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Cookbooks
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Man cannot live by great thoughts alone, he must have food. I love to eat and I love to cook and I love to read cookbooks. My favorites are the ones with lots of background info and serious cooking poodah (FOODPOODAH? Here are a few:. Joy of Cooking, Irma Rombauer. Joy of Cooking, Irma S. Rombauer and Marion R. Becker. This is the new one (spiral bound). I hope I'll get to read it at length. The New Basics, Julie Rosso and Sheila Lukins. Real Barbeque, Greg Johnson and Vince Staten. If you have suggestio...
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Science Fiction Books
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Science Fiction and Fantasy. Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1), Frank Herbert. One of the all-time great science fiction books. Book 1, that is. Full of life-style adaptations required to live on an almost waterless world. Dune was made into an annoying movie. I found Book 2 almost unreadable. I've heard that Book 3 is better, almost as good as Book 1. The Mote in God's Eye, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The Gormenghast Trilogy, Mervyn Peake. Benny Goodman to the clarinet? Somebody help me out, here.].
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Other Books
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Scandalmonger, by William Safire. Purple Dots, by PBS's Jim Lehrer. The cauldron: Washington,D.C. - The ingredients: cynical politicians, ambitious aides, a commune of retired CIA spooks - The result: enjoyable reading for those who like intrigue and are familiar with the center of the universe - "DC". Nominated by Friends of BOOKPOODAH for THE Must-Read-to-be-Considered-Educated category. A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Burton G. Malkiel. On The Sensations of Tone, Hermann Helmholtz.
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The Miracle Yoda Stump
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The Miracle Yoda Stump. He has led a law-abiding, although somewhat disjointed (his word) life in various locales which he declines to identify. I was splitting this big-a* log, must've been three feet long, as gnarly as Yoda over there," he begins his story, "Really havin' a devil of a time - had three wedges and a splittin' maul stuck in it - I'd been at it for about an hour and a half. I was killin' myself," said Peckinpah, sitting down on the Yoda bust. That's where I got the Force! Yeah, man," said ...
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Important Books
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Books I Actually Finished and Consider Important. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, C.MacKay and A.Tobias. You English Words, John Moore. The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson. (paperback). The Covenant, James Michener. I suppose I should do some research before publishing this review. I should consult the opinions of professional historians, probably. What I am about to say may be total nonsense, but this is my page, so what the heck? And thought it a very fine book, indeed. What a s...
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Off the Grid Books
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Books for those who want to get off the grid. Finding and Buying Your Place In The Country, Les and Carol Scher. The Straw Bale House, Swentzell, et al. Build Your Dream House For A Song, David Cook. Four Season Harvest, Eliot Coleman. Straight-Ahead Organic, Shepherd Ogden. A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson(paperback). Herbs, Lesley Bremness. An excellent field guide to useful herbs. If you like the Adirondacks, check out this site of beautiful photos: Outdoor Photography.
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Miscellaneous Books
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Books I Actually Finished and Loved But Have Not Yet Classified. Making the World Safe for Existence, Doren Slade. This book, please realise, is an academic work, written for. Salient points: the church does not sponsor them (a BIG surprise! Is the essence of the community. Thus the name of the book, I think. Under the Colors, Milovan Djilas. Joseph Brant,1743-1807,Man of Two Worlds, Isabel Thompson Kelsay. Runaway Horses, Yukio Mishima. See the Long Review. History of the Mongol Empire,.
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Wonderful Books
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Not As Important, But Wonderful Reading. King of the Confessors, Thomas Hoving. What's it like to be the head curator for one of the world's greatest art museums? A lot more exciting than you might think. In this book, Hoving recounts a years-long investigation into the authenticity of a medieval artifact of great value. It is just absolutely fascinating! I haven't read the two books below, but I intend to do so, based on my experience with "King of the Confessors". Making the Mummies Dance, Thomas Hoving.
