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Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me, Howie Mandel.
He opens with a story about being "outed" on Howard Stern. Pretty funny, horrifying and intriguing at the same time. At six bucks, easy choice. $12 for the ebook, never would have bought it.
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Been ploughing through the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, just on Mostly Harmless.
Probably just me, since most seem to enthuse about these books, but I can't see the point. Which
is odd, since I rather like Pratchett.
Still one thing with the Kindle, with the amount of stuff that I've picked up whilst on special offer I have
choice in what to read next.
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HBR's 10 Must Read -- On Managing People.
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| John-Boy wrote: | Been ploughing through the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, just on Mostly Harmless.
Probably just me, since most seem to enthuse about these books, but I can't see the point. |
I'm with you. I liked the first book OK enough. After that, it was difficult. I don't think I finished. Much the same with LOTR.
| John-Boy wrote: | Still one thing with the Kindle, with the amount of stuff that I've picked up whilst on special offer I have
choice in what to read next. |
What kind of deals are you seeing? That I can get new hardcover for <$10on the discount shelf and <=$4 used, I've found the prospect of paying $15 for an ebook a non-starter.
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The Man from Beijing ~ Henning Mankell
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| pjp wrote: | | What kind of deals are you seeing? |
Aside from the freebies, Amazon (UK) normally have a sale on around Christmas/Easter. I stocked up a few titles for 99p, which
I'm hacking through.
Random selection, some science, history - odds and ends (Run! was pretty good). Looking at 'Empire of the Summer Moon', next.
Wouldn't pay full price for an ebook mind, even with DRM removed
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Cool. I'll have to keep that in mind. I recently bought about 20 used paperbacks, so I've got some time.
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| John-Boy wrote: | Been ploughing through the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, just on Mostly Harmless.
Probably just me, since most seem to enthuse about these books, but I can't see the point. Which
is odd, since I rather like Pratchett. |
Aww, sadface. HHGG is such an amazing series, though! (Alas, poor Agrajag...)
I've been rereading the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate recently, and am on book 41 ("The Familiar").
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Charles Dickens - A Tale Of Two Cities.
I'm usually a non fiction guy, but felt like reading like old school literature. |
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The No Asshole Rule
Building a Civilized Workplace
and Surviving One That Isn't
Gotta love the discount shelf.
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Also, Legacies, F. Paul Wilson. Decided to take a break from non-fiction.
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The Darwin Economy
The Origins of Political Order
The Business side of Creativity
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| pjp wrote: | The No Asshole Rule
Building a Civilized Workplace
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Gotta love the discount shelf. |
You know, Picked that up a while ago, discount too - been meaning to read it.
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| codergeek42 wrote: | | Aww, sadface. HHGG is such an amazing series, though! (Alas, poor Agrajag...) |
I can see the humour in places, it's just that the plot seemed to be almost an afterthought. I don't know - it's me 
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| T.C. Boyle - When The Killing's Done |
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| John-Boy wrote: | | pjp wrote: | The No Asshole Rule
Building a Civilized Workplace
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Gotta love the discount shelf. |
You know, Picked that up a while ago, discount too - been meaning to read it. |
The first dozen or so pages were interesting, I just wanted to read some fiction. I'll pick it up again after Legacies.
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When Hitler Took Austria ~ Kurt & Janet von Schuschnigg
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 
This is actual one of the best Pratchett I read so far...
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Papazian's Joy of Homebrewing, 3ed.
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Fifty Shades of Grey
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| charly wrote: | | Fifty Shades of Grey |
Noooooooooo...
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Fundamentals of object oriented design in UML.
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| Shadow Skill wrote: | | Fundamentals of object oriented design in UML. |
Ugh. That sounds awful.
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| doubleagent wrote: | | Shadow Skill wrote: | | Fundamentals of object oriented design in UML. |
Ugh. That sounds awful. |
I skipped the UML sections for now. I just finished reading the beginning which is mostly definitions and history. Right now I'm in the section that defines various types of coupling.
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F. Paul Wilson - Deep As The Marrow
Gotta say, not getting into it. Haven't read too much of it yet.
I had no idea what it was about back then. But I don't understand the problem about a book that inspires women to get their kink on.
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