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Beal’s nightmarish life grew darker on a walking tour in the area around Kharkov in the fall of 1932. As he stepped off the beaten path, he saw a corpse lying by a ceek and was accosted by starving peasants. In the spring of 1933 he found a “dead horse and a dead man upon [...]
Exactly one year ago today–March 1, 2010–I posted my 2010 reading list. I’m proud to say I actually read many of the titles that appear on that list. I read some others, too. So, here’s my reading list for the foreseeable future. If you have any recommendations please leave them in the comments!
Infinite Jest [...]
Summer is dunzo. Bummer. I didn’t do much this summer besides sleep and read. Here are my book reviews, they’re short and to the point.
Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
A great read by an author who is becoming one of my favorites. [...]
By Robert Persig
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
I first heard about this novel when checking out some reading lists online, specifically, a reading list for men. The title intrigued me, so I did a little looking and found that it was [...]
By: Steven D. Levitt (The Economist) & Stephen J. Dubner (The Writer)
Publisher: William Morrow
If you’ve read Freakonomics and enjoyed it, you should read it’s sequel, SuperFreakonomics. There I said it–That’s the review in a nutshell. For a more detailed review, continue reading.
Good news and [...]
*A Short History of Nearly Everything
By Bill Bryson
Publisher: Broadway Books
If you’ve ever read Bill Bryson, you know the experience is unlike reading any other author. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bryson attacks–well, nearly everything, with his [...]
By Tony Horwitz
Publisher: Picador
How much do you know about American History? Well, Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and the pilgrims landed at Plymouth rock in 1620, and the Declar–wait.
What happened between 1492 and 1620? If you’re like many Americans, [...]
Chad “Ocho Cinco” Johnson’s New Book
If you thought Kanye West was an ass, you should read this.
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