en-US Fri, 19 Feb 2016 02:38:34 -0800 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 2851277 704 John VanDyk 1430209895 Stephen 0 Good Book. 4.04 2007
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Good Book.
]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Stephen 4 fantasy, fiction 4.57 2005
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rating: 4
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average rating: 4.64
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]]> 7767021 An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of post-apocalyptic Africa.

In a far future, post-nuclear-holocaust Africa, genocide plagues one region. The aggressors, the Nuru, have decided to follow the Great Book and exterminate the Okeke. But when the only surviving member of a slain Okeke village is brutally raped, she manages to escape, wandering farther into the desert. She gives birth to a baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand and instinctively knows that her daughter is different. She names her daughter Onyesonwu, which means "Who Fears Death?" in an ancient African tongue.

Reared under the tutelage of a mysterious and traditional shaman, Onyesonwu discovers her magical destiny � to end the genocide of her people. The journey to fulfill her destiny will force her to grapple with nature, tradition, history, true love, the spiritual mysteries of her culture � and eventually death itself.]]> 386 Nnedi Okorafor 075640617X Stephen 0 to-read, fantasy, fiction 3.92 2010
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average rating: 3.92
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]]> 6762965 620 Peter Cooper 1430223634 Stephen 0 3.76 2007
author: Peter Cooper
name: Stephen
average rating: 3.76
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Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible.

He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever be the same…]]> 592 Neil Gaiman Stephen 0 fantasy, fiction Fantastic! 4.02 2001
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name: Stephen
average rating: 4.02
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Fantastic!
]]> 1215032 There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.�

My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.

So begins the tale of a hero told from his own point of view � a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man's Fear, an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King's Road.

All the while, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, is forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived ... until Kvothe.

In The Wise Man's Fear, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.

]]> 994 Patrick Rothfuss 0756404738 Stephen 0 to-read 4.55 2011
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average rating: 4.55
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]]> 6474550 142 Gary Vaynerchuk 0061914177 Stephen 3 3.87 2001
author: Gary Vaynerchuk
name: Stephen
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> 225111 Ten laws of simplicity for business, technology, and design that teach us how to need less but get more.

Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We're rebelling against technology that's too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte "read me" manuals. The iPod's clean gadgetry has made simplicity hip. But sometimes we find ourselves caught up in the simplicity paradox: we want something that's simple and easy to use, but also does all the complex things we might ever want it to do. In The Laws of Simplicity, John Maeda offers ten laws for balancing simplicity and complexity in business, technology, and design—guidelines for needing less and actually getting more.

Maeda—a professor in MIT's Media Lab and a world-renowned graphic designer—explores the question of how we can redefine the notion of "improved" so that it doesn't always mean something more, something added on.

Maeda's first law of simplicity is "Reduce." It's not necessarily beneficial to add technology features just because we can. And the features that we do have must be organized (Law 2) in a sensible hierarchy so users aren't distracted by features and functions they don't need. But simplicity is not less just for the sake of less. Skip ahead to Law 9: "Failure: Accept the fact that some things can never be made simple." Maeda's concise guide to simplicity in the digital age shows us how this idea can be a cornerstone of organizations and their products—how it can drive both business and technology. We can learn to simplify without sacrificing comfort and meaning, and we can achieve the balance described in Law 10. This law, which Maeda calls "The One," tells us: "Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful."]]> 128 John Maeda 0262134721 Stephen 5 3.91 2006
author: John Maeda
name: Stephen
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more�

This omnibus edition comprises The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose―the first three novels in Glen Cook's bestselling fantasy series.]]> 704 Glen Cook 0765319233 Stephen 0 4.23 1986
author: Glen Cook
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1986
rating: 0
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]]> 8148515 Book by Jeremy Keith 87 Jeremy Keith 0984442502 Stephen 5 3.98 2010
author: Jeremy Keith
name: Stephen
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.]]> 800 Robert Jordan 0812511816 Stephen 0 4.19 1990
author: Robert Jordan
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> 2547954
Bereft of the companionship of her often-absent husband, Sarah considered her journal “a substitute for social intercourse� during the period from 1827 to 1835. It became the social and intellectual companion to which she confided stories that reflected her personal life and the world of early Alabama. Sarah speaks directly to us of her loneliness, the challenges of child rearing, her fear of and frustration with the management of slaves, and the difficulty of balancing the responsibilities of a socially prominent woman with her family’s slender finances.

The poor condition of the journal and its transcripts, sometimes disintegrated or reassembled in the wrong order, has led historians to misinterpret Gayle’s words. Gayle’s descendants, Alabama’s famed Gorgases, deliberately obscured or defaced many passages. Using archival techniques to recover the text and restore the correct order, Sarah Wiggins and Ruth Truss reveal the unknown story of Sarah’s economic hardships, the question of her husband’s “temperance,� and her opium use.

The only reliable and unexpurgated edition of Sarah Gayle’s journal, now enhanced with a fascinating introduction and inset notes, The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827�1835, is a robust and gripping account and will be of inestimable value to our understanding of antebellum society, religion, intellectual culture, and slavery.]]> 384 Sarah Haynsworth Gayle 0817313338 Stephen 0 development so far...interesting... 4.22 2013
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so far...interesting...
]]> 7322537 313 Smashing Magazine Stephen 4 4.01 2009
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]]> 243360 "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" was first published to enormous critical acclaim.
This unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives today stands as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.]]> 416 James Agee 0141188499 Stephen 2 3.99 1941
author: James Agee
name: Stephen
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1941
rating: 2
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Very detailed and wonderful idea as a whole, but very hard to get through as it is so descriptive and sad.
]]> 116581 288 Dale Maharidge 1583226575 Stephen 1 4.03 1989
author: Dale Maharidge
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1989
rating: 1
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Informative, but in my opinion too much, sad, can't completely live up to it's predecessor
]]> 6015660 232 Mark Waid 1848560923 Stephen 5 graphic-novel, fiction 4.26 1996
author: Mark Waid
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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]]> 373951 9780060515188

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Neil Gaiman returns to the territory of his masterpiece, American Gods (soon to be a Starz Original Series) to once again probe the dark recesses of the soul.

God is dead. Meet the kids.

Fat Charlie Nancy’s normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn’t know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie’s life more interesting... and a lot more dangerous.]]> 336 Neil Gaiman Stephen 5 fiction 3.95 2005
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name: Stephen
average rating: 3.95
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rating: 5
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]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling Stephen 4 fantasy, fiction 4.50 2003
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]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Stephen 3 fantasy, fiction 4.56 2000
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rating: 3
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And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Stephen 2 fiction, fantasy 4.42 1998
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.42
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]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Stephen 5 fantasy, fiction 4.47 1997
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.47
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]]> 472331 Watchmen, the groundbreaking series from award-winning author Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, presents a world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history—the U.S. won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the Cold War is in full effect.

Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes.]]> 416 Alan Moore 0930289234 Stephen 4 fiction, graphic-novel 4.38 1987
author: Alan Moore
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> 342445
Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance) and scripted by New York Times bestseller Peter David, this series delves in depth into Roland's origins - the perfect introduction to this incredibly realized world; while long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels. Be there for the very beginning of a modern classic of fantasy literature.

Collects Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1-7.]]> 240 Peter David 0785121447 Stephen 5 fiction, graphic-novel 4.23 2007
author: Peter David
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2007
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]]> 5093 544 Stephen King 1416521496 Stephen 4 fiction 3.98 2004
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]]> 5091 The Dark Tower saga is perhaps the most anticipated book in the author's long career. King began this epic tale about the last gunslinger in the world more than 20 years ago; now he draws its suspenseful story to a close, snapping together the last pieces of his action puzzle and drawing Roland Deschain ever closer to his ultimate goal.

Alternate cover edition for ISBN-10: 1416524525; ISBN-13: 9781416524526]]> 1050 Stephen King Stephen 5 fiction 4.27 2004
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]]> 4978 960 Stephen King 141651693X Stephen 5 fiction 4.19 2003
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]]> 5096 845 Stephen King 0340829788 Stephen 4 fiction 4.26 1997
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]]> 34084 422 Stephen King 0670032565 Stephen 5 fiction 4.25 1991
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Here he links forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean and the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes, in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies.

Once again, Stephen King has masterfully interwoven dark, evocative fantasy and icy realism.]]> 463 Stephen King 0451210859 Stephen 5 fiction 4.23 1987
author: Stephen King
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]]> 43615
He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.]]> 231 Stephen King 1501143514 Stephen 5 fiction 3.95 1982
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 3.95
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One of my all-time favorite books & book covers.
]]> 534420 458 Margaret Weis 0786918179 Stephen 5 fantasy, fiction 3.91 2001
author: Margaret Weis
name: Stephen
average rating: 3.91
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A small band of heroes, driven to desperate measures, leads the fight against overwhelming odds.

Two unlikely protagonists emerge. One is a dragon overlord who will not easily relinquish her rule. The other is an irrepressible kender who has been on a strange and remarkable journey that will end in startling and unforeseen fashion.

The stirring climax of the War of Souls.]]> 632 Margaret Weis 0786929502 Stephen 5 fantasy, fiction 3.92 2002
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But now a new war is about to begin, more terrible than any have known. This war is one for the very heart and soul of the world itself.

The War of Souls.]]> 627 Margaret Weis 0786918071 Stephen 5 fiction, fantasy 3.92 2000
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name: Stephen
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]]> 259836 This Dungeons & Dragons-inspired fantasy adventure is the first installment in the beloved Dragonlance Chronicles, set in the magical world of Krynn.

Once merely creatures of legend, the dragons have returned to Krynn. But with their arrival comes the departure of the old gods—and all healing magic. As war threatens to engulf the land, lifelong friends reunite for an adventure that will change their lives and shape their world forever . . .

When Tanis, Sturm, Caramon, Raistlin, Flint, and Tasslehoff see a woman use a blue crystal staff to heal a villager, they wonder if it's a sign the gods have not abandoned them after all. Fueled by this glimmer of hope, the Companions band together to uncover the truth behind the gods' absence—though they aren't the only ones with an interest in the staff. The Seekers, a new religious order, wants the artifact for their own ends, believing it will help them replace the gods and overtake the continent of Ansalon. Now, the Companions must assume the unlikely roles of heroes if they hope to prevent the staff from falling into the hands of darkness.

Lifelong friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak of tales of strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend. They do not speak of their secrets. Not then. Not until a chance encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful woman, who bears a magical crystal staff, draws the companions deeper into the shadows, forever changing their lives and shaping the fate of the world.

No one expected them to be heroes.

Least of all, them.]]> 444 Margaret Weis 0786915749 Stephen 4 fiction, fantasy 4.01 1984
author: Margaret Weis
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1984
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The war against the dragon minions of Queen Takhisis rages on. Armed with the mysterious, magical Dragon Orbs and the shining, silver Dragonlance, the Companions of the Lance lead their people in a desperate final battle. Knight and barbarian, warrior and mage, dwarf and kender—no one has reckoned how high the price of defeat, or even victory, might be.

But now, in the dawn of a new day, the dark secrets that have long shadowed the hearts of the Companions come to light. If they are to truly defeat the five-headed dragon goddess, they must find a way to overcome their own personal conflicts and doubts. From betrayal and treachery to fragility and weakness, the greatest battle now lies within each of them.

Finally armed with dragonlances, a group of heroes, composed of a knight, barbarian, dwarf, and half-elf, faces a deadly showdown with the evil dragons and Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness.]]> 352 Margaret Weis 0786930705 Stephen 4 fantasy, fiction 4.14 1985
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]]> 23454
Meanwhile, the heroic Companions have been torn apart by war. A full season will pass before they meet again—if they meet again. Raistlin has made an ominous prediction, one that implies not all of the Companions will survive the fight. His warning, along with sinister dreams, haunt the friends as they search for the weapons that will stop the Dark Queen in her tracks: the mysterious Dragon Orbs and legendary Dragonlance.

Another riveting tale in the Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragons of Winter Night is an action-packed adventure in which the true value of love and friendship is measured against the backdrop of a catastrophic war between good and evil.


They won their first real battle in the war for Krynn, but the war has only just begun for the Companions! Friendships born in conflict will be torn apart. Hope will rest on the shoulders of a disgraced Knight and his two inexperienced companions. Worlds long divided by hatred and prejudice will either band together in a last struggle against darkness - or perish for all time.]]> 358 Margaret Weis 1932796789 Stephen 4 fantasy, fiction 4.15 1985
author: Margaret Weis
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1985
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]]> 29187 New York Times–bestselling series: The War of the Lance has ended, and the darkness has passed. Or has it?

Sequestered in the blackness of the dreaded Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, and surrounded by nameless creatures of evil, archmage Raistlin Majere weaves a plan to conquer the darkness—to bring it under his control.

Two people alone can stop him. One is Crysania, a beautiful and devoted cleric of Paladine, who tries to use her faith to lead Raistlin from the darkness. She is blind to his shadowed designs, and he draws her slowly into his neatly woven trap.

The other is Raistlin’s twin, Caramon. Made aware of his brother’s plan, a distraught Caramon travels back in time to the doomed city of Istar in the days before the Cataclysm. There, together with the ever-present kender Tasslehoff, Caramon will make his stand to save Raistlin’s soul.

Or so he believes.

The first title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy is now being released for the first time ever in a trade hardcover edition. Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, this new version is a follow-up to the release of the Dragonlance novels Chronicles trilogy in hardcover in 2003. It also continues the planned release of all of the core Weis & Hickman titles in trade hardcover, allowing fans and collectors alike the chance to obtain the entire set in hardcover.
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author: Margaret Weis
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1986
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At the same time, Caramon and Tasslehoff are transported to the future. There they come to understand the consequences of Raistlin's quest-and Caramon at last realizes the painful sacrifice he must make to prevent his brother's success. Old friends and strange allies come together to aid him, but Caramon must take the last, greatest step alone.



The step into the Abyss.]]> 320 Margaret Weis 0786933887 Stephen 5 fantasy, fiction 4.21 1986
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average rating: 4.21
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But for some, those one hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Catapulted forward in time by Raistlin's powerful magic, Caramon and Crysania find themselves aiding the mage's unholy quest to master the Queen of Darkness. To his dismay, Raistlin discovers along the way that the annals of time are not so easily bent to his will.

Neither are the longings of his heart.]]> 411 Margaret Weis 0786932171 Stephen 5 fantasy, fiction 4.16 1986
author: Margaret Weis
name: Stephen
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1986
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]]> 6318337 162 Nick Douglas 0061897272 Stephen 0 tech, humour Humorously enjoyable 3.12 2009
author: Nick Douglas
name: Stephen
average rating: 3.12
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Humorously enjoyable
]]> 2242700 347 Bear Bibeault 1933988355 Stephen 0 helpful. 3.94 2008
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 2008
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helpful.
]]> 186074
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.]]> 662 Patrick Rothfuss 075640407X Stephen 5 4.52 2007
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A wonderfully refreshing perspective, style, and all round world. I had lost hope in originality and the ability to truly immerse yourself in the story for quite a while, until this book came along.
]]> 3368 "I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book.

In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards]]> 201 Steve Krug 0321344758 Stephen 2 4.22 2000
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average rating: 4.22
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Most of the information is common sense. And a good deal of it could be easily disputed or disproven. It does have it's uses though.
]]> 4152157 464 Angela Byron 0596515804 Stephen 0 drupal, development, cms 3.68 2008
author: Angela Byron
name: Stephen
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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date added: 2010/05/05
shelves: drupal, development, cms
review:
Informative, learned how to do a few things quicker, easier, and more streamlined than I had been.
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