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Books Read in 2008 Part 1
By an Amazon.com customer
A Short Course in Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/350D Photography (Book & eBook)A Short Course in Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/350D Photography (Book & eBook) by Dennis Curtin
Buy new: $36.95 / Used from: $27.96
Rabbit ReduxRabbit Redux by John Updike
Buy used from: $6.01
The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) by Scott Kelby
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $15.83
Photoshop CS2 Before & After Makeovers (Before & After Makeovers)Photoshop CS2 Before & After Makeovers (Before & After Makeovers) by Taz Tally
Buy new: $23.27 / Used from: $1.00
Patrimony : A True StoryPatrimony : A True Story by Philip Roth
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $1.66
Roth at his best.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other StoriesA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Buy new: $24.00 / Used from: $19.95
To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $2.57
Portnoy's ComplaintPortnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
Buy used from: $4.99
Gratuitous and boring.
The Town: A Novel of the Snopes FamilyThe Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family by William Faulkner
Buy new: $10.16 / Used from: $0.74
The French Quarter of New OrleansThe French Quarter of New Orleans by Jim Fraiser
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $24.67
New Orleans Architecture Vol III: The CemeteriesNew Orleans Architecture Vol III: The Cemeteries by Leonard V. Huber
Buy new: $25.00
Surprisingly, there are not many books on the wonderful cemeteries of the great city of New Orleans. While this book was writen several decades ago, it stands as the seminal book on New Orleans' Cities of the Dead.
Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $3.07
The MetamorphosisThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $3.75
Rabbit Is RichRabbit Is Rich by John Updike
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.94
Another masterpiece by Updike.
William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha (California Studies in the History of Art)William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha (California Studies in the History of Art) by Thomas S. Hines
Buy used from: $18.95
Rabbit at RestRabbit at Rest by John Updike
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.23
Heartbreakingly good.
Falling Man: A NovelFalling Man: A Novel by Don DeLillo
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $1.54
This is the second work I've read by DeLillo, White Noise being the first. I'm just not impressed by him so far.
In Search of Willie Morris: The Mercurial Life of a Legendary Writer and EditorIn Search of Willie Morris: The Mercurial Life of a Legendary Writer and Editor by Larry L. King
Buy used from: $1.99
Misses the target in that there is not enough details concerning an interesting man.
The Photo BookThe Photo Book by Editors of Phaidon Press
Buy used from: $3.98
Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth))Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Vladimir Nabokov
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $10.48
No wonder it's in all of the top 10 lists.
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy)The Crossing (The Border Trilogy) by Cormac Mccarthy
Buy used from: $0.51
A true Western by the master.
River Out Of Eden: A Darwinian View Of Life (Science Masters Series)River Out Of Eden: A Darwinian View Of Life (Science Masters Series) by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $11.65 / Used from: $1.75
Basically just a rehash of the Selfish Gene.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American DreamThe Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.95
Read this and you'll see why I am voting for Obama in 2008!
A Gracious PlentyA Gracious Plenty by John T. Edge
Buy used from: $29.09
A wonderful Southern Cook book by an Ole Miss alum.
Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop CS2 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself) by Carla Rose
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $1.72
Adequate, but lost me in the section on masks.
Child of GodChild of God by Cormac McCarthy
Buy new: $28.12 / Used from: $34.81
Cities of the PlainCities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.99
Woah...a disappointing novel from a master....dang
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We SufferGod's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer by Bart D. Ehrman
Buy new: $18.43 / Used from: $7.94
Exit GhostExit Ghost by Philip Roth
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.63
BelovedBeloved by Toni Morrison
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.45
Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, "Rabbit Remembered"Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, "Rabbit Remembered" by John Updike
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.67
Two Plays By Edward Albee: The American Dream and The Zoo StoryTwo Plays By Edward Albee: The American Dream and The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
Buy used from: $0.74
Night (Oprah's Book Club)Night (Oprah's Book Club) by Elie Wiesel
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $1.64
The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library) by Thomas Pynchon
Buy new: $11.42 / Used from: $1.98
I Love You, Beth CooperI Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle
Buy new: $14.57 / Used from: $0.51
Team Rodent : How Disney Devours the WorldTeam Rodent : How Disney Devours the World by Carl Hiaasen
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.78
Where I'm Calling From: Selected StoriesWhere I'm Calling From: Selected Stories by Raymond Carver
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $1.99
The Lay of the Land (Vintage Contemporaries)The Lay of the Land (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Ford
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.13
Terrorist: A NovelTerrorist: A Novel by John Updike
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01