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7/10/2008 11:14:14303.48273The Book of Tiki: The Cult of Polynesian Pop in Fifties AmericaSven A. KirstenOut of print and ridiculously priced on the used market; I'd probably be willing to loan my copy for the right price.Trying to locate

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7/10/2008 10:59:59420.9Inventing English: A Portable History of the LanguageSeth Lerera breezy, anecdotal surveyAccepted

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7/10/2008 11:08:51470.9Ad Infinitum: A Biography of LatinNicholas OstlerI haven't read this yet, but it's in my queue. By the same author is "Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World", which I'm reading presently; it is worth looking at for Dewey class 409, but at 640 pages it is long and occasionally boring.Accepted

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7/10/2008 10:57:50686.24The Elements of Typographic StyleRobert BringhurstEverything you always wanted to know about diacritics, picas, and versals (but were afraid to ask).Accepted

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7/10/2008 11:11:50725.71097Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside ArchitectureAlan HessOnce you learn about Googie architecture, you start seeing it everywhere.Trying to locate

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7/10/2008 11:17:59937.05Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman RepublicTom HollandAccepted

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7/10/2008 11:19:27938.05The Peloponnesian WarDonald Kaganoccasionally slow but mostly worth itAccepted

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7/10/2008 11:03:47954.0359Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an EmpireAlex Von Tunzelmanna gossipy/horrific history of Nehru, Jinnah, Gandhi, the Mountbattens, and Indian partitionAccepted

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7/10/2008 13:08:47Soul of a new machineTracy KidderPultizer prize winning book on computersAlready read

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7/10/2008 13:17:40Mountains beyond MountainsTracy Kidder3012003One of the best book by one of the greatest non fiction writers of our timeChris KingBiography...tough category

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7/10/2008 13:19:00Fire in the ValleyFreiberger & Swaine4482000The history of the creation of the personal computerChris KingTrying to locate

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7/11/2008 14:06:31427Wicked Words: A Treasury of Curses, Insults, Put-downs, and Other Formerly Unprintable Terms from Anglo-Saxon Times to the PresentHugh RawsonAccepted

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7/24/2008 18:33:06Molecules of EmotionCandace B. Pert, Ph.D.368 pages1997Covers fascinating discoveries about the biomolecular basis of emotion ie the Mind-Body connectionLaura KingAlready read this category (612)

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7/24/2008 18:37:21Pythagorus' Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender WarsMargaret Wertheim2791995Fascinating, details the manner is which the all-male religious priesthood, and male-dominated education through history has led to marginalization of women and their ideas in hard science fieldsLaura KingAccepted

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7/24/2008 18:50:04Descartes Secret NotebookAmir D. Aczel2732005Biographical sketch on Descartes and his relationship with Leibniz, covering a fascination with the intersection of mysticism and mathematicsLaura KingAccepted

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7/24/2008 19:06:13The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern WorldMatthew Stewart3512006A philosophical and theological struggle over ideas about the Nature of God and the World, between two fascinating characters, at a time when it was dangerous to think new thoughts on these topics.Laura KingAccepted

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7/24/2008 19:10:31Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and WhyBart D. Ehrman2422005The Bible did not fall from the skies, pre-translated into the King James Version. Considering the trend toward Biblical literalism in the U.S., this is information that is good to know.Laura KingAccepted

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7/24/2008 19:13:06Lost Christianities; The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never KnewBart D. Ehrman2942003History is written by the victors. The Christianity of today looks much different than the Christianity of the 1st Century C.E.Laura KingAccepted