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Gun, with Occasional Music

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

by Jonathan Lethem ISBN: 0156028972

Gun, with Occasional Music is a blend of hard-boiled crime, sci-fi dystopia, and the absurd. It centers on one very unfortunate man: Conrad Metcalf, private inquisitor. Metcalf

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The Last Dancer

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

by Daniel Keys Moran ISBN: 0553562495

After reading The Long Run early this year, I said it may be one of the best science fiction books you've never heard of before now.

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Simplicity

Monday, July 31st, 2006

The New Competitve Advantage in a World of More, Better, Faster by Bill Jensen ISBN: 0738204307

Simplicity boils down to this:

We need to use time differently by changing how we organize and share

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Fire and Ice

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values by Michael Adams ISBN: 0143014234

Let me reveal my bias up front: I have been infatuated with Canada for quite some time now.

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