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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 1492 reviews
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 1999
Who's got more credibility?
+ A REALLY GOOD Story
+ Highly recommend it.
+ You don't need to be an avid outdoors-man to enjoy this book.
+ Life and Death on Everest
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If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor 208 reviews
Bruce Campbell
L.A. Weekly Books, 2002
I love Bruce Campbell
+ Lots of neat info from the "Chin Man" himself
+ Protruberance Exalted
+ My favourite Autibiography
+ Awesome book! Perfect for any Bruce Campbell fan!
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron129 reviews
Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind
Portfolio Trade, 2004
Corporate arrogance gone amok
+ The Crooked E
+ Lehman brothers: Chapt 11
+ Advanced accounting shenanigans don't create value
+ Fascinating bio of Enron for the layman, though a bit over-dramatized
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art126 reviews
Scott Mccloud
Harper Paperbacks, 1994
Brilliant Book!
+ Reading between the lines
+ Great!
+ A Brilliant Look at the Psychology, Physiology, and Effectiveness of Comic Strips and Books
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The Physics of Superheroes16 reviews
James Kakalios
Gotham, 2006
The Physics of Superheros
+ awsome!!
+ An interesting way to approach a complex subject
+ Entertainment and Physics; not an oxymoron
+ gift idea
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Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror 484 reviews
Richard Clarke
Free Press, 2004
History, Not Politics Anymore
+ Against all enemies
+ Informative. But a bit "I came, I saw, I conquered"
+ An Integral Part Of Our History.
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers358 reviews
Mary Roach
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Fascinating Read! Well Researched and Goes into Great Detail of Options for Those Thinking of Donating Their Corpse to Science!
+ Could not put it down!
+ Interesting and entertaining
+ Wow!
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The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood68 reviews
David Simon, Edward Burns
Broadway, 1998
The Corner, maybe the most relevant book on the topic
+ Like The Wire except with real people!
+ The Devastating Truth
+ Not for everyone but great for those seeking a different view
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Homicide62 reviews
David Simon
Ballantine Books, 1993
Well written and very accessible, highly recommended
+ Great Book
+ Great book
+ Like You Were There
+ Homicide
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Still Me89 reviews
Christopher Reeve
Ballantine Books, 1999
"One unlucky moment"
+ Heartfelt Inspiration!
+ goosebumps
+ Still Me by Christopher Reeve
+ Life changing book
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco87 reviews
Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
Collins Business, 2003
A Big Deal
+ Better than "Wall Street"
+ Ladies And Gentlemen, The 1980s!!!
Barbarians at the Gate is a classic of the business book genre, and with the private equity boom we have seen in the last couple of years, it is still as relevant as it was when it came twenty years ago. It is the story or some extremely unlikable rich people brought low by equally unsavory, but ...
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1776654 reviews
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2006
The Struggle of an Infant Nation
+ Popular History That Reads Like Suspense
+ A very intelligent account of 1776
+ Remarkable Historical Account
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Still Me89 reviews
Christopher Reeve
Ballantine Books, 1999
"One unlucky moment"
+ Heartfelt Inspiration!
+ goosebumps
+ Still Me by Christopher Reeve
+ Life changing book
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron129 reviews
Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind
Portfolio Trade, 2004
Corporate arrogance gone amok
+ The Crooked E
+ Lehman brothers: Chapt 11
+ Advanced accounting shenanigans don't create value
+ Fascinating bio of Enron for the layman, though a bit over-dramatized
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The Physics of Superheroes16 reviews
James Kakalios
Gotham, 2006
The Physics of Superheros
+ awsome!!
+ An interesting way to approach a complex subject
+ Entertainment and Physics; not an oxymoron
+ gift idea
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The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood68 reviews
David Simon, Edward Burns
Broadway, 1998
The Corner, maybe the most relevant book on the topic
+ Like The Wire except with real people!
+ The Devastating Truth
+ Not for everyone but great for those seeking a different view
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Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror484 reviews
Richard Clarke
Free Press, 2004
History, Not Politics Anymore
+ Against all enemies
+ Informative. But a bit "I came, I saw, I conquered"
+ An Integral Part Of Our History.
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art126 reviews
Scott Mccloud
Harper Paperbacks, 1994
Brilliant Book!
+ Reading between the lines
+ Great!
+ A Brilliant Look at the Psychology, Physiology, and Effectiveness of Comic Strips and Books
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Homicide62 reviews
David Simon
Ballantine Books, 1993
Well written and very accessible, highly recommended
+ Great Book
+ Great book
+ Like You Were There
+ Homicide
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1776654 reviews
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2006
The Struggle of an Infant Nation
+ Popular History That Reads Like Suspense
+ A very intelligent account of 1776
+ Remarkable Historical Account
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