If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or email alerts. Thanks for visiting!Graphic books deserve graphic reviews, right? Alison Bechdel does exactly that for Jane Vandenburgh’s A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century in the New York Times [via].
August 3rd, 2008
Book promotion by reading aloud
“There are 8,000 nerve endings in the clitoris and this son of a bitch couldn’t find one of them.” Book publisher promotes book by making random people in Central Park reading that first line from the book. I love the last guy who reads it as if it is a compliment.
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May 29th, 2008
Perils of Loyalty as Employment Criteria
“Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
…seemed to be the inspiration for Scott McClellan as is evident from its preface for writing his latest book eviscerating the Bush White House. Ranging from labeling the Iraq war as a ‘major blunder’ to the ‘constant campaign state’ as opposed to governing, McClellan [...]
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May 19th, 2008
Gladwell’s Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of books like Blink and The Tipping Point will soon be releasing his latest book, Outliers: Why Some People Succeed and Some Don’t. The book deals with understanding what makes high-achievers different and how much does their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing matter. One [...]
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May 19th, 2008
Turning the Pages
Powered by Adobe Shockwave plugin, this scanned archive of rare books at the British Library lets you turn pages to browse through the books. Books include the oldest printed book, the Diamond Sutra printed in China in 868. Pretty cool.
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May 10th, 2008
List of Book Reviews in the sidebar
I have listed and reviewed books I’ve read in My Library at Google Book Search. The list has a RSS feed too. Any idea how to list the five recently reviewed books in my sidebar without using WordPress widgets?
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March 1st, 2008
Thoughts on India After Gandhi
Given the number of blog posts, magazine (and journal) articles, and news reports I read these days, I had almost given up on books with more than 300 pages often citing attention deficit as a lame excuse, as compared to other people who seem to chew on books like a raging bull. But when I [...]
Patrix | Books, History, India | 3 Comments »
November 13th, 2007
The Five Point Someone Movie
Why the fuck would Shah Rukh Khan be considered for role of an IIT student? Thankfully, it isn’t happening. Can’t Bollywood can’t look beyond the current crop of ’stars’ even if the casting choices make no sense? Be it cricket or Bollywood, India’s top two passions, don’t you think we lack the guts to look [...]
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October 22nd, 2007
Bloggers printing their blogs
Scott Adams, the Dilbert cartoonist and insanely funny blogger has compiled some of best posts into a book. His book, Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice hit the shelves today. I have read most of his funny posts so will I go out and buy the book? Probably yes.
Couple of Indian [...]
Patrix | Books, Weblogs | 2 Comments »
July 23rd, 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Review
[Guest-post by Ash]
[Spoiler alert]
Only one book was pre-ordered for our apartment, so P and I tussled over who would get to read the book first. We decided on a coin toss and I won. I think fortune favored me because I had spent every free minute of the last week reading books 1 through 6 [...]
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Movies I've Watched...
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2009-06-21 15:30
Michael Cera is the only bright spark in an otherwise listless comedy.
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2009-06-10 19:00
Love political movies so loved this one too. Frank Langella plays a terrific Nixon.
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2009-06-05 16:45
Outrageously funny. Not recommended for watching with your kids or parents.
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