Top 10 Best Books For Inquiring Minds Books We have done a number of previous book lists that have featured some very popular books. It seems, with Christmas just around the corner, that we ought to do a special list of books that are perfect as gifts for the kinds of people that frequent out site – people seeking after new knowledge and trivia. This list is books is hand picked by me for no reason other than I have either read them and enjoyed them, or they have been extremely big sellers amongst our readers. Be sure to buy some for your friends or loved ones, or buy one for yourself for some reading over the Christmas break. The Greatest Stories Never Told Rick Beyer Buy this book from Amazon This is history candy — the good stuff. Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things Charles Panati Buy this book at Amazon If you enjoy trivia and unusual facts, then Charles Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, is the perfect book. Book of Secrets Thomas Eaton Buy this book at Amazon The Book of General Ignorance Bill Bryson Bonus
80 Online Resources for Book Lovers | KevinBondelli.com: Youth Vote, Technology, Politics This was originally a post from last year from another blog that I no longer keep. I figured I would post it on here since it was fairly popular and wasn’t available online. Social Networking for Book Lovers 1. LibraryThing is probably my favorite book-related resource on the web. 2. 3. 4. 5. E-books 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. Online Bookstores 43. 44. 45. 46. Find the Best Prices for Books 47. 48. 49. Audiobooks 50. 51. 52. 53. Study Guides and Summaries 54. 55. Library Resources 56. 57. Bibliography and Research 58. 59. 60. 61. Book Exchanges/Swapping 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. Online Documents 73. 74. What to Read 75. 76. 77. Miscellaneous 78. 79. 80.
Book Country: Discover New Fiction with the Genre Map Publishers, booksellers, and readers describe books by their literary categories, or genres. It's how books are placed in stores and sold online. We created the Genre Map to help you find the right genre for your book. Roll over the map with your cursor to see the different genres. Some categories, such as women's fiction, stand alone. Please contact us if there's a category you'd like to see on the Genre Map. 11 Most Ironically Banned Books Of All Time Saturday, September 26th through Saturday, October 3rd is the 27th annual National Banned Books Week, a week that opposes censorship, the Thought Police, and closeted gay "family values" types who sublimate their man-on-man urges through rampant and vigorous homophobia. Long time readers of this website will know I hate three things: Internet commenters who misuse your and you're... hypocrisy... and you're mom. Today's list is going after hypocrisy. (It would go after your mom, but her ass is too big to fit anything after it.) I searched through lists of books that have been banned at one time or another (mostly in the U.S.), and found the ones whose bans were the most hypocritical, ignorant, and, based on the content of the books, ironic. 1. This gets the number one spot because, ya know, it's an entire novel about the future government banning (and burning) books because they could inspire critical thought. 2. 3. 4. How did the Ayatollah react when the book came out? 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Martin Scorsese's Film School: The 85 Films You Need To See To Know Anything About Film Interviewing Martin Scorsese is like taking a master class in film. Fast Company’s four-hour interview with the director for the December-January cover story was ostensibly about his career, and how he had been able to stay so creative through years of battling studios. But the Hugo director punctuated everything he said with references to movies: 85 of them, in fact, all listed below. Some of the movies he discussed (note: the descriptions for these are below in quotes, denoting his own words). Others he just mentioned (noted below with short plot descriptions and no quotes). But the cumulative total reflects a life lived entirely within the confines of movie making, from his days as a young asthmatic child watching a tiny screen in Queens, New York to today, when Scorsese is as productive as he’s ever been in his career–and more revered than ever by the industry that once regarded him as a troublesome outsider. The Band Wagon: “It’s my favorite of the Vincente Minnelli musicals. Mr.
Wikibooks Well, At Least There Was Good Stuff to Read: The Books of the Decade | Books Anybody remember how anxious and thrilled we were in those last months of the 20th century? When we weren't at war and we had a budget surplus and it looked like Al Gore would be president? The prospect of a 21st century filled with new technologies, new art and literature loomed large and bright. But now, as we look back at what was decidedly a shitty decade for an incredible variety of people in an equally incredible variety of ways (evictions/invasions/bombings/etc), it's surprisingly hard to be pessimistic about the books that assessed, satirized, dramatized and distracted us from the events of the past 10 years. Goethe said that the decline of a nation's literature is the precursor to that nation's fall, and with this look back at the books that defined the decade, we'd like to tell Goethe to suck it. Almost in spite of ourselves, we're still writing, translating, publishing and even occasionally buying good books in this country.
Cal in the Capital | UC Berkeley After a sleepless night flight, pillow-less and having been unable to recline my seat, I arrived in Washington DC. It was a quiet Monday morning, and it was Memorial Day. It would also be the first time I would set foot on the East Coast in my memory (I was stroller aged the last time I had been here). Because of family's extreme hospitality, I was quickly settled into the UCDC center with everything I could need and more. Despite the advantage of having a smartphone, I got lost on my way there. In summary, my first week of DC was filled with unexpected rain (taught me to check the weather), being perpetually lost (taught me to check my iphone and not rely on landmarks such as brick buildings or grassy circles with statues), and delightfully kind strangers. Through more wandering, tasty discoveries (the gelato!)