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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus - Rick Perlstein
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Rick Perlstein
We Don't Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep Government from Radically Improving (Governing Management Series) - Ken Miller
We Don't Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep Government from Radically Improving (Governing Management Series)
Ken Miller
The Richard Burton Diaries - Richard Burton, Chris Williams
The Richard Burton Diaries
Richard Burton, Chris Williams
The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr., E.B. White
The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr., E.B. White
Regionalism and Realism: A Study of Government in the New York Metropolitan Area - Gerald Benjamin, Richard P. Nathan
Regionalism and Realism: A Study of Government in the New York Metropolitan Area
Gerald Benjamin, Richard P. Nathan

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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus - Rick Perlstein
We Don't Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep Government from Radically Improving (Governing Management Series) - Ken Miller
Today
February
22
October 2013
24
BookLikes Reading Challenge: amandawallwin wants to read 20 books in 2013.
amandawallwin has read 18 book(s) out of 20 books in
2013 Reading Challenge
October 2013
3
finished reading:
Both Flesh and Not: Essays - David Foster Wallace
Both Flesh and Not: Essays David Foster Wallace
October 2013
2
finished reading:
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die - Dan Heath, Chip Heath
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Dan Heath, Chip Heath
September 2013
25
finished reading:
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America - Kiese Laymon
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America Kiese Laymon
September 2013
3
finished reading:
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown
Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction Damien Keown
September 2013
1
finished reading:
Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City - Choire Sicha
Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City Choire Sicha
finished reading:
Searching for Dave Chappelle - Jason Zinoman
Searching for Dave Chappelle Jason Zinoman
August 2013
26
finished reading:
Ulysses - James Joyce
Ulysses James Joyce
finished reading:
The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses - Harry Blamires
The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses Harry Blamires
August 2013
15
finished reading:
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently - Curt Coffman, Marcus Buckingham
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently Curt Coffman, Marcus Buckingham
July 2013
13
finished reading:
I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era - William Knoedelseder
I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era William Knoedelseder
July 2013
9
finished reading:
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time - Ira Katznelson
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time Ira Katznelson
July 2013
3
finished reading:
Mindfulness in Plain English - Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Mindfulness in Plain English Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
June 2013
15
finished reading:
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America - Beryl Satter
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America Beryl Satter
May 2013
19
reviewed:
Outdated and at times overly emotional, but that aside, this is an excellent overview of the effects of the wild inequities i...
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools - Jonathan Kozol
finished reading:
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools - Jonathan Kozol
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Jonathan Kozol
April 2013
26
finished reading:
Tenth of December - George Saunders
Tenth of December George Saunders
April 2013
20
finished reading:
Swann's Way - Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis
Swann's Way Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis
April 2013
1
finished reading:
The Pocket Pema Chodron - Pema Chödrön
The Pocket Pema Chodron Pema Chödrön
March 2013
14
finished reading:
Here's the Deal - David Leonhardt
Here's the Deal David Leonhardt
December 2012
30
finished reading:
Listen to This - Alex Ross
Listen to This Alex Ross
November 2012
26
finished reading:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir - Jenny Lawson
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir Jenny Lawson
November 2012
21
finished reading:
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace
September 2012
19
finished reading:
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Hamlet William Shakespeare
September 2012
7
finished reading:
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time - Susan Scott, Kenneth H. Blanchard
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time Susan Scott, Kenneth H. Blanchard
September 2012
4
finished reading:
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss - Hope Edelman
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss Hope Edelman
September 2012
3
finished reading:
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace - D.T. Max
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace D.T. Max
August 2012
30
finished reading:
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - Cheryl Strayed
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Cheryl Strayed
August 2012
23
finished reading:
Tales From The Sausage Factory: Making Laws In New York State, Excelsior Editions - Daniel L. Feldman, Gerald Benjamin
Tales From The Sausage Factory: Making Laws In New York State, Excelsior Editions Daniel L. Feldman, Gerald Benjamin
August 2012
19
finished reading:
The Oresteia: Agamemnon / The Libation Bearers / The Eumenides - William Bedell Stanford, Aeschylus, Robert Fagles
The Oresteia: Agamemnon / The Libation Bearers / The Eumenides William Bedell Stanford, Aeschylus, Robert Fagles
August 2012
11
finished reading:
Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live - Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller
Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller
July 2012
20
finished reading:
Atypical: Life with Asperger's in 20 1/3 Chapters - Jesse A. Saperstein
Atypical: Life with Asperger's in 20 1/3 Chapters Jesse A. Saperstein
June 2012
17
finished reading:
Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us - Rachelle Bergstein
Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us Rachelle Bergstein
June 2012
13
finished reading:
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century - Alex Ross
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century Alex Ross
June 2012
3
finished reading:
New York Politics: A Tale of Two States - Edward V. Schneier, Brian Murtaugh
New York Politics: A Tale of Two States Edward V. Schneier, Brian Murtaugh
finished reading:
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle - Rachel Dratch
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle Rachel Dratch
April 2012
22
finished reading:
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't - Jim Collins
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't Jim Collins
June 2011
19
finished reading:
The Pale King - David Foster Wallace, Michael Pietsch
The Pale King David Foster Wallace, Michael Pietsch
April 2011
08
reviewed:
Fuck you. This book was awesome.
Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later - Francine Pascal
February 2011
14
finished reading:
Kafka on the Shore - Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami
June 2010
16
finished reading:
Dubliners - Jeri Johnson, James Joyce
Dubliners Jeri Johnson, James Joyce
June 2010
9
finished reading:
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape - Jessica Valenti, Jaclyn Friedman, Margaret Cho
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape Jessica Valenti, Jaclyn Friedman, Margaret Cho
May 2010
1
finished reading:
Things The Grandchildren Should Know - Mark Oliver Everett
Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett
finished reading:
And the Heart Says Whatever - Emily Gould
And the Heart Says Whatever Emily Gould
finished reading:
Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace - David Lipsky
Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace David Lipsky
January 2010
26
finished reading:
A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History - Thomas Bender
A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History Thomas Bender
December 2009
27
finished reading:
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America - Paul Tough
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America Paul Tough
December 2009
26
reviewed:
This book is a novelization of the eminent domain battle that led to the 2005 Supreme Court decision. The dramatization of th...
Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage - Jeff Benedict
finished reading:
Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage - Jeff Benedict
Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage Jeff Benedict
December 2009
01
reviewed: Policy Making Process, The (3rd Edition)
If the first year is indicative of how Obama plans to run his administration, I think Lindblom and his theories of democratic...
The Policy Making Process - Edward J. Woodhouse
finished reading:
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays - David Foster Wallace
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays David Foster Wallace
November 2009
28
reviewed:
This was the most unpleasant book I've ever read that I think I might really like.
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
August 2009
25
finished reading:
Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion - Danya Ruttenberg
Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion Danya Ruttenberg
finished reading:
Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation - Peter H. Schuck
Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation Peter H. Schuck
August 2009
08
reviewed:
These stories were so much smarter than me.
Oblivion - David Foster Wallace
finished reading:
Oblivion - David Foster Wallace
Oblivion David Foster Wallace
June 2009
23
finished reading:
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men - David Foster Wallace
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men David Foster Wallace
June 2009
6
finished reading:
Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War - Alison Buckholtz
Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War Alison Buckholtz
May 2009
30
finished reading:
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide - Stephen J. Burn
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide Stephen J. Burn
May 2009
27
reviewed:
It will come as a surprise to exactly no one that I loved this book. Sad and pretty and deeply satirical, it's the story of o...
All the Sad Young Literary Men - Keith Gessen
finished reading:
All the Sad Young Literary Men - Keith Gessen
All the Sad Young Literary Men Keith Gessen
May 2009
22
reviewed: Financial Management For Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations (2nd Edition)
For a textbook on financial management, this was not nearly as dry as I'd expected and very clear.
Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-For-Profit Organizations - Steven A. Finkler
reviewed:
Ugh. Hateful people behaving hatefully.
The Believers - Zoë Heller
finished reading:
Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-For-Profit Organizations - Steven A. Finkler
Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-For-Profit Organizations Steven A. Finkler
April 2009
25
finished reading:
Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home - Doree Shafrir, Jessica Grose
Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home Doree Shafrir, Jessica Grose
March 2009
12
finished reading:
Watchmen - Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, Alan Moore
Watchmen Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, Alan Moore
February 2009
20
reviewed:
A really clear review of the problematics inherent in the kind of idol worship that's gone on with the American constitution....
How Democratic is the American Constitution? - Robert A. Dahl
finished reading:
How Democratic is the American Constitution? - Robert A. Dahl
How Democratic is the American Constitution? Robert A. Dahl
January 2009
29
finished reading:
The Best American Short Stories 2007 -
The Best American Short Stories 2007
September 2008
15
finished reading:
The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis
The Informers Bret Easton Ellis
finished reading:
Women, Race, and Class - Angela Y. Davis
Women, Race, and Class Angela Y. Davis
July 2008
24
finished reading:
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
June 2008
26
finished reading:
Samedi the Deafness (Vintage Contemporaries) - Jesse Ball
Samedi the Deafness (Vintage Contemporaries) Jesse Ball
February 2008
17
reviewed:
Page takes on an admirable project here - connecting the dots between the various projects of the pro-life movement to create...
How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America - Cristina Page
finished reading:
How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America - Cristina Page
How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America Cristina Page
January 2008
26
finished reading:
Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics - Jennifer Baumgardner
Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics Jennifer Baumgardner
January 2008
23
finished reading:
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation - Seamus Heaney, Anonymous
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation Seamus Heaney, Anonymous
December 2007
21
reviewed:
i read this every year.
A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present - Howard Zinn
December 2007
01
reviewed:
How beautiful.
Veronica - Mary Gaitskill
finished reading:
Veronica - Mary Gaitskill
Veronica Mary Gaitskill
August 2007
22
reviewed:
this book made me desperately crave french fries.
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal - Eric Schlosser
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