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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel
Dai Sijie
Anchor, 2002
entertaining
+ Worth the reading!
+ Re-education for dummies
fast, easy read. Liked the characters, made you think, laugh, and smile. Overall an
enjoyable read.
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Generation What?: Dispatches from the Quarter-Life Crisis
Speck Press, 2007
Generation what?
As a person in their late 20's, i could personally relate to many of the topics in these essays. I enjoyed the book very much, because rather than giving advice about or breaking down the "quarter-life crisis," this book just gives insight about what it's like to experience it.
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Chuck Klosterman
Scribner, 2004
brilliant, poignant and deliciously clever.
+ No flow but the essays individually are thought-provoking and halarious!
+ Fun in the Sun
+ Smart, witty, entertaining...
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Ficciones (English Translation)
Jorge Luis Borges
Grove Press, 1994
An ingenious labyrinthine narrative....
+ The labyrinth that consists of a single straight line
+ Borges is the original Neo (The Matrix)
+ So much more
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Runaway: Stories
Alice Munro
Knopf, 2004
Outstanding
+ remarkable
+ Real world translated into art
+ Wonderful stories
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
Charles Bukowski
Ecco, 2007
Great work from a disciplined writer
+ When men were men
+ More genius from Bukowski.
+ "Was I the only person who was distracted by this future without a chance?"
+ It's a hard knock life
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Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
Vermilion, 2002
Very easy to read and understand
+ Cheese-Intriguing Metaphor
+ Are You in a rut
I have heard about this book for many years but somehow never read it. I went through it recently and think it's a very easy-to-read book. The idea the author wants to express is straightforward and inspirational. It's a tiny story so I finish the book in very short time. But the idea the book ...
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Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Susan Faludi
Three Rivers Press, 2006
A more likeable Elizabeth Wurtzel?
I found this book interesting and well written, but maybe a bit over the top. Listening to Ms. Faludi's recent interview on [...], she's an intelligent and likeable person. She's also not afraid to tell you what she thinks...for a good 500 pages. This is an apparently well researched book, but not ...
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White Noise (Contemporary American Fiction)
Don DeLillo
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1986
Consumptive Consumerism
+ Hmmm....
+ Listen to the 'White Noise'
+ The Meaning of Life
+ The Toneless Systems
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ...
Crown Business, 2002
Management Take Notice
+ developing strategies that work
+ Get it done = What + How = Execution
+ The Discipline - Not the Art
+ Outstanding
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The Namesake: A Novel
Jhumpa Lahiri
Houghton Mifflin, 2003
Fun to read
+ Lovely and haunting
+ a good read
+ Self-Acceptance Is The Key (4.5 stars)
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The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham
Vintage, 2003
A Masterful Literary Creation
+ Full with the colors of the 1920's flamboyance
+ Amazon product
+ Making Our Way In the World
+ Enlightment journey very current today
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Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
Grove Press, 1992
fadeout
+ Beyond Good & Evil
+ "The man is never on time."
+ Brilliant
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Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership
Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
Jossey-Bass, 2003
Valuable book, also for social sector administrators
+ Reframing Organizations is very good!
+ This book was enlighting!
+ THE reference on organizational theory
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The Gypsy Man
Robert Bausch
Harvest Books, 2003
The Gypsy Man
+ Mesmerizing!
+ Engrossing page turner
+ A very worthwhile read!
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