The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wasn't sure what to expect with this novel, as many of MacLean's books tend to be a bit "fluffy" for me, but I wasn't disappointed with his efforts on this one. Of course, like many, I'd seen the film when I …
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Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've never read about such a group of immature, whiny, backstabbing losers in my life! To think that some reviewers consider them brilliant is really pretty funny. They were mediocre thinkers with mediocre talent who …
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Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett My rating: 3 of 5 stars It pains me to give a Discworld novel a less than stellar rating, but I found this one lacking in some way. It started out promisingly -- the wizards at Unseen University find that in order to keep a sizable endowment, they must play …
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Don't Call Me Goon: Hockey's Greatest Enforcers, Gunslingers, and Bad Boys by Greg Oliver My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is about hockey enforcers and their fights. It goes back to the early years of the early twentieth century and highlights many, many players. Let me tell you, for those of you who …
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael A. Hiltzik My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve heard of Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) for years now and of its importance, but this book really drove home just what a critical place PARC was for the development of …
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