by Mireille Guiliano

An interesting book that speaks to a philosophy of eating. Mireille speaks from her own experiences of bridging the cultures from France to America and back again. Her stories and philosophy focus on a lifestyle change over the usual series of quick fixes that many americans subscribe to. She reflects the trend towards local ( Read more... )

by Clay Shirky

A fascinating read for anyone interested in the social part of the Web 2.0 phenomenom. Shirky talks about the creation of social groups and the dropping cost of group creation. Creating groups of like-minded people is easier than it has ever been before, for good and for ill. He gives a history of why costs were high and why this ( Read more... )

by Ted Naifeh.

Another EXCELLENT work by Naifeh! I loved this book! Polly is living in a posh private school in the American Empire of Emperor Norton. She’s kidnapped from school by Pirates who believe she is the daughter of the Queen of the Pirates! Polly, having never met her mother finds this a little hard to believe. Her adventures and ( Read more... )

by Robert E. Howard

A set of short stories about Howard’s puritan warrior Solomon Kane. His wonderings thru the world, mostly thru darkest Africa bringing his puritan values and fight against evil against many strange encounters.

Zombies, vampires, harpies, sorceresses - none can hold up to the will of Solomon Kane!

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by Warren Ellis and Company.

A fun series Warren Ellis launched a few years ago. There are 1001 agents on the Global Frequency. A diverse group of people who are helping to save the world from incursions of the strange and other unusual suspects. A fun run. Each issue’s story was tailored to the artist for the issue, playing to the artist’s ( Read more... )

by Gary Whitta and Ted Naifeh

I found this book by accident, but I think it is one of my best discoveries of the year. In this fun little book, Death Jr is the son of the Grim Reaper. It’s tough to call him the Grim Reaper, because while he has the look he has the personality of Ward Cleaver. A fun book looking at Death Jr. (DJ for short) and his ( Read more... )

by Matt Mason

A good discussion of how culture is being shaped by a culture of cheap production. By sharing and reusing, sampling and remixing, new culture and trends are springing up and moving in wilder pattern, some for the better, others not so much. A great primer into the history of Hip Hop and Punk Culture.

Recommended.

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by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow.

If you haven’t heard of Randy Pausch, he is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who has been diagnosed with cancer. Given a few months to live, he has made a point to live in his remaining time. His last lecture was an internet phenomenon. He’s been on Oprah and featured on programs across the country. ( Read more... )

by Shirow Masamune

A continuation of the Manga that started it all. A different world than the movie, the books and the TV Series, played a little closer to traditional manga style, by very entertaining. It got me craving to read more of the original.

Recommended for Manga fans.

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by Phil and Kaja Foglio

I don’t remember where I got the first recommendation for this, book, but I had it on a wish list and got it form my birthday in April. I LOVE this book. The writing is great the stories are fun and the characters are wonderful. The art is standard Foglio, so if you enjoy his style you’re in for a treat.

HIGHLY Recommended.

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