For her bat mitzvah, I would like to give my niece a book that is age appropriate but will also have lasting value. Suggestions?
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posted by janey47
on Apr 8, 2013 -
30 answers
I'm looking for a good, introductory level book on choreography. I've taken several dance classes informally but have never formally studied dance or any performance art at the post secondary level so something aimed at a popular audience or 100-level textbook would be ideal. Any recommendations, hivemind?
posted by Kurichina
on Mar 13, 2013 -
0 answers
Looking for recommendations of books that illustrate typical American life in the 1840s--
not Wild West-type stuff. Ideally New England-area. Fiction or non-fiction, either way. Thanks!
posted by shakespeherian
on Nov 19, 2012 -
13 answers
Has anyone ever written an Arthurian novel with the Round Table as the bad guys? I am specifically *not* talking about books from the perspective of Mordred or Morgaine (or any of their cognates.) There are lots and lots of those.
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posted by restless_nomad
on Oct 13, 2012 -
7 answers
I'd like science-, scientist-, or engineering-related book recommendations for a 9th grade student reading at a 6th-7th grade level.
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posted by Salvor Hardin
on Sep 27, 2012 -
9 answers
Please recommend books or blogs that document full/near-full recovery and rehabilitation after an injury.
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posted by mimo
on Aug 28, 2012 -
7 answers
Students of art, lovers of philosophy, can you recommend a book I can buy as a gift for a friend?
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posted by Chichibio
on Jul 25, 2012 -
17 answers
Can you recommend something to read from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library? I have trawled through there for ages this month and last month and I'm having trouble finding something good that I haven't read before.
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posted by dragonplayer
on Jul 5, 2012 -
18 answers
Please recommend some non-fiction books about Philippines, and fiction set in Philippines.
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posted by vidur
on Apr 17, 2012 -
14 answers
I need a book recommendation for my conservative parents, something of critical thinking subject matter but not tip them off its picked to change the way they think.
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posted by MiltonRandKalman
on Dec 7, 2011 -
20 answers
Book recommendation filter: If you've enjoyed reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, tell me what other books in a similar vein you've also enjoyed.
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posted by oracle bone
on Nov 17, 2011 -
52 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 me be sad. Recommend to me depressing, sad, mournful fiction. Books that made you sad and a tad tearful. I just want to access these emotions and be taken away in good writing and wonderful characters. Any genre is acceptable except YA (unless you can prove it is real exceptional YA I suppose). Less cliched angst situations as well.
posted by kanata
on Jul 21, 2011 -
88 answers
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
Data mining book recommendation. I would like a recommendation for a single book which would give me a comprehensive guide to data mining. Ideally this book would contain plenty of examples of real world applications of data mining techniques in a variety of contexts. Bonus points if it contains exercises which I can do myself in whatever software package they recommend. There is no shortage of resources online but I would value a recommendation from someone on here.
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posted by therubettes
on Oct 27, 2010 -
4 answers
I've been having bad luck finding a good book lately. Naturally, I turn to teh interwebz for help. Please to recommend me a good book?
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posted by chicago2penn
on Aug 29, 2010 -
21 answers
Book recommendation! Need a gift, fast! Nonfiction or fiction, but must deal in some way with humanity's relationship with the natural environment.
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posted by Beardman
on Jul 9, 2010 -
33 answers
BookRecommendationFilter: Where can I find another book like Maximum City by Suketu Mehta?
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posted by iktomi
on Jun 18, 2010 -
7 answers
Summer Reading-Filter: intelligent true crime? Essentially, I want all the gruesome pleasure of the content, without having to cringe through a sensationalistic treatment thereof.
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posted by Beardman
on Jun 9, 2010 -
49 answers
I need to know more about PHP than I do. What book(s) can I buy that will help me do this?
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posted by Xany
on May 12, 2010 -
7 answers
I'm looking for good,
non-fiction books about epidemiology and the history of disease (or of one outbreak of a disease). I'm especially interested in the intersection of social history, epidemiology, and intellectual history (like in Steven Johnson's fabulous
The Ghost Map). Think "Erik Larson, for microbes."
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posted by flibbertigibbet
on May 9, 2010 -
40 answers
If I enjoy the engaging (and frequently humorous) nonfiction and memoir of Stephen Fry, Mary Roach, and Bill Bryson, who else should I be reading?
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posted by sciapod
on Mar 10, 2010 -
26 answers
What books and movies feature fantasy or adventure in a nomadic culture? I just watched the movie Mongol, and it really reminded me of how much I enjoyed the enjoyed the Daenerys chapters in the Song of Ice and Fire series. I guess I'm attracted to the idea of warring tribes, of only owning whatever you can carry with you, etc. What other exciting works of fiction use this kind of society as a background?
posted by shanevsevil
on Mar 3, 2010 -
21 answers
Book filter: can you recommend a good political/journalistic novel set in Washington, D.C. that meet the following criteria?
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posted by Tin Man
on Jan 10, 2010 -
17 answers
BookRecommendationFilter: I need recommendations for books about English culture. Doesn't necessarily have to be anthropology-heavy. Bonus points for being humorous.
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posted by prufrock
on Aug 27, 2009 -
25 answers
Can anyone recommend a good book for medium-advanced level vba programming for Excel?
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets
on Aug 4, 2009 -
1 answer
I live and work in France, but I almost never read for pleasure in French. Help me find enjoyable contemporary French language fiction, please.
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posted by cimton
on Jul 15, 2009 -
8 answers
Please recommend a book or DVD for my Dad wants to learn to use computer basics.
My dad recently started using computer (windows XP) for the first time ever in his life. He is 60 yrs old and retired. He can open firefox, type in web address (of the few websites that he knows) and click on links in order to surf news website. Beyond that he pretty much doesn't know anything about computers.
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posted by tvjoshi
on Jul 1, 2009 -
7 answers
I crave a great novel that's as addictive as a popcorn movie. Please recommend me some
literary page-turners.
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posted by Beardman
on Jun 5, 2009 -
105 answers
Best way to re-learn statistics? Enough that I wouldn't be lost in an advanced, fairly data-intensive psychology class. I took the course at Ga. Tech some years ago, but my old textbook is sooo boring and awful.
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posted by amtho
on Oct 23, 2008 -
17 answers
I'm looking for book recommendations along the lines of David Schickler's literary fiction. Fresh, tender, sweet, sexy, steamy, intimate, unabashedly earnest, contemporary literary romance. What has all that and more?
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posted by cowbellemoo
on Aug 26, 2008 -
3 answers
I'm looking for recommendations for guide/how to/self help books that have a casual, up-beat style without compromising the authority of the text. Do you have any?
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posted by Ookseer
on Aug 4, 2008 -
7 answers
I loved
"Gig," and I'd like recommendations for more books to help with the "inside view" of various jobs. Bonus points for books that might also help me gauge what I'm good at.
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posted by producerpod
on Jul 16, 2008 -
7 answers
My mom wants a book on French Indochina, and I'd like to find a good one for her. Preferably non-fiction, but good fiction with some insight into history and culture would work, too. The exact historical time range is flexible, but she's mostly interested in the area pre-Vietnam War.
posted by bookish
on Apr 30, 2008 -
9 answers
