Read it, liked it: multi book edition ;-)
Tuesday, 2. June 2009, 11:26:39
Bookstores continue to be death-traps for my wallet. I'm a book junkie and rather compulsive book-buyer. I have to go into a bookstore, I have to buy a book. Each time I see a bookstore. Each time I see a book ;-)
... and there's also this Amazon thing.
Three books
... and there's also this Amazon thing.
Three books
- Die Simpsons und die Philosophie: Schlauer werden mit der berühmtesten Fernsehfamilie der Welt.
Is "The Simpsons" show only a bunch of stories about a family of brain-flatulent American simpletons or should we dig just a bit deeper?The editors are quick to point out that they don't think The Simpsons "is the equivalent of history's best works of literature ... but it nevertheless is just deep enough, and certainly funny enough, to warrant serious attention." The writers of the book are mostly professional philosophers, and they are appropriately erudite. But what is truly astonishing, even for a confessed Simpsons addict, is their breadth of Simpsons knowledge, spanning all 12 seasons of the show's history. The Simpsons and Philosophy is obviously not intended to be a turning point in modern thought, but it is an excellent introduction to some core elements of philosophy. --Eric de Place
# ISBN-10: 3492252397
# ISBN-13: 978-3492252393
Amazon.de
- The Bible of Clay
Archeologists, Genesis written on clay tablets, Iraq between 1st and 2nd invasion.
If you read something like "Angels and Demons" or "Illuminati" you know the direction ;-) It seems nowadays such books pop up every time a writer in- oder exhales. I mean -- books where some powerful groups try to do something illegal, with Catholic Church and Bible in the background. But well, this one is pretty good written and the research the author (a journalist) did was (IMHO) also quite good.
# ISBN-10: 071956249X
# ISBN-13: 978-0719562495
Amazon.de
- Spring into Technical Writing: For Engineers and Scientists
A masterpiece of technical documentation on "technical writing". Full of good advices, examples und digressions. The author explains how to write technical documentation without boring the audience to death. And he practices what he preaches. A "must-read" for anyone involved in technical documentation.
# ISBN-10: 8131701670
# ISBN-13: 978-8131701676
WIDGETIZE