This short fictitious tale is quite wonderful and very easy (both in content & size) to read & re-read to your heart's content.
I would suggest reading this tale of tales once during a long New England winter and then again during a summer heat wave.
Why? Because it is very interesting how your hatred towards February changes with the seasons.
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
by Bill McKibben Times Books
Our Price: $24.00
For once, someone gives a solution to the problem of Global Warming. Though the solutions might not be easy, the Eaarth that McKibben describes actually sounds better than the current Earth we live on (as long as we make the changes that need to be made). Hunker down. Get Local. Read this book and pass it on.
I had a chance to go to this show at MAD museum of art and design the last time I was in NYC. Why didn’t I go? I wrote down the wrong address and they are closed on Mondays. I kick myself every time I walk by this catalog. Check it out and you’ll see why.
The Small Stakes: Music Posters
by Jason Munn Chronicle Books Llc
Our Price: $24.95
It’s weird. If you were my friend & flipped to pg. 173 you would see a poster I have in my living room. Why is this weird? Well, when I picked up this book & flipped to pg. 173 I didn’t think I would see something I own. I didn’t know that the poster I bought was designed by Jason Munn & printed at The Small Stakes. I know now! The posters in this book are beautiful & the coolest thing? A lot of them are available to buy at thesmallstakes.com for the same price as this book! I might have to get me another...
Maybe it’s because I was a really quiet kid, or maybe I just really dig the drawings. Either way, this is a really cute book that is sure to charm the loudest or quietest kid.
Nothing: A Very Short Introduction
by Frank Close Oxford Univ Pr
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The Ten Commandments of Typograpy
by Paul Felton Merrell
Our Price: $22.95
A beautifully done and really fun book on typography and the battle between the "right" & "wrong" way of designing and setting type. Plus a list // graph of those who followed, created and broke the rules.
I have only read two Christopher Moore books... Lamb and Fool. Both are amazing. The great thing about Fool is that although it is a take on Shakespeare's King Lear, Moore isn't just making a comedic retelling. Fool is its own story, and it is funny, sad, and amazing. I wish I hadn't finished reading it just so I could still be reading it.
I can't stop thinking about this book. It's a haunting tale, and one could claim it to be a postmodern Frankenstein or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I guess that's a good comparison, but the comparison to classics doesn't account for why I can't stop thinking about it. I still can't determine how I feel about the events that took place. Every event has two sides a positive and a negative... or a black and a white. Eventually most people realize that nothing is so simple... so right or so wrong. The world becomes a gray zone. This novel is no different except for the fact that the main character only understands the two ends of the spectrum and absolutely no shades of gray. Yet he is the ultimate morally, ethically, religiously, scientifically gray. This makes him creepy, scary, sad and unforgettable.
Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin
by Kenny Shopsin Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Not a traditional cookbook, Eat Me becomes more about the story behind the food than the food itself, a readable cookbook where tales are intertwined with recipes and snapshots. This is the funniest and most honest non-cookbook ever. The family life of the Shopsin's is compelling and insightful. Plus the recipes are really awesome. 24 pages devoted to PANCAKES! And everyone knows pancakes are delicious.
