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The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colon
Hill and Wang, 2006
A straightforward, full-color graphic novel adaptation
The 9/11 Report is a straightforward, full-color graphic novel adaptation of the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Featuring a foreword Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, the Chair and Vice Chair of the 9/11 ...
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Roland Barthes
Hill and Wang, 1982
shocked
I am somewhat stunned and dismayed by the negative reviews of this book. In fact, it has seem to elicit a sense of vitriol in some.
It is a brilliant book. How does one state simply such a complicated phenomenon. One doesn't. Those who rated this book so poorly ...
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Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
John Allen Paulos
Hill and Wang, 2008
One more voice of reason
I thoroughly enjoyed the audio-book version of Irreligion. Paulos does a fine job dismantling religious arguments while keeping it light and funny. The narrator is thoroughly delightful in his presentation; it sounded as if he was having a lot of fun delivering the ...
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After 9/11: America's War on Terror (2001- )
Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colon
Hill and Wang, 2008
Having made The 9/11 Commission Report understandable for everyone, the award-winning, bestselling graphic novel team of Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón use all their considerable talents to explain the post-9/11 world. Working from news reports drawn from multiple international media, Jacobson and Colón depict the critical events, decision makers, ...
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Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
John Allen Paulos
Hill and Wang, 2001
Very good book
I felt like I knew about numbers before the book, and now I realize that I need to review and study numbers! I asked a bunch of friends about some of the simple problems in the book and found that many of them could not figure it out! Definitely read this
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Mythologies
Roland Barthes
Hill and Wang, 1972
A must for old-school Marxists and modern rhetoricians
In Mythologies, Barthes offers a series of snapshots with titles such as "Plastic," "Striptease," "Toys," "The World of Wrestling," and "Operation Margarine." His aim is to reveal the ideological abuse hidden in these myths, which are manufactured to read as reality. ...
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)
Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
A Horrific Account of the Nightmare of the Holocaust
This short book, which is largely autobiographical, reads like a nightmare. It will shake you, even if you are fully aware of the evils of the Holocaust. This book should be required reading in high school or college. In this book, mankind is forced to confront the ...
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Changes in the Land, Revised Edition: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
William Cronon
Hill and Wang, 2003
A seminal work
William Cronon's book was a seminal effort in 1983 that established a new way of thinking about history. It has stood the test of time. The book describes the modes and manner of the ecological impacts that English settlers had on the New England landscape in the ...
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The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Day
Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2008
A Must Read
This is a must read - for everyone! A real, raw and riviting account of Ellie Wiesel's personal experience during the Holocaust. Starting when no one believed the pending danger of war... to the formation of ghettos and finally life in a concentration camp. His ...
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All But My Life
Gerda Weissmann Klein
Hill and Wang, 1995
Survial of the Human Spirit~A deeply moving story.
This is one of the first Holocaust survival stories that I read. It is by far one that has stayed with me in the most detail.
What a strong girl Gerda is. she was told to never give up her boots and in the end it is one thing that saved her life after marching in a ...
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For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War
Melvyn P. Leffler
Hill and Wang, 2008
Outstanding hstorical perspective
This was one of those books that "pulled it all together." I lived thorough these times, this is my history. However, Leffler was able to tell the story so it had meaning and clarity. He did a great job of showing both sides of the story.
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
Elizabeth A. Fenn
Hill and Wang, 2002
Pox Americana: A Unique Blend of Storytelling and Critical Analysis of America's Smallpox Epidemic.
Elizabeth Fenn synthesizes an outstanding concoction of accounts into a cohesive narrative of smallpox's movement across North America. Her account sheds new light on a field relatively untouched by historians. Infusing modern insight into historic accounts, Fenn ...
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American Slavery: 1619-1877
Peter Kolchin
Hill and Wang, 2003
Outstanding Survey of American Slavery
Kolchin offers his book as a concise, readable synthesis of the movements in the historiography of slavery in the United States. Influenced by the movement toward social and cultural history, he devotes considerable attention to slave life in the antebellum south and ...
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Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak
Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Hill and Wang, 2006
Excellent discussion of Hubbert and his technical exposition
Deffeyes has written an excellent book on M K Hubbert's 1969 published predictions for future world oil production.The most interesting chapter is chapter 3.It covers the basic logistics model that Hubbert showed fit the data like a glove fitting your hand.Deffeyes ...
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Image-Music-Text
Roland Barthes
Hill and Wang, 1978
STRONGLY recommended for anyone with insomnia
Roland Barthes strikes me as an unreliable logician and a philosopher that one should be wary of. His premises are largely unsupported (or supported only weakly) and his statements often paradoxical or vastly generalized. His vocabulary is of such an unnecessarily ...
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