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- Brewing Up a Business (6)
- Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- By Sam Calagione
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Reading since Jan 13, 2012
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- A Dance with Dragons (1004)
- (A Song of Ice & Fire, Book 5)
- By George R.R. Martin
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Reading since Jul 2011
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- Midnight Tides (13)
- (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 5)
- By Steven Erikson
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Reading since Nov 4, 2010
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- The Perfect Swarm (7)
- The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
- By Len Fisher
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Finished on Jan 12, 2012
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- The Shibumi Strategy (1)
- A Powerful Way to Create Meaningful Change
- By Matthew E. May
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Finished on Nov 30, 2011
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- Crashes, Crises, and Calamities (1)
- How We Can Use Science to Read the Early-Warning Signs
- By Len Fisher
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Finished on Nov 30, 2011
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- Rock, Paper, Scissors (11)
- Game Theory in Everyday Life
- By Len Fisher
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Finished on Nov 25, 2011
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- The Courage to Write (4)
- How Writers Transcend Fear
- By Ralph Keyes
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Finished on Sep 7, 2011
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- The Glamour of Grammar (11)
- A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
- By Roy Peter Clark
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Finished on Jun 21, 2011
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- Half Empty (2)
- By David Rakoff
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Finished on Jun 13, 2011
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- Alexander the Great and His Time (2)
- (Dorset Oress Reprints Series)
- By Agnes Savill
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Finished on Jun 3, 2011
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- Talent Is Overrated (46)
- What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
- By Geoff Colvin
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Finished on May 29, 2011
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- The Wise Man's Fear (147)
- (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 2)
- By Patrick Rothfuss
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Finished on May 16, 2011
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- How the Mind Works (136)
- By Steven Pinker
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Finished on May 7, 2011
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- The Name Of The Wind (251)
- By Patrick Rothfuss
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Finished on May 1, 2011
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Second read through, before The Wise Man's Fear. A better read the second time, can pick out the little clues that Pat placed for the next two books.
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The Wise Man's Fear
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200 pages in: I finally realize what it is about Rothfuss's style that draws me into his stories like no other author: he doesn't care so much about set pieces, big action scenes, or melodrama. He is more concerned with the mental, or psychological, aspect of human hardships, and how there is alwa ... (continue)
200 pages in: I finally realize what it is about Rothfuss's style that draws me into his stories like no other author: he doesn't care so much about set pieces, big action scenes, or melodrama. He is more concerned with the mental, or psychological, aspect of human hardships, and how there is always a constant war between what the main character knows he should do and what the world forces him to do.
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