

New England History: Legend and Reality

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The next section in the A-Z List , the 900s, tackles history. Like the 300s, this section is too big for me to adequately narrow down, so I ...

Time to Talk About Tolkien (Not the Movie)

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For the 800s (Literature ), I am re-posting thoughts related to Tom Shippey's book Tolkien, Man of the Century . The original post can...
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The Counterintuitive Yet Elegant Philosophy of Non-Action

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For the A-Z List, I am reposting my review of Moneyball for the 700s. The 700s cover sports and hobbies. I've also read The Blind Sid...
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Hearts Over Time: Romance Has Always Been With Us

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The next book on the A-Z list, Part 4 , is The Amorous Heart by Marilyn Yalom. The call number is 611.12, which means it belongs in the A...

Packing for Mars with Mary Roach

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For the 500's , I picked up The Quantum Universe by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw and Packing for Mars: The Mysterious Science of Life i...

Wild Wonder of Language 2: We are Not Victims of Lingual Programming

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In The Language Instinct , Steven Pinker tackles the idea of linguistic determinism, the idea that language determines how people think. If ...
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The Wild Wonder of Language, Part 1

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My chosen book for the 400s in The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker, and it is so packed with ideas and insights that I will be postin...
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Fight the Fear: Review of The Monarchy of Fear

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The 300's of the Dewey Decimal System are devoted to how humans respond to the world. Some of my favorite books end up in the 300's...

Non-Fiction Review: Simply Good News

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My decision for what to read in the 200s is a great window into the difficulties of categorizing books. I considered reviewing N.T. Wrigh...

A-Z: Dewey Decimal 100: Figuring Out Our Futures

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For the fourth A-Z list , I'm tackling non-fiction, Dewey Decimal style. For the 0-99s, I read Abominable Science by Daniel Loxton an...
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A-Z List, Part 4

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Actually, it would be more accurate to call this the 000-999 List. Yup, it's time for non-fiction , and I'm using the Dewey Decima...