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Talent Is Overrated»rank: 2307par: Geoff Colvin
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Eats, Shoots and Leaves»rank: 2789par: Lynne Truss
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Blue Ocean Strategy»rank: 3416par: W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne
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Maeve Binchy's Writers' Club»rank: 993par: Maeve Binchy
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Freakin' Fabulous: How to Dress, Speak, Behave, Eat, Drink, Entertain, Decorate, and Generally Be Better than Everyone Else»rank: 1613par: Clinton Kelly
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A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes»rank: 5135par: David Tanis
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The New Way Things Work»rank: 1386par: David Macaulay
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'ls it a fact--or have l dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?' lf you, like Nathaniel Hawthorne, are kept up at night wondering about how things work--from electricity to can openers--then you and your favorite kids shouldn't be a moment longer without David Macaulay's The New Way Things Work. The award-winning author-illustrator--a former architect and junior high school teacher--is perfectly poised to be the Great Explainer of the whirrings and ... |
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On Writing Well 30th Anniversary Edition»rank: 1663par: William K Zinsser
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Whether you write an occasional professional letter or a daily newspaper column, William Zinsser's 0n Writing Well should be required reading. Simplicity is Zinsser's mantra: he preaches a stripped-down writing style, strong and clear. He has no patience for excess (most use of adjectives and adverbs, he writes, just adds clutter) or tired phraseology (for instance, he'd like to outlaw all leads involving those 'future archaeologists' most often found 'stumbl[ing] upon the remains of our civilization'). He recommends that all writers of nonfiction read their work aloud (don't commit ... |
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The Oxford Companion to Wine»rank: 6218de: Oxford University Press
Chroniques et points de vue:From :With more than 3,000 entries on every aspect of wine from vine pests to specific grapes, this hefty tome has something for both the seasoned connoisseur and novice alike. Edited by one of today's premier wine columnists, the work covers all aspects of wine, travelling back in time to early Greece to examine wine's role in Dionysian revels, then returning to today's wine centers to explore all aspects of wine appreciation. A full third of the book is dedicated to specific wines and wine-producing regions. All those technical terms ... |
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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009»rank: 473par: Richard Bolles
Chroniques et points de vue:From :With more than 3,000 entries on every aspect of wine from vine pests to specific grapes, this hefty tome has something for both the seasoned connoisseur and novice alike. Edited by one of today's premier wine columnists, the work covers all aspects of wine, travelling back in time to early Greece to examine wine's role in Dionysian revels, then returning to today's wine centers to explore all aspects of wine appreciation. A full third of the book is dedicated to specific wines and wine-producing regions. All those technical terms ... |