Clout: The Art and Science of Influential Web Content by Colleen Jones : New Riders (Pearson/Penguin), Berkeley, CA; 2011 paperback isbn 9780321733016

There is a need for a writing guide/design book on how to build websites — no, not the underlying code, or HTML and CSS and CMS...

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Moving past a particular book, to an author’s body of work or oevure, it gets more difficult; I set up BookNom to recommend books, which in 98% of all cases are contiguous with the works of an author. But go back into the stacks a bit, or further into the...

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Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination by Hugh MacLeod : Portfolio (Penguin), New York; 2011 hardcover isbn 9781591843849

from the publishing info [fine print] “Selections from this book first appeared on the author’s website, gapingvoid.com“

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This is the book I’ve been recommending to everyone as a graduation...

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The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles 1-10 by Roger Zelazny : Eos Books (Avon, HarperCollins; in 2010 HarperCollins renamed the Eos imprint Harper Voyager), New York; 1999 paperback, re-released in 2010; isbn 9780380809066. Collects material previously released 1970-1992.

There are many classic series in Science Fiction and...

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How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads by Daniel Cassidy : CounterPunch Books (AK Press), Petrolia, CA; 2007 paperback edition isbn 9781904859604

So perhaps you knew that the Irish saved civilization, or how the Scots-Irish shaped America, or how the Irish once ran both the...

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Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe, translated by Alexander O. Smith : Haikasoru (Viz Media), San Francisco, 2007; 2009 paperback edition 9781421527734

From the Publisher: “Young Wataru flees his messed-up life to navigate the magical world of Vision, a land filled with creatures both fierce and friendly. His ultimate destination is the...

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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Stephen Johnson : Riverhead (Penguin), New York, 2010 hardcover, isbn 9780441011490

It’s hard to boil down Johnson’s argument into a quick synopsis, which is perhaps why he filled 170 or so pages himself in writing the book, and then backed...

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Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld : Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster), New York, 2009 hardcover isbn 9781416971733, 2010 paperback isbn 9781416971740

Interior illustrations by Keith Thompson: http://www.keiththompsonart.com/leviathanbook.html

First, a few admissions: Yes, one might call Leviathan “steampunk” – it’s not, but I can see where folks might get that impression. It...

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