Bruce's Wish List: Books

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Recommended websites to look for books:
Powell's Books Powell's Books (www.Powells.com) — A great place in Portland, Oregon.  Also has piles of used and out of print books. Amazon Amazon (www.Amazon.com) — And of course, the best-known one.
(Last revised: Sun, 9 Nov 2008)

Architecture Fantasy History Reference Science Science Fiction Miscellaneous

(In no particular order)

Architecture & Interior Design

    No books of this type currently on my list...
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Fantasy

  • Dungeons & Dragons, 4th Edition: Player's Handbook
  • Dungeons & Dragons, 4th Edition: Adventurer's Vault
  • Dungeons & Dragons, 4th Edition: Dungeon Master's Guide
  • Dungeons & Dragons, 4th Edition: Monster Manual

  • (Note also that the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual are available as a set for a small discount)


    And don't forget to check my Amazon wish list!
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Science Fiction

  • Tomorrow Happens
    by David Brin
    Publisher: NESFA Press
    ISBN: 1886778434
    (Amazon.com listing)
    Description: Hardcover - 224 pages (Feb 2003) An insightful, quicksilver romp through Brin's own mind. In the 20 essays, short stories, and little wonders in this book, David will take you from the worlds of Galileo Galilei and Jules Verne, through thoughtful explorations of Orwell and Tolkien, and on into tomorrows that just may happen.
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Science

  • Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures
    by Steven Weinberg, Richard Phillips Feynman
    Publisher: Cambridge Univ Press (Trd)
    ISBN: 0521658624
    (Amazon.com listing)
    Description: Paperback - 124 pages
  • "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
    by Edward Hutchings (Editor), Ralph Leighton, Richard Phillips Feynman, Albert Hibbs (Introduction)
    Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
    ISBN: 0393316041
    (Amazon.com listing)
    Description: Paperback - 350 pages Reprint edition (April 1997)
  • What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character
    by Richard Phillips Feynman
    ISBN: 0553347845
    (Amazon.com listing)
    Description: Paperback (November 1989)
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Reference

    No books of this type currently on my list...
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History

  • About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
    by David H. Hackworth & Julie Sherman.
    Publisher: Touchstone Books, 1990 (Reprint).
    ISBN: 0671695347
    (Amazon.com listing)
    Description: He joined the army at 15 and is today America's most decorated living soldier. In one of the most extraordinary military memoirs of our time, About Face chronicles the wars of David H. Hackworth--from World War II to his opposition to U.S. tactics and goals in Vietnam.

    Also, comments from Jim Cramer of TheStreet.com:
    Lately, to look at the stocks of the defense contractors, it looks like we have decided that the U.S. doesn't need weapons systems to win wars. Or if we need them, we only need them for one branch, the Air Force.

    Of course, many times in the past we have been faced with a similar belief. Go read About Face, the fantastic autobiography of America's greatest living warrior, ret. Col. David Hackworth, and you will see that every few years the Defense Department acts as if it doesn't need new weapons and can rely on everything from old-fashioned weapons to nukes. (8Nov2002)

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Miscellaneous

  • Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
    by Gary Klein
    Publisher: MIT Press
    ISBN: 0262611465
    (Amazon.com listing)
    Description: Reprint edition (March 1999)

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