I'm looking for a book that will give me a full and complete sense (down to the nitty-gritty) of what it's like to be paralyzed from the waist down and to live life in a wheelchair. I've looked at some very clinical manuals that do explain things, but the wording is very dry. I'm looking for an account that is more personal. I'm hoping some of you could suggest some good ones you have read.
posted by Sully
on May 25, 2011 -
15 answers
I've recently fallen completely in love with
Homesickness by Magritte and find myself quite enamored by his other works as well. Summer is coming, and although I have no background in Art History, I
really want to know more about Rene. What is the best book I can read about his life and art?
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posted by Chipmazing
on May 11, 2011 -
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Help me find this book that is about a drug addict who steals bikes in Amsterdam to feed his drug habit. It is a diary-style of book.
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posted by darkgroove
on Feb 22, 2011 -
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I just finished reading
The Starship and the Canoe, and I'm craving more long-form nonfiction pieces like it. Any suggestions?
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posted by Taft
on Jan 16, 2011 -
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I would like to read a biography of Emily Dickinson. Do you know of a well written, not too highly academic one?
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posted by kanata
on Dec 14, 2010 -
9 answers
I'd like to buy a book or books for someone who really liked 1776, by David McCullough, but who now wants to know more about the Revolutionary War.
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posted by kingjoeshmoe
on Dec 17, 2009 -
10 answers
Please suggest movies, TV shows and books that feature unrepentant, amoral characters
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posted by reenum
on Jun 10, 2009 -
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I don't want to start a flame war among the fans but... it recently dawned on me that the late Elvis Presley's life must have been fascinating. Amazon tells me there are several hundreds biography to choose from.
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posted by Baud
on Feb 12, 2009 -
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I read Peter Ackroyd's
London: The Biography awhile back and loved the loose-limbed, ambulatory, anecdote-heavy style of it. Is there a "biography" of New York City that shares some of those characteristics? If not, what is the most fascinating book that covers the full history of New York City (rather than specific time periods or subregions)?
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posted by Falconetti
on Nov 17, 2008 -
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Tété-Michel Kpomassie: where is he now? Whatever happened to him? I can't find other books by him after An African in Greenland; I've read he eventually received French citizenship and lives there now - but what does he do? He must have written other books or articles, right? Anyone know?
posted by luriete
on Sep 3, 2008 -
3 answers
