Reading: _India: A History_

Filed under: Books — jac @ March 7, 2010 - 11:20 am

Currently Reading:
India: A History – John Keay

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Patrick O’Brian — Aubrey Maturin Series

Filed under: Books — jac @ February 23, 2010 - 10:00 pm

Master and Commander
Post Captain
H.M.S. Surprise
The Mauritius Command
Desolation Island
The Fortune of War
The Surgeon’s Mate
The Ionian Mission
176 Treason’s Harbour
The Far Side of the World
The Reverse of the Medal
The Letter of Marque


Biography

Filed under: Books — jac @ February 16, 2010 - 7:00 pm

Isaac Newton – James Gleick
Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorized Biography of T.E. Lawrence – Jeremy Wilson
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Race in Space – Eugene Cernan & Don Davis
Flight My Life in Mission Control – Christopher C. Kraft
Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond – Gene Kranz
Deke!: U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle – Donald K. Slayton, Michael Cassutt (Contributor)
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome’s Greatest Politician – Anthony Everitt
Caesar – Christian Meier
Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B. C.: A Historical Biography – Peter Green
Henry V – Christopher Allmand


Drums and Percussion

Filed under: Books, Drums and Percussion — jac @ February 15, 2010 - 4:35 pm

Stick Control: For the Snare Drummer – George Lawrence Stone
Advanced Techniques For The Modern Drummer – Jim Chapin


Terry Pratchett — Discworld Novels

Filed under: Books, Humor — jac @ February 2, 2010 - 6:02 pm

The Color of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Equal Rites
Mort
Sourcery
Wyrd Sisters
Pyramids
Guards! Guards!
Faust Eric
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man
Witches Abroad
Small Gods
Lords and Ladies
Men at Arms
Soul Music
Interesting Times
Maskerade
Feet of Clay
Hogfather
Jingo
The Last Continent


Food

Filed under: Books, Food — jac @ February 2, 2010 - 6:01 pm

I’m Just Here for the Food: Version 2.0 – Alton Brown
Iron Chef: The Official Book – Kaoru Hoketsu (Translator), Fuji Television, Kabushiki (Editor)


Nonfiction

Filed under: Books — jac @ February 2, 2010 - 5:59 pm

Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything – Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner


Kim Stanley Robinson

Filed under: Books — jac @ January 15, 2010 - 8:37 pm

Antarctica
The Martians
The Years of Rice and Salt

Three Californias (Orange County trilogy, Orange County triptych)

The Wild Shore
The Gold Coast
Pacific Edge

The Mars trilogy

Red Mars
Green Mars
Blue Mars

Science in the Capital

Forty Signs of Rain
Fifty Degrees Below
Sixty Days and Counting


Humor

Filed under: Books, Humor — jac @ January 9, 2010 - 8:39 am

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction – the writers of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart
I Am America (And So Can You!) – Stephen Colbert
Groovitude: A Get Fuzzy Treasury – Darby Conley
Pearls Before Swine : BLTs Taste So Darn Good – Stephan Pastis
A Year at the Movies: One Man’s Filmgoing Odyssey – Kevin Murphy
Mike Nelson’s Death Rat! : A Novel – Michael J. Nelson
Mike Nelson’s Movie Megacheese – Michael J. Nelson
Mike Nelson’s Mind over Matters – Mike Nelson
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide – Trace Beaulieu


Dan Simmons

Filed under: Books — jac @ December 15, 2009 - 9:57 pm

The Hollow Man
The Terror

The Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
The Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
The Rise of Endymion

Ilium/Olympos

“Helen of Troy awakes just before dawn to the sound of air raid sirens.” — A killer opening line, from Dan Simmons’ Olympos. If that piques your interest, you’ll want to start out by reading Ilium.

Ilium
Olympos


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