Archive for 'Books' Category

The Last Star of the East: Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia and Her Films by Akiko Testuya (2005)

1 January 2007

I don’t know what took me so long to read this book, I bought it a while back and had meant to read it, but somehow it moved back in my bookshelf, but on my trip back to Cleveland for XMAS I took it and read most of it on the flight back. It is [...]

The Unknown Story Mao by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday

1 December 2006

I am already a fan of Jun Chang, having loved her book WILD SWANS which I read years back. I am also an amateur Sinologist, and for years have been interested in all Chinese History, but certainly also reading a lot on the communist years and Chairman Mao. I have read many books on the [...]

The History of Martha’s Vineyard by Arthur Railton (2006)

29 October 2006

Amazing to me that growing up on Marthas Vineyard I never learned the history of the place. They should really have a local history class, and this book should be the textbook. My mom bought me this when I was on Marthas Vineyard this year and we were at the Historical Society. Honestly I was [...]

Conservatives Without Conscience by John W. Dean (2006)

11 August 2006

Before talking about this book, I have to preface by saying I am heavily progressive in my politics, and like other progressives I support the advancement of worker’s rights and social justice and heavily support the welfare system and anti-trust laws, which seam to be going away with this administration. Now as for this book, [...]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowlings (2005)

20 July 2005

And to think after the 5th Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I was considering giving up on Harry Potter because I hated the whiny new Harry from that book. I swear all he did was whine. Well I have to say this book is different. It is excellent and [...]

The Aubrey Maturin Series by Patrick O’Brian

22 June 2005

Today I finished book 20 of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey / Maturin novels. I couldn’t put stop reading these books from the first one, which I read after seeing the film MASTER AND COMMANDER: FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD. The series is complete, though of course I would have loved more, but then of course O’Brian [...]

Revolution in the Valley, The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac was Made by Andy Hertzfeld (2005)

4 April 2005

Wow. This is an absolute must have for any Mac Head, or especially any self professed Mac Geek like I am. This is the inside story of the creation of the Macintosh from one of it’s original creators. I have read every book on Apple that there is, and this is by far the best [...]