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of the Big Apple
Nov 2001
time: 23:37
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
In a bookstore I was reading Neil Gamain's "American Gods". I read up to Chapter 5-ish (so I know who "Wednesday" is supposed to be). It seemed interesting... is it worth getting the book to finish up the story? I've heard decent things about it, but it is very strange in its topic. |
Its a very good book.
You could always get Good Omen's, which was cowritten by Gaiman and Pratchett.
On the paperback issue, its a different in size and quality: mass market are the smaller ones on cheaper stock. Much cheaper to mass manufacture and flood the market with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_market_paperback
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A mass market paperback is a small, non-illustrated, and relatively cheap version of a book, usually coming out after the hardback and often sold in airports and supermarkets as well as in bookstores.
Mass market paperbacks are distinguished from hardbacks also by the different business practices that publishers and booksellers apply to them. When booksellers note that books have been in stock a while and have not sold, they may return them to the publisher for a refund or credit on future orders. However, in the case of mass market paperbacks, this "return" usually means stripping the front cover, returning that for credit, and pulping the book itself. Changes in the costs of printing relative to the costs of shipping have led to the creation of trade paperbacks, which are similar in format to mass market paperbacks, but larger (near hardback size) and with different returns policies applied to them.
The mass market paperbacks sold in airport newsstands have given rise to the vaguely defined literary genre of the "airport novel", bought by travellers to while away the hours of sitting and waiting. |
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
time: 15:37
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
What should I spend it on?
Basically this is a what book should I read next (or DVD I should buy I guess). |
'The Renaissance Bazaar' by Jeffrey Brotton, if you're feeling studious. It has lovely pictures, but no scratch n' sniff I'm afraid.
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It guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from its art, architecture, and literature, to advancements in the fields of science, trade, and travel. In its incisive account of the complexities of the political and religious upheavals of the period, the book argues that Europe's reciprocal relationship with its eastern neighbours offers us a timely perspective on the Renaissance as a moment of global inclusiveness that still has much to teach us today.
Features
A brilliant account of Europe's great flowering and the pivotal role played by Europe's fertile contacts with the East
Reviews
".. a young Turk who likes to entertain . . . Brotton's book is full of arts and crafts . . .engaging and alluring . . .This is a Renaissance you can touch and feel"--Sunday Times
"energetic and committed agenda"--Financial Times
"offers some impressive fresh evidence"--Independent
Dr Jerry Brotton is a Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World (Reaktion, London, 1997 and Cornell University Press, 1998), and with Lisa Jardine, Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East and West (Reaktion, London, 2000).
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/gener...802658&view=usa
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Or the groovy Goldfrapp or St Etienne dvds:
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=17972
St Etienne's muscial and cinematic paean to London;
Goldfrapp live at Somerset House:
http://www.mutelibtech.com/goldfrapp/
Wonderful electric. 
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