Books

Whenever I get tired of checking the bestseller lists on my Kindle book reader for new novels to read -- the top of the list has been owned by Hunger Games and Lisbeth Salander ever since I got the thing -- I like to try out a few of the cheap e-books. It's a bit like checking out experimental theater productions: Most of them turn out to not be very good, but sometimes they're … [Read more...] about Shifted by Colin D. Jones – Review

Over at Nobody's Business, I've finally posted the third and final part of my review of Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch's Declaration of Independents. … [Read more...] about Declaration of Independents – Part 3

Over at Nobody's Business, I've put up my review of part 1 of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch. Update: And I got a mighty nice shout-out from Matt Welch at Hit & Run. … [Read more...] about Declartion of Independents – Review of Part 1

Here's a fun fact: The free market, combined with poorly written computer algorithms, means you might have to pay $23,698,655.93 (plus $3.99 shipping) for a book about flies at Amazon. Read all about it at Michael Eisen's blog it is NOT junk. … [Read more...] about Paper Books Becoming More Expensive

Well, Amazon Order Tracking says that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is on the way. The shipping origin is right here in Illinois, so when Amazon shipped it yesterday, it only took three hours to reach Chicago, but Amazon put in a request to hold the package until tomorrow. I actually thought about driving over to the UPS depot that serves my area to try to pick it up … [Read more...] about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows