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Knoedelseder, William Bitter Brew Nonfiction |
| William Knoedelseder's Bitter Brew, the story
of Anheuser-Busch and the Busch family, follows the family from the
founding of Anheuser-Busch to the company's rise in the market and
its eventual takeover. This is a fascinating and well-written story. Recommended June 2013 |
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Martinez, A. Lee Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain Science Fiction |
| Emperor Mollusk has spent his days conquering other worlds
of the universe. Now this mad genius has decided to retire, and could
not be more bored—that is, until half the universe, all at once, tries
to destroy him. If you are looking for a great, funny, exciting science
fiction read, then Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
by A. Lee Martinez is the book for you. Recommended April 2013 |
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Garfield, Simon On the Map Nonfiction |
| Simon Garfield's On the Map is one of the most
fascinating books I have ever read. On the Map is a collection
of true stories of maps, from the first known map in history to mapping
Mars and even the brain. The book also tells of true tales of how
a map in London stopped the spread of cholera, or how a map found
in a shop in Geneva started a huge controversy. I would recommend
this book to anyone who has a fondness for history and geography. Recommended March 2013 |
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Eagleman, David Sum Fiction |
| What happens in the afterlife? In David Eagleman’s book
Sum, we are given forty different answers. Eagleman takes
the reader through forty different tales of what he imagines the afterlife
is like. The tales are sad, happy, funny and hopeful. Each tale in
Sum is only about two or three pages long, yet they are all
thought-provoking and imaginatively written. Recommended February 2013 |
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Basara, Svetislav The Cyclist Conspiracy Fiction |
| Usually when I am asked to recommend a book I am pretty
good about giving a detailed description of what the book is about
and why I thought it was so well written. This is not the case with
the book The Cyclist Conspiracy. Written by Serbian author
Svetislav Basara and translated into English by Randall Major, The
Cyclist Conspiracy tells the story of a brotherhood who travel
throughout history influencing events. The story is told through drawings,
documents, letters, biographical stories and other writings that depict
what is happening throughout history. The book is not really one continuous
story, but more of a 'collected works' that include Sigmund Freud
and Arthur Conan Doyle. This is a hard book to describe, but -- take
my word for it -- this book is worth picking up. Recommended January 2013 |
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