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Memento & Following

Memento & Following

author: Christopher Nolan

name: Steev

average rating: 4.00

book published: 2001

rating: 4

read at: 2008/08/30

date added: 2008/08/30

shelves: filmmaking

review:

White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

author: Don DeLillo

name: Steev

average rating: 3.86

book published: 1985

rating: 4

read at:

date added: 2008/08/17

shelves:

review:

The Complete Persepolis

The Complete Persepolis

author: Marjane Satrapi

name: Steev

average rating: 4.32

book published: 2003

rating: 4

read at:

date added: 2008/08/17

shelves:

review:

A People's History of American Empire

A People's History of American Empire

author: Howard Zinn

name: Steev

average rating: 4.14

book published: 2008

rating: 4

read at: 2008/08/17

date added: 2008/08/17

shelves: fun, politics

review:
basically a cartoon excerpting of Zinn's People's History of The United States. Very well done. Kind of along the lines of the excellent Addicted to War "graphic novel."

If I Die in Juárez (Camino Del Sol)

If I Die in Juárez (Camino Del Sol)

author: Stella Pope Duarte

name: Steev

average rating: 3.67

book published: 2008

rating: 3

read at: 2008/08/01

date added: 2008/08/17

shelves: novels

The Art of Free Cooperation

The Art of Free Cooperation

author: Geert Lovink

name: Steev

average rating: 3.00

book published: 2007

rating: 3

read at: 2008/08/10

date added: 2008/08/10

shelves: politics

review:
Some good ideas, but some of the ideas just get belabored for far too long. It's basically a new way to describe anarchism. (But don't tell anybody!)

Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)

Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)

author: Frank Herbert

name: Steev

average rating: 3.97

book published: 1965

rating: 5

read at:

date added: 2008/08/05

shelves:

review:

Ask a Mexican

Ask a Mexican

author: Gustavo Arellano

name: Steev

average rating: 3.92

book published: 2007

rating: 5

read at:

date added: 2008/08/04

shelves:

review:

The Nightly News

The Nightly News

author: Jonathan Hickman

name: Steev

average rating: 4.10

book published: 2007

rating: 5

read at: 2008/08/03

date added: 2008/08/03

shelves: fun, politics

review:

All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks Love Trilogy)

All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks Love Trilogy)

author: bell hooks

name: Steev

average rating: 4.06

book published: 2000

rating: 5

read at: 2008/08/03

date added: 2008/08/03

shelves: spirit-self

review: