Tag Archives: memoir

Boss of Bosses

Posted on June 17, 2009 by smellincoffee

Boss of Bosses — the Fall of the Godfather: the FBI and Paul Castellano © 1991 Joseph F. O’Brien and Andris Kurins 364 pages A number of years ago I had a considerable interest in the Mafia, from an adolescent … Continue reading →

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Out of my Life and Thought

Posted on May 4, 2009 by smellincoffee

Out of My Life and Thought,© 1933, Albert Schweitzer (translated and republished in 1960)233 pages These comments are long-overdue. Unlike The Sane Society and The Reason for God, Albert Schweitzer’s autobiography doesn’t require a point-by-point review. It’s not that the … Continue reading →

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Through a Window

Posted on March 31, 2009 by smellincoffee

For now we see as through a glass, darkly… Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe© 1990 Jane Goodall267 pages I’ve always been fascinated by the behavior of our fellow apes. Unlike ants or birds, they … Continue reading →

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Here If You Need Me

Posted on March 16, 2009 by smellincoffee

Here If You Need Me: A True Story© 2001 Kate Braestrup211 pages Here If You Need Me is the story of Kate Braestrup, a Unitarian Universalist minister and game warden chaplain who went into that service after the death of … Continue reading →

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I to Myself

Posted on March 13, 2009 by smellincoffee

I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau© 2007 editor Jeffrey Cramer429 pages I’ve known the name Henry David Thoreau since high school, when I gazed up at Walden. I did not read from him, … Continue reading →

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I, Asimov

Posted on November 12, 2008 by smellincoffee

I, Asimov© Isaac Asimov, 1994Doubleday, New York Ben Bova visited me [in the hospital] and, noticing the manuscript spread over my bed, asked what I was doing. I explained. “In this autobiography,” I said, “I’m including every stupid thing I … Continue reading →

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A Life of Her Own

Posted on October 23, 2008 by smellincoffee

A Life of Her Own: the Transformation of a Countrywoman in Twentieth-Century France.Emilie Carles, © 1991Penguin Books — Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England This book came to me through one of my university courses. I picked it up on Tuesday intending to … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (10/9)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Me of Little Faith, Lewis Black When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris Surviving Auschwitz, Primo Levi Carl Sagan: A Life, Keay Davidson I began this week with Me of Little Faith, which is a book … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (3/9)

Posted on September 3, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut The Ascent of Science, Brian Silver Foundation and Empire, Isaac Asimov It’s Been a Good Life, Isaac Asimov For the Love of Life, Erich Fromm I began this week by reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Jailbird, … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (24/7)

Posted on July 24, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Personal Memoirs, US Grant The Universe in a Nutshell, Stephen Hawking Asimov’s Mysteries, Isaac Asimov Primates of the World, Rod and Ken Preston-Mafham The Rise of Reason, Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser I began this week … Continue reading →

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