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updated: 2024-12-04
Subject Categories/Key-Words
Computers/Computing:
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Andrew S. Grove/Andras Grof 2001 _Swimming Across_ (290 pages; ISBN 0446528595; Warner; libraries; Biography Grove; Main; due 2024-11-27; would be better with index+cast of characters & relatives)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Walter Isaacson 2014, 2015 _The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution_ (immoral tech tyrants; fixated on power-mad racist collectivist dark dark side, IBM, MSFT, Sili Valley, Oracle; fails to acknowledge Norris, Thornton, Cray, Greg Mansfield, Dave Cahlander, Bob Tate, Donald Bitzer...; muddying the waters on who invented what or which aspects; celebrating evil schemes, kludgy hardware + software; collegiality is fine, IP theft/ robbery/ extortion/ commune/ herd- hive-mind is not; 542 pages; 51.4MB; ISBN 9781476708690/ 9781476708706; OCLC 876012030; Simon&Schuster/ Thorndike/Gale/Cengage; libraries; LT 004/004.092 Isa; Main+E+NE+Jax; due 2024-10-10; ext 2024-10-31)
see other computer books jgo has read
Economics
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5; Andrew H. Browning 2019-04-01 _The Panic of 1819: The First Great Depression_ (1819; 439-450 pages; 1.3MB; ISBN 9780826221834; OCLC ; LCCN 2018043079; LCC HB3717 1819 .B76 2019; DDC 330.973/054; U of MO; 330.973054 Bro; Main; due 2024-01-25)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8; Michael M. Lewis/Michael Lewis 2011 _Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World_ (econ; Iceland, Ireland, Greece, Germany, California, Italy, Spain, Portugal; 269 pages; ISBN 9781611732528; OCLC ; Norton/Thorndike; 330.90511; Main; due 2024-12-12)
H4.5, E4.0, R4.5: economist Walter Edward Williams, Ph.D. 2015 _American Contempt for Liberty_ (ethics; economics; 417-441 pages; 1.4MB; ISBN 9780817918750/ 0817918752; OCLC 1127262437/ 1044305521/ 903764034; LCCN 2016302917; StanfordU/Hoover Institution; Manatee/Bradenton, Felonious State U, Thomas U, Edward Waters/Jax, Auburn, UWF, St.Leo, Union/Lake Butler, Marion/Ocala, UCF, Sarasota, Eckerd, Jax State U, Eastern FL State College, Georgia Tech, Florida Tech, Martin/Stuart, USF, Rollins, Miami-Dade, U of Miami, BRRL/Martinsville, Louisville, Northern Kentucky U/Highland Heights, Mt.St.Mary's Seminary/Cincinnati, Vincennes U, CHPL/Cincinnati, Xavier U/Cincinnati, Dayton; ILL request #221703; in transit 2024-06-03; pickup by 2024-06-11; due 2024-07-08)
see separate page of economics books jgo has read
Science, Medical, & Mathematics:
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Alex Berenson 2021-11-30 _Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives_ (350-400-454-464 pages; ISBN 9781684512485; OCLC 1273914484; Regnery; St.Johns/St.Augustine, Lee/Lehigh Acres, WPB, Alachua, Bradford/Starke, West Florida/Pensacola, Pasco-Hernando, Volusia, Seminole, Orange, Sarasota, Brevard, Collier/Naples, North Palm Beach, Rats Mouth, Miami-Dade; 320 Ber; Main+Woodville; due 2024-03-07)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Harry Victor Cliff 2021 _How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe_ (614 pages; ISBN 9780593414316; RandomHouse/Doubleday; LT 523.0197 Cli; Main+Jax; due 2024-11-06)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: John Freely 2012 _Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe_ (348 pages; ISBN 9781590206072/ 9780715645109; OCLC ; Overlook Duckworth; 509.40902 Fre; Main; due 2024-04-15)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Hal Hellman 1998 _Great Feuds in Science: 10 of the Liveliest Disputes Ever_ (240 pages; ISBN 0471169803 ; OCLC ; Wiley; libraries; 509.22 Hel; Main; due 2024-05-22; did fine up to last 2 chapters, then fell flat)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Mark C. Houston, M.D. 2022 _The Truth about Heart Disease: How to Prevent Coronary Heart Disease and Personalize Your Treatment with Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Exercise and LifeStyle Tailored to Your Genetics_ (299 pages; ISBN 9781032230900/ 9781032230870; OCLC ; CRC/Taylor & Francis; libraries; on order 2023-03-14; 616.1205 Hou; Main; due 2024-09-19)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Rhonda Huettenmueller 2012 _PreCalculus DeMystified_ (pg343: define what makes this matrix operation "useful"; Why? What's the history?; 534 pages; ISBN 9780071778497/ 9780071439275; OCLC 1027899455/ 748333156; LCCN 2011042119; McGraw-Hill; Jax, FL State College Jax, Clay county, Marion, Pasco, Pensacola State, Lake, Flagler, Saint Petersburg, Volusia, Valencia, Seminole, Lakeland; 515.2 Hue; Main; ILL request 214317; due 2024-01-31)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Jim Ottaviani, Leland Myrick & Hilary Sycamore 2011 _Feynman_ (266 pages; biography Richard Feynman; due 2024-03-14)
H4.0, E3.0, R4.0: James Patterson & Matt Eversmann 2021 _E.R. Nurses: True Stories from USA's Greatest UnSung Heroes_ (400 pages; ISBN 9780759554269; OCLC ; Little, Brown; libraries; 616.025 Pat; Main+BLPerry+East+FtBraden+Jax+NE+Woodville; due 2024-08-01)
H4.0, E3.5, R3.9: Carlo Rovelli, Ph.D., Simon Carnell & Erica Segre 2017 _Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity_ (physics; 270 pages; 14.2MB; ISBN 9780735213920; OCLC 957696600; Riverhead/ Lane/ Penguin/ RandomHouse; Florida GateWay/Lake City, College of Central Florida/Ocala, Jax, St.Johns/St.Augustine, Tarpon Springs, Oldsmar, Stetson/Deland, Hillsborough/Tampa; 530.143 Rov; East; due 2024-06-19; Carlo is a spoilsport. Embrace division by zero! Celebrate glorious infinities, bounded & un-bounded! Cast aside limits. Fields do Not require a material substance nor particles to "carry" whatever. What gave you that silly notion? Don't give up merely because you lack understanding at this time.)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Deborah Jean Rumsey, Ph.D. 2016 _Statistics for Dummies_ (388 pages; ISBN 9781119293521; OCLC ; Wiley; libraries; 519.5 Rum; Main+Jax; due 2024-07-03)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.5: Stephen M. Stigler 2016 _The 7 Pillars of Statistical Wisdom_ (203 pages; ISBN 9780674088917; OCLC ; HarvardU; libraries; 519.5 Sti; Main; due 2024-02-08)
H4.5, E4.0, R4.2: Jaime Uribarri 2017, 2018 _Dietary AGEs and Their Role in Health and Disease_ (disease; advanced glycosylation end-products [enzyme-controlled during protein synthesis] vs. advanced glycation end-products [not regulated by enzymes]; arteriosclerosis, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer, Parkinsonism, retinopathy, kidney failure, arthritis, cross-linking of collagen creating inflexibility & wrinkling; 390 pages; 4 editions; ISBN 1498721516/ 9781498721516; OCLC 1148218713/ 987439835; CRC/ Taylor& Francis/ Informa at RatsMouth; FAU/RatsMouth, Palm Beach Atlantic/WPB, FIU/Miami, Georgia Tech/Atlanta, Emory/Atlanta, UGa/Athens, UNC/Greensboro, VMI, Indiana U SE/New Albany, Indiana U/Bloomington, Indiana U East/Richmond, Christopher Newport U, WPAFB/Dayton-Fairborn-Huber Heights, Ohio State U, Purdue, UIUC, Temple U/Philadelphia, Princeton U; QP 606 .G6 2018; ILL request #217746; due 2024-06-10)
H4.0, E3.0, R4.2: Naomi Wolf, Ph.D. 2022-05-31 _The Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, Covid-19, and the War Against the Human_ (336 pages; ISBN 9781737478560; OCLC ; All Seasons; libraries; on order 2022-08-03; 362.19624 Wol; Main+Jax; due 2024-02-08)
see separate page of other science books jgo has read
Ethics/ Constitution/ Criminology/ History/ Law:
H4.0, E3.0, R4.5: Todd Bensman 2023-02-21 _OverRun: How Joe Biden UnLeashed the Greatest [Worst] Border Crisis in USA History_ (432 pages; ISBN 9781637585702; OCLC 1346293250; Bombardier/ Post Hill/ Simon&Schuster; Leo; CIS book review; 325.73 Ben; Main+NE; due 2024-08-01, ext 2024-08-22)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: Alan M. Dershowitz, J.D. 2023-03-14 _Get Trump_ (interesting; Trump is the best president of the last 100-140 years; things that I saw, heard, or read between 2020-11-03 & 2021-01-15 differ from what author alleges; he doesn't seem to have examined a variety of sources; when the Obummer-BiteMe-Harass regime was sworn in on 2021-01-20 they immediately, within 24 hours, repeatedly violated their oath, their duty to faithfully enforce constitutional laws & to adhere to the constitution itself by, e.g. defending states against invasion; VP presiding over joint session, can constitutionally certify state totals & electoral college membership, or  report state results which are questionable & authorize investigation of votes in question, which are challenged, can certify alternate electors if that is warranted; I don't see any corroboration of the statement on page 141 that he claims Trump made; AD has alienated many respectors of the USA constitution (black letter, strict constructionists), doesn't seem to understand or care that he influences and incites some very bad people, and some very dangerous actions; most of what he likes to call "nuance" looks a lot like attempts to pervert the language; book would be much better with index & source citations; 168 pages; ISBN 9781510777811; OCLC 1366123438; Hot/ SkyHorse/ Simon&Schuster; Alachua, Volusia/Daytona Beach, Sarasota, Collier/Naples, North Palm Beach, Columbus, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Chicago, Westlake, Johnson county/Overland Park, Olathe, St.Paul, BRRL/Martinsville; on order 2023-03-29, 2023-05-31; 973.933 Der; Main; due 2024-09-19)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: Michael Grant & Arthur Banks 1971, 1985 _Atlas of Ancient History 1700BCE to 565CE_ (87 pages; Dorset; Main+BLPerry+Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.3: Paul Kelly, Rob Dacombe, John Farndon et al. 2013 _The Politics Book_ (political philosophy; 800BCE-; Kung Fu Tzu, Sun Tzu, Mozi, Plato, Aristotle, Chanakya, Han Fei Tzu, Marcus Tullius Cicero, St.Augustine, Mohammed, al-Farabi, king John i of England, St.Thomas Aquinas, Giles of Rome, Marsilius of Padua, ibn Khaldun, Machiavelli, Hugo Grotius, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Montesquieu, Benjamin Fraklin, Thomas Jefferson, Jeremy Bentham, James Madison, Georg Hegel, John C. Calhoun, Abraham Lincoln, Max Weber...; 352 pages; ISBN 9781465402141; OCLC 795010944; DK; libraries; 320.01 POL; Main; due 2024-04-07)
H4.5, E3.3, R4.4: Mark Reed Levin, J.D., esq. 2023-06-20, 2023-09-19 _The Democrat Party Hates the USA_ (320-389 pages; ISBN 9781501183157; OCLC 1388679064; Threshold/ Pocket/ Simon&Schuster; Charleston, Knoxville, Des Moines, East Central/Cambridge; on order 2023-08-01, 2023-08-28, 2023-09-27; 324.2736 Lev; NE+Jax; due 2024-09-11)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: James O'Keefe 2018 _American Pravda: My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News_ (310 pages; 2.9MB; ISBN 9781250154644; OCLC 1015269769; All Points/ St.Martin's; Jax, Dunedin, Hillsborough, Polk State College/Winter Haven, Lee/Lehigh Acres, WPB, Broward/Ft.Lauderdale; 070.43 OKe; NE; due 2024-01-30)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard 2023-09-26 _Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts_ (1692; Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, Benjamin Franklin, George Whitefield; 289-304 pages; ISBN 9781250283320; St.Martin's/ MacMillan; 974.4502 O'Re; Main+NE; due 2024-12-12)
H4.0, E2.5, R3.5: Donald T. Phillips 1992 _Lincoln On Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times_ (182 pages; ISBN 0446516465; Warner; 973.7092 Phi; Main; due 2024-09-19)
H4.0, E3.0, R4.5: Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner 2008-04-28, 2009 _Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges_ (245 pages; ISBN 9780314184719; OCLC 220331221; LCCN 2008277152; Thomson/ West; Florida supremes, Felonious State, TCC, UF/HogTown, Alachua, NW FL State College, Crestview, Citrus, FL State College Jax, Jax, Marion, Florida Coastal, Oconee/Laurens, Hernando, Pasco, Pensacola State, UWF, Lake, Flagler; 340.0711; NE; ILL request #219755; due 2024-05-02)
H4.5, E4.0, R4.5: Peter Schweizer 2013 _Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets_ (250 pages; ISBN 9780544103344/ 9780544334557; OCLC 855858197; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; libraries; 320.973 Sch; NE; due 2024-06-11)
H4.0, E3.0, R4.4: Thomas G. West, Ph.D. 2017-04-03, 2018 _The Political Theory of the American Founding_/_The Political Theory of the USA Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, and the Moral Conditions of Freedom_ (Enlightenment; AmRev; 400-420 pages; 2MB; ISBN 1316506037/ 9781316506035; OCLC 1105538968/ 964377674; LCCN 2017304618; CambridgeU; FIU, Alachua, UCF, Sarasota, Collier/Naples, Palm Beach State/Lake Worth, Palm Beach Atlantic U/WPB, Miami-Dade, U of Miami, Emory, Indiana U SE/New Albany, Liberty Fund/Indianapolis, Northern KentuckyU/Highland Heights, Wright State U/Dayton, CWRU/Cleveland, Notre Dame, UMich, Princeton, Hillsdale, Penn State U, KU/Lawrence; due 2024-01-31)
H4.0, E3.0, R4.2: Naomi Wolf, Ph.D. 2022-05-31 _The Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, Covid-19, and the War Against the Human_ (336 pages; ISBN 9781737478560; OCLC ; All Seasons; libraries; on order 2022-08-03; 362.19624 Wol; Main+Jax; due 2024-02-08)
see other Ethics/ Constitution/ Criminology/ History/ Law books jgo has read
Engineering/ Making/ Manufacturing/ Building/ Designing:
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: David Baker 2000 _Scientific American Inventions from Outer Space: EveryDay Uses for NASA Technology_ (128 pages; ISBN 9780375409790; OCLC ; Scientific American/RandomHouse; libraries; 609 Bak; Main; due 2024-11-07)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Peter Korn 2003 _WoodWorking Basics: Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship_ (186 pages; ISBN 97815615862002; OCLC 440139230; Taunton; libraries; 684.08 Kor; BLPerry; due 2024-08-12; seems to assume a significant in-born knack, neglecting detailed descriptions of how to achieve such high precision in the beginning; I have yet to see anyone succeed at the initial four-square to dimension exercise)
H4.0, E3.0, R4.0: Dale McCormick 1987 _HouseMending: Home Repair for the Rest of Us_ (very slightly out of date, but in this case that's good; 222 pages; ISBN 0525244565/ 9780525244561/ 9780525482581; OCLC 14378533; Dutton/ New American Library/ Penguin/ RandomHouse; libraries; 643.7 McC; Main; due 2024-07-03; extended 2024-07-24)
History:
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green 2015 _Bog Bodies UnCovered: Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery_ (archaeology; c.1200BCE-600BCE; 223 pages; ISBN 9780500051825; OCLC 922645301; Thames & Hudson; Santa Fe/HogTown, NW Florida State College/Niceville, Dunedin, Hillsborough/Tampa, SEU/Lakeland, Emory, UCF/Orlando, Eastern Florida State College/Cocoa, WPB, Lake Worth, Broward/Ft.Lauderdale, FIU/Miami, U of Miami; 930.1 Ald; Main; due 2024-05-23)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Beebe Bahrami 2017 _Cafe Neanderthal: Excavating Our Past in One of Europe's Most Ancient Places_ (Dordogne France; 290-291 pages; ISBN 9781619027770; OCLC 954429692; CounterPoint; libraries; 569.986 Bah; Main; due 2024-11-07)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Harry Brod 2012 _Superman Is Jewish?: How Comic Book SuperHeroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way_ (208 pages; ISBN 9781416595304; OCLC ; Free; libraries; 741.5 Bro; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Robert A. Caro 1982, 1990, 2012 _The Years of Lyndon Johnson: vol2 Means of Ascent_ (LBJ; 412 pages; ISBN 0394499735/ 0394528352/ 9780679405078/ 9780394528366/ 9780394528359/ 9780394499734/ 9780679729457/ 9780679733713/ 9780394720951/ 9780375713255/ 9780394716541; OCLC 8590268; Knopf; Felonious State U, Leon, R.A.Gray, Thomas U/Thomasville, Florida GateWay College/Lake City, Jefferson/Monticello, Southwest Georgia Regional/Bainbridge, Calhoun/Blountstown, North Florida College/Madison, Jackson/Marianna, Franklin/Eastpoint, Valdosta State U, Albany State U, Washington/Chipley, LvMI/Auburn, Lake/Tavares, Dunedin, Jackson County/Medford,OR, U of Miami, U of Cincinnati, CHPL/Cincinnati, Kenton/Erlanger, Xavier U/Cincinnati, Miami U/Hamilton, Miami U/Oxford; 973.9230924 CAR V.2 MEANS; Main; due 2024-02-08; ext 2024-02-29)
H4.0, E3.0, R1.9: Rich Cohen 2009 _Israel Is Real_ (Name suggests he is descended from priestly Levites, he's been there several times, for considerable periods, but still doesn't know where it is, a little foggy on much of the history, the boundaries; repeatedly conflated Israel with Palestine which was/is basically the Gaza Strip; 383 pages; 956.94 Coh; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: Ian Crofton & Jeremy Black 2017 _The Little Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe, Human Civilization, and EveryThing in Between_ (dates are off; too globalist+collectivist PC toward end; 256 pages; ISBN 9781681774367; Pegasus/ Norton; 909 Cro; Main; due 2024-07-10)
H4.0, E3.0, R1.2: Will Durant 2001 _Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age_ (329 pages; ISBN 0743226127; Simon&Schuster; 909 Dur; Main; due 2024-07-10; ext 2024-07-31)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.6: Brian Murray Fagan 2007 _The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850_ (1300-1870; 246 pages; 4.2MB; ISBN 9780465022724; OCLC ; Basic; libraries; 551.694 Fag; Main; due 2024-02-21)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Thomas J. Fleming 1964, 2014 _1 Small Candle: The Pilgrims' First Year in America_ (1620 October; 220 pages; 974.4 F598; Main; due 2024-11-27)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: John Freely 2012 _Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe_ (348 pages; ISBN 9781590206072/ 9780715645109; OCLC ; Overlook Duckworth; 509.40902 Fre; Main; due 2024-04-15)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Peter Vilhelm Glob & Rupert Bruce-Mitford 1969 _The Bog People: Iron Age Man Preserved_ (1200BCE-600BCE; archaeology; 200 pages; ISBN ; OCLC ; CornellU; libraries; 913.36 Glo; Main; due 2024-05-28)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Andrew S. Grove/Andras Grof 2001 _Swimming Across_ (290 pages; ISBN 0446528595; Warner; libraries; Biography Grove; Main; due 2024-11-27)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Hal Hellman 1998 _Great Feuds in Science: 10 of the Liveliest Disputes Ever_ (240 pages; ISBN 0471169803 ; OCLC ; Wiley; libraries; 509.22 Hel; Main; due 2024-05-22; did fine up to last 2 chapters, then fell flat)
H4.0, E2.7, R3.5: Paul Johnson 2007 _Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle_ (356BCE-323BCE to 1965; 299 pages; ISBN ; OCLC ; publisher; libraries; 920 Joh; Main; due 2024-10-10)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Robert Lacey 2003, 2004 _Great Tales from English History: The Truth about King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the LionHeart, & More_ (55BCE-; 254 pages; ISBN ; OCLC ; publisher; libraries; 942.01 Lac; Main; due 2024-05-22; 10%-25% fiction, 75%-90% history)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Paul Pettitt 2022 _Homo Sapiens ReDiscovered: The Scientific Revolution ReWriting Our Origins_ (304 pages; ISBN 9780500252635; OCLC 1295242005; Thames & Hudson; libraries; 599.938 Pet; Main+East; due 2024-06-19)
H4.0, E2.5, R3.5: Donald T. Phillips 1992 _Lincoln On Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times_ (182 pages; ISBN 0446516465; Warner; 973.7092 Phi; Main; due 2024-09-19)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.9: Andrew Robinson 1999 _The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs & Pictograms_ (not hideous, but disappointing; 224 pages; ISBN 0500281564; OCLC ; Thames & Hudson; libraries; 411.09 Rob; Main; due 2024-09-11)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Genevieve von Petzinger 2016 _The First Signs: UnLocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols_ (305-307 pages; ISBN 9781476785493; OCLC 913303889; Atria; TCC/TSC, Leon, Tomas/Thomasville, North Florida College/Madison, Santa Fe College, NW Florida State College/Niceville, Alachua/HogTown, UF/HogTown, College of Central Florida/Ocala, Jax, Auburn, St.Johns River State College/Palatka, Sumber/Wildwood, Emory, UCF, Polk State College/Winter Haven, Eastern Florida State College/Cocoa, Brevard/Cocoa, Highlands/Sebring, Lee/Lehigh Acres, Sanibel, Mandel/WPB, Palm Beach/WPB, Nova SEU/Ft.Lauderdale, Broward/Ft.Lauderdale, FIU/Miami, U of Miami, UNCCH, Louisville, Evansville VanDerBurgh, Boone/Burlington, Vincennes U, CHPL/Cincinnati, U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State Technical & Community College, Miami U/Hamilton, Cedarville, Dayton, Wright State U; 302.2223 von; Main; due 2024-05-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R4.0: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, Roger Lea MacBride & Abigail MacBride 2006 _A Little House Traveler_ (344 pages; ISBN 9780060724917; OCLC ; Harper; libraries; J B Wilder; Main)
see other Ethics/ Constitution/ Criminology/ History/ Law books jgo has read
Career
H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: mmmm
Screen-plays/ Movie-Making/ Writing
H4.0, E3.0, R2.0: Nancy Slonim Aronie 1996 _Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice_ (238 pages; ISBN 0786882875; OCLC ; Hyperion; 808.02019 Aro; Main; due 224-06-25)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Ray Bradbury 1996 _Zen in the Art of Writing_ (movies; novels; writing; screen-writing; 176 pages; ISBN 9781877741098; OCLC ; Joshua Odell; libraries; 808.02 Bra; Main; due 2024-12-12)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Harry Brod 2012 _Superman Is Jewish?: How Comic Book SuperHeroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way_ (208 pages; ISBN 9781416595304; OCLC ; Free; libraries; 741.5 Bro; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: Renni Browne, Dave King & George Booth 1993 _Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print_ (216 pages; ISBN 0062720465; 808.3 Bro; Main; due 2024-07-10; ext 2024-07-31)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Doug Lipman 1999 _Improving Your StoryTelling: Beyond the Basics for All Who Tell Stories in Work or Play_ (219 pages; ISBN: 0874835305; OCLC ; August House; 808.543 Lip; Main; due 2024-04-15)
H4.0, E3.0, R1.9: Joe Moran 2018, 2019 _First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing... and Life_ (writing; essays; blathering with little substance; 214 pages; ISBN 9780143134343/ 9780241978511; OCLC 1073100277; Viking/Penguin/RandomHouse; libraries; 808.042 Mor; Main+Jax; due 2024-05-08/2024-05-28)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Donald Murray/Donald Morison Murray 1983, 1992 _Writing for Your Readers: Notes on the Writer's Craft_ ("news"paper/magazine; 235 pages; ISBN 1564400514; OCLC ; Globe Pequot; libraries; 808.06607 Mur; Main; due 2024-05-23)
see writing/ movie-making books
Religion
H4.0, E3.0, R4.0: rabbi Shmuley Boteach _Parenting with Fire: Lighting Up the Family with Passion and Inspiration_ (222 pages; 296.74 Bot; Main; due 2024-05-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.0: Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1908, 2001, 2022 _Orthodoxy_ (188 pages; ISBN 9781250828736; OCLC 1263342149; St.Martin's; on order 2023-06-23; Main; was 239; Main; due 2024-03-28)
H4.0, E3.0, R1.9: Rich Cohen 2009 _Israel Is Real_ (Name suggests he is descended from priestly Levites, he's been there several times, for considerable periods, but still doesn't know where it is, a little foggy on much of the history, the boundaries; repeatedly conflated Israel with Palestine which is basically the Gaza Strip; 383 pages; 956.94 Coh; Main)
H4.5, E3.0, R3.7: Arthur Green 2014 _Judaism's 10 Best Ideas_ (100 pages; 296.3 Gre; Main+NE; due 2024-05-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.5: John L. Hitchcock 1982, 1986 _Atoms, SnowFlakes, & God: The Convergence of Science and Religion: The Theology of Cpomplementarity_ (200 pages; ISBN 073560604X; Quest/Theosophical; 215 Hit; Main; due 2024-10-22)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Richard Holloway 2016 _A Little History of Religion_ (term translations are often disturbingly off, suggesting an unstated agenda; 244 pages; 200.9 Hol; Main; due 2024-12-06)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Nina Jaffe & Elivia 1993 _The UnInvited Guest and other Jewish holiday tales_ (72 pages; Scholastic; J 296.43 Jaf; NE; due 2024-08-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Adam Kirsch 2016 _The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature_ (407 pages; ISBN 9780393241761; OCLC ; Norton; libraries; 809.88924 Kir; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R4.0: rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch 1987 _The Concise Family Seder_ (49 pages; 296.437 HAG; Main; due 2024-05-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Anne Lamott 2012 _Help, Thanks, Wow: The 3 Essential Prayers_ (157 pages; ISBN 9781410453563; OCLC ; RiverHead; libraries; LT 242.4 Lam; Main + 242.4 Lam; Main+Jax; due 2024-06-19)
H4.5, E3.0, R4.0: rabbi Rami M. Shapiro 2004 _Hasidic Tales_ (193 pages; ISBN 1893361861; OCLC ; SkyLight Paths; libraries; BM532 .S485 2003; 296.8 Sha; Main; due 2024-05-22)
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Fiction
H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: Adeline Catherine Anderson 1990 _SwitchBack_ (421 pages; Harlequin/Thomson/Gale)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Keri Arthur 2016 _Winter Halo_ (outcast #2; 360 pages; paper; Main+Woodville)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.9: Kelley Armstrong 2023 _The Poisoner's Ring_ (Rip Through Time #2; 341 pages; ISBN 9781250820037; OCLC ;Minotaur; libraries; F Arm; Main+Woodville)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.9: Kage Baker 2003 _The Anvil of the World_ (Anvil #1; 350 pages; F Bak; on hold, pick up by 2024-05-29 Wednesday; due 2024-06-19)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: David Baldacci 2020 _Walk the Wire_ (AmosDecker Memory #6; 662 pages; LT F Bal; large; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Ted Bell 2009 _Nick of Time_ (434 pages)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Alex Berenson 2006 _The Faithful Spy_ (JohnWells #1; RandomHouse; LT F Ber; East)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Alex Berenson 2008 _The Ghost War_ (JohnWells #2; 574 pages; RandomHouse; LT F Ber; East)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Alex Berenson 2009, 2010 _The Silent Man_ (JohnWells #3; PB F Ber; Woodville+NE)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Alex Berenson 2010, 2011 _The MidNight House_ (387 pages; JohnWells #4; F Ber; Main+Woodville)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: Alex Berenson 2011 _The Secret Soldier_ (JohnWells #5; F Ber; Main+NE+East)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: Alex Berenson 2013 _The Shadow Patrol_ (JohnWells #6; F Ber; East)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Larry Bond & Jim de Felice 2004, 2005 _First Team_ (First Team #1; 469 pages; F Bon; NE; F Bon; Main+Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Dale Brown 1987, 1988 _Flight of the Old Dog_ (Patrick McLanahan #1; 404 pages; Fine/ Berkley/ Penguin/ Putnam/ Random House; PB F Bro; Main+NE; due 2024-05-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Dale Brown 1992 _Night of the Hawk_ (Patrick McLanahan #2; 462 pages; Fine/ Putnam; F Bro; Main; due 2024-05-23)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Dale Brown 2003 _Air Battle Force_ (Patrick McLanahan; 630 pages; PB F Bro; Main+NE; Harper)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Dale Brown 1990, 1991 _Sky Masters_ (Patrick McLanahan #3; 510 pages; F Bro; NE)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Dale Brown _Shadows of Steel_ ( Patrick McLanahan #5; ISBN ; OCLC ; Putnam/ Random House; libraries; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Dale Brown 2006 _Edge of Battle (Jason Richter #2; 418 pages; Morrow/ Harper)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Dale Brown 1992 _Fatal Terrain_ (Patrick McLanahan #6; 448 pages; ISBN 039914241x; OCLC ; Penquin/Putnam/ Random House; libraries; Main; due 2024-08-27)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Dale Brown 1999 _Battle Born_ (Patrick McLanahan #8; ISBN 055311123X; Bantam/Random House; libraries; Main+Woodville)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Dale Brown 2001 _Warrior Class_ (Patrick McLanahan #9; ISBN 0399147144; Penquin/Putnam/ Random House; libraries; NE+Woodville; hold req 2024-11-03)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Michael Crichton & Richard Preston 2011 _Micro_ (607 pages; LT F Cri)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.5: Max Gladstone 2019 _Empress of Forever_ (time travel; too predictable; 480 pages; F Gla)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Mark Haddon 2004 _The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time_ (226 pages; F Had; East+FtBranden+Jax+NE+Woodville)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.6: Peter F. Hamilton 2018 _Salvation_ (Salvation #1; 565 pages; del Rey/RandomHouse; F Ham)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.8: Kate Heartfield 2018 _Alice Payne Rides_ (time travel; Alice Payne #2; have read #1; 175 pages; Tor/Doherty; F Hea; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Nina Jaffe & Elivia 1993 _The UnInvited Guest and other Jewish holiday tales_ (72 pages; Scholastic; J 296.43 Jaf; NE; due 2024-08-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.9: Ann Leckie 2013, 2015 _Ancillary Justice_ (Imperial Radch #1; 571 pages; LT F Lec; Jax; due 2024-06-19)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Jack McDevitt 2010 _DeepSix_ (Academy/Priscilla Hutchins #2; 432 pages; 1.4MB; Eos/Harper; F McD)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Seanan McGuire 2017 _Down Among the Sticks and Bones_ (Wayward #2; 187 pages; Tor/w/Tom Doherty; F McG; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.3: Jenn McKinlay 2014 _On Borrowed Time_ (Library Lover's Mystery #5; 294 pages; PB F McK; Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Jenn McKinlay 2017 _Death in the Stacks_ (Library Lover's Mystery #8; 280 pages; Berkley/ Penguin/ Random House)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.3: Jenn McKinlay 2018 _Hitting the Books_ (Library Lover's Mystery #9; 292 pages; F McK; Main+Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.1: Jenn McKinlay 2019 _Word to the Wise_ (Library Lover's Mystery #10; 293 pages; F McK; Main+Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Jenn McKinlay 2021 _Killer Research_ (Library Lover's Mystery #12; 280 pages; Berkley/ Penguin/ Random House; F McK; Main+NE+Woodville; due 2024-06-25)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: Jenn McKinlay 2022 _The Plot and the Pendulum_ (too many "try ands"; Library Lover's Mystery #13; 272 pages; F McK; Main+Jax+FtBraden)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Tom Merritt 2017 _Pilot X_ (time travel; 241 pages; F Mer)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.3: Margaret Mizushima 2015 _Killing Trail_ (Timber Creek K9 #1; 314 pages; F Miz; Main+FtBraden; due 2024-03-07)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: Margaret Mizushima 2016 _Stalking Ground_ (Timber Creek K9 #2; 310 pages; Crooked Lane/Quick Brown Fox; F Miz; Main; due 2024-05-28)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Margaret Mizushima 2017 _Hunting Hour_ (Timber Creek K9 #3; 282 pages; F Miz; Main; due 2024-06-11)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Margaret Mizushima 2018 _Burning Ridge_ (Timber Creek K9 #4; 280 pages; F Miz; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Margaret Mizushima 2019 _Tracking Game_ (Timber Creek K9 #5; 280 pages; F Miz; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Margaret Mizushima 2021 _Striking Range_ (#7; 275 pages; Main+BLPerry+NE)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Margaret Mizushima 2023 _Standing Dead_ (#8; 279 pages; Main+East)
H4.0, E3.0, R-4: A.K. Mulford 2023 _The EverGreen Heir_ (398 pages; F Mul; Jax+East; The title "evergreen" suggested a pleasant Winter tale. The protagonist bibliophile likewise. But the errors in grammar render it a waste of paper, ink, plastic, a terrible waste of time & skills of author(s), editors, compositors, plate-makers, press operators, binders [& computers, printing presses, press-makers, bindery equipment designers & manufacturers...], of marketeers, book-sellers, data-base designers & analysts, mass storage, & librarians. The propagandizing suggests, but does not prove, evil intent.)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Carla Neggers 2014 _Harbor Island_ (Sharpe & Donovan #4; 529 pages; LT F Neg; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.2: Carla Neggers 2015 _Keeper's Reach_ (Sharpe & Donovan #5; 313 pages; F Neg; Main+East+BLPerry+Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Carla Neggers 2016 _Liar's Key_ (Sharpe & Donovan #6; 316 pages; F Neg; Main+East+NE+Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.3: Carla Neggers 2017 _Thief's Mark_ (Sharpe & Donovan #7; 332 pages; F Neg; Main+East+NE+Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Jolina Petersheim 2017 _The Alliance_ (420 pages; LT F Pet; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Douglas J. Preston & Lincoln Child 218 _Verses for the Dead_ (Prendergast #18; 852 pages; Hachette; F Pre; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.0: Ian Rankin 2016 _The Naming of the Dead_ (703 pages)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Michael Reit 2021 _Warsaw Fury_ (375 pages; F Rei; Main; due 2024-05-08)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: Alastair Reynolds 2013 _Harvest of Time_ (Dr.Who; 367 pages; F Rey; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.8: Ransom Riggs 2013 _Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children_ (Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1; 352 pages; ISBN 9781594744761; Quirk; YA F Rig; East+NE+Jax; due 2024-05-08)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: John Scalzi 2013, 2015 _The Human Division_ (Old Man's War #5; 431 pages)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.4: Catriona Silvey 2021 _Meet Me in Another Life_ (time travel; 308 pages)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Brad Thor 2010 _The Athena Project_ (AthenaProject #10; 475 pages; LT F Tho; Main+East+Jax+NE; due 2024-03-07)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Connie Willis 1998, 2015 _To Say Nothing of the Dog, or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last_ (DoomsDay/Oxford Time Travel #0 or #2; 849 pages; LT F Wil; Main; hold req 2024-11-03)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Francis Paul Wilson 2011 _Jack: Secret Circles_ (287 pages; ISBN 9780765358127; OCLC ; Tom Doherty/Tor; libraries; YA F Wil; Main; hold request)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.5: Jacqueline Winspear 2005 _Pardonable Lies_ (Maisie Dobbs #3; Picador; Main+NE+E+Jax)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: Timothy Zahn 2017 _Pawn_ (Sibyl's War #1; 347 pages; Tor/Doherty; F Zah; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: Timothy Zahn 2019 _Knight_ (Sibyl's War #2; 330 pages; Tor/Doherty/MacMillan; F Zah; Main)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Timothy Zahn 2020 _Queen_ (Sibyl's War #3; 380 pages; Tor/Doherty/MacMillan; F Zah; Main)
Other
H2.0, E-2, R2.2: Saul Alinsky the neighborhood intoxicator & trainer of neighborhood intoxicators 1971 _Rules for Radicals_ (1909-1972; 196 pages; ISBN 9780394717368; OCLC ; Vintage; libraries; 320.53 Ali; Main; due 2024-05-28)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.9: Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Kyle Olson, Sharon Ambrose, Steve Gunn & Ben Velderman 2014 _Conform: Exposing the Truth about "Common Core" [Communist Corpse] and Public Education_ (258-265 pages; 2.8MB; ISBN 1476773882/ 1476773890/ 9781476773889/ 9781476673896; OCLC 862788402; Threshold/Mercury Radio Arts; Palm Harbor, Gadsden/Quincy, Dothan, Jax, Niceville, Hillsborough/Tampa, Lee/Lehigh Acres, Citrus/Beverly Hills, Marion/Ocala, Ft.MyersBeach, Decatur, WPB, Broward/Ft.Lauderdale, West Florida/Pensacola, Pasco-Hernando/New Port Richey, Lake/Tavares, Flagler/Palm Coast, Clearwater, Safety Harbor, Largo, Seminole, Gulf Beaches/Madeira Beach, Volusia/Daytona Beach, Seminole/Casselberry, Orange/Orlando, Sarasota, Sanibel, Indian River/Fort Pierce, Collier/Naples, Palm Beach State College/Lake Worth, Rats Mouth, BRRL/Martinsville, Mercer/Harrodsburg, CHPL/Cincinnati, Cincinnati State Technical & Community College, Lane/Hamilton, Dayton, Carnegie/Pittsburgh; ILL request 227580 on 2024-10-24; due 2024-11-27)
H4.0, E3.0, R1.4: Robert Kanigel 1998 _Vintage Reading from Plato to Bradbury: A Personal Tour of some of the world's best (& worst) books (243 pages; 011 Kan; Main+Jax; due 2024-05-22)
H4.0, E3.0, R3.7: Tanya Linton 2016 _150 Best Meals in a Jar: salads, soups, rice bowls & more_ (would be better with photos & recipes on facing or same pages; 192 pages; ISBN 9780778805281; OCLC ; Robert Rose; libraries; 641.555 Lin; Main+Woodville; due 2024-10-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.7: Allan H. Ropper & Brian David Burrell 2019 _How the Brain Lost Its Mind_ (neurosyphilis?; 242 pages; ISBN ; OCLC ; publisher; libraries; 612.82 Rop; Main; due 2024-03-07; not the subject I expected (i.e. not neuro-anatomy+neuro-physiology)
H4.5, E4.0, R4.5: Peter Schweizer 2013 _Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets_ (250 pages; ISBN 9780544103344/ 9780544334557; OCLC 855858197; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; libraries; 320.973 Sch; NE; due 2024-06-11)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.2: David Shenk 2010, 2011 _The Genius in All of Us: New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ_ (not terrible but goes too far trashing/down-playing inherent gifts/ talent/ abilities with a few rare gestures of recognition; would have been far better if he had started with DNA, histones, control boxes, & other epigenetics, memory, learning in different contexts, and then gotten into the great benefits of well-guided training, but he's a pop-psych writer so that's understandable; 302-380 pages; 2.2MB; ISBN 9780307387301; OCLC 708243945; Anchor; Jax, Hernando/Brooksville, Pasco/Hudson, Tampa Bay/Tampa, Orange/Orlando, Lee/Lehigh Acres, Miami-Dade, Evansville VanDerBurgh, Cincinnati State Technical & Community College; 155.234 She; Main; due 2024-05-01)
H4.0, E3.0, R2.0: Peter Turchin 2015, 2016 _UltraSociety: How 10K Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Co-Operators on Earth_ (8KBCE-2KCE; 238-251-266 pages; 651KB; ISBN 0996139516/ 9780996139519; OCLC 935422953/ 931927142; Beresta; Berry College/Mt.Berry, Hillsborough/Tampa, Rollins/Winter Park, Sarasota, Miami-Dade, VanDerBilt U/Nashville, Transylvania/Lexington, Ohio State U, Purdue/Hammond, DePauw U/Greencastle, Harvard, Hennepin/Minnetonka, Santa Fe Institute; ILL request #223775; pickedup 2024-08-06; due 2024-09-23; GN 360.T87)
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