Fri, 30 Jun 2006
Books // at 07:33
Wanted List
Step one: identify the books I think I'd like. Not that this helps much, since most of the books I read or buy are “books of opportunity.” I guess I could try using Amazon's wish list. Maybe some rich benefactor will surprise me!
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A New Kind of Science |
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Art of Deception |
Recent Purchase
Step 2: The growing pile of new books next to the bed, waiting to be read:
Currently Reading
Step 3: Far too many books being read at once! Does http://allconsuming.net/ work, or should I stick to maintaining my own list here with the booklist plugin? [ RDF ]
Recent Readings
...and the books that I've actually got around to reading in 2008, 2007, 2006, then older still...
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The Architecture of Happiness, Alain de Botton |
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Slowly Down the Ganges, Eric Newby |
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Who Goes Here?, Bob Shaw |
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, Mark Kurlansky |
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Secrets and Lies, Bruce Schneier |
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The Transparent Society, David Brin |
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The New Nature, Tim Low |
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Baudolino, Umberto Eco |
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Reflections of a Marine Venus, Laurence Durrell |
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On the Shores of the Mediterranean, Eric Newby |
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Love and War in the Apennines, Eric Newby |
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Accidental Empires, Robert X. Cringely |
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Whirlwind, James Clavell |
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The Emperor's Codes, Michael Smith |
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A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, Chris Stewart |
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Warrior Class, Dale Brown |
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Zodiac, Neal Stephenson |
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The Hope, Herman Wouk |
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Patriot Games, Tom Clancy |
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Tour de France: The History, the Legend, the Riders, Graeme Fife |
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French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour De France, Tim Moore |
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Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco |
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Gerald Durrell — The Authorised Biography, Douglas Botting |
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Neuromancer, William Gibson |
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The View From Docker's Hill, J. M. McMillan |
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Struggletown, Janet McCalman |
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The Gobbler, Adrian Edmondson |
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The Beach, Alex Garland |
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High Fidelity, Nick Hornby |
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Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson |
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Forever Free, Joe Haldeman |
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It's Not About the Bike, Lance Armstrong |
