cstross! jscalzi! Other fiction authors! What's the most efficient or author-preferred way to spend a given amount of money on his/her books?
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posted by ROU_Xenophobe
on Nov 10, 2011 -
11 answers
Does anyone remember this book, or the controversial argument at its core? It would have been published in the late 1990's, and argued that blue eyed candidates got the job more often than thier brown eyed peers- a friend mentioned the book, which I vaguely remember, but neither one of us can find a title or author. Help!
posted by biddeford
on Nov 5, 2011 -
4 answers
I'm interested in exploring Robert C. Solomon's work on our human passions, love, etc., which was one major focus of his work. Since he was such a prolific author, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the choices available. Does anyone have works they recommend in particular? Thanks.
posted by Judd Danby
on Nov 4, 2011 -
3 answers
Help, scientists! I'm looking for a cover image for my forthcoming book of poetry. I would like to use a visually striking image (photo, diagram, etc.) from a scientific publication.
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posted by sleevener
on Nov 3, 2011 -
14 answers
How do I become more successful or popular with children? I love kids, but I don't know how to act around them.
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posted by bradly
on Nov 2, 2011 -
30 answers
Writing a nonfiction book. I am a total quote whore. How much am I allowed to quote from my sources directly if I get this published?
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posted by jenfullmoon
on Nov 1, 2011 -
14 answers
Help me find this children's book: About the seasons on a farm. No words, just four illustrations of the same barnyard with animals in the different seasons. The one from my childhood was over-sized and cardboard.
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posted by la_rousse
on Oct 28, 2011 -
7 answers
Another children's book question. I have been trying to find this for years. Read it in the 80s. It took place in NYC. For the kid's birthday party, he decided to invite everyone in the phone book who has the same name as him. One of the guests was elderly, and they made sure to make him
kasha varnishkes. Thank you!
posted by frescaanddietcoke
on Oct 25, 2011 -
3 answers
I intend on writing a career advice book for a particular field and the content of the book will be interviews with leaders in that particular field. What legal or contractual issues should I be concerned about?
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posted by abdulf
on Oct 25, 2011 -
1 answer
I'm interested in exploring Moroccan cooking, and I understand that Paula Wolfert is the go-to author. Any recommendations of particular books? Any other sources you'd suggest? Thanks!
posted by Judd Danby
on Oct 25, 2011 -
13 answers
Is it actually possible or enjoyable to read
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell as an ebook?
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posted by cabingirl
on Oct 1, 2011 -
13 answers
I have an idea for a children's book (well a series of books) but I can't draw to save my life. Where can I find someone to help with this?
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posted by birdlips
on Sep 28, 2011 -
14 answers
Which of the Babar books deal with death? This question stems from a childhood anecdote that goes a little something like this . . .
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posted by jason's_planet
on Sep 27, 2011 -
7 answers
More non-fiction please! As a strange antidote to having to read a lot of dry academic articles, I enjoy pleasurable non-fiction writing about jobs and work. Books I've liked in the past include May Roach (
Stiff); Atul Gawande (
Complications, Better); Barbara Ehrenreich (
Nickeled and Dimed); and Tracy Kidder (
House, Among Schoolchildren). I'd like recommendations for more non-fiction along those lines.
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posted by jeanmari
on Sep 23, 2011 -
36 answers
Fantasy ID filter: book read in the late 80s, early 90s. Child in fishing village, purchased as a slave or servant by a traveling magician. Beautiful city in decline, animal (fish?) shaped necklace with a seed in its mouth?
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posted by joyceanmachine
on Sep 20, 2011 -
6 answers
I wrote a book and would like
Urban Outfitters to carry it - what specific steps would you take to ensure this eventuality?
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posted by Sully
on Sep 19, 2011 -
6 answers
Need name of a book of fiction reviewed several months ago (NYT, WSJ or LA Times) about memory loss. A woman in her 30's wakes up (next to her husband she does not recognize) and remembers nothing about her current life.
posted by TRAVIS'MOM
on Sep 19, 2011 -
10 answers
I'm trying to track down a French book, published recently, 2010 or 2011. It's either a conlang book or a book about an invented society. Possibly both. It is not a novel or a collection of stories but a description of the language/society. This is the author's first book. It was published by a respected publishing house and garnered positive notes in France.
posted by Kattullus
on Sep 18, 2011 -
2 answers
does anyone know this novel/story? it is the supposedly true story of the first European woman to travel the Amazon on her own.
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posted by orangemacky
on Sep 8, 2011 -
1 answer
I'm looking for a certain book written in the sixties or seventies about the sociological aspect of the training of airline hostesses/stewardesses. Don't remember if it was entirely about this topic, or just a notable part of it. Some part of it may have been about how stewardesses had to curb the outward expression of their personalities to match stringent requirements of communication with passengers that rendered them almost carbon copies of one another. It was somewhat famous. Suggestions?
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posted by jackfruit
on Sep 6, 2011 -
3 answers
I am trying to remember an elementary school book that had a teacher who gave his students an in class writing assignment about why life is worth living, but none of the students write an essay that is good enough for him, so he rides his motorcycle off a cliff the next day.
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posted by weewooweewoo
on Sep 6, 2011 -
2 answers
Can anyone identify this 25-year-old book? It's a book on study skills (reading, note-taking, time management, etc.) for college students, published before 1985. There's one particular line. In the section on time management, the authors note (paraphrasing): This may seem like overkill now, but if you become (say) a lawyer, you'll need to manage your time far more intensively. Does anyone remember reading this?
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posted by russilwvong
on Sep 2, 2011 -
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I read this book for the first time a few years ago and really enjoyed it, and have been itching to reread it. I read a lot of fantasy and sci-fi but the title isn't coming to me, and my books are in storage so a cursory riffling of assorted tomes isn't possible.
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posted by judomadonna
on Aug 31, 2011 -
10 answers
What is the cheapest reliable way to mail a book (about 10" x 12" x 1") from the continental USA to the UK?
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posted by endless_forms
on Aug 29, 2011 -
5 answers
Trying to recall a book from my childhood - "The Travelling Globe/Hourglass" Picture search style but not childish at all, very intricate possibly Victorian-themed artwork picturing different scenes from afar but in great detail - circus, city
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posted by mangoprawn
on Aug 26, 2011 -
6 answers
Have gotten invited to be part of an academic research center. Will you tell me if I should approach them with the biggest proposal I would complete in three years?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 25, 2011 -
6 answers
Book-Filter! I'm trying to find the name of a book about love / relationships that I only heard about on an NPR interview. The book was written out in "a is for," "b is for" alphabet style talking about dark (the excerpt he read was very dark) and light parts of relationships, sex and love.
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posted by stratastar
on Aug 19, 2011 -
2 answers
I
need to have a site that looks just like this
one (which appeared on MeFi the other day). It's just perfect for a project I have been working on. Can you help me figure out how he did it?
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posted by bexpert
on Aug 19, 2011 -
9 answers
Please help me remember the name of an old scifi novel about an alien that sucks knowledge out of other people's brains, killing them.
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posted by CuJoe
on Aug 19, 2011 -
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Looking for the title of a book that I read in the mid 90's. It is a "fanciful" fictional book about a family (generations of family) end up committing suicide in very strange ways.
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posted by futz
on Aug 18, 2011 -
5 answers
What's the best way to set up an online book swap site or app only for the students in my academic department?
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posted by zresearch
on Aug 15, 2011 -
2 answers
In the late 1990s a well-educated 18-year-old boy, homeschooled on a farm somewhere like West Virginia, published a book commenting on American society and politics from a classical perspective. His story was covered by major newsmagazines, and he went on to an Ivy League school. Who was he?
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posted by Harvey Kilobit
on Aug 15, 2011 -
7 answers
Using a Mac, what would be one of the higher quality ways of taking a 1 minute digital video clip, converting that file so that the video is broken down into several hundred sequential still frames (high quality) and then finally printing those still frames (say each one being 3" x 3") so that I can make a flicker picture book from them? Free programs would be nice but willing to buy something if it means getting a superior result.
posted by lorebella
on Aug 14, 2011 -
5 answers
I am looking for a chapter book I read as a kid in the 1970s/1980s in which a princess and her family have to move out of their ancestral home and instead rent all the houses on a street to hold all their things that used to be in the castle. It was kind of an adventure/mystery story after that, I think involving something with the family possessions. Anyone know the title of this book please?
posted by cmp4Meta
on Aug 12, 2011 -
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